Pictures are from vladivostock. And lets bring you some pictures live from a Polling Station in moscow. Now, there is the potential for a run off vote if no candidate wins more than 50 in the first round. But, with many of mr putins opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that Vladimir Putin will be re elected, without the need for that second ballot. Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg has more on the issues surrounding this election. These days, when Vladimir Ovchinnikov paints russia, the result is very dark. From a mountain of skulls and a dictators ambition. To this russias war in ukraine likened to stalins terror. The 86 year old artist had taken his anti war message onto the streets of borovsk, graffiti ing, stop the war. All these paintings were scrubbed out and vladimir fined twice for discrediting the russian army. But he continues to speak out against the invasion of ukraine. Translation i believe that this is a crime against the territorial i integrity of a neighbouring
the news continues v6 on cnn well, welcome to all be watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim bruen herbert. this is cnn newsroom us president joe biden and former president donald trump are getting ready for their first debate of the 2024 election season. will tell you how they re preparing for the face off here in atlanta, us officials tell cnn they re worried that israel s iron dome defense system could be overwhelmed if hostilities with hezbollah boil over into a full scale war controversial new law in louisiana requires the ten commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms. civil liberties groups are already calling it unconstitutional live from atlanta see cnn newsroom with kin group who were less than a week away from the high stakes debate between us president joe biden and former president donald trump happening right here on cnn. now ahead of that showdown, trump is looking to his vp hopefuls and other allies for
But you. Claim. This is d w news live from her lead turkeys president suffers a low in local election as the opposition celebrates as it gains control of the capital ankara the commercial capital just stumbled looks set to follow and what does it mean for president ever to want and for the future of the country. Also coming up she could have faced death by hanging down the vietnamese woman accused of killing the north Korean Leaders half brother winds of Early Release well have all the details on a bizarre case in malaysia and no laughing matter Comedian Volodin heres
a lengthy wins the first round of voting and ukraines president ial election is coming well ahead of the incumbent president Petro Poroshenko plus. A look at the. Disaster for artist Charlotte Clare he loses engine power in the closing laps a lot of talent to win his first race of the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program its being called a stunning setback for turkeys president right to
more from cnn international diplomatic editor, nick robinson, and jim shooter. what more details do you know about what happened today? reporter: a few details. the first bomb is believed to have been in a suitcase and was remotely detonated, so not a suicide bomber, because there was speculation about that earlier, and that spoke to sunni extremists targeting she is, that this was remote control. a little more sophisticated perhaps, and that bomb went off about 700 meters away from the site, the grave site where people were gathering, and the other one came about 20 minutes later. it was about one kilometer, .06 miles away. we don t have details from the iranian media on that. the iranian media now reporting that casualty toll climbing now to 211 people. jim, why is it so important