Turkey's Tight Election, Nakba 75th Anniversary, North Carolina Abortion Bill

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🗓️ 15 May 2023

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Turkey's presidential election appears to be headed for a runoff between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu. For the first time, the UN is holding a Nakba Day event to commemorate the displacement of Palestinians 75 years ago in Israel's founding war. And, the Republican supermajority in North Carolina vowed to override the governor's veto on a bill that would ban abortions after 12-weeks.

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0:00.0	A historic presidential election in Turkey looks like it's headed for a runoff.
0:06.9	The final votes are still being counted, though, in a very close race.
0:10.1	Will President Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintain his grip on power?
0:13.9	I mean, Martinez, that's Laila Faddle, and this is a first from NPR News.
0:21.0	For 75 years, Palestinians have marked this day as the anniversary of what they call
0:24.7	the catastrophe.
0:25.7	It commemorates their mass displacement when Israel was founded as a state.
0:29.5	And for the first time, the United Nations is officially observing the day, so why is
0:33.7	the Israeli ambassador calling on member states to boycott it?
0:36.8	And North Carolina's Democratic governor blocked a bill that would ban abortions after 12 weeks.
0:42.1	We now have a future!
0:44.9	But the Republican's supermajority in the legislature might push it through anyway.
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