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Peru's Presidential Election

Election officials in Peru say the former World Bank economist, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has won a tiny majority of votes in the country's presidential election

Election officials in Peru say the former World Bank economist, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has won a tiny majority of votes in the country's presidential election, although as we went to air, his opponent had yet to concede. He secured 50.12% of the vote compared 48.88% for Keiko Fujimori. Technically, it is still up to the electoral commission to declare a winner. Lima-based journalist Dan Collyns gave us his assessment of Mr. Kuczynski's likely economic policies.

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President Obama has endorsed his former secretary of state, Hilary Clinton, as the Democratic candidate for the race to succeed him in the Whitehouse. She had already achieved enough delegates at the upcoming convention to clinch the nomination. The endorsement from Mr Obama came shortly after a meeting he had had with Bernie Sanders - Mrs Clinton's rival, who still won't concede.

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Throughout the programme, Roger Hearing is joined by two guests on opposite sides of the Pacific - Ralph Silva of the Silva Research Network in Toronto, Canada and Satyajit Das, former banker and author of "A Banquet of Consequences", in Sydney, Australia.

Picture: Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski flanked by his wife Nancy Lange. Credit: AFP/Getty

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