the white house and us republicans have reached an agreement in principle to raise the government debt ceiling and avoid a default. a massive russian drone attack on ukraine's capital kyiv — but president zelensky says the country's air defences averted the worst. in the uk — more details about itv host phillip schofield's relationship with a much younger colleague, which led to him quitting the network. it's six in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in turkey, where recep tayyip erdogan has been declared the winner of presidential run—off, in a closely—fought election seen as the country's

most important in years. there were joyous scenes on the streets of istanbul and ankara as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters, after winning around 52% of the vote. thousands of people have gathered on the streets, waving flags and singing songs. erdogan gave a victory speech in front of the crowds. he spoke about stability and prosperity, building a stronger economy and leaving disputes behind. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from the turkish capital, ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters. who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed i at our president leading us again.

there is no better feeling than this. let the world hear it. he is the leader who has taught the entire world a lesson. and here he was, serenading supporters, or trying to... from a bus top 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 lgbtq community. earlier he handed out cash outside a polling station, like a modern—day sultan. one who has now extended his reign for another five years. his rival, kemal kilicdaroglu,

ran as mr nice guy. but then veered to the right, vowing to send all refugees home. supporters chanting his slogan today... "everything will be beautiful." he is our hope, she told us. now defeated, he fears a much bigger 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, you sign that you have done so. there are observers here too, from all the political parties. but president erdogan has

gone into this contest with key advantages — not least almost total control of the media. ozcan aker, a retired lawyer of 90, came out to vote for change. translation: in turkey currently there's a dictatorial regime. - i'm voting to return to democracy. first of all, there is nojustice. the president holds executive and legislative powers. this is the biggest mistake. tonight, packed victory celebrations outside the presidential palace of a thousand rooms. recep tayyip erdogan is newly emboldened. the opposition is badly bruised. and this strategic nation has chosen its path.

leaders from across the globe have already congratulated president erdogan on his re—election. us presidentjoe biden said that he looks forward to continuing to work together as nato allies on bilateral issues and shared global challenges. same tone for british prime minister rishi sunak, who insisted on the collaboration between the countries, from growing trade to tackling security threats as nato allies. ukraine president volodymr zelensky says he counts on further strengthening the strategic partnership for the benefit of our countries, as well as the security and stability of europe. russia's president, vladimir putin also reacted as he says... "your victory, mr erdogan is the logical result of your dedicated work. it is a clear evidence of the turkish people's support for your efforts to strengthen state sovereignty and pursue an independent foreign policy."

i'm joined now by sinan ciddi, associate professor in security studies ftom marine corps university. thank you forjoining us. let's start off by what you make of the outcome. ~ ., , ., outcome. well, there was great exnectations— outcome. well, there was great expectations raised _ outcome. well, there was great expectations raised that - outcome. well, there was great expectations raised that this - outcome. well, there was great i expectations raised that this could be essentially the final lap for mr erdogan who has been in power since 2003, it has promised or as president. not least because was presiding over quite a weekend and fragile economy, the back end of a devastating series of earthquakes, but also this endemic corruption, nepotism and an authoritarian term, which as you can see from the poor, at least 50% of the country was to get rid of but some people including myself have been saying this is a deeply authoritarian system and

elections may not necessarily be enough to just push him elections may not necessarily be enough tojust push him out elections may not necessarily be enough to just push him out of the way but it does look like this our just in the primary results, he just won the election without any sort of substantial chicanery to sort of unseat him so we are unpleasantly surprised on some levels but he secures another five years in office. . ., , ., office. there are a couple of campaign — office. there are a couple of campaign issues, _ office. there are a couple of campaign issues, one - office. there are a couple of campaign issues, one a - office. there are a couple of - campaign issues, one a particular was the economy. people in turkey are struggling with spiking inflation and spiralling currency. do you see him changing any of his economic policies over the next five years? we economic policies over the next five ears? ~ ., ., ., ., , years? we will have to wait and see. as we have — years? we will have to wait and see. as we have been _ years? we will have to wait and see. as we have been watching _ years? we will have to wait and see. as we have been watching this - years? we will have to wait and see. | as we have been watching this today, the turkish currency has been struggling to hold its value against the us dollar and the euro simply because turkey lacks foreign currency reserves to maintain the currency reserves to maintain the currency at its present level. basically a lot of economists are

urging mr erdogan to essentially return to economic orthotics such as raising interest rates as quickly as possible and essentially reining in government spending as much as possible. we will have to see in the coming days what kind of economic message he was sent to the markets simply because he is under tremendous pressure on throughout the election cycle, he has been spending, spending, spending, simply to keep the economy buoyant and alive. so that he can essentially maintain the facade of growth so that he doesn't get punished at the ballot box but at this point in time, unless he introduces capital controls or unless he goes back to economic orthodoxy i think the turkish economy is likely to face a severe balance of payments issue and could default on several loans. turkey's external debt is approaching 500 billion us dollars and total debt is estimated to be about $700 billion. the country is

