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Brazil's burning ban takes effect as Amazon fires rage

Smokes rises from forest fires in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin. [AFP]

A 60-day ban on burning in Brazil took effect Thursday after a global outcry over fires raging in the Amazon and data showing hundreds of new blazes in the rainforest.

The decree issued by President Jair Bolsonaro comes after escalating international pressure over the worst fires in the Amazon in years, which have ignited a diplomatic spat between Brazil and Europe.

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