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Hurricane Delta approaches US landfall

Residents in Louisiana are fleeing their homes

Residents in Louisiana are fleeing their homes as Hurricane Delta approaches. We'll hear the latest from Joel Cline of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Also in the programme, the Coronavirus pandemic means India is spending huge sums in support yet many citizens are borrowing. One woman tells us she has turned to money lenders to ease her financial woes, with no idea how much interest is being charged. To make things worse, we hear that heavy rains during the monsoon destroyed crops and have pushed many farmers deeper into debt. And economist Ashwini Deshpande explains that millions of Indian citizens could be pushed below the poverty line. Also in the programme, a court in Madrid has annulled the Spanish government's coronavirus restrictions on the city. We find out what might happen next from journalist Ashish Sharma. The prestigious American university, Yale, is being sued by the Justice Department for allegedly discriminating illegally against Asian and white undergraduate applicants. We get reaction from Irene Vazquez, who is a student at Yale. And we'll hear from City College of New York Professor Terri Watson on how Critical Race Theory, a tool for analysing systemic racism in US institutions such as universities, has become President Trump's latest target.

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Fri 9 Oct 2020 21:32GMT

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  • Fri 9 Oct 2020 21:32GMT