00:00 Voting already underway here in Portugal at this station in the University of Lisbon.
00:06 8 a.m this morning people were already lining up to cast their vote in Portugal's third general
00:11 elections in five years. Now this snap election was called after Antonio Costa underwent allegations
00:19 of corruption. He stepped down despite maintaining his innocence. The main issues here for the
00:27 Portuguese people are corruption top of the list but also crisis in the cost of living,
00:34 in house prices, in education. 1.7 million people on the national health service don't have a doctor
00:41 for example and you have housing, low wages, rent inflation. So a lot of things now on Portuguese
00:51 people's minds as they go to the polls here. One of the real headline grabbers has been the rise
00:57 of the far right with Chega. Now we'll be here all day bringing results to you so follow CGTN
01:03 across the TV and all social media platforms. I'm Ken Brown in Lisbon for CGTN.
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