this is bbc news. i'm anna foster live in istanbul. the polls are closing. recep tayip erdogan and his rival kemal kilicdaroglu go head to head in the turkish presidential runoff. i'm lewis vaughan jones. in other news: 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 items to help tackle the rising cost of living crisis.

coming up, all the sport including the look ahead to the relegation battle dominating the final day of the english premier league season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. i want to talk you through what is happening here because this is the moment the two candidates and turkey's 64 million voters have been waiting for. all these people crowding in here. let me show you into this room. it looks like quite a crowd of people. they are the election observers and you can see the ballot box is going to be lifted into the corner of the room and in the next few minutes it will be broken open and those votes will start to be counted. out to be high

once again. last time nearly 90% turned out for the vote and right across the country this scene is happening now. the votes are being counted. the first presidential run—off that turkey has seen. ordinary people up and down the country from the biggest city here in istanbul, the earthquake zone in the south where they've been voting once again on temporary polling stations and the two candidates have been casting their votes as well. i can show you these pictures from earlier on today. recep tayip erdogan in powerfor 20 years now who went to a polling station close to here in istanbul. he arrived in a black limousine with blacked out windows and was ushered inside along with his wife to cast their votes. the crowds were held back behind barriers and he had the place pretty much to himself this morning and at almost exactly the same time, hundreds of miles away, kemal kilicdaroglu was doing the same thing. he was casting his vote. you can see it as a little bit busier

there. the supporters are a little bit closer. everything in both of those passed off without incident. now, it is worth saying, as i was explaining before, that this is the first time that turkey has seen a presidential run off like this one. and both of the candidates with the wanted to urge their supporters to come out and vote because of course, two weeks ago, they did exactly the same thing. both candidates were a little bit nervous and worried about complacency, may be, people not turning out and voting on the way that they needed to. both of them really use the occasion out and use their votes. this is the first time in turkey's democratic life that we have seen such a vote in a democratic election and there is no country in the world where such a vote has been organised with a 90% turnout. we have fought the bottle and the best way possible and i think it will also do so again

today in the same way. i am calling u on all today in the same way. i am calling upon all my — today in the same way. i am calling upon all my citizens _ today in the same way. i am calling upon all my citizens to _ today in the same way. i am calling upon all my citizens to turn - today in the same way. i am calling upon all my citizens to turn up - today in the same way. i am calling upon all my citizens to turn up at i upon all my citizens to turn up at their_ upon all my citizens to turn up at their ballot — upon all my citizens to turn up at their ballot boxes foot about them to cast _ their ballot boxes foot about them to cast their votes and protect their_ to cast their votes and protect their votes because this has been an election_ their votes because this has been an election held under tense circumstances. i believe in the common— circumstances. i believe in the common sense of turkish people. the reason we common sense of turkish people. reason we find common sense of turkish people. tie: reason we find ourselves in this situation is because two weeks ago, those men and of third candidate all went and had heard in this election but somebody needed to get more than 50%. president recep tayip erdogan and both of the previous elections cleared 50% in the first round but this time he was just short. 49.5% of the vote. it can'tjust be a majority. we need to be more than half. kemal kilicdaroglu the challenger gotjust under 45%. 44.9.

because we had a turnout of 88% of eligible turks so those 5% of votes who went to the ultranationalist candidate who went to the other candidate who went to the other candidate last time around were up for grabs this time around and billy, both billy, both sides, both men spent these last two weeks of campaigning really ferociously looking at issues that they thought would resonate people here in turkey, with domestic voters and really trying to seek the issues that they thought would drive people to the ballot box and pull in those votes to take either of them above the 50% threshold. i spoke a little earlier to an associate fellow at chatham house and he told me about the differences between what these two candidates were offering. lets not for: et two candidates were offering. lets not forget we _ two candidates were offering. lets not forget we are _ two candidates were offering. lets not forget we are going to the election against the backdrop of a very significant economic downturn in the country. inflation has been skyrocketing and very high. the

