
Capitol riots: Security failures
We discuss the events at the US Capitol
The US Congress has certified Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election, hours after Trump supporters stormed the building. We hear a conversation about the security failures and police tactics. Many activists have pointed out that police response was very different from the massive show of police force in place in Black Lives Matter demonstrations last year.
We have also gathered messages from people around the world reacting to what has taken place in the US capital.
We discuss the latest research and talking points about the coronavirus pandemic with Dr Swapneil Parekh, an infectious disease researcher at the Kasturba Hospital in Mumbai.
(PHOTO: A supporter of President Donald Trump carries a Confederate battle flag on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol near the entrance to the Senate after breaching security defenses, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Credit: Mike Theiler/File Photo/Reuters)
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- Thu 7 Jan 2021 17:06GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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