大象传媒

Concern grows over a Brazil coronavirus variant as the UK blocks South America visitors. Camilla Mota from the 大象传媒's Brazilian service tells us how the new variant is spreading in the country. Also in the programme, as German chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party meets to elect a new leader, who will stand a good chance of becoming chancellor after September's general election, the 大象传媒's Marie Keyworth asks what is next for Germany in the post-Merkel era. Plus, we discuss the farming sector, discrimination of African-American farmers as well as gene technology to tackle a nasty fungal disease known as rust that can blight wheat crops.

(Picture: A coronavirus patient arrives at a hospital in Manaus, Brazil. Picture credit: Getty Images.)