Iraq Elections Get Underway

Iraqis have gone to the polls to vote in parliamentary elections, the first since victory was declared over the Islamic State group.

Also in the programme: The bitter battle within Java’s Muslim royal family over the gender of the next monarch.

(Image: A member of the Iraqi security forces holds up an ink-stained finger during early voting for Iraq's parliamentary elections on 10th May 2018 in Erbil, Iraq. Credit: Younes Mohammad/Getty Images)