Trump speaks with Brazil’s Bolsonaro, offers aid with Amazon rainforest fires
U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday and offered help, if needed, in dealing with the Amazon rainforest fires.
As EU threatens trade retaliation, Brazil sends army to fight Amazon fires
European leaders on Friday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting growing international anger at Brazil as a record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest intensified an unfolding environmental crisis.
Encouraged by Johnson’s visit, UK officials now hoping rest of EU agrees to work on Brexit solution
Britain is hoping the rest of the European Union falls in behind France and Germany and agrees to work on solving a deadlock over Brexit, with officials sensing a glimmer of hope after meetings this week, but conscious of the need for a wider consensus…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro will send army to fight Amazon fires: governor
The Brazilian army will be deployed to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest, the governor of the Amazon state of Roraima said on Friday.
Norway’s Liberals accept PM’s ultimatum, preventing government’s collapse
Norway’s Liberal Party, a junior member of Norway’s four-party government, will accept the prime minister’s ultimatum on transport policy, preventing the cabinet’s fall, Liberal leader Trine Skei Grande said on Friday.
Mexican families scour arid plains for graves of disappeared
Fifteen years after her daughter’s disappearance, 55-year-old Silvia Ortiz spends day after day raking through arid scrubland in northern Mexico hoping to find her remains.
Yemen’s separatists declare ceasefire in clash with government forces in Shabwa
Yemen’s southern separatists declared a ceasefire in their clashes with government forces in the oil-producing province of Shabwa after two days of fighting.
Lithuanian human chain links anti-Soviet and Hong Kong protesters
As protesters formed human chains across Hong Kong on Friday, Ramunas Terleckas was out on the streets of Lithuania’s capital Vilnius getting ready to commemorate the event which inspired them.
Kashmir protesters defy restrictions, clash with security forces
Security forces used tear gas against stone-throwing local residents in Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar on Friday, after a third straight week of protests in the restive Soura district despite the imposition of tight restrictions.
France’s Macron says real ‘ecocide’ going on in Amazon
The Amazon needs better management to end the ‘ecocide’ that is going on in the rainforest, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday ahead of a G7 summit at the weekend.