current depreciation has been very significant but the refugee issue has been extremely politicised and in a very negative manner. the xenophobic language is unthinkable both by the opposition as well as the opposite side, the issue has become increasingly politicised. you have also the earthquake as the background because we are going to the election just months after a devastating earthquake which was the biggest earthquake in centuries. all theseissues biggest earthquake in centuries. all these issues out there and the government coalition also uses the narrative of fighting terrorism quite significantly which means that... so this is part of the discourse while going to elections but i think one of the things that the government is trying to emphasise more than the opposition side is the international nature of this election. recep tayip erdogan basically represents this idea of turkey coming across as a great

power, playing this regional major power, playing this regional major power, so the idea of grandeur in international affairs, autonomy, has been part of the discourse of the government. and you see that the government. and you see that the government is showcasing industry, drones and the opposition is trying to show the difficulties of ordinary households facing basic staples. lets take internet a little bit more. the international side of all of this. people tend to vote on domestic lines but in fact wherever you are in the world the selection will matter because turkey's position in the world. absolutely. the selection _ position in the world. absolutely. the selection has _ position in the world. absolutely. the selection has been _ position in the world. absolutely. the selection has been very - position in the world. absolutely. | the selection has been very much debated at the international level but also it is also part of the discussion in turkish domestic

politics and elections as well. framing the policy is never dominated in election agenda as much as it does now so the policy is part and parcel of this and recep tayip erdogan emphasises turkey's recent policy gains mediating between russia and ukraine, the green deal, operations in syria, libya, power politics and so the idea of grandeur is very much part of the recep tayip erdogan discourse whereas the opposition, basically, normalisation. normalisation of turkey's different alliances. so thatis turkey's different alliances. so that is the idea of normalisation, as part of the opposition discourse. but when you look at internationally, you also have, like, different countries and

different figures. it is very clear who russia favours in the selection. putin clearly favours a victory of recep tayip erdogan and he said, the day before the first round, the opposition candidate coming out quite strongly against russia's interference or russia's supposed interference or russia's supposed interference in the turkish elections and you have the middle east who would prefer a recep tayip erdogan victory. not everyone but probably some in places like the gulf and the gulf has already injected money into the central bank helping the government going to the elections and you see these conversations been framed as... the opposition has been cast more as a victory for democracy. so you have the different narrative of different

regions being put forward at the selection whereas, it is about the power politics, the politics in the west, more about this great power competition between russia, china and the west. it also at a domestic level this democracy versus authoritarianism narrative. that is an associate _ authoritarianism narrative. that is an associate fellow _ authoritarianism narrative. that is an associate fellow at _ authoritarianism narrative. that is an associate fellow at chatham i authoritarianism narrative. that is - an associate fellow at chatham house and some of the pictures you are seeing there, the live pictures are of polls closing here in istanbul, turkey's biggest city and down in the south east of the country. that is the earthquake zone and of course, all across the south, don't forget, people have been voting once again as they did two weeks and these temporary polling stations because schools like this one remain too bad the damage to be used. i just want to leave you with a flavour of what is happening not

just here but right across the at the moment. you can see all of these questions now have been sealed off and all of these people gather in the doorways all the way down the corridor. they are election observers from both sides, from the ak party, recep tayip erdogan�*s party and from the opposition as well, the chp party which of course kemal kilicdaroglu belongs to but he is the consensus candidate for a whole lot of opposition parties are people watching those votes being counted and making sure that there is no impropriety at the ballot box in those figures will be taken to the main counting stations and billy, the next few hours, we expect this to be quite as swift and speedy process. we know who has won this vote. you can follow along on the bbc news website. giving you context and analysis from across the country so stay with us over the next few hours as we wait to see who turkey's

