this is bbc news. i'm anna foster live in istanbul. recep tayip erdogan and his rival kemal kilicdaroglu go head to head in the turkish presidential run—off. and in other news: rusher and this is our wave of air strikes overnight in what officials say could 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 items to help tackle the rising cost of living. and coming up all the sport

including a look ahead to the nail—biting final day of the english premier legaue season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. with a key strategic position, a growing regional influence — and difficult economic times — the future of turkey is today being decided in the run—off round of the presidential election. around 64 million people are eligible to vote — turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% — and they have a choice between two veteran candidates. immigration has been top at the topics of discussion for the last few weeks as the two candidates vying for votes. this is one of the polling stations you will see up and down the country. voting always happens in schools. i have been outside this one for a few hours then people have been coming in through the day. they head into these classrooms and each one like a

separate ballot box and they give their name, because the vote and get photographs of both candidates. they have to stump the one they choose and in less than an hour's time these ballot boxes will close on the votes will start to be counted. last time around there was a really big turnout. there are around 64 million people in this country who are registered to vote and nearly 90% came out last time. i'm told that turnout here has been brisk once again and this is a scene that been replicated up and down the country. let's take it look at pictures. the incumbent recep tayip erdogan came out to cast his vote at his local school, arriving in a blacked out limousine. you see the crowds being held back behind barriers. he had the place pretty much to himself as he went in with his wife to cast his vote and that almost the same time, in the capital, the challenger kemal

kilicdaroglu was there casting his vote. it was a little bit busier there. supporters were able to get a little bit closer to him than they were to recep tayip erdogan but in both cases, voting pastel fairly uneventfully and people here now are poised to see what will happen in what is the first presidential run—off this country has ever seen because recep tayip erdogan, in both of his previous presidential elections, one with a margin that he needed. one of the candidates needed 50% in order to become president of turkey. the last two times, he managed it but this time we have this unprecedented run off and the figure is two weeks well, they were very, very close indeed. 49.5% of the vote for recep tayip erdogan. for kemal kilicdaroglu a little less. 44.9%. based on that turnout, as we were saying, of nearly 90% of registered turks who came out. this time we have a new record for

diaspora voting, people who cast their votes outside of turkey. more than ever before had voted this time around. and the key will be to get more than 50% and because it is a head to head face now, both candidates have been fighting for those 5% of votes that went to the ultranationalist candidate two weeks ago. so what does all of that mean for turkey? ago. so what does all of that mean forturkey? for ago. so what does all of that mean for turkey? for people domestically casting their votes here today? but also wherever you are watching around the world the impact of the selection will have an impact on on your life, and global geopolitics let's discuss all of that. joining me now is economist arda tunca who's in bodrum. let's talk about your specialism because the economy and turkey's struggling economy has been one of the key elements of the selection, hasn't it? , , ., ., hasn't it? yes, exactly. thanks for havin: hasn't it? yes, exactly. thanks for having me- _ hasn't it? yes, exactly. thanks for having me- i _ hasn't it? yes, exactly. thanks for having me. i can _ hasn't it? yes, exactly. thanks for having me. i can tell— hasn't it? yes, exactly. thanks for having me. i can tell you - hasn't it? yes, exactly. thanks for having me. i can tell you that - having me. i can tell you that turkey is trapped in several deficit

points in the economy. there is a record—breaking current account and turkey has one of the highest levels, rate of inflation all over the world. and the budget deficit is going to be widening due to the fact that turkey had a devastating earthquake in february plus populist politics, the populism imposed by the incumbent government is going to have effects on the economy for sure. but there is some interesting points. the market economy does not function, it doesn't have any say in the economy because it is stalled by law, by regulations and turkey. there isn't any functioning market mechanism. there isn't any functioning credit mechanism in turkey and there are some artificial ways to keep the economy up and

