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Vote Counting Under Way in Landmark Zimbabwe Elections

The opposition is hoping to end nearly forty years of rule by the ZANU-PF party.

Votes are being counted in Zimbabwe's presidential and parliamentary elections, in which the opposition is hoping to end nearly forty years of rule by the ZANU-PF party. We hear from our correspondent in Harare, Andrew Harding. Plus, what would it take to create a real economic recovery in Zimbabwe? A question for Knox Chitiyo, Associate Fellow in the Africa Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. We have a markets update from Peter Jankovskis at Oakbrook Investments in Chicago. As rules on sports betting in the US are relaxed, GVC, which owns betting firms Ladbrokes and Coral in the UK, has announced a tie-up with MGM Resorts, which owns several casinos in Las Vegas. We find out more from Jennifer Roberts, associate director for the International Center for Gaming Regulation in Nevada.

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