us us responsibility of again given us responsibility of governing the country for the next five. here in the uk, more details about phillip schofield's relationship with a younger colleague, which led him to quit the network. and, should basic food, products have a price cap, that is what the government in the uk is discussing, to help tackle the uk is discussing, to help tackle the rising offer of living.

tonight at 10pm... in the last hour, victory is declared for turkey's recep tayyip erdogan in the country's presidential election. the man who has consolidated his grip on power over two decades now has another five years at the top. jubilation among his supporters — but the opposition leader ran the tightest race against him in years. you can see the reaction from his supporters. as he speaks about this presidential victory and also, what his vision for turkey would look like, five more years of an erdogan presidency. this is a man who has beenin presidency. this is a man who has been in powerfor more than presidency. this is a man who has been in power for more than 20 years, versus prime minister, then as president. he has never had to experience a run—off before, previously, he has won in the first

round, he has clear that 50% hurdle. this is a historic night in turkey, the country's longest serving victory —— leader emerges victorious, winning another term despite the economy in ruins. also on the programme tonight... more details emerge about phillip schofield's relationship with a much younger colleague, which led to him quitting itv. i , somebody who tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters. they have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation we with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation— hyperinflation we are pleased our resident hyperinflation we are pleased our president is _ hyperinflation we are pleased our president is leading _ hyperinflation we are pleased our president is leading us _ hyperinflation we are pleased our president is leading us again. - hyperinflation we are pleased our president is leading us again. let} president is leading us again. let the world hear it. he is the leader who has taught the entire world a lesson. here he was... find who has taught the entire world a lesson. here he was...— who has taught the entire world a lesson. here he was... and he was celebrating — lesson. here he was... and he was celebrating supporters, _ lesson. here he was... and he was celebrating supporters, serenading supporters, ortrying celebrating supporters, serenading supporters, or trying to. celebrating supporters, serenading supporters, ortrying to. near celebrating supporters, serenading supporters, or trying to. near his home in istanbul. having beaten off

the biggest challenge in years. the only winner, he said, is turkey, before stoking divisions with an attack on the opposition and the lgbt q attack on the opposition and the lgbt 0 community. earlier he handed out cash outside of polling stations like a modern day sultan, one who has now extended his rain for another five years. has now extended his rain for anotherfive years. his rival, kilicdaroglu, ran as mr nice guy, but then veered right, vowing to send all refugees at home. supporters chanting his slogan today. everything will be beautiful. he is our hope, she told us. now

defeated, he says he fears bigot troubles are ahead for turkey. the choice, here, was stark. two very different options, a seasoned autocrat or an untested democrat. most voters went with the devil they know. the process is carried out very carefully, here, you have to arrive with a voting slip and with your id. your name is checked on the list. and after you vote, use own that you have done so. there are members for all of the political parties, but erdogan has gone into this with key advantages, not least almost total control of the media. a retired lawyer of 90 came out to vote for change. in

retired lawyer of 90 came out to vote for change.— retired lawyer of 90 came out to vote for change. in turkey, there is a. a vote for change. in turkey, there is a this — vote for change. in turkey, there is a this is — vote for change. in turkey, there is a this isthe_ vote for change. in turkey, there is a this is the biggest _ vote for change. in turkey, there is a this is the biggest mistake. i a this is the biggest mistake. tonight, packed victory celebrations outside the presidential palace of 1000 rooms. erdogan is newly emboldened. the opposition is badly bruised, and this strategic nation has chosen it's path. that bruised, and this strategic nation has chosen it's path.— has chosen it's path. that is the scene. has chosen it's path. that is the scene- here _ has chosen it's path. that is the scene. here in _ has chosen it's path. that is the scene. here in istanbul, - has chosen it's path. that is the scene. here in istanbul, the - has chosen it's path. that is the - scene. here in istanbul, the largest city in turkey. you might recognise a scene behind me, this is the heart of istanbul. it is normally busy, there are normally people out, but there are normally people out, but there are normally people out, but there are huge crowds gathering here. you can hear the taxis honking

