live from london, this is bbc news. turkey's first—ever presidential run—off election is under way. president erbakan is seeking to extend his rule into a third take it. his rival has urged voters to get rid of the authoritarian regime in the country. these are live pictures from istanbul were almost 200,000 stations are open across the country for 64 million people who are eligible to vote. russia unleashes a wave of air strikes on kyiv overnight in what officials say appear to be the largest drone attack on the ukrainian capital since the start of the war. britain's government is discussing plans for supermarkets to cap the price of basic food

ittems to help tackle the rising cost of living crisis. the people of turkey have gone back to the polls for the second round of the turkish presidential election, with voting now under way in a presidential election run—off between long—time authoritarian leader, recep tayyip erdogan — and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. here they are voting in the last hour. in the first round earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote — just over 4% more than his rival. both candidates are chasing support from nationalist voters. these are the live pictures from istanbul, where reports say there's been brisk voting.

people displaced by february's earthquake have been taken back home by bus to cast ballots. turnout among voters in the diaspora appears to have grown since the first round. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is following polls are open now right across turkey and they'll stay that way until five o'clock local time this evening in what is the country's first ever presidential run—off. they haven't had this before, and i think a lot of turks are turning out to vote. the turnout two weeks ago was 88% and, again, there's a lot of anticipation, particularly in areas like the south, for example, where people are being bussed in if they lost their homes in those devastating earthquakes back in february and had to move to other parts of the country. they're having to return to vote. we're told there's brisk trade at polling stations this morning. people are turning up because, of course, this is a crucial moment, not just domestically for turkey but internationally as well.

what happens in the next 24 hours or so will really change the track of this country. you have recep tayyip erdogan, in power for 20 years, an authoritarian leader — many people say too much so, but he presents it as a powerful position, somebody who can really lead this country on to greater things. and then the challenger, the man who all of the opposition parties have really coalesced around as a single candidate, kemal kilicdaroglu, a quietly—spoken former civil servant. he talks about a more secular turkey, about democracy — things like a return to free speech, for example. he, though, according to his critics, is not as experienced, and we'll see in the next few hours who voters choose. anna foster reporting from istanbul. this is the live scene as voting continues. we have heard from the

electoral commission saying that this time round it should be faster because there are only two candidates in the running. let's talk now to selin girit from the bbc turkish service. how did we get here? this is the very first time that parrots are voting for the second time in a presidential election. —— that turkish people are voting. fix, that turkish people are voting. presidential election is a new conceptin presidential election is a new concept in turkey as well. the presidential system was introduced just a few years ago by recep tayyip erdogan when he got rid of the parliamentary system. until now the were two presidential elections and this was the third one. two weeks ago the first round was held, and because no candidate managed to secure more than 50% of the votes, today there is the first ever run off that turkey has ever seen in its history. we are talking about two

different characters, recep tayyip erdogan and kemal kilicdaroglu with two very different visions for the future of turkey. the opposition candidate pledges to bring more democracy and freedom. in the last hour, both candidates have cast their votes and after casting his vote, kemal kilicdaroglu made a brief press statement, urging his supporters to come out and vote to, "get rid of the authoritarian regime and turkey, to bring democracy to turkey", he said he believed that would happen. recep tayyip erdogan called on her supporters to come out and vote in big numbers. turnout in the first round was very high, at 88%. even above 88%. the turkish people take their electoral process very seriously. turnouts have been historically very high. and today we expect the same to be the case,

considering the turkish diaspora, their votes have actually so far, surpassed the turnout in the first round. you mentioned the comments made by kemal kilicdaroglu, voting at a primary school in the turkish capital, ankara, about how voters need to get rid of the tyrannical regime, but presenting erbakan is presenting himself as a stability candidate. —— mr erdogan is presenting himself. the candidate. -- mr erdogan is presenting himself. the turkish voters voted — presenting himself. the turkish voters voted not _ presenting himself. the turkish voters voted not only _ presenting himself. the turkish voters voted not only for - presenting himself. the turkish voters voted not only for a - voters voted not only for a candidate but the new parliament and mr erdogan and his partners have secured the majority in the parliament after the voting two weeks ago. parliament after the voting two weeks age-— parliament after the voting two weeks ao. . , , ~ ., ., weeks ago. that is why mr erdogan arc ues weeks ago. that is why mr erdogan argues that — weeks ago. that is why mr erdogan argues that i _ weeks ago. that is why mr erdogan argues that i have _ weeks ago. that is why mr erdogan argues that i have their _ weeks ago. that is why mr erdogan argues that i have their majority i weeks ago. that is why mr erdogan argues that i have their majority in | argues that i have their majority in the parliament, i should be the president, and i will bring

