live from london, this is bbc news. president zelensky is in paris to discuss humanitarian and military support with his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. votes are being counted in turkey's most closely—fought elections in decades which could end president erdogan�*s grip on power. at least five people are believed to have died in myanmar as a powerful cyclone crashes into the country. and kate winslet is among the winners at the baftas — the awards ceremony that honours british television. hello, i'm lucy grey. we start in france where ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has just arrived at the elysee

palace. he's meeting his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. a statement from the elysee palace said mr zelensky and mr macron will discuss french military and humanitatian support for ukraine. it's mr zelensky�*s third visit to a major european power this weekend. he was in germany earlier and on saturday he was in rome meeting italian leaders. live now to france where we can join hugh schofield our paris correspondent for more on zelensky�*s visit. we heard a big announcement from germany about nearly $3 billion worth of aid on his visitjust before his visit to germany but are we expecting anything similar, any similar announcements from france? not that we have been led to believe, that is all i can say. there will be some kind of official press statement at the end of this dinner in a couple of hours and it may be that there is mention of more munitions and arms from france to ukraine but we have not been led to

suspect that will happen in any major way. suspect that will happen in any majorway. france suspect that will happen in any major way. france is giving plenty, at least it is certainly very proud it is now a significant contributor to the ukrainian arsenal, with its caesar mobile artillery unit and light tanks and some air defence put it may well be there was more to come. basically debriefings before this were not to make a big announcement, the centrepiece of the meeting, that was not the point, it was much more coordination in advance of the counteroffensive which everyone says is coming and head over the big meetings which will be taking place in the coming weeks, the g7 coming up, nato and so on. that is how we have been briefed in paris. we on. that is how we have been briefed in paris. ~ . ., . in paris. we are watching the ictures in paris. we are watching the pictures of— in paris. we are watching the pictures of his _ in paris. we are watching the pictures of his arrival - in paris. we are watching the pictures of his arrival earlier, j in paris. we are watching the - pictures of his arrival earlier, the two greeting each other warmly so took us through relations between

france and ukraine. they seem to be on good terms now but it hasn't been quite the case all the way through the last year or so, how it? ida. quite the case all the way through the last year or so, how it? no, to ut it the last year or so, how it? no, to put it briefly. _ the last year or so, how it? no, to put it briefly, things _ the last year or so, how it? no, to put it briefly, things are _ the last year or so, how it? no, to put it briefly, things are fine - the last year or so, how it? no, to put it briefly, things are fine now. put it briefly, things are fine now and have been for a while. this is not that recent but a year ago they were not set fair. i think we can only say that work tensions, not that president macron in any way sided with russia but there were perceptions that he was less than clear in his support for ukraine, and there was a sort of ambivalence about the french position, linked everyone said back then to historical, emotionalties everyone said back then to historical, emotional ties with russia, and a need to distance france from the automatic positioning of the west led by the united states. that was the argument back then which people attributed macron�*s decision to keep open the

lines of communication with putin through the initial part of the war. that state ended and because the situation now has become much clearer now in the sense that the west as a whole regards putin as being quite unequivocally be aggressive in all this and ukraine unequivocally as the victim and the country that needs to be salvaged and rescued and given a clear independent future, and that picture and the lines are clear and front and the lines are clear and front and ukraine are back as fully fledged friends.— and ukraine are back as fully fledged friends. and ukraine are back as fully fledued friends. ., ~ fledged friends. 0k, thank you, we will see what _ fledged friends. 0k, thank you, we will see what comes _ fledged friends. 0k, thank you, we will see what comes out _ fledged friends. 0k, thank you, we will see what comes out of - fledged friends. 0k, thank you, we will see what comes out of a - fledged friends. 0k, thank you, we l will see what comes out of a meeting later. hugh schofield, our paris correspondent. counting has begun in one of turkey's most critical elections which will decide if president erdogan should remain in power after 20 years. president erdogan faces his biggest challenge yet, with turkey in the midst of soaring inflation, and the country still reeling from two earthquakes in february in which more than 50,000 people died. the poll is one of the most

consequential in the country's modern history, with mr erdogan�*s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. his main rival is kemal kilicdaroglu, who is backed by a broad opposition alliance and has promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by the president. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean the end of the erdogan era. turkey's authoritarian leader voted in istanbul, looking sombre,

with election officials standing to attention. he said he is praying for turkish democracy. the president's smiling, secular rival, kemal kilicdaroglu, says democracy would be a lot better off without him. applause and cheering well, kemal kilicdaroglu has emerged here now having cast his vote. everyone is trying to get a picture. he's the focus of a lot of attention here today, a lot of hopes, he's promising to bring a new beginning, to bring spring to turkey. and waiting for him patiently, for hours, three generations of one family who hope today will change everything. they've brought baby mira along. 0utside her home for the first time ever.

