World leers at G7 summit have agreed to help countries affected by huge wildfires ravaging Amazon rainforest as soon as possible, French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday. "We are all agreed on helping those countries which have been hit by fires as fast as possible," he told journalists at summit in southwestern French resort of Biarritz. Ahe of garing, Macron called on world leers to hold urgent talks on wildfires ripping through world's largest rainforest, pledging "concrete measures" to tackle it.

Amazon Fires: Brazil's Bolsonaro allows army to help fire-fight

Although about 60 percent of Amazon is in Brazil, vast forest also takes in parts of eight or countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuor, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. "This morning, Colombia called on international community (to help), so we must help out," he said. "Our teams are making contact with all Amazon countries so we can finalise some very concrete commitments involving technical resources and funding." Macron's bid to put Amazon crisis high on nda at G7 angered Brazil's far-right leer Jair Bolsonaro, who lashed out over what he sees as outside interference, deuncing French leer's "colonialist mentality".

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Brazil's Bolsonaro Allows Army To Help Fire-fight

President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday authorized deployment of Brazil's armed forces to help combat fires raging in Amazon rainforest, as a growing global outcry over blazes sparks protests and threatens a huge tre deal. Plumes of thick smoke rose into sky above dense forest in rthwestern state of Rondonia, where bright orange flames from various fires were visible for kilometers, a photographer from media reported. "It's t rmal and it's like this because of smoke from fires," said a hotel employee in state capital Porto Velho, which was covered by a layer of smoke as fires burned near city.

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fires in world's largest rainforest have sparked street protests around planet and ignited a war of words between Bolsonaro and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, who has described wildfires as an "international crisis" and vowed to block a tre agreement between European Union and South American countries. latest official figures show 76,720 forest fires were recorded in Brazil so far this year  highest number for any year since 2013 which experts blame on accelerating deforestation as land is cleared during months-long dry season to make way for crops or grazing.

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