Voting underway in presidential runoff in Türkiye

STORY: Voting underway in presidential runoff in Türkiye DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the voting in Ankara 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ZEYNEP CERMEN, Xinhua reporter STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZEYNEP CERMEN, Xinhua reporter "Turkish voters started to cast their ballots on Sunday as of 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) local time for the second round of the presidential election. In Istanbul, the country's largest city with around 11 million eligible voters, many people already showed up at the polling stations before the start. Over 31,000 ballot boxes have been set up across all 39 districts. The second round is expected to be a knife-edge contest between the incumbent president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the joint opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Turkish people will either decide to continue with Erdogan for another five-year term or vote for change and elect Kilicdaroglu. A six-party opposition bloc and several other minor parties back Kilic

United States hold England to goalless draw in World Cup stalemate

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Britons vote in knife-edge EU referendum

Britons vote in knife-edge EU referendum

People leave a polling station in the suburbs of London on June 23, 2016, after voting in a referendum on whether Britain should remain part of the European Union. Surveys in recent weeks suggested the British public was almost evenly split between the "Remain" and "Leave" camps, with most experts saying the result was too close to call. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Britons vote in knife-edge EU referendum

Britons vote in knife-edge EU referendum

Flowers line the entrance of a polling station in Batley, northern England, on June 23, 2016, in memory of British Member of Parliament Jo Cox, who was fatally shot and stabbed in an attack in the town earlier in the month. Britons were voting in a referendum on whether to remain part of the European Union, with most experts saying the result was too close to call. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Britons go to the polls in knife-edge EU referendum

Britons go to the polls in knife-edge EU referendum

People exit a polling station in London on June 23, 2016, after voting in a referendum to determine whether Britain should remain part of the European Union. Surveys in recent weeks suggest the British public is almost evenly split between the Remain and Leave camps, with most experts saying the result is too close to call. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo