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Newshour: Venezuela 'Fixed' Vote Turnout

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Venezuela 'Fixed' Vote Turnout

02/08/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Venezuela 'Fixed' Vote Turnout

The company providing Venezuela's voting system says the turn-out figure is inflated.

The company that provided the Venezuelan voting system for the controversial constituent assembly elections on Sunday, now says the turn-out figure was inflated by a least one-million.

Also in the programme: German car-makers have struck a deal to adapt some 5m cars to reduce their emissions and football star Neymar will be transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for a record amount of $160m.

(Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates the results of the election for a 'Constituent Assembly', on the day of the vote. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt, getty images)

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