“p about $700 billion. the country is up against a real set of troubles here. . ~ ,, up against a real set of troubles here. . ~ i. ., ., , up against a real set of troubles here. . ~ ., ., , ., here. thank you for “oining us on the programme. — live now to shayan sardarizadeh from our bbc verify team — that's a specialist team within the bbc looking at evidence behind the scences and what's been happening on social media. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. how fair has this election been seen?— the programme. how fair has this election been seen? yes, i mean, the interestin: election been seen? yes, i mean, the interesting thing _ election been seen? yes, i mean, the interesting thing about _ election been seen? yes, i mean, the interesting thing about today - election been seen? yes, i mean, the interesting thing about today was, - interesting thing about today was, two weeks ago during the first round, as the polls appear to people were voting we were seeing lots of claims in physios going viral, particularly from the opposition side claiming that there were acts of fraud or untoward incidents happening at polling stations, showing videos and putting them online. today, most of the day was fine until the last couple of hours

until we saw a video president erdogan at the polling station where he cast his ballot, and you can see him flanked by supporters and summaries filming in and how he has a wad of cash and he is handing out money to his supporters, which raised our eyebrows because obviously although he has been doing that on the campaign trail in the last couple of months, doing it on the campaign trail is and is one thing, and polling day at a polling station, that's obviously a completely different matter. there are a couple of videos that went viral on turkish social media which show ballot papers with pictures of mr erdogan and the other candidate, and somebody was basically stamping the ballot papers for mr erdogan, in total three orfour the ballot papers for mr erdogan, in total three or four ballot papers in a particular video. we don't know which particular polling station that was filmed at and what exactly was going on, so we're not claiming anything suspicious happened, it

just that was the video that went online but apart from that, no major incident or line claim. after the results were announced, looking at opposition social media, it does seem like there has been quite a lot of disappointment and also some angen of disappointment and also some anger, we have seen videos of some opposition supporters in front of the headquarters of the chp, the opposition, some of them chanting slogans against the opposition and saying the opposition needs to be rebel, others are saying they ran mr erdogan very close but at the same time it does seem that on the opposition shall side it seems like it was a chance missed. fiur opposition shall side it seems like it was a chance missed.— it was a chance missed. our task about the media, _ it was a chance missed. our task about the media, because - it was a chance missed. our task about the media, because we . it was a chance missed. our task. about the media, because we were hearing reports that some reporters had been beaten up. mr erdogan dominated the airwaves in this election, so expect to us what part the media had to play in this

outcome. the media had to play in this outcome-— the media had to play in this outcome. , ., , , ., , ., ., outcome. obviously, mainstream media in turkey plays — outcome. obviously, mainstream media in turkey plays a — outcome. obviously, mainstream media in turkey plays a huge — outcome. obviously, mainstream media in turkey plays a huge role _ outcome. obviously, mainstream media in turkey plays a huge role in _ in turkey plays a huge role in reaching voters and all the people of turkey. the way it works in turkey, particularly under president erdogan is, he will scuttles of power and influence with mainstream media sources, pretty much all of them more or less. either directly or indirectly support him. so that basis he has an enormous amount of power and influence, all over turkish voters. 0pposition supporters, they mostly reliant on social media and online platforms to try and get the message out and try and get voters to come out by showing videos of their rallies and also particular messages that they tried to make viral about the turkish economy and the way president erdogan has been running in turkey for the last few years,

they claim he has been quite authoritarian. but even there on social media and online platforms, they basically face a huge challenge because the turkish government is one of the leading governments in the world in terms of sending requests to major online platforms like twitter, facebook, instagram, tiktoker new tube asking them to take down content that the turkish comment doesn't like, and they don't like content that is critical of the government and the president. so on the eve of the first round, we had an incident with the turkish government asked twitter to block four counts and 400 tweets from turkish opposition activists for residents of turkey and the thread was to shut the threat was if they didn't, it would block access to twitter for turkish voters. thank ou ve twitter for turkish voters. thank you very much — twitter for turkish voters. thank you very much for _ twitter for turkish voters. thank you very much for that _ twitter for turkish voters. thank you very much for that update. | around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

