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Major operation in Brazil to fight Amazon fires

25/08/2019 GMT

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Major operation to stop Amazon fires; Macron calls for deescalation in US/China trade war

Major operation to fight Amazon fires; Macron calls for deescalation in US/China trade war

A major operation is underway in Brazil where troops are attempting to put out a record number of fires in the Amazon rain forest.

Also in the programme:  The French President and British Prime Minister have called for a de-escalation in the growing trade war between the United States and China.

And forty years on from the release of a groundbreaking flamenco record by the singer Camaron de la isla.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other stories are Patricia Cumper, Jamaican-born writer, playwright and theatre director, and Silio Boccanera, correspondent for Brazilian television based in London.

(Image:  An area of jungle near Porto Velho in the Amazon region of Brazil.  Credit: EPA)

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