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For the next two days, South Africa will host world leaders including Xi Jinping of China, Brazil\\u2019s Lula da Silva and Narendra Modi of India.\\n \\nRussia\\u2019s Vladimir Putin was initially invited, but couldn\\u2019t travel to Johannesburg due to a warrant of arrest issued by the ICC.\\n \\nIt relates to alleged war crimes in Ukraine.\\n \\nThose gathered for this week\\u2019s BRICS summit, will discuss an alternative currency to the US dollar, trade and expanding the BRICS bloc.\\n \\nIn recent months, dozens of countries including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Argentina, Iran, Egypt and Nigeria expressed interest to join.\\n \\nSome political commentators say BRICS could challenge the dominance of the United States and its western allies.