running so if the incumbent president wins today we are going to see the continuation of what has been done in the past two years in turkey. if his challenger is the winner today, then we are going to see some changes. but whoever the winner is tonight, turkey is going to suffer through lots of difficulties, lots of predicaments in the future, in the months ahead. could either of these two men really turn things around economically? because of course there are people who say that the decisions that recep tayip erdogan has made us president particularly on things like interest rates have made a bad situation worse. is it something he could turn around? is it something that kemal kilicdaroglu could change if he went down a different economic route? ~ . , , ., ., route? well, if recep tayip erdogan wins today. — route? well, if recep tayip erdogan wins today. we _ route? well, if recep tayip erdogan wins today, we are _ route? well, if recep tayip erdogan wins today, we are going _ route? well, if recep tayip erdogan wins today, we are going to - route? well, if recep tayip erdogan wins today, we are going to see - route? well, if recep tayip erdogan l wins today, we are going to see some deepening problems in turkey.

although the interest rate has been reduced by the central bank, although their policy rate today is just 8.5%, market rates are up to 60%, 50%, 60%. and there is something interesting in us dollar terms today. depositors in turkey can gain through a mechanism to rule a depreciation protected mechanism up a depreciation protected mechanism up to 40% of this country, today, provides a yield of 40% in us dollar terms so this is unbearable, this is impossible for the banking industry to carry on and there are some quite deep difficulties for turkey and, if it continues, turkey, the artificial structure which is built up in turkey by the government is going to collapse somehow. sooner or later. so are going to see it but if kemal kilicdaroglu is the winner he will face difficulties because it will be

extremely difficult to reverse what has been done in the economy in the past two years especially and that reversal process is going to have its own problems. it create its own problems so turkey is going to see the difficulties and kemal kilicdaroglu won in big cities. there is an interesting thing here. in ruralareas, there is an interesting thing here. in rural areas, people do not have access to proper information or realities. reality is a darkened and disguised by the government so, in big cities, through social media and other immediate tools, people have access to information, in rural areas people don't have that access so that is why the economic crisis turkey has today is felt in big cities but not in rural areas in that situation is going to play a great role in today's result. thank ou for. great role in today's result. thank you for- thank — great role in today's result. thank you for. thank you _ great role in today's result. thank you for. thank you for _ great role in today's result. thank you for. thank you forjoining - great role in today's result. thank

you for. thank you forjoining us. | great role in today's result. thank| you for. thank you forjoining us. i just want to show you some pictures of recep tayip erdogan at the polling station earlier that fit quite nicely into the discussion we have been having because he is shown here. you can see he is handing out notes. these are 200 lira notes worth about $10. he was handing them out to people the polling stations. mainly children, it appeared to be. he pulls that wad of notes out of his pocket. it is something he has done before. handing out notes, handing out toys sometimes to children. a very strange thing to be doing on polling day but these are some of the live pictures that we have been seen through the day today. as i said, there is less than an hour left a voting now and what will happen when we had 5pm here local time is these classrooms were turning to counting stations. they open the boxes here. they'll start counting those abodes. they will take them off to be input into the computer and actually, lewis, we

expect a result fairly quickly because two weeks ago they had parliamentary elections in these great long ballot papers and they were telling me how the ballot papers were so long the people were struggling to wrestle them into the envelopes but to date as a straight choice. they expect accounting to be a lot quicker and be expected to take only a few hours before we know who turkey's next president will be. we will be following the whole story for you, we will be following the whole story foryou, be we will be following the whole story for you, be the latest in the context and the atmosphere. you can follow it on the bbc news website as well. so we're going to be talking a lot more in the next few hours. thanks so much. to ukraine now. russia launched another large air attack on the ukrainian capital kyiv. the ukrainian military said it shot down more than 50 drones overnight. one man was killed by falling debris and several fires broke out. this morning russia's ambassador

to the uk told the bbc that if western supplies of weapons to ukraine stopped, the war would finish within a few days. from kyiv, our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. this is what the skies over kyiv looked like in the early hours. unmanned russian attack aircraft coming in waves, being destroyed by missiles from ukraine's air defences. official said more than 40 drones were brought down. but there were still damage, nonetheless, as debris fell to the ground, striking buildings, killing one man and injuring more. in the south—west of the city, fires broke out in several buildings, including a large warehouse that suffered severe damage. as firefighters fought the blaze, they discovered parts of the russian drones that survived the explosions. in london, russia's ambassador to britain told the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg his country could still step up its military action.

