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Voting is under way in Turkey's elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces the biggest political challenge of his two-decade rule.

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More than 64 million eligible voters will cast their ballots to elect both a president and parliament for a 5️⃣-year term.

The polls opened at 8am (0500 GMT) and will close at 5pm (1400 GMT).

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Twitter has announced that access to some content has been restricted in Turkey.

It didn’t elaborate in its announcement on Saturday on what content is affected by these restrictions.

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What’s life like for Afghan women after a year under the Taliban? @SandraGathmann went to Afghanistan to hear from some of them 👇 #AJStartHere

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@SandraGathmann Like in any country, women in Afghanistan aren’t a monolith. Each individual has her own take on the changes.

Many feel the changes have dramatically reduced their freedoms and prospects | #AJStartHere

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@SandraGathmann Some Afghan women think things are better under the Taliban government | #AJStartHere

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World Health Organization declares monkeypox a global emergency amid surge in cases aje.io/psgau5
The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries an “emergency of international concern” ⤵️ aje.io/yxgxj4
The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a global emergency amid a surge in cases.

What’s going on? #AJStartHere with @SandraGathmann explains ⤵
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Whether it was NFT FOMO or working from home JOMO, 2021 covered a lot of ground.

From a global vaccination roll-out in the billions to one of the world’s largest container ships costing Egypt $15m per day.

We recap the stories that shaped the world in 2021 👇
On January 6, Pro-Donald Trump protesters, upset at the outcome of the presidential election, stormed the US Capitol.

Thousands of protesters breached Capitol Hill security, resulting in 5 deaths and dozens of arrests.

#AJStartHere explained ⤵️
Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on January 20 and at age 78 became the oldest US president in history.

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DEVELOPING: Protests in the US city of Minneapolis after police fatally shoot a young Black man after pulling him over for a traffic violation aje.io/xld73
Protests broke out in the US city of Minneapolis on Sunday night after a policeman fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright near where George Floyd was killed last year.

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US police used tear gas to disperse protests following the killing of a young Black man in the city of Minneapolis — in pictures aje.io/6wa7z
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As new coronavirus strains emerge and infect more people, questions loom over the effectiveness of vaccines.

Here’s what you need to know about the most concerning COVID-19 variants 👇 Image
1- SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, keeps changing, generating new and more transmissible versions.

The concerning variants have been identified in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.

Here's what you need to know about the UK's B.1.1.7 variant: aje.io/cgxtx Image
2- The B.1.1.248 variant was first detected in early January in Brazil and is now spreading across the country. Brazil’s health minister says it is ‘three times more contagious’

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Biden or Trump - Who’s going to win?

@SandraGathmann asks the man who’s picked the last nine presidents in a row on #AJStartHere.

#ElectionNight #ElectionDay2020
@SandraGathmann As Americans wait for the #ElectionNight outcome, social media is flooded with humour, analysis and anxiety aje.io/3v988

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Do you think Allan Lichtman has got it right?

#ElectionNight #Elections2020
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#Coronavirus has a new name; #COVID19 - but what do we really know about it? #AJStartHere explains:
#Coronavirus death toll rises above 1,600 in China, as World Health Organization praises containment efforts aje.io/zwda8
China's Hubei province bans vehicle traffic to curb spread of #coronavirus | aje.io/fs84p
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