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World Service,23 Aug 2019,23 mins

Amazon fires an ‘international crisis’

Newsday

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Global leaders have expressed alarm about the record number of wildfires in Brazil's Amazon region. President Macron of France said the crisis would be given top priority at the G7 summit he's hosting this weekend. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has been in the hot seat in parliament, facing questions about his African National Congress presidential campaign’s funding. Five young people have been killed in a stampede at a rap concert in the capital of Algeria.

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