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President Zelensky says he will try to hold Ukraine elections during wartime

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President Zelensky says he will seek to change the law to allow Ukraine elections to be held. Donald Trump has doubled down on his criticism of how European countries are being changed by immigration. And an artistic glass ceiling has been broken - as the Turner Prize goes to a sculptor with a learning disability.
9 Dec 6PM English United Kingdom TV & Film

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