this samba school, salgueiro, paid tribute to the country's largest indigenous group, the yanomami, askingg and the contamination of water and the rainforest it causes. translation: salgueiro was very i present in this historical time . that we are living by bringing the yanomami here, because right now the yanomami territory is suffering with gold miners and folks that don't respect the forest people. the school also paid tribute to the british journalist don phillips and local indigenous expert, bruno pereira. they were murdered in the amazon in 2022, after investigating illegalfishing, logging and drug trafficking in indigenous reserves. this is the place where politics and partying collide, because if there was anywhere to make a noise about something, it's here. ione wells, bbc news, sao paolo. schools have closed and part of the australian state of victoria because of what emergency services say are the most dangerous fire conditions in the region for years. officials have warned of potentially catastrophic fires because of rising temperatures, high wins and the threat of thunderstor