their horns. they too will be listening to this speech that you can see happening, the live pictures from the palace at ankara as erdogan makes his victory speech to his supporters. they have been following this campaign, they turn out today and voted for him, they ensured that he received that 50% of votes that he received that 50% of votes that he needed to continue as turkish president. 52.ili% he needed to continue as turkish president. 52.14% of the vote. this whole campaign, and everything that happened today, has been a bitter and divisive campaign. let's talk to this reporter from the and divisive campaign. let's talk to this reporterfrom the bbc and divisive campaign. let's talk to this reporter from the bbc verify a special team. they look at what happens behind the scenes, and social media. they have been busy two weeks ago for the first round, and also this afternoon. what have you seen on social media that has given you an idea as to how this campaign has played out in the final few hours? i campaign has played out in the final few hours? ., _ .,, campaign has played out in the final fewhours? ., ., , few hours? i would say, as opposed to two weeks _ few hours? i would say, as opposed to two weeks ago —

few hours? i would say, as opposed to two weeks ago when, _ few hours? i would say, as opposedi to two weeks ago when, throughout the day, the polls were open during the day, the polls were open during the first round, we received tonnes of claims and videos that were alleging different things, some alleging different things, some alleging fraud, some alleging suspicious activities that were investigated. today was actually, apart from the last couple of hours before the polls were set to close, pretty quiet. the first video files that we saw were, as was mentioned in the package, president erdogan at the polling station where he cast his ballot. basically, with a wad of cash, handing out money to his supporters. that is not something he used to do, but he has developed this habit in the last few months on the campaign trail. doing it on the campaign trail is one thing, doing it at a polling station on polling day to potential voters, obviously thatis day to potential voters, obviously that is a completely different matter. that raised some criticism online among activists. there are a couple of videos that were not

entirely clear, showing ballots featuring mr erdogan and mr kilicdaroglu's names, and somebody stamping them at an unknown polling station, there was criticism of that. not much else, to be entirely honest. since the polls closed, it is pretty much in the silly people from the opposition being angry at erdogan for coming out and claiming victory, whereas erdogan�*s supporters are jubilant, saying victory, whereas erdogan�*s supporters arejubilant, saying it was done and dusted. since it has become official, there is a feeling on the opposition side of resignation and anger. i am seeing videos outside chp opposition headquarters of some supporters of kilicdaroglu clashing with other opposition supporters saying he should resign, and this was an election that should have been won. from the conversation i'm seeing on

the opposition side, it is pretty much anger and the sense that it was a chance. ~ ., . ~' much anger and the sense that it was a chance. ~ ., ., ~ ., ., ., , a chance. worth taking a moment as well to refleet _ a chance. worth taking a moment as well to reflect on _ a chance. worth taking a moment as well to reflect on the _ a chance. worth taking a moment as well to reflect on the media - well to reflect on the media landscape here in turkey. so much of this campaign, we can hear though supporters of president erdogan, there, listening to that speech... so much of this campaign... wejust lost the connection there. it has obviously been a busy situation in istanbul. people celebrating the victory of president erdogan, who has been announced as the president. he will have another five years in office. now, it was another two hour gap between him taking to the top of the bus and saying he had taken the lead and was declaring victory, and then having it officially confirmed

by the supreme election council. we can see that at around 99% of the ballots which opened, we got president erdogan at around 52.ili% president erdogan at around 52.14% of the votes. meanwhile, his rival, kilicdaroglu, gotaround of the votes. meanwhile, his rival, kilicdaroglu, got around 10.86 of the votes. unsurprisingly, leaders from across the globe have already congratulated president erdogan on his re—election, that its leaders from asia to south america. reactions from them have poured in. presidentjoe biden said he looks forward to working with him on a bilateral issues and shared global challenges as nato allies. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, looks forward to continuing the strong collaboration between the countries. and, from growing trade to tackling security threats and nato allies. meanwhile, volodymyr zelensky said, we count on further

strengthening of our partnership. as well as strengthening our cooperation for the security and stability of europe. vladimir putin has also reacted, saying, your victory is the logical result of your dedicated work as head of the turkish republic. clear evidence of the efforts to strengthen state sovereignty and issue independent state piracy. wishing president erdogan a good term with a lot of... brazil wishes piece in the fight against poverty and the development of the wider world. let's speak to our senior international correspondent who joins us in ankara. we can see erdogan on our speech. what are we

expecting from coming hours and the coming days as he kicks off as president?— coming days as he kicks off as resident? ~ . u, , . coming days as he kicks off as resident? ~ . , . , president? what we can expect is more of the _ president? what we can expect is more of the same. _ president? what we can expect is more of the same. possibly - president? what we can expect is more of the same. possibly a - president? what we can expect is i more of the same. possibly a more extreme version of erdogan that we have seen it. this is a system in turkey with few checks and balances. there is a powerful executive presidency, the president himself controls all of the institutions. the expectation, here, is that he will continue with his conservative islamist agenda. those who worry about free speech, human rights, will be concerned that there will be a further erosion of those, something we have seen her steadily over the last four years. there are many presidents of the president in jail, many civil society activists... 0ne jail, many civil society activists... one of the biggest jailers ofjournalists. during the election campaign, the president was able to take advantage of the fact

