Petrobras spills; footballer called in

In Petrobras’s fourth serious spill this year, and the worst oil spill from any source for 25 years, pollution caused widespread damage and put drinking water at risk along a 140-mile stretch of Brazil’s Iguaçu River, downstream from state capital Curitiba. A broken pipeline oozed 4mn litres of crude, contaminating the ecological environment along its banks.