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World Service,13 May 2019,53 mins

Philippines: will voters give more power to Duterte?

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Voting has started in the Philippines in mid-term elections and is seen as a test of the popularity of President Rodrigo Duterte. We hear from a senior UN official for Yemen as Houthi rebels say they’ve been pulling out of key ports, including Hodeida. And we go to the Venice Biennale where a boat, which sunk causing the deaths of more than seven-hundred migrants, is on show .

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