stability to the country. bear in mind turkey is going through a very serious cost of living crisis last year with inflation at record highs of over 80%, that was a high of more than two decades. we are talking about the aftermath of two very devastating earthquake that killed over 50,000 people. and mr erdogan presents himself as this powerful figure who can steer turkey out of this crisis state, and his supporters believe that he is actually the man to follow. but critics say that mr erdogan is probably the reason why turkey is in such a crisis, given his unorthodox economic policies for instance, with what he is doing with the inflation rates, the interest rates, and mr mr kilicdaroglu says that he will

reverse all of these economic policies and restore independence to the central bank and bring the rule of law back to turkey, two very different characters with two very different characters with two very different visions for 30, on foreign policy as well, mr erdogan faces more towards russia. he has a very special relationship with vladimir putin but mr kilicdaroglu says that he will be restoring ties with nato and prioritising relations with nato, over russia.— and prioritising relations with nato, over russia. ., ., ., , , nato, over russia. polar opposites, we will see — nato, over russia. polar opposites, we will see how _ nato, over russia. polar opposites, we will see how turkey _ nato, over russia. polar opposites, we will see how turkey decides, - we will see how turkey decides, later today. russia has launched another big air attack on kyiv. the ukrainian military said it shot down 52 out of 54 drones aimed at the capital overnight. one man was killed by falling debris and several fires broke out. russia has stepped up its attacks on kyiv over the past month, using barrages of drones and missiles in an attempt to overwhelm the city's defences.

0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv and has the latest. what we think is at least what we've been told by the authorities is that overnight 54 drones were launched against targets across the country. they say that 52 of them were brought down, so two managed to get through the air defences. we don't know precisely where they landed or what damage they caused yet, but clearly the vast majority were targeted at the capital here in ukraine. we heard explosions throughout much of the night. they say, the authorities here say that they shot down over 40 of those drones, which is still an astonishing strike rate. and as a result of that, inevitably there were some casualties because of whenever these drones are destroyed in the sky, obviously, you know, debris falls. we know that one man died near a petrol station. there have been reports of a few casualties. we know some fires broke out in the south west of the capital. 0ne warehouse was pretty

completely destroyed. but definitely the beginning of an uptick of activity. this is now, we think, the 14th strike against the capital since the month began. and so that's pretty much one every other day. so we are seeing an increase in russian attacks, just as we are seeing and i think an uptick in ukrainian attacks in parts of ukraine that are controlled and held by russia at the moment ahead of what people are long expecting, ukraine's future counteroffensive. james landale reporting. russia has warned that western supplies of weapons to ukraine risk escalating the war. russia's ambassador to the uk, andrei kelin, told the bbc his country had "enormous resources" and it was yet to "act very seriously". he spoke to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg. it's a big idealistic mistake to think that ukraine may prevail. russia is 16 times bigger than ukraine. we have enormous resources.

and we can, we, hasn't just started yet to act very, very seriously. you haven't yet started to act seriously? so this could get a lot worse? no, i don't think so. could this go on then for five years, ten year? that depends on the efforts in escalation of war that is being undertaken by nato countries, especially by the uk. sooner or later of course, this escalation may have got a new dimension which we do not need and we do not want. what do you mean by a new dimension? new dimension, it is a long—range missiles that has been provided by united kingdom. it is an escalation, tanks provided, aircrafts provided. we are not afraid of aircraft, in fact. we have downed by now 430 ukrainian aircrafts and provision of new, it will only add to these numbers. there is evidence, widespread evidence of war crimes being committed by russia.

why will you not tell the truth about what the world can see? this is easy, actually. we do documentation of every crime that is happening, documenting every crime that is happening. by russian troops? by ukrainian troops. what about your own troops�* behaviour? what do you want from me? i am asking you a question about what russian troops are doing on the ground. what is your question? my question is, why won't you tell the truth about what the world can see, what the united nations has documented ? war crimes being carried out by russian troops. the united nations cannot recommend anything because secretariat is not empowered to make any investigation. the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg speaking to the russian ambassador to the uk.

