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Brazil's Bolsonaro says he'll consider aid to fight Amazon fires if Macron apologizes to him first

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A day after Brazil rejected aid from G-7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, the Brazilian leader said he would consider accepting the $20 million of help, but only if French President Emmanuel Macron apologized to him personally for perceived insults first. Politics and feelings aside, forest fires have charred and continue to char the Amazon in Brazil. Just over half of the blazes have hit the massive Amazon basin, which regulates part of Earth's carbon cycle and climate.

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