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Newsday: 03/06/2024 05:06 GMT : Mexico elections: Voters set to elect first female president

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03/06/2024 05:06 GMT : Mexico elections: Voters set to elect first female president

Mexico elections: Voters set to elect first female president

BBC World Service - Newsday, Mexico elections: Voters set to elect first female president

Exit polls and preliminary results give Claudia Sheinbaum a wide lead

Votes are being counted in Mexico and exit polls are projecting that Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of the capital city, will be the country's first ever female president. We’ll speak live to our correspondent there.

Elections in South Africa: Final results confirm that the ANC, once led by Nelson Mandela, has lost its majority. We’ll hear from a former MP from the Democratic Alliance party.

The US government says it expects that Israel will accept a ceasefire proposal which will see the cessation of hostilities in Gaza. We'll speak to a former member of the Israeli parliament.

In business, Nick Marsh will tell us why the Chinese fashion firm Shein is apparently planning to sell shares - potentially worth over $60 billion - in London.

Two biggest labour unions in Nigeria have announced indefinite strike. We'll ask why? 

And the "missing cryptoqueen" – the woman behind the bogus OneCoin scheme may have been murdered.

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