Brazil plays host to a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies Sunday and Monday during which pressing topics like Israel’s attack on Iran, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and trade tariffs imposed by U.

The Brics Summit has entered its second day in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the event and will also hold meetings with other world leaders on the sidelines. Meanwhile,

BRICS leaders set to discuss key global political issues in Rio de Janeiro, but questions over the bloc’s cohesion arise as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin opt to skip the summit.