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World Service,22 Jul 2019,53 mins

Ukriane president’s party set to win poll

Newsday

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's party is set to convincingly win a snap parliamentary election, consolidating his political power. Exit polls suggest the Servant of the People party will have a majority in parliament - but will need a coalition partner to form a government. A mob of masked men armed with batons stormed a train station in the Hong Kong district of Yuen Long on Sunday. Footage posted on social media showed the men, all in white T-shirts, violently attacking people on platforms and inside train carriages. If Nigeria doesn't record another case of polio for the next two months it'll be officially declared polio-free. The time between now and the end of September is crucial, if it is to gain the World Health Organisation declaration.

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