Today we look at a Senate inquiry into Brazil’s Covid response, protest actions by port workers and drivers in the US,the Biden administration’s approval of a weapons deal with the UAE, and civilian killings by Eritrean troops in Tigray

Ten central trade unions in India issued a nationwide protest call against the changes being made to labour laws.

The management forced workers to resign from the union, and victimized union office bearers and workers through unilateral transfers and suspensions.

Critics of the new rule view it as an attack on the workers’ right to unionize and as a move to diminish the unions’ influence by targeting their funds.