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virgin forest still exists here in the amazon, but every day the illegal loggers get closer. from up high, you can see the damage done, the large patches of land totally cleared. this part of brazil has the highest rate of deforestation in the country. underjair bolsonaro, illegal logging soared. president lula da silva has promised to fix the problem. translation: the challenges. of our era and the opportunities that arise demand joint action. we need to reconcile environmental protection and social inclusion, encourage science, technology and innovation, encourage the local economy, fight international crime, and value the indigenous people and traditional communities and their ancestral knowledge. for those living under the rainforest s canopy, it s been a difficult few years. translation: you have no idea how much pressure - there was in our community under the bolsonaro government. landowners, circling planes, soya farmers wanting to buy the land to deforest it. cockerel ....
to abortion until fetal viability, which is about 2k weeks into a pregnancy. tuesday s ballot proposal called issue one asked voters if changes to the state constitution by public vote should pass with 60% of the vote instead of the current 50% majority threshold needed. that measure failed. celebrations by opponents of the measure followed with voting rights groups calling it a win. and a statement, president biden said democracy won: since the us supreme court overturned federal abortion protections with roe v wade last year, states have raced to either protect or restrict abortion. if you look at the polling, nationwide, about 62% of americans say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. that s compared with just 36% who say it should be illegal in all or most cases. earlier, i spoke to karen kasler, the bureau chief at the ohio statehouse news bureau, for more on what these ohio results mean. were you surprised by the result? how are people reacting t ....
the lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belem promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. let s take a look at the rainforest that s at stake: the amazon stretches nearly seven million square kilometres, with two thirds of it in brazil. another seven countries and one territory share the remaining third. under brazil s former president, jair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon worsened. the orange on this map shows the areas of deforestation between 2019 and 2022 in the state of para where the summit is. but new data shows a positive shift deforestation in the amazon fell by 66% last month compared to the year before. it s now at its lowest rate in six years. our correspondent katy watson is in the amazon at the summit. we have had day one of the summit, and already, the country participating have issued a statement saying they are forming an alliance to work together to protect the amazon. ....
chief constable has apologised to officers, saying this is unacceptable. chris page has the story. police officers everywhere face risks when doing theirjobs. but, in this part of the uk, the dangers are particularly stark, given the terrorism threat is a daily reality. the police service of northern ireland is now dealing with what s thought to be the most serious data breach in its history. so what was within that data was the surname, the initial, the rank or grade, the location in the department for each of our current employees across the police service. we operate in an environment at the moment, where there s a severe threat to our colleagues from northern ireland related terrorism and this is the last thing that anybody in the organisation wants to be hearing this evening. the information was on a website for about two hours yesterday afternoon. it was released in response to a request made under freedom of information laws, which focused on how many officers ....
hi there, thank you for being with us. we begin with some breaking news from the brazilian city of belem, where leaders of eight south american countries which share the amazon have been meeting for a landmark summit. the leaders have issued a joint declaration, saying they have established a new alliance, aimed at preventing the amazon from reaching a point of no return . but leaders appear to have stopped short of pledging an end to deforestation by 2030, as brazil s president lula, who is hosting the event, had hoped. our south america correspondent katy watson reports from para, which is the state with the highest deforestation rate in the country. virgin forest still exists here in the amazon, but every day the illegal loggers get closer. from up high, you can see the damage done, the large patches of land totally cleared. this part of brazil has the highest rate of deforestation in the country. underjair bolsonaro, illegal logging soared. president lula da silva ....