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On the eve of Turkey's election, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu concludes his campaign with a symbolic visit to the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern and secular Turkey. Opinion surveys show Kilicdaroglu with a slight advantage over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and within a whisker of breaking the 50-percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff on May 28. IMAGES
Tajik opposition leader Umarali Kuvvatov is shot dead by an unknown assailant on an Istanbul street.(Rough cut / No reporter narration)
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer arrives to cast his ballot at a polling station in London, as Britain begins voting in local and mayoral elections that are expected to increase pressure on beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The polls are the last major electoral test before a general election that Sunak's Tory party, in power since 2010, seems destined to lose to Starmer's Labour opposition. IMAGES
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer meets Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on his visit to the United States, which has voiced growing frustration at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. IMAGES
People gather in Istanbul's Sarachane area after partial results show the main Turkish opposition party claimed victory in the mayoral race in the capital Ankara. The country has been dominated for more than two decades by the AKP of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
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