supermarkets in the uk are expected to be allowed to select which items they would cut the prices of and would only take part of the initiative which is modelled on a similar agreement in france, on a voluntary basis. our reporter is in the newsroom with more details on the newsroom with more details on the plans. the the newsroom with more details on the lans. ., , ., the plans. the idea is to limit the rice of the plans. the idea is to limit the price of basic _ the plans. the idea is to limit the price of basic food _ the plans. the idea is to limit the price of basic food items - the plans. the idea is to limit the price of basic food items to - the plans. the idea is to limit the price of basic food items to help. price of basic food items to help tackle the cost of living. talking about things like bread, milk and sugar. food prices in the uk rose last month atjust over i9%, the second highest in 45 years. these plans at the moment are at the early stages. we are told that it would be a voluntary agreement with the major supermarkets, to lower the price of some items. those items would be decided by the supermarkets. ministers are keen to stress that there are no plans for a mandatory cap. ma; there are no plans for a mandatory ca . _ ~ , , ., there are no plans for a mandatory ca. g , ., , there are no plans for a mandatory cap. my understanding based on discussions _ cap. my understanding based on discussions last _ cap. my understanding based on

discussions last night, _ cap. my understanding based on discussions last night, this - cap. my understanding based on discussions last night, this is - discussions last night, this is following constructive discussions with supermarkets about how we work together— with supermarkets about how we work together and not about any element of compulsion. the together and not about any element of compulsion-— together and not about any element of compulsion. the british proposals are based on — of compulsion. the british proposals are based on a _ of compulsion. the british proposals are based on a similar _ of compulsion. the british proposals are based on a similar scheme - of compulsion. the british proposals are based on a similar scheme that i are based on a similar scheme that has been introduced in france, where the government agreed with a range of retailers to set the lowest possible price on a range of items. now, at the time, ministers said it would cost several hundred millions of euros that would come out of the retailers was multi—profit margins. here in the uk the supermarkets say their margins are already tight and they are already doing what they can to set the lowest possible prices. there are concerns that this proposal could hit smaller retailers. but it has to be said that experts say that the price of food is going to become the big cost of living issue, overtaking energy prices in the coming months. that was nicky schiller. _ prices in the coming months. that was nicky schiller. black makas is voluntary for supermarkets so what is at the day? i put that that lisa

jack, accounting professor at the university of portsmouth. you supermarket— university of portsmouth. you supermarket model _ university of portsmouth. 7m, supermarket model for nearly 100 years has been to break even on basic goods and make the profits on the nonessentials and non—grocery, on payments to suppliers and by cutting costs so, logically, they are already keeping the cost of basics right down, and we do know that they are transferring some of those profits from nonessential goods that they get ironed from alcohol and chocolate for example, and from cost cutting, into trying to keep those prices of the basics lower. so, yes, it is a difficult one. where are they going to go on this? ,., ., , ., . one. where are they going to go on this? ,., ., , ., ~ , ., this? good question. we understand somethin: this? good question. we understand something similar _ this? good question. we understand something similar has _ this? good question. we understand something similar has been - this? good question. we understand something similar has been tried - something similar has been tried with some success in france. can lessons be learned there? i with some success in france. can lessons be learned there?- lessons be learned there? i think so. it is lessons be learned there? i think so- it is a — lessons be learned there? i think so. it is a case _ lessons be learned there? i think so. it is a case of— lessons be learned there? i think so. it is a case of choosing - lessons be learned there? i think so. it is a case of choosing what l so. it is a case of choosing what you go for, but of course, cost

structures and the way the entity works in france are somewhat different to the uk. essentially, what the government are putting pressure on supermarkets to do, talking to them about shall we say, is to leverage what they really have which is bargaining power down the supply chain. the trouble is, as your previous speaker said, the suppliers, particularly farmers and growers are already cutting their costs down to the bone, and what is still really working through are really high fuel costs. although they have gone down, is still tied into those costs from six months ago. —— food is still tight. lisa ago. -- food is still tight. lisa jack, professor _ ago. -- food is still tight. lisa jack, professor of _ ago. —— food is stilltight. lisa jack, professor of accounting at the university of portsmouth. now it's time for a look at today's sport. all eyes will be on the premier league later today. two of leicester, leeds and everton will be relegated to the championship. all three sides are at home.

