A teenage gunman murdered at least 19 children and two teachers in a Texas school. It is the deadliest US school shooting in nearly a decade.

This episode on China-US ties against the backdrop of Biden's Taiwan policy looks at whether this would escalate into the collision between the two powers.

Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi has visited Oman and the two sides have signed oil and gas cooperation deals.

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas marks first anniversary of Operation al-Quds Sword. Hamas says the operation was fateful and opened a new chapter in fight against occupying Israeli regime. During the operation, Gaza resistance forces launched thousands of rockets into Israeli-occupied territories.

This edition of the program is about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The discussion is about the misrepresentation of the facts on the ground in the western media. A case in point is the Russia’s recent takeover of Donbas region.

China wants to expand group of emerging economies known as BRICS. It will be the first shake up of bloc in over a decade. Brazil, Russia, India, China initially formed BRIC in 2009, and South Africa joined the bloc in 2010.

This episode looks at the impact of war in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia on global food crisis and famine in poor countries.