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three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in brazil and a landmark summit to protect the amazon rainforest. the leaders of eight south american countries that share the amazon, have gathered in the city of belem. scientists are concerned that, deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible tipping point. brazil s president lula da silva is hoping for a co ordinated regional approach, to tackle illegal mining and logging as well as other environmental crimes. our reporter azadeh moshiri looks at what s at stake in the summit. the amazon is, of course, beautiful, but it s also hugely important in the fight against climate change. and that s because it stores so much carbon dioxide, which drives the climate crisis we re currently facing. and yet the forest is under threat of deforestation. now, 60% of it is located in brazil, which is why the country is taking the lead in hosting eight other countries in south ameri

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at this stadium were canada and brazil and the united states were eliminated, colombia and jamaica help to avoid a similarfate. for the winners, england await. the first half was physical and tense, but ultimately goalless. there was nothing new forjamaica s defence, who have been impenetrable in this tournament. when catalina usme brought a long time ball in the area perfectly, she ended that run. the second goal for columbia s captain on the night. it sends the colombians in the stands into raptures! over 300 minutes had gone by before jamaica conceded their first goal of the tournament, and it brought them to live. moments later they struck the woodwork. colombia spotted an opportunity and immediately hit on the counter. a chance to double their lead to no avail. england will watch this cautiously, something for them to keep in mind for the next round. jamaica came this close to an equaliser. a cross, a free header, agonisingly wide. the fairy tale for jamaica ends here. c

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here s tanya arnold. colombia are through to the quarter finals of the women s world cup for the first time. they beat jamaica 1 0 and will now face england on saturday. catalina usme s goal in the second half in melbourne was enough to set up a clash with the european champions. they become just the second south american nation to ever reach the quarter finals of the world cup. brazil were the first. forjamaica though, their impressive world cup comes to an end. for us, we are coming in with no games. i feel very happy for the players that they could perform at this level without getting adequate games to play so i am very pleased with them and they gave it everything tonight. they should be proud of themselves and i am very proud of them. england s laurenjames will miss that quarter final against colombia and has apologised for her red card for standing on nigerian defender michelle alozie. in a post on social media she said to alozie. france are also through to the quarter

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