Ukraine election: Comedian leads presidential contest

A comedian is on course to win the most votes in the opening round of the presidential election in Ukraine, beating the incumbent into a distant second. Exit polls give the satirist Volodymyr Zelenskiy a clear lead over Petro Poroshenko. Also on the programme: The former US Vice President Joe Biden has denied acting inappropriately towards women - but should Americans be surprised at the allegations? And Brazil's president reinstates commemorations of a military coup, which took place fifty five years ago today - to the anger of some of those who lived through it.
(Photo: Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy casts his ballot at a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, 31 March 2019. Credit: EPA/STEPAN FRANKO)