Why does Switzerland want to ban the burka?

Why Switzerland is voting to ban face coverings such as the niqab and burka, even though they are worn by very few women.

Also, President Joe Biden has welcomed the US Senate's vote to approve his 1.9 trillion-dollar coronavirus relief plan. Some observers are describing it as the first political victory of his administration. One US citizen tells us she needed help much sooner.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Christina Lamb, a British journalist and Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Sunday Times newspaper, and Edward Girardet a Swiss-American journalist, editor, and author based in Geneva.

(Picture: A poster reads "Stop Extremism!" ahead of a Swiss vote on banning face veils. Credit: Reuters)