Amazon rainforest: 'Our lungs are on fire'- BBC Newsnight

The "lungs of our planet" are on fire, Green MEP Magid Magid tells Newsnight, adding that "we need to wake up".
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The Amazon rain forest is burning, as anger grows against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the rate of deforestation. Mr Bolsonaro has said his government lacks the resources to fight the record number of fires.

Economics editor Ben Chu reports.

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