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The development comes as the family of Mr Phillips have said their hopes of finding him alive have faded

Brazil’s search for an Indigenous expert and a journalist who disappeared in a restive area of the Amazon a week ago has advanced with the discovery of a backpack, laptop and other personal belongings of the men submerged in a river

Clothing and backpack belonging to the missing British journalist and Indigenous expert found by small but determined search team

The development comes as the family of Mr Phillips have said their hopes of finding him alive have faded.

Part of the forest is flooded

Brazilian police and indigenous search teams dismissed reports on Monday that they had found the bodies of a British reporter and a Brazilian indigenous expert, more than a week after the pair were last seen in the Amazon rainforest.

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - Brazilian authorities say they have found a backpack and personal effects of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert who disappeared in the Amazon last week, with the Briton's mother-in-law saying she has lost hope that they will emerge alive.

Brazilian police said on Sunday search teams have discovered belongings of missing British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira who went missing in the Amazon rainforest a week ago.

Brazil’s firefighters corps says its divers found a backpack and laptop in the remote Amazon area where Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips went missing a week ago

Dom Phillips and Brune Pereira were reported missing on June 5, in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest and despite optimism they may be found alive his wife has now said all hope of seeing him return home is gone

British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira vanished in remote corner of Amazon rainforest