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Voters in Moldova are going to the polls

A review of the week with the latest news.

Voters are going to the polls to elect a new president but also to decide in a referendum whether the constitution of this small Eastern European country should include the ambition of joining the EU. Our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports on the elections in Moldova.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky this week presented details of his so-called "victory plan鈥. One key element is a formal invitation to join NATO. As Ukraine enters its third winter of war with Russia, we speak to Tim Willasey-Wilsey, a former senior British diplomat, who argues that Ukraine is facing 鈥渋mpending betrayal鈥 by the West.
And a week ago the award-winning British photojournalist Paul Lowe was found stabbed to death on a hiking trail in California. He covered conflicts, including the 1990s war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and later taught photojournalism in Sarajevo and London. We speak to Ron Haviv, one of his colleagues at the VII Academy, which teaches journalism.
To discuss all this and more, Simon Robinson, an executive editor at Reuters, and Maria Margaronis, who is a writer and broadcaster.
CREDIT: A voter casts a ballot at a polling station, as the country holds a presidential election and a referendum on joining the European Union, in Chisinau, Moldova October 20, 2024/ REUTERS

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