Amazon fires: How can the inferno be stopped? – BBC Newsnight- BBC Newsnight
Update: 2019-08-27
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How can the fires in the Amazon be stopped when the president has a policy of deforestation?
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out accepting a G7 offer of $22m in aid to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest unless he gets an apology from his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.
Mr Macron said France would not ratify a huge trade deal with South American nations unless Brazil did more to fight fires in the Amazon.
Is this an issue of national sovereignty or the interests of humanity?
Mark Urban reports.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out accepting a G7 offer of $22m in aid to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest unless he gets an apology from his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.
Mr Macron said France would not ratify a huge trade deal with South American nations unless Brazil did more to fight fires in the Amazon.
Is this an issue of national sovereignty or the interests of humanity?
Mark Urban reports.
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
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