From the BBC World Service: India’s government made an emergency order to censor tweets that were critical of how the country has handled the pandemic, prompting more criticism on social media as India continues to set new records for daily COVID cases. Also, as the EU hints at opening up for American tourists this summer, Italy eases COVID restrictions. And, the appeal of working from home in one of Cornwall’s fishing villages.

A new report from Swiss Re, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, contains dire warnings about climate change and how rising temperatures, higher seas, falling crop yields, and wildfires are also likely to cut into global wealth significantly within 30 years. Plus, more details on President Biden’s expected proposal to increase taxes on the wealthy. And, a Republican proposal on infrastructure spending.

More information is trickling out, including the idea of upping the tax when on capital gains. Plus, the Supreme Court rules there are limits to the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to order fraudsters to return money to people who were ripped off. And, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s proposal to spend $1 billion to help people experiencing homelessness.

From the BBC World Service: With India’s daily COVID cases soaring and a “double mutant” variant, industrial oxygen use is being curbed. Hospitals are struggling with shortages of oxygen, medication and beds. Plus, the teenage entrepreneur distributing hand sanitizer in a “gel card.”

That’s what President Joe Biden is pledging the U.S. will do by the end of the decade. The announcement is part of a virtual climate summit that started today. Plus, after the murder of George Floyd, the University of Miami pledged to support research and academic projects aimed at dismantling racism. That’s led to a program in Native American and Indigenous studies.

There’s word the Biden administration is about to drop a lawsuit against California over its authority to regulate auto emissions, as The Wall Street Journal reports. We look at how that affects automakers and the rest of the country. Plus, a tax credit for smaller businesses to help with paid time off for employees getting vaccinations. And, revisiting the deadly freeze in Texas from February: How are farmers faring two months after the icing devastated crops?

From the BBC World Service: Trade tensions between Australia and China escalate in a fresh dispute over Belt and Road Initiative plans. Also, the U.N. warns 3 million more people may go hungry in the aftermath of the February military coup in Myanmar. And, as the European Super League crumbles, a look at how a German model for sports ownership could be a template for the rest of the region.

We speak with Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, about what progress the U.S. has made on overhauling policing, and what progress corporations have made on their pledges to address systemic racism. Also, the latest on a new cyberattack, different from the SolarWinds hack, that’s hit U.S. government agencies, defense contractors and financial institutions. And, inside the abrupt collapse of the European Super League.

This week, the Service Employees International Union and nonprofit Majority Action called on managers of pension and hedge funds to press for social justice during corporate annual meetings. Plus, a large group of religious leaders calls for a boycott of Home Depot and says the company isn’t doing enough to oppose Georgia’s new law that makes it harder to vote. And, progress for restaurants that are able to pay rent again, but the data also shows challenges for minority-owned businesses.