US covid cases surge

The US has been seeing more than 100,000 new covid cases per day over the last 10 days in what experts say may be a worse outbreak than those seen in the spring and summer. Experts warn hospitals across the country could soon be overwhelmed.

Also on the programme: India's awkward bargain between saving the economy and saving lives; and what we can expect from President Biden's foreign policy when it comes to Hong Kong and China.

(Image: Medical workers direct traffic at the University of Texas coronavirus drive-thru testing site in El Paso, U.S. on 9 November 2020. Credit: Reuters/Salgado)