president will be. not long to go now. thank you. ukraine says russia has launched one of its biggest waves of drone attacks on kyiv. ukraine's military says 54 drones were launched — and 52 were shot down. one person was killed and another injured. the frequency of attacks on kyiv has been increasing. — the city at the north—west of the country. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv with more details. what we have been told by the authorities is that overnight, 54 drones were launched against targets across the country. they say 52 of them were brought down so too managed to get through the air defences. we don't know precisely where they landed what damage they caused it yet but clearly, the vast majority were targeted at the capitol here in ukraine. we heard explosions too much of the night but they say, the authorities here, that they say, the authorities here, 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, whenever these drones are destroyed in the sky, obviously, you know, debris falls. in that one man died near a petrol station and there are reports of a few casualties. some fires broke out in the south—west of the capital. one warehouse was pretty completely destroyed but definitely, and uptake of activity. this is now, we think, the 14th strike against the capital since the month began and that is pretty much won every other day. so we are seeing an increase in russian attacks, just as we are seeing, i think, and uptake in ukrainian attacks in parts of ukraine that are controlled and held by russia at the moment. ahead of what people are long suspecting, ukraine's counter offensive. . ., long suspecting, ukraine's counter offensive. ., ~ , ., ., long suspecting, ukraine's counter offensive. ., ~ , long suspecting, ukraine's counter offensive. ., , ., offensive. thank you to james for that undate- _ thank you to james for that update.

here in the uk, the government says it in discussions with supermarkets over the introduction of a cap on the price of basic food items. supermarkets are expected to be allowed to select which items they would cap. a similar agreement is in place in france. it would be a voluntary scheme. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more details on the plans. the idea is to limit the price of basic items to help limit the cost of living. bread, milk and sugar. now, food prices in the uk rose last month at just now, food prices in the uk rose last month atjust over i9%. that is the second highest in 45 years. now, these plans at the moment are at their early stages. we are told there would be a voluntary agreement with the major supermarkets to lower the price of some items. those items would be decided by the supermarkets. now, ministers are keen to stress there are no plans for a mandatory cap. mt; for a mandatory cap. my understanding _ for a mandatory cap. ti understanding is is this for a mandatory cap. ti1 understanding is is this is about having constructive discussions with supermarkets about how we work

together, not about any element of compulsion. i'd make the british proposal is based on a similar scheme that has already been introduced in france. they are, the government agreed with major retailers to set what they call the lowest price possible on a range of items. indeed come of europe there are caps on prices. in croatia it increased sunflower oil and flour while hungarian supermarkets are mandated to keep prices low on a range of items including chicken breast and pork leg. in france, the retailers pick up the cost with lower profit margins but some experts say the uk market is different. experts say the uk market is different-— experts say the uk market is different. , , ., ,, ., different. the supermarket model . rew from different. the supermarket model grew from nearly _ different. the supermarket model grew from nearly 100 _ different. the supermarket model grew from nearly 100 years, - different. the supermarket model grew from nearly 100 years, has l different. the supermarket model - grew from nearly 100 years, has been to break— grew from nearly 100 years, has been to break even on basic goods and make _ to break even on basic goods and make the — to break even on basic goods and make the profits on non—essentials non—grocery payments from suppliers and by— non—grocery payments from suppliers and by cutting costs. so, logically, they are _ and by cutting costs. so, logically, they are already keeping the cost of basics _ they are already keeping the cost of basics right down and we do know that they— basics right down and we do know that they are transferring some of

those _ that they are transferring some of those profits from nonessential goods— those profits from nonessential goods that they get from alcohol and chocolate, _ goods that they get from alcohol and chocolate, for example. there goods that they get from alcohol and chocolate, for example.— chocolate, for example. there are some concerns — chocolate, for example. there are some concerns that _ chocolate, for example. there are some concerns that proposals - chocolate, for example. there are i some concerns that proposals could hit small shops in the uk and the british retail consortium which represents the big retailers are sceptical of the plans. we make it as a meaningless pledge put up make as a meaningless pledge put up make a jot of difference for customers in our stores because we already have the biggest competitive grocery market in western europe and that is driven by customers looking for the best prices. i'd make some expert status going to be the high price of food rather than energy bills are at the centre of the cost of living crisis. thanks to nicky for that. 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 said 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 whichjunior doctors have rejected. 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. mps are being asked to pay driving finds that they claimed on expenses. claims for penalty charges will not be paid to mps on the watchdog said it has changed its expenses to ensure any future claims will not be paid out. now it's time for a look

