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Brazil Opens Vast Amazon Reserve to Mining

The previously-protected area is bigger than Denmark and is thought to be rich in gold.

The previously-protected area is bigger than Denmark and is thought to be rich in gold. We find out more from Mauricio Voivodic, executive director of the nature conservation group WWF. India's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of privacy, with implications for the government's vast biometric ID scheme. Lawyer Prashant Bhushan represented civil liberties groups in the case, and tells us why he welcomes the outcome. We hear from Kenya, where there's an ongoing row about how much the country's politicians are paid. Our regular economic commentator Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute considers the impact of a series of firings and resignations in President Trump's White House. Plus, tourist operators in Ireland want greater visitor access for a heritage site featured in Star Wars. Local councillor Michael Cahill explains the background.

(Picture: Treetops in the Amazon rainforest. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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Thu 24 Aug 2017 14:32GMT

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  • Thu 24 Aug 2017 14:32GMT