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Tehran, Jun 20 (EFE/EPA).- The United States Saturday said it would build on the "meaningful progress" on the possible return to the 2015 nuclear accord even as Iranian presidential elections were not free and fair.In the first remarks after ultraconservative chief justice Ebrahim Raisi was declared winner in the presidential race, the US Department of State said the Joe Biden administration would keep discussing possibilities of returning to the deal.Raisi is seen close to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 81, who holds ultimate political power. (Camera: ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH).FOOTAGE SHOT ON JUNE 19, 2021, SHOWS SUPPORTERS OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT ELECT EBRAHIM RAISI CELEBRATE IN IMAM HUSSEIN SQUARE IN TEHRAN, IRAN.
US stock markets opened with optimism Tuesday, as tens of millions of Americans head to the polls to decide who will be the next US president. According to Markets Insider, analysts say the upward bounce was a reaction to the end of the uncertainty surrounding who will get the top job. Fundstrat's Tom Lee said in a note to clients on Tuesday that the result would rally stocks, regardless of who won. If Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins, Lee expects a 10% rally. A surprise win for President Donald Trump could jolt stocks 15% to 17% higher. Asset manager BlackRock says that from ending political gridlock to producing sorely needed stimulus packages, the outcome could trigger an upturn.
Britons are voting in the tightest election for decades, one that could lead to government gridlock and push the world's fifth-largest economy closer to leaving the European Union. Mana Rabiee reports.
Election officials at a polling station in the northern city of Shamli pack and seal electronic voting machines as the first of seven voting stages closes in the world's biggest election. IMAGES
Polls have closed and the vote counting begins in polling stations in the Senegalese capital. Volunteers open up sealed ballot boxes and start counting the ballot papers from the first round of the country's presidential election. IMAGES
Senegalese voters cast their ballot at a polling station in Dakar to elect a new president in an unpredictable race following three years of turmoil and political crisis. IMAGES