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Over the weekend rumours were swirling on social media that the president was dead.

Marianna and Sumi join Matt Chorley on 5 Live to look at how the unfounded claims were sparked.

And the US Centre for Disease Control Chief, Dr Susan Monarez was fired last week. The White House said it was because she was 鈥渘ot aligned with the president's agenda". The decision prompted other leading figures at the agency to resign over frustrations about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's leadership and vaccine policy. Matt, Marianna and Sumi unpack the fallout.

And we look at whether Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs are pushing India closer to Russia and China, as leaders of the three countries got together at a summit hosted in Tianjin. It was the Indian PM Narendra Modi鈥檚 first time in China in seven years.

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