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Miss India contest criticised for lack of diversity

Many people are noting that all the finalists have fair skin

A photo of the finalists taking part in this year's Miss India beauty pageant is being shared widely online. Many people are criticising the organisers, saying that all the women are fair-skinned and look similar. We hear reaction from Indian women.

Also, Canada is preparing to take back tonnes of plastic waste shipped to the Philippines between 2013 and 2014. Environmental campaigners had been pressuring the country to collect it. We speak to our reporter in the Subic Bay area, near to where the containers are docked.

And South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new cabinet in which, for the first time in the country's history, half of all ministers are women. What do South African women make of the move?

(Photo: Miss India beauty pageant. Credit: Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Thu 30 May 201915:06GMT

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  • Thu 30 May 201915:06GMT

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