Anti-Bolsonaro protests take place across Brazil

Protests have taken place across Brazil in opposition to President Jair Bolsonaro’s management of the Covid-19 crisis. The country has suffered over 450,000 coronavirus deaths.

Also in the programme; French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that France may withdraw its troops from Mali if it moves towards Islamist radicalism; and Colombian President Ivan Duque has extended the deployment of military forces in the country with anti-government protests continuing.

Joining Julian Worricker on the programme is Shrabani Basu, Indian-born author and journalist based in the UK and Han Dorussen, professor of government at the University of Essex.

(Photo: A demonstrator holds a banner reading, "Bolsonaro virus out", during a protest against the president in Brasilia. Credit: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)