"i don't want to be afraid when i speak," says her aunt, sanem. "now i'm giving you an interview and i'm scared. i simply want to live without fear. we have been silent for so long." but president erdogan has been pulling out all the stops to survive, invoking religion, as he often does. last night he prayed for his political life in istanbul's iconic ayasofya, which he reconverted to a mosque. and a huge crowd prayed with him. win or lose, for president erdogan, some have fears about what may come next. we are concerned a little bit what may happen both ways. if he's elected, we don't see a good future for the country.

and if he's not, things may get messier, so wejust... we will wait and see what happens. be don't want mess, we want to be happy with our children and we want to live happily in this country, we love our country. exactly. their country is now at a crossroads. if neither candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, turkish people will be back at the polling stations in two weeks. let's cross live to our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, whojoins us from outside the governing ak party's headquarters in the turkish city of adana. such a crucial election, turnout expected to be very high so i presume the counting will go on for a few hours yet? it presume the counting will go on for a few hours yet?— presume the counting will go on for a few hours yet? it is, we have seen rueues a few hours yet? it is, we have seen queues outside _ a few hours yet? it is, we have seen queues outside polling _ a few hours yet? it is, we have seen queues outside polling stations - a few hours yet? it is, we have seen queues outside polling stations here in the south of turkey today and thatis in the south of turkey today and that is a picture that has been

repeated across the country and for the last few hours, the votes have been counted in those individual polling stations and they are being brought together, registered into the computer, and we are still waiting. we always thought it would be an incredibly close race and it appears to be that. here at the headquarters of the ak party in adana, there are a couple of hundred people here, you can buy turkish flags, and every now and again there are cars going past waving ak party flags. they have a big screen watching the results coming in but it will be close. as 0rla guerin was saying, if neither of the main challengers, president erdogan or mr kemal kilicdaroglu gets more than 50% of the boat, 50% plus one is all that needs but things are incredibly tight and the third challenger, he is looking at around 5%, that could make the difference between one of these men not making it over the threshold and the two going to a run—off in two weeks' time. find run-off in two weeks' time. and there is also _

run-off in two weeks' time. and there is also talk— run—off in two weeks' time. and there is also talk that president erdogan may not accept a vote if he loses it, there have been concerns raised about that but what have you heard? . ~ raised about that but what have you heard? . . ., heard? there have. when i arrived here in adana _ heard? there have. when i arrived here in adana a _ heard? there have. when i arrived here in adana a few— heard? there have. when i arrived here in adana a few days - heard? there have. when i arrived here in adana a few days ago, - heard? there have. when i arrived here in adana a few days ago, one| heard? there have. when i arrived i here in adana a few days ago, one of the first people i spoke to, i asked him where he would be tonight having voted for kemal kilicdaroglu and he said he would be at home because, in his words, he said the streets will be messed up, pro erdogan supporters will not accept the result. that was just the testimony of one person but it's something that has been talked about because in the last few years he has been really crystallising his power, the way that turkey has moved to this executive presidency system, the way he has so much control over things like the media in this country, over government policy, and thatis country, over government policy, and that is something that is really going to play out in the next few weeks. and it will be fascinating to see whether or not he can hold onto that power he has created for himself in this turkish state. so

