More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand Investigation involving Guardian shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in Brazil The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023
First Thing: US debt ceiling deal passes Senate, averting catastrophic federal default Days before the 5 June default deadline, Joe Biden has indicated he will sign the bill as soon as it reaches his desk. Plus, the work of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips goes on in the Amazon The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023
Friday briefing: A year after their murder, the vital work of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips carries on In today’s newsletter: A new reporting project seeks to continue the efforts of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips to protect the Amazon The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023
Morning Mail: Australia’s lag on gambling regulation, fire ant alarm, Brexit ‘historic error’ New report warns nation is far behind other developed countries in controlling digital punters, calls for removal of Ben Roberts-Smith uniform display, and the insects eating their way to Sydney The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2023
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira will not be forgotten, vows Brazil’s Lula President says last year’s killings were result of ‘encouragement of anarchy’ in Amazon under Bolsonaro The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
In the Amazon region where pair was killed, neglect and allegations of harsh justice One year after the killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, some people in the remote Javari Valley region of the Brazilian Amazon have seen their lives change, but not for the better The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warns Alexandre Saraiva gives alert on organised crime in region ahead of anniversary of killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2023
One year after their deaths, their work must go on On 5 June 2022, Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were killed for protecting the Amazon rainforest. A new collaboration aims to continue what they started The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
Last images of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira found on recovered phone Photos and videos on phone found near site of men’s killing show some of their last movements in Brazilian Amazon The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2023
Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were killed in the Amazon: A year later their Indigenous allies risk death to carry on the work The Brazilian Amazon and its Indigenous people remain under siege but a patrol group the killed activist helped form is fighting back The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
Journalists to complete book on saving Amazon rainforest by murdered British writer One year after British reporter Dom Phillips was murdered in Brazil while working on a book about saving the Amazon rain forest, a group of journalists aims to complete the project, his family and former colleagues said on Thursday. Reuters · May 31, 2023
Former Brazilian officials charged over 2022 murders of British journalist, Indigenous expert Brazilian authorities have charged the former chief of the country’s Indigenous protection agency for his role in the 2022 killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and renowned Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. Tribune News Service · May 20, 2023
Brazil police accuse agency bosses of misconduct in Amazon murder case Brazil's federal police recommended misconduct charges be filed on Friday against two ex-officials of Indigenous agency Funai in the case of a journalist and a native expert murdered last June in the Amazon rainforest. Reuters · May 20, 2023
Ex-chief of Brazil’s Indigenous agency charged over murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips Marcelo Xavier accused of indirectly contributing on the grounds that he failed to take steps to protect workers in Amazon The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2023
The Guardian - US · May 11, 2023 Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: anger at ‘far-fetched’ self-defence claim Brazilian activists accuse defence lawyers for three accused in double murder case of smearing victims
Bristol Post · May 3, 2023 Bristol journalist killed in Amazon remembered ahead of World Press Freedom Day "In Bristol we remember Dom fondly."
The Guardian - US · Mar 23, 2023 Families of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira decry ‘shameful’ trial delays Poor internet and logistical problems frustrate hearing into Amazon killing of British journalist and Brazilian Indigenous expert
The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023 Two new species of yeast named after Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips Discoveries that could help diabetics titled in honour of activist and journalist murdered in Amazon
The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2023 Five Great Reads: why some books are beyond help, plus arguments about happiness and apples Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023 Horrifying, uplifting, surreal: my mate Dom Phillips joins the rainforest martyrs At a Brazil memorial for murdered US activist and nun Dorothy Stang, there are two more people symbolically present
The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023 Brazil delegation visits Amazon region where pair died A delegation from the Brazilian government that includes widows of two slain men who had worked for justice for Indigenous Amazon peoples arrived in the remote region where the two were slain Monday in a symbolic retake of the place, now that a new government has taken office in Brazil
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023 Dom Phillips’ widow to follow him in raising awareness of crisis in Amazon Alessandra Sampaio preparing to visit remote area where husband and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered last year
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023 First Thing: Putin gives state of nation address as Biden arrives in Poland Russian president criticises west as US leader plans rallying Warsaw speech. Plus, Ariana DeBose’s Bafta rap deconstructed
The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2023 Afternoon Update: Queensland admits bail reform ‘incompatible with human rights’; BHP profits slide; and Venice’s drying canals State’s tough crackdown on youth crime draws criticism
The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2023 Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira remembered in Rio as carnival emerges from Bolsonaro era Dancing and debauchery peppered with more sombre moments, including defiant tributes to murdered British journalist and Brazilian Indigenous expert