Biden's spending plan

We'll bring you the five big takeaways from President Biden's speech to Congress, marking his first 100 days in office. We hear conversations about his policies among journalists covering US politics and between voters across the political spectrum.

We return to India to hear more accounts of the situation with coronavirus. We speak to our reporter in the state of West Bengal where people are voting in the final phase of elections, despite the continuing rise of virus cases. And we discuss reports that devastation in many smaller Indian cities, towns and villages has been largely under-reported. We’ll also have our regular coronavirus expert, Dr Emma Hodcroft, to talk through today's headlines on the virus.

And as a new strict coronavirus lockdown begins in Turkey, we gauge the mood of the country which was seen as a success story a year ago but now has the highest infection rate in Europe.

(Photo: U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress as Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) applaud, April 28, 2021. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS)