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Ankur Desai - 60 Minutes: Moneypox, Sarwat Gilani at Cannes and Armaan Malik

Moneypox, Sarwat Gilani at Cannes and Armaan Malik

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Stories from the week including racism on maternity wards and monkeypox.

The price of chicken is going up, floods in Bangladesh and India, and an interview with footballer Troy Deeney on his new documentary Where's My History?

Dr Carter Singh tells us If we should be worried about monkeypox. You'll also hear from someone who has family impacted by the floods in India and Bangladesh. 

A new Race Action Plan has been launched to try to increase levels of trust and confidence in the police. A former detective superintendent with the Met Police, Shabnam Choudhry, gives us her view on this. Plus actress Sarwat Gilani is proud to represent Pakistan at the Cannes film festival with Joyland, and singer-composer Armaan Malik talks dance music.

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