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19 May 2021

Episode 2496

60 minutes

We discuss India’s ongoing Covid crisis and its impact on prime minister Modi’s popularity, and whether rising tensions between Hong Kong and Taiwan portend a wider regional conflagration. Then, we head to Paris as the French capital eases lockdown restrictions. Plus: Eurovision, part trois.

19 May 2021

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India’s coronavirus crisis and Narendra Modi

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India has been reeling amidst a major second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with cases in the country now having topped 25 million. For more on the situation on the ground and the fallout for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, we heard from Dr Shruti Kapila, director of studies in History at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, and from Joanna Slater, New Delhi bureau chief for ‘The Washington Post’.

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Eurovision: Duncan Laurence

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For the third instalment of our series on the Eurovision Song Contest, we speak with the winner of the last edition in 2019, Dutch singer-songwriter Duncan Laurence. The winning song “Arcade” became a hit not only in Europe, but also charted in the US. He told us about his future music plans and all things Eurovision.

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