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For the third time in a little over a month, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro rallied thousands of his conservative support base in a noisy motorcycle demonstration dubbed “accelerate for Christ”.

France will block an EU trade deal with Brazil and its neighbours over the country’s handling of fires in the Amazon rainforest, a spokesperson for Emmanuel Macron has said. Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has been criticised around the world for his response to the fires, which scientists say are man-made and campaigners have linked to businesses looking to exploit the land.