leicester and leeds are most in peril. they�* re two points adrift of safety ahead of their matches against west ham and spurs respectively. everton go into their game against bournemouth knowing a win would guarantee survival. patrick gearey looks ahead to a nervy day for them. totally committed but completely powerless, the last day relegation battle, the football fans�* purgatory, one way a joyous escape, the other, the chasm. commentator: tears are understandable. many everton fans have been here before. �*94 then again in �*98. nervous afternoons when they stepped off the trapdoor... ..at the last moment. well what they have this time is control. if they beat bourneouth they stay up. victory would keep the bleak choices of relegation at bay. what might be their last season at goodison park will be played as a premier league team. theyjust need to win. we worked hard to get in this position. two points in front doesn't sound a lot but it is at this stage of the season, as long as we capitalise on it. but all that noise aside,

it still comes down to performing to win. that has been another consistent message to this team, we go into every game to win a game. lower down, there is even less light. at leicester a world away from a different may day seven years ago when they became english football's most unlikely champions. now to stay in the division they won they must beat west ham and hope everton lose or draw. it doesn't matter what is going on at other grounds. just win. whatever else is going on elsewhere, we are not in control of, but we have seen how quickly things can change around in the last 15 minutes of games. whether it has been this season or previous seasons. we win our game and then see where it goes. leeds are perched closest to the edge. like last season, they begin the day in the bottom three. then, they jumped clear with victory. this time they will have to beat spurs and hope the other two games go their way. perhaps big sam's biggest task. former players like gordon stracham have spoken to the leeds squad this week.

allardyce wants to inspire first pride and then maybe providence. 0ut there they say the gods look after us and all the other results go the right way for us, but winning is the ultimate, winning is the only thing we control and try to control and finish the season with a victory for the fans and for themselves. and then, hopefully after all that, there is a celebration. relegation is a deeper dive than ever. some believe a club's revenue could be hit by as much as £100 million. so much hinges on one performance or several permutations. a day for fear, fortitude and phone signal. patrick gearey, bbc news. the french open is under way too — aryna sabelenka on the verge of victory. one of the men's favourites novak djokovic, will fancy his

chances given there's no rafa nadal. nadal — who's won a record 14 titles at roland garros — is out with injury. djokovic knows it's a great chance to pull ahead as the leading men's grand slam champion. he'll have 23 if he can win at roland garros this year. three beam on the line is something thatis three beam on the line is something that is very flattering and very motivating, no doubt about it. —— history beam on the line. 0bviously about not playing in the tournament here, it is a big loss for tennis and for roland garros, because he is by far the most successful player to play in this tournament in the history, so, of course, it opens up you know, a chance, an opportunity for the rest of us to try to get the title. the nba eastern conference semifinal between boston celtics and miami heat is going to a final game after one of the most dramatic finishes in recent years. 104 point to 103, the celtics won. no team has come from 3—0 down to win a best—of—seven play—off series. with the celtics trailing byjust a point, marcus smart�*s last—gasp

three—point attempt bounced off the rim — but derrick white tipped it in moments before the buzzer. it had to be checked but was given. the decisive final game takes place on monday in boston. aryna sabalenka aryna sa balenka has aryna sabalenka has much point in the french open, keep up—to—date with that on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. rescue operation continues in pakistan — after the deadly avalanche killed at least 11 people on saturday, including a four—year—old boy in the north of the country. these nerves struck as a group crossed a mountainous area —— the snow struck. as they crossed a mountainous area with their goat herds. live now to our bilingual reporter farhatjaved in islamabad. what is the latest? this deadly avalanche swept over a

popular pass in this mountainous region, and today, the last person was rescued, a 70—year—old man, rescued almost 28 hours after the avalanche hit this group of nomads, who were camping at that site with their livestock. we understand from officials that 11 people were killed, and eight dead bodies have been recovered and some 25 people were rescued and shifted to hospitals and they are all in stable conditions, the dead bodies have been handed back to their relatives, and they will be sending to punjab province. this group of nomads, who keep travelling across the country, they were camp at that site where this avalanche hit them. the prime

minister has also tweeted and said, he called it an effect of climate change, which is typical in pakistan, almost 1% of greenhouse gases that warm the planet but its geography makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change and this was one of these incidents that we saw yesterday.— we saw yesterday. thank you very much for that _ we saw yesterday. thank you very much for that update. _ a new parliament building in delhi is being inaugurated by india's prime minister, narendra modi. but there's controversy over the decision not to involve the president, draupadi murmu. 20 opposition parties are boycotting the ceremony, in protest at the president being sidelined. 0ur reporter in delhi has more on this. our reporter in delhi has more on this. ., ., ., ., , ., this. the inauguration has gone smoothly except _ this. the inauguration has gone smoothly except for _ this. the inauguration has gone smoothly except for the - this. the inauguration has gone smoothly except for the fact - this. the inauguration has gone l smoothly except for the fact that when odd opposition parties have