much in terms of foreign policy has been all about him all about president erdogan and his views on things and what he wanted to do rather than the government as a whole. what does it mean in terms of the global stage, sorry, you're getting a bit interrupted, let me know if you need to disappear, but in terms of turkey's standing on the global stage, what could change if the leadership change?— global stage, what could change if the leadership change? whatever i sa , ou the leadership change? whatever i say. you are _ the leadership change? whatever i say, you are probably— the leadership change? whatever i say, you are probably not - the leadership change? whatever i say, you are probably not going . the leadership change? whatever i say, you are probably not going to| say, you are probably not going to be able to hear. this is the ak party territory, the supporters, i don't think you can hear me... i can 'ust don't think you can hear me... i can just about — don't think you can hear me... i can just about hear _ don't think you can hear me... i can just about hear you! _ don't think you can hear me... i can just about hear you! i _ don't think you can hear me... i can just about hear you! i can't - don't think you can hear me... i can just about hear you! i can't really i just about hear you! i can't really hear myself! _ just about hear you! i can't really hear myself! we _ just about hear you! i can't really hear myself! we will— just about hear you! i can't really hear myself! we will leave - just about hear you! i can't really hear myself! we will leave it - just about hear you! i can't really i hear myself! we will leave it there, thank ou hear myself! we will leave it there, thank you very _ hear myself! we will leave it there, thank you very much, _ hear myself! we will leave it there, thank you very much, and - hear myself! we will leave it there, thank you very much, and the - hear myself! we will leave it there, | thank you very much, and the foster in adana in turkey —— anna foster. we will go back to her when she can hear herself but we will keep across the result and we expect them in a

few hours, but we'll let you know when we have more details. one of the strongest storms to hit the bay of bengal in recent years, cyclone mocha, has inundated parts of myanmar, cutting communications and destroying buildings. at least five people are reported to have been killed in the country and the city of sittwe is said to be deep in water, with winds of 200 kilometres per hour causing chaos. disaster officials in bangladesh said there'd been no major damage. around a million rohingya refugees are living in flimsy camps around the city of cox's bazar. 1,300 of those shelters have been damaged. cyclone mocha arrived with great force, winds gusting at high speeds. it hit the bangladesh—myanmar coastline. as the cyclone intensified, so did the panic. here in south—east bangladesh, hundreds of thousands left their homes in coastal areas for shelter. some even brought their livestock.

janat carried her two—month—old baby from their home on the banks of a river. every classroom in this school is absolutely packed with people who've left their homes, seeking shelter from the cyclone. there are many mothers with babies. there's young children, the elderly and the sick. almost everyone here is from a low lying coastal area in fishing communities, and they're terrified about whether their homes will still be standing once the cyclone passes. for now, it's about finding a space to settle here. we metjanat out again as she searched for a place to sit with her baby imran. for her, this cyclone is part of an endless cycle. translation: last year, _ another cyclone destroyed my house.

we repaired it, but now i feel it is damaged again. how can i live if this keeps happening? i can't afford to rebuild it. we are very poor. nature was also punishing the poor in the world's largest refugee camp nearby. hundreds of bamboo shelters damaged by the storm. rohingya refugees who'd fled persecution in myanmar more than five years ago already live in miserable conditions. this cyclone just made things worse. as families returned from the shelter, relief that no one was killed in the storm here. evacuations are credited for saving lives as the extreme weather continues to disrupt them. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news cox's bazar, bangladesh. professor saiful islam is from the institute of water and flood management, bangladesh university of engineering and technology. he explained damage that had

been done to the region. this cyclone is around a category four. the speed is 200 kilometres per hour, maximum speed, which is close to previous cyclone in 2007, cyclone sidr. but bangladesh may be a little fortunate that directly the track is not over the mainland in many areas, which is highly densely populated, like chittagong and others, but still it is an area which is touristic, not far to cox's bazar and as you also mentioned, the rohingya population live in teknaf, they are also vulnerable. we have so far seen not many casualties but there are catastrophic damages in terms of land, properties and agriculture in this area.

and we have seen such kind of cyclone over the last five years, almost one or twice or even three in one year so it could be a consideration of global warming acting here. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzie. thank you. manchester city are four points clear at the top of the english premier league after a 3—0 win at everton which keeps them firmly in control of the title race. ilkay gundogan was the star of the show, involved in all three of city's goals, including getting two himself. the loss for everton leaves them looking nervously over their shoulders, just a point above the relegation zone. city meanwhile are nowjust two wins away from their third title in a row with their remaining games against chelsea, brighton and brentford. since the minute one we took the game on our hands. and it was a brilliant performance for us.

