Portugal prepares to go to the polls

Portugal’s president is appealing to voters to take part in today’s elections, despite the record number of coronavirus cases. Hundreds of thousands of people who are isolating have been asked to wait for the end of the day before casting their ballots.

Also in the programme – thousands of truckers and other protesters converge on Parliament Hill in Canada’s capital city today to voice their opposition to vaccine mandates and other Covid restrictions.

To discuss this and more, Julian Worricker is joined by Elif Shafak, an award-winning Turkish-British author and women’s rights activist, and Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group.

(Picture: Polling booths are assembled for Portugal's snap election Credit: Reuters / Nunes)