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Brazilian authorities said they have found a backpack and personal effects of a British journalist and an indigenous expert who disappeared in the Amazon last week, with the Briton’s mother-in-law saying she has lost hope that they will emerge alive. Fears have been mounting over the fate of Dom Phillips, 57, a veteran contributor to the Guardian, and 41-year-old Bruno Pereira, an expert with the Brazilian National Indian Foundation, since they disappeared on June 5 after receiving threats during a research trip to Brazil’s Javari Valley. After a slow start, the Brazilian federal police an...

Personal items belonging to a missing British journalist and an indigenous expert have been found in the Amazon region where the men disappeared one week ago, Brazilian Federal Police said Sunday.

Brazil says it's stepping up its search for a british journalist and a brazilian indigenous expert after it was criticised for its slow response to their disappearance. dom phillips was travelling with bruno araujo pereira, a former government official tasked with protecting brazil's uncontacted tribes. they were last seen over the weekend in the javari region of amazonas state. there's been huge concern for their welfare after it emerged that mr pereira had received death threats from loggers and miners seeking to invade indigenous lands. investigators said there were now 250 members of the s...

Brazilian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a British journalist and a local indigenous expert in the Amazon, police said, as calls mounted for officials to deliver answers on what happened to them.

Journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were last seen in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon.