{"id":43624,"date":"2026-08-24T11:19:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43624"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:19:53","slug":"india-prepares-to-host-18th-brics-summit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/india-prepares-to-host-18th-brics-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"India prepares to host 18th BRICS summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>India is gearing up to host its biggest diplomatic showpiece of the year, the\u00a018th Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) Summit, even as the US-Iran conflict threatens consensus.<\/div>\n<div>\nLeaders of the world&#8217;s most influential emerging economies BRICS are set to arrive in New Delhi next month.<\/div>\n<div>\nBut questions remain over whether the bloc can keep its focus on its economic agenda &#8211; or if divisions over the war in the Middle East will overshadow talks.<\/div>\n<div>\nIshan\u00a0Garg\u00a0brings us this report from New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>In just under a month now, India&#8217;s capital New Delhi will host world leaders from the countries that account for nearly a third of the world&#8217;s GDP &#8211; and half the world&#8217;s population.<\/p>\n<p>But it could be India&#8217;s most complicated\u00a0chairship\u00a0yet, presiding over a group that has nearly doubled in size and grown far less cohesive.<\/p>\n<p>SA&#8217;s Cyril\u00a0Ramaphosa\u00a0is likely to travel to Delhi for the summit, as is Russian President Vladimir\u00a0Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese President Xi\u00a0Jinping\u00a0is also expected to attend, what would be his first visit to India since the two countries engaged in a military border stand off six years ago.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13598,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-43624","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"India is gearing up to host its biggest diplomatic showpiece","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43625,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43624\/revisions\/43625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}