Peruvians prepare to vote in runoff election
The World
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🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Voters in Peru head to the polls this weekend for a runoff presidential election, with one key issue stemming from a wave of extortion that has surged in recent years. Also, a look at why Iran has conditioned a ceasefire with the US with an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. And, some criminal groups in Mexico are eyeing profits from the World Cup games. Plus, a German tradition of combining heat from a sauna with aromatherapy sees a new competitive twist.
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| 0:00.0 | One ceasefire fell apart, now they're scrambling to get a new one in place. |
| 0:09.2 | Spoiler alert, it's a really tough assignment. |
| 0:12.5 | The Middle East is a complex system. |
| 0:15.0 | We broke it, and you can't put it back together again. |
| 0:17.9 | I'm Marco Wurman. |
| 0:18.8 | Today, why negotiations between the U.S. and Iran keep getting |
| 0:21.7 | stuck on Lebanon. Also on the show, voters in Peru are headed to the polls with a big worry on their |
| 0:27.8 | minds. In Peru, we are seeing a crime wave like never before. And we'll hear a gripping survival |
| 0:36.0 | story from Mount Everest, where a Sherpa disappeared on the |
| 0:39.1 | mountain for six days. Everyone had assumed he was dead. His wife told me that she got the phone call, |
| 0:45.4 | that her husband was alive when they were just starting the funeral rituals for him. Plus, breaking a |
| 0:51.7 | big sweat in German competitive sauna, that's all ahead today on the world. |
| 0:57.0 | This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for being here on this Friday. |
| 1:01.1 | Peruvians are headed back to the polls this weekend to choose their next president. Many voters there |
| 1:06.0 | are unhappy with the choice they've been left with in this runoff. The candidate on the right is the |
| 1:11.0 | daughter of a notorious past president whose name is synonymous with corruption, violence, |
| 1:15.6 | and undermining democracy in Peru. The candidate on the left is embroiled in controversy. |
| 1:20.7 | He's been accused of fraud. We begin today with the chaotic political situation in Peru. |
| 1:26.0 | Our guest is Peruvian journalist Marcos |
| 1:27.6 | Sifuentes, based in Spain. He helped us get our heads around how it came down to these two |
| 1:32.5 | candidates and what that means for the people who are voting on Sunday. He started by talking |
| 1:36.9 | about one big issue shaping this election, crime. In Peru, we are seeing a crime wave like never before. |
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