
Muhammad Yunus sworn in as interim Bangladesh leader
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as interim leader of Bangladesh.
Muhammad Yunus has been sworn in as Bangladesh's interim leader. He flew into Dhaka after Sheikh Hasina - who ruled the country for 15 years - fled to India following weeks of student-led protests. We hear from someone who worked with Mr Yunus in microfinance - the field that led him to win a Nobel peace prize in 2006.
Also in our programme: as Kamala Harris draws closer in the polls, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held his first conference since her nomination as his Democratic opponent; and the Norwegian Foreign Minister responds to Israel's decision to strip eight Norwegian diplomats of their diplomatic accreditation.
(Photo: Muhammad Yunus signs the oath book as the country’s head of the interim government in Bangladesh. Credit: Reuters / Mohammad Ponir Hossain)
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