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Weekend: Polls re-open in the Czech Republic

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09/10/2021 GMT

Polls re-open in the Czech Republic

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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis battles for another term, as polls re-open

Voters in the Czech Republic head to the polls where the fight will be fierce for the billionaire-turned-prime minister, Andrej Babis, who hopes to secure another four-year term.

Also in the programme: Elon Musk throws open the doors to a new electric car and battery factory in Berlin; and an opera based on Mahatma Ghandi's early years in South Africa opens at the English National Opera.

Our panellists this week are Laurie Goering, editor of the Thomson Reuters Foundation's news website on the human impacts of climate change, and Silio Boccanera, London correspondent for Brazilian television.

(Picture: Andrej Babis (centre) is facing two opposition coalitions and is competing with the far right, Credit: Getty Images)

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