it is a big idealistic mistake to think that ukraine may prevail. russia is 16 times bigger than ukraine, we have enormous resources, and we haven't started yet to act very seriously. could this go on for five years, ten years? that depends on the efforts in this escalation of war that is being undertaken by nato countries, especially the uk. for now, it is russia that is doing most of the escalating. that is because it is preparing for ukraine's long expected counteroffensive. moscow wants to damage and deplete ukraine's air defences before russian troops are themselves on the defensive. so, on the russian drones come in record numbers. almost every other night this month. this was a reconnaissance drone a few days ago. official said last night's strike was the biggest on the city since the invasion.

it is unlikely to be the last. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. here in the uk, the government is considering plans for supermarkets to introduce a voluntary price cap on some basic food items. the british retail consortium says that won't make "a jot of difference" — while other costs remain high. ministers will discuss the agreement with major retailers as part of efforts to tackle the rising cost of living. our business correspondent, peter ruddick, reports. the weekly big shop — latest figures might show the rising cost of living has eased slightly, but when it comes to food, prices continue to surge at record high levels. for some, the cost of putting a meal on the table is becoming impossible to manage. now discussions are taking place between retailers and the government about a possible cap on the cost of some items. the idea is supermarkets would agree a price for certain basic items —

things like bread, pasta and milk — in order to help households budget better. ministers insist discussions are still at a very early stage and say any cap would be entirely voluntary. my understanding is that the government is working constructively with supermarkets as to how we address the very real concerns around food inflation and the cost of living, and doing so in a way that is also very mindful to the impact on suppliers. food price controls have already been introduced in other european countries, including france. however, retailers here are sceptical. we haven't heard this from ministers. the first we saw about the proposals, really, where in the papers today. but it is a meaningless pledge, it wouldn't make a jot of difference for customers in our stores because we already have the most competitive grocery market in western europe, and that is driven by customers looking for the best prices. any deal, if it happens,

could also be a problem for smaller shops and food producers like dairy farmers. many already struggle with supermarket competition and tight profit margins. for shoppers, it is at the checkout where any deal, if it happens, will ultimately be judged. peter ruddick, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now: health secretary steve barclay has accused junior doctors of being unreasonable by refusing to budge on their demand for a 35% pay rise. speaking to the bbc today, mr barclay says there needs to be "movement on all sides". junior doctors are due to walk out for 72 hours injune after pay talks stalled. ministers have offered a 5% pay rise which junior doctors have rejected. here's thejunior doctors�* union. a 5% pay uplift this year would still amount to a massive real—terms pay cut, and would only further the pay erosion that doctors have had to face over the last 15 years. two men have been charged in connection with protest activity

at the rugby premiership final at twickenham. the incident took place yesterday whenjust stop oil protesters caused a stoppage to rugby's gallagher premiership final by running on to the pitch and throwing orange paint powder. the match between sale and saracens at twickenham was briefly delayed as stewards escorted the protesters away to cheers from the crowd, and the men were later arrested. four mps are being asked to repay hundreds of pounds in driving fines which they claimed on expenses. the independent parliamentary standards authority, ipsa rules state that claims for penalty charges will not be paid to mps. the watchdog said that it has changed its expenses process to ensure any future claims will not be paid out. now it's time for a look at today's sport.

