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Indian Election: Modi’s BJP clinches coalition deal
Could coalition politics spell trouble ahead?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to retain power, but his BJP party lost its outright parliamentary majority for the first time in 10 years. This concluded the world's biggest election which was held in seven phases over six weeks with almost a billion people registered to vote.
Also on the programme: on the eve of key European elections, we hear from Poland where farmers are feeling the heat from neighbouring Ukraine; and advice from your future self, the chatbot offering life lessons from what AI thinks you'll be like at sixty.
(Photo: Prime Minister Modi claims victory in India elections Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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