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Trump: 'The 25th amendment is of zero risk to me'

President Trump has made his first public appearance since the Capitol riots last week.

President Trump has made his first public appearance since the Capitol riots last week, speaking on a visit to Texas to inspect the border wall with Mexico. He said he was unconcerned by attempts to remove him from office. But some of the world's biggest corporate names have begun to distance themselves from Mr Trump - among them Deutsche Bank and Signature Bank. We discuss what this means for his finances with Max Abelson of Bloomberg.
As Ugandans prepare to vote in the presidential election on Thursday, we assess the health of the country's economy with economist and policy analyst Ramathan Ggoobi of Makarere University Business School.
We hear about the pressures on Western brands to ban imports of goods suspected of being made using forced labour in the China's Western Xinjiang province.

And in India, the Supreme Court has halted controversial agriculture laws, saying the government should come to an agreement with farmers. Thousands have been protesting against the laws in New Delhi for more than 45 days. The 成人快手's Arunoday Mukharji brings us up to date.

Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by Lien Hoang, financial reporter with Nikkei Asia, in Ho Chi Minh city and by Andy Uhler, reporter with Marketplace, from Austin in Texas.

(Photo: President Donald Trump; Credit: Getty Images)

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