boycotted the ceremony, either reason as just said is that these parties are objecting to the government's move of excluding india's president draupadi murmu from the ceremony. these opposition parties say that, as the highest constitutional authority in the country, edge it up in the president and not the prime minister, who should have opened the new building, and this is the reason why these parties have decided to stay away from this inauguration. can parties have decided to stay away from this inauguration.— parties have decided to stay away from this inauguration. can you give us some context? _ from this inauguration. can you give us some context? what _ from this inauguration. can you give us some context? what is _ from this inauguration. can you give us some context? what is the - us some context? what is the relationship like between the prime minister and president? relationship like between the prime ministerand president? in relationship like between the prime minister and president?— minister and president? in india, the president's _ minister and president? in india, the president's post _ minister and president? in india, the president's post is _ minister and president? in india, the president's post is largely - the president's post is largely ceremonial, but the president indeed is the highest constitutional authority and asked for the indian constitution, the parliament comprises of one, the president, and both houses of the parliament, the upper house and the lower house. does make houses along with the

present make up the indian parliament so their critics are saying that by deciding to not invite the president draupadi murmu to this army the government has violated the spirit of the constitution and prime minister then —— narendra modi inaugurating the new building on his own, he should have got either the president or either of the presiding officers of both houses to inaugurate the ceremony. draupadi murmu reporting from —— ravendra rau reporting from delhi. the palm d'0r at the cannes film festival has been won by justine trier, the third e—mail director to win justine trier, the third e—mail directorto win in justine trier, the third e—mail director to win in 76 editions. the film tells the story of a widow accused of murdering her husband. accepting the award, justine trier

used the opportunity to slam the french government for its response to recent pension protest. you are watching bbc news. stay with us. hello there. the vast majority staying dry and indeed true the big eight, the dry story continues. notice the spread across europe, the forecast rainfall chart shows little if any for northern europe but southern europe around the mediterranean there will be further outbreaks of rain and for us to go with the dry weather, increasing amounts of sunshine once again and temperatures rising up mid week seeing them lift up into the mid 20s quite widely. that is coming our way. mid 20s quite widely. that is coming ourway. high mid 20s quite widely. that is coming our way. high pressure is the reason, low pressure towards the mediterranean bringing showers and storms. some slightly cooler air and workload, and for central and

eastern england, with an isolated shower but most will stay dry. sunny to the south and west of england and wales and increasing sunshine to the south—east, northern ireland and across scotland where for some it might feel warmer than yesterday. down the eastern coast of england, cooler, the highest temperatures around devon and dorset getting 224 celsius. temperatures will fall away quickly tonight with that cool air mass in place, skies clearing and nights will remain fairly cool through this week, getting down into lower single figures in the real spots and we could not rule out on some prone areas a touch of grass frost. high pressure is starting to become more established into the start of next week. a bank holiday monday, centred across northern ireland and northern england, to the north of it a breeze add to the south of it quite a bit of a breeze, bringing cloud to some eastern counties of england, drifting westward then breaking up. mcleod for northern scotland but for the vast majority through the afternoon, a bank holiday with plenty of

sunshine. the sun will be strong wherever you are, but accompanied by chilly winds towards southern and eastern areas so maybe even the lower mid—teens around the coast of east anglia and the south—east, low art at the south—west compared to today, a bit warmerfor scotland art at the south—west compared to today, a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland and north—west england. that hype pressure still centred as we go into tuesday, some light winds, blue skies overhead, a bit more cloud potentially into eastern counties of england, drifting in off the north sea, misty and cool around some coasts, but away from that, it's going to be another day of strong sunshine and even warmer in parts of western scotland where it could hit 24 or 25 celsius.

this is bbc news. the headlines: turkey's first—ever presidential run—off election is under way as voters decide who can curb the country's rampant inflation rate and tackle the cost—of—living crisis. president recep tayyip erdogan is seeking to extend his rule into a third decade. mr erdogan�*s main rival is the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. speaking after casting his vote, he urged turkey to get rid of the authoritarian regime in the country. russia unleashes a wave of air strikes on kyiv overnight in what officials say appear to be the largest drone attack on the ukrainian capital since the start of the war. ukraine says 52 out of 54 drones aimed at the capital were shot down. britain's government is discussing plans for supermarkets to cap the price of basic food items to help tackle the rising

cost—of—living crisis.