that he controls about 90% of the media, so while he had wall—to—wall favourable unquestioning coverage for hours at a time, day after day, the opposition was barely visible on state tv and had to rely largely on social media to get their message out. one of the big questions is whether or not there will be a change on the economy, which really is in crisis here, now. the president has been blamed for that, he has a strategy of keeping interest rates down to try to reduce inflation. that flies in the face of conventional economic wisdom, which says you should do the opposite, but he has gone through the central bank governor after central bank governor, and has struck that strategy. it has spooked international markets, caused a crash in the lira, the only question now is whether he will be prepared to review that policy and change it, otherwise, there are serious

concerns about whether the economy can continue. despite all of that, what we have seen tonight is at his supporters, who have this extraordinary bond with him have gone back and voted for him one more time, even though they have been facing hyperinflation and food prices, they still turned to him as a person to solve problems. we looked there at the number of international leaders from the us to russia, brazil, three to france, who have congratulated erdogan on his victory. it is fair to say that throughout the tenure of his presidency so far, he has played an increasingly important and strategic part on the world stage. melt. part on the world stage. well, president _ part on the world stage. well, president erdogan, _ part on the world stage. well, president erdogan, like - part on the world stage. well, | president erdogan, like turkey, part on the world stage. well, - president erdogan, like turkey, is too big to ignore. he has certainly made himself a very important regional player in the last ten years or so. he is not afraid to stick his nose into other conflicts. he has invaded neighbouring syria

several times, saying he was doing this to ensure security along turkey's border. he has become involved in conflict in iraq and also in libya. he is the only muslim nation in turkey, in nato, the only muslim nation in turkey, and yet, he has a russian missile system which cause consternation among fellow nato members. he is a leader who is not afraid of upsetting the established international order, in fact, at times, he seems to relish that role. he is very combative. he has certainly got involved in rows with greece and rows with france. he has ruffled a lot of feathers, and i think we can expect him to do so. and of course, he maintains a close relationship with vladimir putin and the kremlin, who in fact was one of the kremlin, who in fact was one of the first to congratulate him. there is no doubt that russia wanted this

result, it has done everything to ensure that this is the result. for example, giving turkey the delay on a payment for natural gas. that was a payment for natural gas. that was a very big bonus to the president in election season. there are close ties there, and of course, particularly with russia's illegal invasion of ukraine and going, that is something that worries other western leaders. but, it has put president erdogan in a position to be a mediator, and he has done that, maintaining relations with the kremlin and ukraine, and playing a vital role in brokering the deal that allowed going to be exported from ukraine again.— that allowed going to be exported from ukraine again. thank you very much, from ukraine again. thank you very much. joining _ from ukraine again. thank you very much. joining us — from ukraine again. thank you very much, joining us from _ from ukraine again. thank you very much, joining us from ankara. - from ukraine again. thank you very much, joining us from ankara. do | much, joining us from ankara. do follow all of the developments in turkey on our website. the live page brings together all of our contents and coverage from our correspondence and coverage from our correspondence and reporters both here in london and reporters both here in london and also across turkey. you can read that for yourself at bbc dutch,

forwards news and download from the app forwards news and download from the app store. let's take you to some of the day's other news. itv has confirmed that its show this morning will continue tomorrow as normal, as more details have emerged following the controversy that its former presenter phillip schofield had a relationship with a younger colleague. 0ur correspondent simonjones is at television centre in west london for us. what is the latest on the story? phillip schofield is one of the uk's most famous presenters. 0n phillip schofield is one of the uk's most famous presenters. on friday, he quit itv, admitting he had lied to colleagues, and also to members of his family, and the public about the fact he had had an affair with a much younger man. now, he described that relationship as unwise, but said it was not illegal. today, we have learned more details about the

relationship. a lawyerfor have learned more details about the relationship. a lawyer for phillip schofield has told us that in terms of the relationship, the pairfirst met when the man was actually a boy aged 15, when phillip schofield visited his theatre school. but, the lawyer stressed there was never any sexual relationship of any type and tell the man began working at this morning, and he did not begin working on this morning until he was 18 years old. i think there are some real question is now about the future of the programme, it is a flagship programme for itv. itv says it will be on air as normal tomorrow, and says there are no questions about the future of this morning, it is not facing the axe. itv bosses say, in 2020, they actually carried out an investigation into rumours about phillip schofield. but, they uncovered only hearsay and nothing concrete. but, ithink uncovered only hearsay and nothing concrete. but, i think that questions for the bosses here at itv

