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🗓️ 6 December 2024
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A top Romanian court has annulled results from the first round of the country's vote for president. The unprecedented ruling comes after the declassification of intelligence alleging that a Russian campaign had promoted the far-right winner. Our Europe correspondent has the latest. Also, a new directive from the Taliban bans women in Afghanistan from studying dentistry, nursing, and midwifery. And, a standup comic from Zimbabwe on how jokes land differently in the US.
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0:00.0 | In Romania, the presidential elections scheduled for this weekend has been called off. |
0:10.4 | Declassified documents from Romania's intelligence agency appear to show that there was foreign interference in the vote. |
0:17.6 | I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Carol Hills. Today, a nation in turmoil as the electoral |
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0:36.4 | doors five years after a fire nearly destroyed it. |
0:39.8 | We realized that Northam was not a medieval building. It was a building for today and for the future. |
0:45.9 | And a stand-up comic from Zimbabwe has questions about the Lion King. |
0:50.3 | Why do these lions have American accents? |
0:53.3 | That's all ahead on the world. |
0:58.1 | This is The World. I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
1:00.8 | And I'm Carol Hills. Thanks for joining us. |
1:03.5 | Romania is in turmoil today after its constitutional court announced the cancellation of the country's presidential election. |
1:10.6 | The second round of voting was supposed to happen on Sunday after a first round came out in |
1:15.5 | favor of a far-right candidate who'd expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin. |
1:20.0 | His opponent was a lawmaker on the center right. |
1:22.9 | Polls showed the two running neck and neck. |
1:25.0 | The announcement about the election being canceled came after |
1:27.8 | Romania's intelligence agency released documents that appear to show foreign interference in the |
1:33.3 | country's electoral process. The world's Europe correspondent Orla Berry has been following this, |
1:38.0 | and I spoke with her earlier today. She told me this wasn't entirely unexpected. |
1:43.1 | It was rumored, Carl. I've been talking to people in Romania yesterday who said there is a |
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