In a televised address the brazilian president pushed back, saying the fires shouldnt be an excuse for international sanctions. The fires are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil. Theyre the most intense in the region for almost a decade, as camilla motah reports from the amazon. The flames in the amazon continue to rage, thousands of fires, almost impossible to control. This is the worlds biggest rainforest and carbon store, home to 20 million people. We travelled to one area on the fringe of the rainforest, where the flames have devoured huge areas. Firefighters in the state of rondonia, one of the most affected by the amazon fires, have been working here for the past two weeks, trying to put out the flames, but resources are an issue here, as its a vast area with few people on the ground, and low humidity and strong winds add to the challenge, as sometimes the fire can spread as fast as 30 or a0 km h. The fires here threaten many homes. One man tol
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Hello and welcome to bbc news. Brazils president , jair bolsonaro, has ordered the military to help fight the devastating fires in the amazon rainforest. The announcement comes after european leaders threatened to scrap a major trade deal with south american nations unless brazil took action. The fires are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil. President trump said he spoke by telephone to president bolsonaro, offering american help. Conservationists say bolsonaro has encouraged farmers to log the land. The flames in the amazon continue to rage, thousands of fires, almost impossible to control. This is the worlds biggest rainforest and carbon store, home to 20 million people. We travelled to one area on the fringe of the rainforest, where the flames have devoured huge areas. Firefighters in the state of rodonia, one of the most affected affected by the amazon fires, have been working here for the past two weeks, trying to put out the flames, but resour
We start here in the uk, with travel worries for thousands of Airline Passengers as pilots at europes biggest budget carrier, ryanair, walk out on strike at the height of the Summer Holiday season. The action by ryanairs uk based pilots began at a minute past midnight and will run until midnight tomorrow, the busiest day of the year for air travel. Ryanair is due to carry over a quarter of a Million People on more than 1700 flights from the uk over the 48 hour period. Its drafting in extra pilots and has promised to operate a full schedule of flights to and from uk airports. But it says it cant rule out small delays or changes to flights. Its telling passengers to check their sms or email or the compa nys website. More industrial action by uk pilots is planned between the 2nd and the 4th of september, unless an agreement over pay and conditions is reached. Ryanair failed in a court battle to get the strike blocked by britains high court. But it did succeed in stopping a strike by some
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