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Polls close in Iraqi elections

Iraqis have voted in parliamentary elections: but why was turnout so low?

Iraqis have voted in their fifth national parliamentary elections since the US invasion of 2003: but why was turnout so low? We hear from Jane Arraf, the New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad.

Also in the programme: the controversial life and career of A.Q.Khan, who helped Pakistan build its nuclear bomb and supplied nuclear know-how to other countries including Iran and North Korea. And a new artistic presence in a Paris Museum that commemorates a murdered Jewish family.

(Photo: Parliamentary elections in Iraq. Credit: EPA/AHMED JALIL)

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Sun 10 Oct 2021 20:06GMT

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  • Sun 10 Oct 2021 20:06GMT

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