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09/09/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Sweden Votes

Sweden goes to the polls; the fight for Idlib; Serena Williams penalised at US Open

Sweden goes to the polls in an election that, for many, has turned into a referendum on the increased numbers of immigrants allowed into the country; as the fight for the last remaining rebel stronghold in Syria heats up, Turkey contemplates how to avoid a fresh migration crisis of its own; and after Naomi Osaka's victory in the final of the US Open, was it right for Serena Williams to be penalised for calling the umpire a "thief"?

(Image: A polling station in central Stockholm. Credit: EPA)

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