two of leicester, leeds and everton will be relegated on the premier league's final day. all three are at home. but only one has their fate in their own hands. andy swiss is at the king power stadium. andy, leicester and leeds are in the most peril. that is right, yes, it could be a really nerve—racking afternoon for the leicester fans here as they arrive ahead of their final match of the season against west ham. remember, it was only seven years ago that leicester city pulled off what was one of the biggest shocks in football history when they won the premier league title. it is only two years ago that they won the fa cup but this afternoon they know they are in danger of being relegated. this was the situation at the bottom of the table. two teens will be relegated this afternoon. everton had the best chance of survival because their destiny is in their own hands. if they can beat

bournemouth then they will stay up and leicester will be relegated but if everton slip up in that match at goodison park than leicester and leeds know that if they if they win they could still stay up. so it is a complex situation. it could be dramatic, it could even come down to goal difference so it is going to be one of those afternoons when fans around the country will be looking rather nervously at their mobile phones for score updates. seven ears phones for score updates. seven years since _ phones for score updates. seven years since leicester— phones for score updates. seven years since leicester won - phones for score updates. seven years since leicester won that i years since leicester won that famous title. nearly 70 cents everton were relegated so perhaps the stakes are highest for them? that is right. as you say, everton have not played outside the top division since the 1950s. only arsenal, in fact, division since the 1950s. only arsenal, infact, had division since the 1950s. only arsenal, in fact, had a longer continuous stretch in the top division so it will be a huge deal if everton were to be relegated this afternoon. they have had a few relegation battles over recent

years, haven't they? the good news for everton fans is their destiny is in their own hands. the fans will be behind them. they are up against bournemouth, mid—table side who don't have a lot to play for so the circumstances would seem to be in their favour but we have seen no shortage of final day drama over the years so everton fans will be keeping their fingers crossed. here at leicester they know that all they can do is win and then hope that other results go their way. thank ou ve other results go their way. thank you very much — other results go their way. thank you very much indeed. _ thank you very much indeed. the opening day of the french open has provided more evidence of how the roland garros crowd are happy to make their views known... second seed aryna sabalenka beat marta kostyuk in straight sets. but kostyuk, who's from ukraine, was then booed off as she left the court for refusing to shake hands with her belarusian opponent. belarus is an ally of russia in the war in the region.

i understand why they're not shaking hands with us. i can imagine, going to shake hands with us and then what is going to happen to them from ukrainian side. so i understand that and i understand that this is not personally, you know. that's it. and i think probably she... she don't deserve to be... to leave the court that way. if you would like more details on the french open and follow the monaco grand prix which is under way head to our website.

the uk�*s home office says a �*technical border system fault�* was to blame for issues with passport e—gates at airports and other points of entry on friday and saturday. the issue, which lasted for more than 20 hours, was resolved late on saturday afternoon. it led to long queues in some arrivals halls, as passports had to be checked manually. no details of what caused the problem have been released. our correspondent matt graveling sent this update from london�*s heathrow airport. we were first told about the problem around seven o�*clock on friday evening which we believe affected all uk airports. it was gatwick that told us on saturday they were expecting around 800 flights which led to some of the queues we have been seen. today i heard from gatwick and heathrow who told me things are operating as normal. one department i have not heard from is from the home office. despite calling them a little bit earlier. last night the home office to tell us that the problem had been resolved but when asking them where

it happened they said it is too sensitive to say. a couple of years ago, back in 2021, inspectors went to the home office. there was a catastrophic failure across the uk to which the department replied, well, we think that is unlikely to happen. well, it did happen and unless we find out why there could be lots of worry. travel industry representatives are concerned it could happen again in the busy summer holidays.— could happen again in the busy summer holidays. a new parliament building in delhi has been inaugurated by india�*s prime minister, narendra modi. the ceremony has been dogged by controversy over the decision not to involve the president, draupadi murmu. 20 opposition parties boycotted the ceremony, in protest at the president being sidelined. our reporter in delhi raghvendra rao has more on this. well, the inauguration has gone on smoothly except for the fact that 20—odd opposition parties have boycotted the ceremony, and the reason, as you just said,

the reason is that these parties are objecting to the government�*s move of excluding india�*s president draupadi murmu from the ceremony. now, these opposition parties say that, as the highest constitutional authority in the country, it should have been 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. and the french murder mystery film anatomy of a fall — has won this year�*s palme d�*or award at the cannes festival. trier becomes the third female director to have won the prestigious prize in 76 editions. the film tells the story of the trial of a widow accused of murdering her husband. as she accepted the award, justine trier slammed the french government over its response to recent pension protests in the country. sandro monetti is a chief editor at the hollywood

