India Economy Posts 7.6% Annual Growth

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India is celebrating becoming the fastest growing major global economy. We ask Mihir Sharma from Delhi's Business Standard newspaper whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi should claim the credit. Also in the programme, one of the world's most successful footballers, Lionel Messi, is on trial for tax fraud. Sports media lawyer Gerard Cukier of Kingsley Napier assesses the case for us. Public sector workers in Belgium are striking in protest at attempts by the government to cut budgets and raise the retirement age. Chris Reniers of Belgium's General Federation of Public Service Union tells us why workers are upset. And the BBC's David Willis reports on whether the holy grail of power generation, nuclear fusion, might finally be within grasp. (Picture: Indian manufacturing workers. Picture credit: Reuters.)