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Turkey Votes This Weekend

Turks go to the polls; China ignores international ruling; and UK compensation for Gitmo

Newshour comes from London and Istanbul, Turkey: Snap elections -- the second in five months -- have been called this weekend in Turkey, amidst a worsening security situation; the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague awards the Philippines the right to bring a case against China over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea; and the UK government's policy of paying former British detainees at Guantanamo Bay millions of dollars of compensation, but why?

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