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Turkey election: Erdogan loses capital

News and issues making the headlines each day.

The party of Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has lost control of the capital, Ankara, in local elections.

The opposition is also almost certain to win the contest for mayor of the largest city, Istanbul, the election commission says.

Also on the programme: what鈥檚 the significance of Japan鈥檚 new imperial era? And could fish slime hold the answers to antibiotic resistance?

(Photo: Opposition CHP supporters celebrated in Istanbul; Credit: AFP)

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Mon 1 Apr 2019 09:06GMT

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