international filmmaker magazine, who has just returned from the cannes festival. he says there were many more female directors up for the award this year. this year, we had seven female directors in competition. 33% of the finalists there. and one of them won, justine trier. she�*s very much the leader of the new wave of french directors, only the third woman to win the palme d�*or, deservedly so, for anatomy of a fall. this is one of those great courtroom thrillers. you know, it really ranks among the best. this one is about a successful female novelist on trial believed to have murdered her husband. loyalties and suspicion shift through the course of the film. and with this win, it really puts her as a front runner for upcoming awards, including the oscars. we saw how the likes of parasite did so well and also triangle

of sadness last year, taking their palme d�*or success all the way to the oscars. and so, you know, in a cannes full of stars, i think a new star may have been born here with this director. it was also bollywood�*s big night on saturday in abu dhabi with the annual international indian film academy awards. some of the industry�*s biggest names were in the united arab emirates for the ceremony including abhishek bachchan, vicky kaushal and sara ali khan. they walked a green rather than a red carpet at the event. crime thriller "drishyam 2" was crowned best picture. bollywood is the world�*s most prolific producer of movies, making around 1,600 films a year. plenty more and all the winners online at our website. download the

bbc news app. download the bbc news app. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the big picture weather—wise this week is for things to remain largely dry with some spells of sunshine, but within that big picture there are some subtleties, some nuances. in the best of the sunshine with shelter from the breeze it will feel warm, but where you are exposed to quite a brisk wind at times, it will actually feel fairly chilly. today, a little bit cooler than yesterday for many of us, a fair bit of cloud for northern ireland, western scotland and also for eastern and central parts of england, just perhaps getting into east wales, but for west and south wales and certainly south—west england, that�*s where we�*ve got the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures up

to 24 or maybe 25 degrees. tonight, a lot of the cloud will melt away. we will see maybe one or two mist patches where the winds are light. it stays quite breezy down towards the south and the south—east. an area of cloud rolling into some eastern parts of england. across some parts of scotland temperatures really will drop away. some places will get down to freezing. into monday, high pressure still with us, but around the edge of the high you can see the isobras actually fairly tightly squeezed, so that shows that we will have some brisk winds in the north of scotland and also across the east and the south of england. that really will take the edge off the temperatures. so for monday morning, an area of cloud across eastern england tending to retreat back towards the coast. cloudier skies in the north of scotland, but elsewhere quite a lot of sunshine. where the winds are light across northern ireland, parts of north—west england, western scotland, that�*s where we�*ll have the highest of the temperatures — up to around 20, 21 degrees. conversely, for some northern parts of scotland and eastern parts of england, it will feel a little bit chilly. regardless of the feel of the weather, the sun, if you have it overhead, is strong — high uv levels. so bear that in mind if you�*re out

and about for any length of time. into tuesday, again a zone of cloud across the eastern half of england, best of the sunshine further west. that nagging wind down towards the south—east corner making it feel a little bit chilly. further north and west, though, glasgow could see highs of 24 degrees. i think it will be northern and western parts of the uk that see the highest temperatures through the middle of the week. this area of high pressure, if anything, pulling away north—eastwards was so will maintain quite a brisk breeze for some southern and eastern parts at times, keeping more cloud and a cooler feel here. the highest temperatures further north and west, up to around 25 degrees.

this is bbc news. the headlines: in turkey, voters head to the polls for the final round of the presidential election. russia unleashes a wave of air strikes on keith overnight, meanwhile, officials say it appears to have been the largest attack on the ukrainian capital since the start of the war. ukraine says 52 out of 54 rooms aimed at the capitol was shot down. britain�*s government is discussing plans for supermarket shops to cap the prices of basic food items to tackle the cost of living crisis. and, the white house and us republicans have reached an agreement in principle,