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Added on the 16/03/2014 15:02:02 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Hundreds of people wait in line outside the Russian embassy in Paris to cast their votes on the final day of the Russian presidential election, in which Vladimir Putin is running virtually unopposed. Victory would allow the former KGB agent to stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030, longer than any Russian leader since Catherine the Great in the eighteenth century and eclipsing Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. IMAGES
A handful of anti-Trump and pro-Trump protesters gather outside the US Supreme Court to protest against Donald Trump as the US Supreme Court is set to hear Trump's appeal against the Colorado ballot ban, examining his eligibility for the Republican primary ballot in the state of Colorado due to his involvement in the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol by his supporters. IMAGES
Polls open in El Salvador with victory in the bag for incumbent President Nayib Bukele thanks to his no-holds-barred war on gangs that has slashed homicide rates in a violence-weary nation. IMAGES
Donald Trump celebrates as he romps to a lightning-quick victory Monday in Iowa's caucuses -- the first vote in the US presidential race -- cementing his status as the presumptive Republican standard-bearer to challenge President Joe Biden in November's election. IMAGES
Libertarian Javier Milei celebrates with a crowd of supporters in Buenos Aires after being elected Argentina's new president. With 55.7 percent of the vote, Milei thumped his rival, Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who scored 44 percent of the vote and rapidly conceded defeat. IMAGES
"As we announced the day before yesterday, we do not recognise these elections," says opposition candidate Hajo Andrianainarivelo at a press conference in the capital Antananarivo. The first round of Madagascar's presidential election appears to have resulted in a very low voter turnout. Tensions are running high between incumbent Andry Rajoelina, who has voiced confidence in being re-elected, and ten opposition candidates who have called for a boycott of the vote. SOUNDBITE