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Turkey's Erdogan secures a victory in Sunday's historic runoff election

5:09am May 29, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extends his two-decades hold on power by defeating main challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu by four points. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to analyst Asli Aydintasbas.

Weekend Russian drone attack comes as Ukrainian forces prepare for counteroffensive

5:09am May 29, 2023

Russia launched its biggest drone strike since the war began. Ukrainian officials say it mostly targeting the capital Kyiv. Ukraine's top commander hints a long-awaited counteroffensive is imminent.

Police in Venice, Italy, are investigating the source of a bright green liquid patch that appeared on Sunday in the city's Grand Canal.

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A fluorescent green Venice canal is beguiling residents. Police are on the case

5:00am May 29, 2023

by Emma Bowman

A shock of bright green appeared in waters near the Grand Canal's Rialto Bridge over the weekend. Authorities say they are working to identify the source of the unusually verdant color.

An official prepares a ballot with the names and images of the two presidential candidates, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, at a polling station, in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday.

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Polls have closed in Turkey's presidential runoff election

12:14pm May 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger.

In this Feb. 11, 2016 file photo, Iranian drone Shahed-129 is displayed at a rally in Tehran, Iran. The White House on Monday, May 15, 2023, said that Russia is looking to buy additional advanced attack drones from Iran for use in the Kremlin's war in Ukraine after using up most of the 400 drones it had previously purchased from Tehran. ncil spokesman John Kirby said.

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Russia has launched its 'largest drone attack' of the war on Kyiv, killing one

4:34am May 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

Ukraine's capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia's war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday.

Justine Triet, winner of the Palme d'Or for Anatomy of a Fall, poses for photographers following the awards ceremony at the 76th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Saturday.

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'Anatomy of a Fall' wins the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival

8:02pm May 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

Anatomy of a Fall, which stars Sandra Hüller as a writer trying to prove her innocence in her husband's death, is only the third film directed by a woman to win the Palme d'Or.

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Russia's long-held influence over former Soviet republics is starting to fade

7:57am May 27, 2023

by Charles Maynes

While Russia is bogged down militarily by its invasion of Ukraine, there are signs that Moscow's long-held influence over the southern Caucasus is fading.

A strike on a medical facility in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine, on Friday left two dead and over 23 injured.

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Two dead, 23 wounded in a Russian strike on a Ukrainian medical clinic

5:36pm May 26, 2023

by Emily Olson

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy called the attack on a Dnipro medical clinic a "crime against humanity." Video of the scene showed smoke pouring out of a badly damaged building.

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Morning news brief

7:37am May 26, 2023

Indiana doctor is reprimanded for providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio. The Texas attorney general faces possible impeachment. Turkey's presidential runoff election is Sunday.

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Turkish voters will head back to the polls for Sunday's presidential runoff

7:24am May 26, 2023

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in a strong position to win the election — despite a devastating earthquake that many observers predicted would end his rule.

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