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08/05/2021 GMT

Indian Prime Minister Modi expected to ask West to waive Covid vaccine patents

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Mr Modi will address an EU summit via video link about waiving vaccine patents

Mr Modi will address an EU summit via video link about waiving vaccine patents.

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to ask Western countries to waive patents for Covid-19 vaccines. It comes amid a devastating surge of Covid infections across India, which is now making its way into rural communities that are badly equipped to deal with the virus. 

Also in the programme: The United States has called for a de-escalation of tensions in Jerusalem after nearly two hundred Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police, and is ballet on point when it comes to issues of power imbalance and diversity?

To discuss these stories and more, Celia Hatton is joined by Maya Goodfellow a London based writer and academic specialising in race and immigration, and Rami Khouri, a professor of journalism and a non-resident senior fellow at the Kennedy School of Harvard University in Boston.

(Photo:  An Indian man receives a dose of a vaccine against COVID-19, during a vaccination campaign at KC General Hospital in Bangalore, India. Credit: EPA/JAGADEESH NV)

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