the end of the season, to come here and do it. one more game, we need two more victories, three games left, two more victories to be champion. arsenal's fading title hopes were dealt a devastating blow after losing 3—0 to brighton to leave leaders city one win from a fifth premier league title in six seasons. arsenal needed to respond after city's win over everton but were handed a heavy defeat meaning even if they defeat nottingham forest at the city ground on saturday, it will be unlikely to be enough to stop pep guardiola's side winning the title. barcelona can become la liga champions tonight. if they win the catalan derby at espanyol, it'll be job done, and they are currently leading 4—0. surely they will be la liga champions again. elsewhere, ten—man valencia boosted their survival hopes with a 2—1 win against celta vigo. next to wembley, where nearly 80,000 watched chelsea beat manchester united to win their third fa cup final in a row. that's a world record crowd

for a women's domestic game. 0ur correspondent katie gornall was there. we have talked a lot about milestones recently in women's football and there was another here today as more than 77,000 fans, a world record for a women's domestic match, gathered to watch the fa cup final between chelsea and manchester united. it is a special atmosphere and a significant day for united who were playing in their first majorfinal since reforming as a professional set up around five years ago. there was no sense that they were overawed by the occasion at all, farfrom it, as leah dalton thought she had put them ahead after only 20 seconds, only for the flag to go up for offside. they were the better team throughout most of the first half, chelsea are not really at their very best. but chelsea are serial winners and such is the depth of their squad that they were able to call on pernille harderfrom the bench and it was her introduction in the second half that really changed everything. she set up sam kerr for the winning

goal, who scored her fifth goal in three consecutive fa cup finals. she has never come to wembley and not come away with a trophy, quite remarkable. united will be hurting after this but they know they really need to pick themselves up and refocus on what is a thrilling wsl title race. united lead chelsea byjust a point but chelsea have a game in hand and they will be going all out for the double. joe root was out for ten in his first indian premier league innings as rajasthan royals were thrashed by 112 runs by royal challengers bangalore, severely damages their chances of reaching the play—offs. root was trapped in front by left—armer wayne parnell after 15 balls. his england team—matejos buttler was also out for a duck, as they were bowled out for 59 in just over ten overs. kolkata knight riders beat the chennai super kings by six wickets.

ms dhoni's decision to drop down the order backfired as chennai were restricted to a modest 144—6. rahane top scored with 57 for kolkata as they chase a third ipl title. and there's another ban for basketball starja morant who's once again suspended from all activities with the memphis grizzlies after he was seen brandishing a gun on social media for the second time in two months. morant was seen on instagram holding a pistol. back in march, he was caught holding a gun in a video that sparked a police investigation. eventually, he was suspended for eight games by the nba. and that's all the sport for now. initial results from thailand's general election show a surge of support for the radical new party move forward. current projections put move forward's seat total very close to the frontrunner pheu thai. between them the two reformist parties are likely to have a substantial majority, making it all but certain that

incumbent prime minister prayuth chan—o—cha will not have another term in office. but even if they win, it's unclear whether the military will allow them to form the next government. 0ur correspondentjonathan head reports from bangkok. the counting is going quite fast, rapidly at the moment. the official count held by the election comission is held by a small number of constituencies completed by the unofficial count which observers are following in the constituencies is showing a remarkable performance by the new progressive party move forward which is doing far better than expected and is likely to be one of the two biggest parties. the biggest party that always expected to win is pheu thai the election machine of the former exiled prime minister but it seems to have lost a lot of support to move forward. both these parties are campaigning on a ticket of getting the military out of politics which it has been for very long time. and, you know, move forward's agenda is particularly progressive. it wants a complete wholesale reform

of the bureaucracy and once the monarchy discussed. this incredible wave of support it has got and has clearly gone well beyond younger thais suggests it has struck a chord with voters who really want change and if you put these two parties together the projection we are seeing suggest they will have a substantial majority in the lower house of parliament. that is going to make it very difficult for the incumbent prime minister and other conservatives to argue that they can form a government, even with the 250 unelected senators. it is going to be a very, very big hill for them to climb and it looks as though we are looking at a significant result in thailand and a massive vote for change coming from the electorate. everything now depends on the kind of bargaining that takes place after the result. which parties feel they can come together and form a coalition and,

of course, always in thailand, whether some kind of extraparliamentary move is tried to stop the reformists from taking power. many ultra conservativee thais don't want to see but the results we are seeing coming through show a tremendous mandate for the pro—reform parties and it is hard to see a government which does not encompass a great deal of the progressive agenda. the latest on the elections in thailand. the bafta television awards have been taking place in london. it's british tv�*s biggest night of the year, recognising the best shows of last year. the most memorable moment award was given to paddington bear having tea with the late queen elizabrth during the platinum jubilee party at the palace celebrations on the bbc. the psychological adventure show the traitors won the reality and constructed factual award. it's presenter claudia winkleman also picked up an award. olympic gold medal winning runner sir mo farah won an award for the documentary in which he revealed he had been illegally trafficked to the uk as a child.

