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Ukraine holds snap parliament election

21/07/2019 GMT

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Ukrainians vote in election that could consolidate power of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Ukrainians vote in election that could consolidate power of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelenskiy will try to take control of Ukraine's parliament in a snap election to begin enacting his programme of anti-corruption reforms. 

And, European powers urge Iran to release a British-flagged tanker it seized in the Strait of Hormuz.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss these and other issues are Emma Bullimore, an arts, television and entertainment journalist, and John Nilsson-Wright, a specialist on Japan and East Asia at Cambridge University and the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

(Picture: A member of a district electoral commission sets up ballot boxes at a polling station in central Kiev. Credit: Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty Images)

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