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You could occasionally hear chainsaws — thats how close the loggers were. all too soon, i had to leave my new friends. but this was a special time for the amazon. in 2012, the brazilian government made stopping the destruction of the rainforest a priority and rates of deforestation were falling dramatically. a few years later, i received an extraordinary invitation. well, after years of neglect, the brazilian government has finally decided to do something. we are flying into a base camp theyve...

An extraordinary invitation. well, after years of neglect, the brazilian government has finally decided to do something. we are flying into a base camp theyve set up just outside the indigenous reserves, and thats where theyre operating from, driving out the people who have gone into the forest. it was like flying into a kind of forward base in afghanistan or something. you just thought, "hold on a second. "the brazilian government, it really means business "about protecting the awa." when we we...

Well, after years of neglect, the brazilian government has finally decided to do something. we are flying into a base camp theyve set up just outside the indigenous reserves, and thats where theyre operating from, driving out the people who have gone into the forest. it was like flying into a kind of forward base in afghanistan or something. you just thought, "hold on a second. the brazilian government, it really means business about protecting the awa." when we went back to the village, suddenl...

Congress leader Surjewala slams Centre for compromising national security at India-China borders ANI | Updated: Feb 12, 2021 23:46 IST New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday slammed the Centre for allegedly compromising Indias national security and territorial integrity after Chinese aggression. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi governments unpardonable, blatant and brazen compromise of national security and I...

Erdogan of turkey. president trump accused of abandoning a key partner in the fight against isis. >> at some point, we have to bring our people back home. and thats what were doing. >> is it a firm decision, sir? >> its always a firm decision. >> reporter: the president standing by his decision, today insisting in a tweet, "in no way have we abandoned the kurds, who are special people and wonderful fighters. we are helping the kurds financially/weapons." but without the close protection from u.s...

So right now thats the asset. on a going forward base, that may change. >> colonel, the president said this trip was planned three or four weeks ago. we know for general security purposes presidential trips are kept quiet but explain the specific concerns when a president goes into a combat area. >> of course youve got other people that dont wish us well. nothing would suit them better than to put the president at risk. so anywhere the president goes, theyve got to do all the advance work, they ...

Just cars its things like use of digital platforms the five biggest companies the united states are all tech companies have complete dominance in the european market that is indirectly a product natal the europeans are prosperous theyre using these products theyre users they all have i phones that is an indirect benefit from nato so yes we benefit enormously from nato and we need to keep that stability in the continent close to my r. in terms of the u.s. turning its back trump has made noises ab...

Stood firm, republicans in the house and senate stood firm and 81 members of the senate came together to reopen the government and allow us to begin to move forward with the priorities this country really should be dealing with. first and foremost, a long-term spending bill will allow us to increase funding on our military at a level that we havent been able to do so for many, many years, fund critical domestic priorities and now, we are also going to be able to move on to the issue of daca, the...

They are the foot soldiers moving to their forward base. now, women allowed to show their faces on the streets for the first time in years. but the destruction is so vast, it will take years to rebuild. and more than 6,000 isis militants are still out there, ready to go underground, regroup, fight and die. the celebration is hard-fought, but a reminder tonight, the group remains a potent force underground. plotting and recruiting online. and the isis leader already threatening attacks in america...

Interview at headquarters in d.c. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this is a major emergency fema is preparing for they havent had to prepare for since hurricane katrina or sandy. federal staging area for all hurricane matthew supplies has been set up in ft. a.p. hill, virginia. they have already prepositioned 137,000 meals, 193,000 liters of water, 600 cots and 900 gallons of fuel. thats all in virginia. in addition to that, theyve got these incident support bases, these forward base, if you ...