about the very culture of it's flagship programme.- about the very culture of it's flagship programme. thank you very much. russia has carried out the largest ever drone attack on the ukrainian capital kyiv since the invasion began. but president zelensky said his country's air defences had managed to thwart much of the attack. one man was killed by falling debris and several fires broke out. from kyiv, james landale has sent this report. this is what the skies over kyiv look like in the early hours. unmanned russian attack aircraft coming in waves. being destroyed by ukraine's and defences. officials said more than a0 drones were brought down. but there was still damage nevertheless as debris fell to the ground, striking buildings, killing two people 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. but none of that stopped people coming out to celebrate the anniversary of kyiv�*s birth, more than 1500 years ago, in a show of some resilience. kyiv is what gives me strength. look around, like, there are a lot of people today. i haven't seen this much people, like, since the beginning of the full—scale invasion. the sky is protected very well now in kyiv. we try and live our lives _ because we cannot have it tomorrow, so we should live today. with brave face. in london, russia's ambassador to britain told the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg his country could still step up its military action. it a big idealistic mistake to think that ukraine may prevail. russia is 16 times bigger than ukraine. we have enormous resources and it

hasn't just started yet, to act very seriously. could this go on, then? for five years, ten years? i hope it will not go... that depends on the efforts in escalation of war that is being undertaken by nato countries. for now, though, it is russia that is doing much of de—escalating. for now, though, it is russia that is doing much of the escalating. that's because it's preparing for ukraine's long—awaited counteroffensive. moscow wants to damage and deplete the defence is that protect this city 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. officials said last night's strike was the biggest on the city since the invasion. it's unlikely to be the last. james landale, bbc news, kyiv.

if you are following events in ukraine, it's worth listening to ukrainecast. it is available on the app store. 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. you're watching bbc news. i want to return to our top story, now. these are live pictures from ankara. that is the president, erdogan who secured just over 52% of the vote. he gave a short speech in istanbul this evening before turning to ankara. these huge crowds of supporters have been told that despite there being an economic issue and crisis in the country, he will build a strong economy based on

stability and confidence. also, he goes on to say that the most urgent issueis goes on to say that the most urgent issue is inflation and, in his words, it is not difficult to solve. we have plenty of coverage and commentary from turkey on our website on the live page there. you can hear more from president erdogan and comments from his main opposition challenger, kilicdaroglu, who says that the election was unfair. plenty more on the live page and on the bbc news app which you can access on your smartphone or tablet. some of you may have seen the hail here on the screen. just like a hail, you can get a double hail effect. it was caused by ice crystals. much of the country tomorrow will have a bright and

sunny day. a chilly start, some cloud coming in off of the north sea, breaking up through the day with sunshine coming through. away from the far north of scotland, some sunshine. strong sunshine with high uv levels for many of us on monday. the sun will be quite deceptive breaking through the cloud in the south—east, because there will be a cool strong brand and it will be windy through the english channel. maybe cool in the south—east. further north and west, it is warming up, temperatures of 20 or 21 celsius in north—west england and scotland. bank holiday monday will be dry, we have high pressure in charge. to the south of that high pressure, stronger winds across southern parts of england. by tuesday, cloud in the north sea with wind meaning cloud will link into the afternoon across eastern parts of england. sunny out further west, warmer and further west as well. temperatures widely into the low

20s, perhaps 2a degrees in glasgow. a quick look at wednesday, there are some changes. mono cloud around the england and wales. it could linger in some places all day, keeping it somewhat cooler. again, towards the north—west, the sunshine and the higher temperatures will be there, at long last, it could be 25 degrees. in scotland, very rare not to reach 25 degrees in may. the last time that happened was in 2013 when we reached 25 celsius onjune. we didn't reach 25 degrees until very late injune in 1980... towards the south—west of the uk, if you're wondering where the rain has gone, it is in southern parts of europe. not great if you are holidaying in the mediterranean, better to be holidaying here in the uk. high pressure is not going anywhere, all week will be fine and dry, it looks like, with warm sunshine and warm winds in the far south.

this is bbc news, the headlines... supporters of recep erdogan celebrate in the streets as he is the declared the victor in the first presidential run—off in turkish history. translation:.

i would like to thank each and every member of our nation who has once