at today's sport with hugh. all eyes will be on the english 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. our correspondent andy swiss is at the king power stadium in leicester and told me earlier about their battle to avoid the drop today. 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 is a situation at the bottom of the table. two teams out of leicester, leeds and everton will be relegated this afternoon. now, everton have

the best chance of survival because their destiny is in their own hands. if they can beat bournemouth at goodison park, then they will stay up goodison park, then they will stay up and leicester will be relegated but if everton step up in that match at goodison park than leicester and leeds know that if win, they could still stay up. so these are complex situations. 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 years since leicester won that famous title. now the 70 cents everton were relegated. so perhaps the stakes are highest for them? ., so perhaps the stakes are highest for them? . ., , so perhaps the stakes are highest for them? . . , ~ , i. for them? that that is right. as you sa , for them? that that is right. as you say. everton _ for them? that that is right. as you say, everton have _ for them? that that is right. as you say, everton have not _ for them? that that is right. as you say, everton have not played - for them? that that is right. as you | say, everton have not played outside the top division since the 1950s. only had a longer continuous stretch in the top division so it would 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 that their destiny is in their own hands. they are at goodison park so the fans will be behind them. they are up against bournemouth. the circumstances would seem to be in their favour but we have seen no shortage of final day dramas 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. 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 belarussian opponent. belarus is an ally of russia in the war in the region.

i understand why they are not shaking hands with us. i can imagine, if you're 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 kind of like, personally, you know. that's it. and i think, probably, she don't... not probably. i think she don't... not probably. i think she don't... not probably. i think she don't deserve to be, yeah, to leave the court that way. british number two dan evans' struggles at the french open continued. he lost in straight sets to australia's thanasi kokkinakis who's ranked 108th and received a wildcard. only two britons, jack draper and cameron norrie, remain in the draw. and that's all the sport for now. it has started raining at the monaco

grand prix. that might make the last 20 laps or so interesting. democrats and republicans have until june five to prevent the us government running out of money. mccarthy says he expects the agreement to attract support from a majority of house republicans and this is how he announced the breakthrough.— this is how he announced the breakthrough. after weeks of negotiations, _ breakthrough. after weeks of negotiations, we _ breakthrough. after weeks of negotiations, we have - breakthrough. after weeks of negotiations, we have come l breakthrough. after weeks of. negotiations, we have come to breakthrough. after weeks of - negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do but i believe this is an agreement in principle that is worthy of the american people. it has historic reductions in spending,

consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty, into the workforce. drain on government overreach. there are no new taxes, no new government programmes. there is a the bill. we still have more work to do tonight to finish all the writing of it. i do want to take a moment, though. i do want to thank graves and others for their work on this and for all the work that were going to to continue to do tonight. i know you have a lot of questions. i'm not going to take them tonight. out of respect i want to be for members about where we currently are. i expect to finish the writing of the bill, checking with the white house and speaking to the president again tomorrow afternoon, and then posting the text of it tomorrow. and then we will be voting on it on wednesday. then we will be voting on it on wednesday-— then we will be voting on it on wednesda . , �* . ., wednesday. president biden called the deal an important _ wednesday. president biden called the deal an important step - wednesday. president biden called | the deal an important step forward. in a statement he said this...

spain is holding local and regional elections seen as a test run for parliamentary polls at the end of the year. 12 of the country's regional parliaments and 8000 towns and city halls are being contested. national polls finely balanced. the socialist prime minister hopes these elections will boost his political standing. polls in spain will close in around four hours' time. 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. 20 opposition parties boycotted the ceremony, in protest at the president being sidelined. narendra modi has described the new building as evidence of the country's self—

reliance 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. a quick reminder of our main story and what we are watching the sour. this is life in istanbul. elections in turkey. absolutely crucial, that

presidential run off with president recep tayip erdogan who has been in power for two decades and we have only a few hours now to wait and see whether him or his main opponent wins. 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: polls have just closed in turkey's first ever run off presidential election . the incumbent president recep tayyip erdogan is hoping to hang on to power after securing 49% of the vote in the first round. mr erdogan�*s main rival is the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. he's urged voters 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