D-Day Diplomacy, UK election campaign and Modi's humbling at the polls
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This week has seen world leaders gather on the beaches of northern France to commemorate 80 years since the Normandy landings – the moment that marked the start of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany. This year, Ukraine's leader was invited but Russian officials were cold-shouldered. We discuss the politics of D-Day diplomacy.
It's also been a week that's seen TV debates and election drama in the UK. Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer were combative but clipped by the question master in their first leaders' debate. The week was also milk-shaken up by the return of a ghost of Brexit past. Nigel Farage is running for parliament for the eighth time and claims he's doing it for the people.
The past seven days have also seen an unexpected outcome in India's election and a lesson in not entirely trusting exit polls. Early indications suggested a landslide victory and third term for PM Narendra Modi. The reality of the results means no supreme reign for India's polarising nationalist leader, who failed to get a majority and now needs to build a coalition. After the humbling, what will the Modi 3.0 era look like?
Produced by Gavin Lee, Alessandro Xenos and Rebecca Gnignati.
United States
