DPK's Lee Jae-myung poised to win presidential election, exit polls show
Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is projected to win Korea’s presidential election, defeating Kim Moon-soo of the conservative People Power Party (PPP), according to an exit poll released Tuesday.
A joint exit poll conducted by major broadcasters — KBS, MBC and SBS — showed Lee securing 51.7 percent of the vote, well above Kim’s 39.3 percent. Lee Jun-seok of the minor conservative Reform Party gained 7.7 percent.
The exit poll surveyed approximately 100,000 voters who had cast their ballots at 325 polling stations nationwide on Election Day. To account for trends in early voting, a separate phone survey of 11,500 voters was also conducted and factored into the results.
Dutch government collapses as far-right leader pulls party out of coalition
Coalition leaders call decision by Geert Wilders to withdraw from alliance over immigration policy ‘irresponsible’
Tue 3 Jun 2025 15.46 BST
The Dutch government has collapsed after the far-right leader Geert Wilders pulled his party out of the ruling coalition in a row over immigration and asylum policy.
The prime minister, Dick Schoof, on Tuesday handed in his resignation and that of his 11-month-old cabinet to King Willem-Alexander. Remaining ministers will stay on in a caretaker capacity until new elections, most likely in October.
Sana Yousaf: Pakistan TikTok star shot dead at home
Islamabad police have launched a murder probe after a teenage social media influencer was shot dead in her home. The news has reignited fears about the safety of women, particularly those in the public eye.
Police in Islamabad on Tuesday were investigating the killing of 17-year-old Sana Yousaf after she was found shot dead in her home.
The killing of the popular teenager, who had more than a million followers across TikTok and Instagram, has raised renewed concerns over the safety of online personalities in Pakistan, particularly young women.
Did South Africa's White 'refugees' sell a lie to the US?
A second group of White South Africans arrived in the US last week as part of a refugee programme put in place by the Trump administration, which alleges that members of the White Afrikaner minority are being racially persecuted. South Africa's crime statistics, however, tell a different story.
There are roughly 26,000 people murdered each year in South Africa. About 0.1 percent of those murders are farm attacks, which mostly claim the lives of Black people, according to national police statistics.
Despite these statistics, US President Donald Trump has accused South Africa of allowing a “White genocide”, claiming that Afrikaners, the descendants of Dutch settlers, are being racially persecuted. Trump also condemned a law that allowed the government to take abandoned or unused land without compensation in rare cases.
Nigeria's defence chief proposes fencing borders to curb insecurity
Killings near Gaza aid centre will deepen criticism of Israel's new distribution system
Jeremy Bowen
Witnesses and international medical teams report terrible scenes of killing as Israeli troops opened fire in the hours of Tuesday before dawn on Palestinians who were converging on the new aid distribution site in southern Gaza. It was "total carnage" according to a foreign witness.
An official statement from the Israeli military describes a very different picture. It said "several suspects" moved towards Israeli forces "deviating from the designated access routes". Troops "carried out warning fire… additional shots were directed near a few individual suspects who advanced towards the troops".
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