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Russia appears to be doubling down on its efforts to capture Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, with Ukraine’s armed forces saying Wednesday that Russian forces continue to concentrate their efforts on capturing the besieged town and nearby areas around Lyman, Avdiivka and Marinka.

A runoff between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, will take place on May 28. Here’s why the outcome matters to the world.

Tayyip Erdogan’s rival in Turkey’s presidential race accused the government on Wednesday of allowing 10 million “irregular” migrants to enter the country, marking a nationalist turn in his rhetoric ahead of a May 28 runoff vote.

An also-ran who helped push Turkey to its first run-off election on May 28 is using his new-found fame to make ultra-nationalism mainstream and tease over a second-round endorsement.And since Erdogan almost won outright in the first round,

What to know about Turkey’s tight presidential vote and how it could have implications around the world, including here in the United States.

A little-known nationalist who helped push Turkey’s election to a runoff told AFP on Tuesday he could throw his support behind either President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or his secular rival.In an interview with AFP,

Twitter’s decision to block certain content in Turkey the day before its presidential election was wrong, says the founder of Wikipedia.Jimmy Wales told the BBC his organisation had spent two and a half years in court to avoid similar demands made by Turkey in the past.

Twitter’s owner Elon Musk said Turkey had threatened to block the whole site. In 2014, Turkish President Recep Erdogan did exactly that, vowing to “wipe out” the social network after corruption allegations about his administration were shared on the platform.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said fighting censorship requests “is what it means to treat freedom of expression as a principle rather than a slogan.”