kate winslet won the leading actress award for her role in i am ruth. it chronicles the life of a mother and daughter dealing with a tense time in their life. the show also won best single drama. before the ceremony our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, caught up with kate and the director dominic savage and asked how the collaboration came about. well, we created the story together. so the thing that attracted me, honestly, was dominic's work and how he works and the previous items i ams i had seen all of. so i was just very excited to meet him. and i knew that the idea that we would come up with for our story would come out of conversations that he and i had together. and so when he came to me, there was no script. and we really did construct this story. and we both felt very strongly that an area that is really under—explored in television and film is this world of social media and how that is impacting the mental health of young people's lives all over the world, and also

the impact that has on families and particularly parents. and so we really struck on this shared feeling that we needed to tell this story and it all went from there. and it was an amazing experience. it really was. and have you been pleased with the impact it's had? well, that's the thing. i think when you make work that connects with an audience in a very profound way because it affects them. i mean, a lot of the, there's so many people that maybe didn't think that this was happening to them even. and they watch this film and they realise, yes, this is my story as well. i love making work that is relatable to so many people and they seem to kind of get comfort from it as well, which i wish i really like. dominic savage and kate winslet on the red carpet of the baftas. we can take you to turkey before we go, some live pictures where the votes are being counted in the elections,

it could be one of the most closely fought elections in decades, and it could end president erdogan�*s grip on power. we will keep across that throughout the day so stay with us. are pretty quiet story in the weather and for the upcoming week and beyond because i pressure to be commentating at the scene. it will be mostly dry, a few showers around, mostly across the north of the uk put it quite cool to start the new week, certainly monday and night. but it will warm up slightly to the end of the week. game changer has been this weather front, a cold front with rain spreading southwards and eastwards through the day, lying across the south—east by the end of the night. are fairly mild night but further north and west under clear skies come quite chilly and we could even see a touch of frost,

temperatures down to freezing sheltered glens in scotland. you can see we are in this chilly air mass on monday, i pressure still with us so it will be mostly fine and ripened that we lose the south—east, it will take the rain with it, and then bright for many on monday, sunshine and showers in the afternoon, mostly showers in scotland and northern ireland and northern and eastern england with a keen breeze and in the north of scotland, the best of the dry weather in wales and the south—west where we could see 16 that most are in the low to mid—teens which is quite cool for this time of year. moving through monday night," and light winds, it will turn chilly again, we could see the mist and fog developing here and there. on tuesday, still high pressure with us, fewer isobars so light winds away from the north of scotland which will see this weather front. that could enhance the cloud of your activity and we could see the odd

show in northern ireland and perhaps northern england but the southern half of britain tends to stay dry and after the call start, quite a bit of sunshine, some fair weather cloud and top temperatures up to 17 degrees, low to mid—teens in the. moving tuesday into wednesday, the high pressure topples a bit further eastwards, and that will start to bring some slightly milder air of the atlantic, you can see the blue tinge fading away as yellows take over so not a heatwave by any means but temperatures will tend to climb a little bit towards the end of the week and there should be quite a bit of sunshine around, mostly dry, all thanks to high pressure.

this is bbc news. the headlines... ukraine's president — volodymyr zelensky — has been welcomed to the elysee palace by his french counterpart — emmanuel macron. mr zelensky�*s trip to paris is his third visit to a major european power this weekend. the two leaders are expected to discuss french military and humanitarian support for ukraine. millions of votes are being counted in turkey after elections to decide who will lead the country for the next five years. the presidential battle has been fierce — recep tayyip erdogan is seeking to prolong his 20 years in power against a stiff challenge from kemal. at least five people are reported to have died in myanmar — after a powerful cyclone hit the country. cyclone mocha is one

of the strongest storms to hit the bay of bengal in recent years.