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Colombians Head to the Polls

27/05/2018 GMT

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Colombians vote in the first round of presidential elections

Colombians are voting the first round of a presidential election today. A new head of state is guaranteed, as President Juan Manuel Santos is not standing for re-election. The election is partly being seen as a judgement on the peace deal he agreed with Farc rebels in 2016. 

Also in the programme: Goodbye to Caversham, the BBC’s based for monitoring the airwaves of the world; and moon astronaut Alan Bean, remembered by his best friend, a fellow member of the Apollo programme. 

(Image: A worker assembles voting booths at a polling station in Cali, Colombia, on 25th May 25, 2018. Credit: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images)

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