grace spoke to me just moments before serving her customers for the last time. she had to shut another venue last year, and now it's time for her to close this one. it's a really, really emotional day. the restaurant's been open forfour and a half years, but i've been running spice box as a street food business before that. so it's about seven years of hard work. and, yeah, it's sad. as food and utility prices rose and customer numbers fell, it became too difficult to stay open. people are struggling and there's less money to go around. and obviously, eating out is a luxury. but grace's story reflects many others in the capital, particularly in central london, where more than 500 venues have closed in the last three years. back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops — one way to keep her brand alive at a time when it wasn't possible to keep her restaurants open.

you're live with bbc news. us presidentjoe biden is holding further talks with the republican house speaker kevin mccarthy as they finalise a deal to raise the debt ceiling. both have reached an agreement in principle on a new government debt limit, ending weeks of wrangling. democrats and republicans have untiljune the 5th to approve the deal and prevent the us government running out of money. president biden described the agreement as a "compromise", while speaker mccarthy said it "was worthy of the american people". in an interview with fox news sunday, mr mccarthy also said he expects the agreement to attract support from a majority of house republicans. let's hear what he had to say. 95% of all those at the conference were very excited, but think about this. we finally were able to cut spending. we are the first congress to vote for cutting spending year over year. we were able to do this when the president said he wasn't even going to talk to us.

this is really a step in the right direction. it puts us on a trajectory that is different. we put a statutory cap on only spending i% for the next six years, so we let government grow, but at a slower rate. well, the deal, that has not been disclosed yet, still needs to be passed by congress and the senate. jessica parker is in washington for us and has this update. i am joined now by peter rupert, who is a professor of economics at the university of california at santa barbara. thank you forjoining us. i know they are still ironing out the details but what do we know so far about this potential deal? weill. details but what do we know so far about this potential deal? well, as we 'ust about this potential deal? well, as we just heard _ about this potential deal? well, as we just heard from _ about this potential deal? well, as we just heard from this _ about this potential deal? well, as we just heard from this pique, - about this potential deal? well, as| we just heard from this pique, they have trimmed spending so it's only going to grow i%. as we had from the speaker. more importantly, they are going to delay another budget increase until right after the 2024 election. we do know at least once been reported is that there are several programmes, for example the

supplemental nutrition assistance programme, that they are trying to change, work agreements such as people have to spend time working out at the age 54 if they are single with no dependents. we also are thinking that they are not going to have the pores in the student loan programme and that those individuals who took out student loans, 60 days after the budget deal is signed, there will have to start paying the budget back. on the other hand, they did keep the spending for the veterans, all the medicare, medicaid will be increased to make sure that they are paid in full. i will be increased to make sure that they are paid in full.— they are paid in full. i mean, 'ust a coule they are paid in full. i mean, 'ust a couple offi they are paid in full. i mean, 'ust a couple of days i they are paid in full. i mean, 'ust a couple of days ago i they are paid in full. i mean, 'ust a couple of days ago we �* they are paid in full. i mean, just a couple of days ago we were - they are paid in full. i mean, just - a couple of days ago we were hearing that they were far from any sort of agreement, so maybe the easy part was actually drafting this bill for this budget but now the hard part begins in the us. you have both sides, the ultra conservative republicans and the ultra liberal

democrats, are they actually going to be able to pass this? i think they are- _ to be able to pass this? i think they are- i— to be able to pass this? i think they are- i do _ to be able to pass this? i think they are. i do think _ to be able to pass this? i think they are. i do think it - to be able to pass this? i think they are. i do think it is - to be able to pass this? i think they are. i do think it is a - they are. i do think it is a compromise, as president biden says, compromise, as president biden says, compromise means that not everyone gets what they want. look, the real winners and others are the american people. can finally get back to what we do in our regular daily lives and not have to hear both sides claim that the other side is going to drive us to the brink of extinction, which has paralysed a lot of people when we start hearing in the media that, are there jobs going to when we start hearing in the media that, are therejobs going to be safe if they don't do the deal? and remember, the us has never defaulted on its debt, so it has to be really clear that default is much different than a government partial shutdown for example. than a government partial shutdown for example-— for example. welcome in the event that this isn't _ for example. welcome in the event that this isn't passed, _ for example. welcome in the event that this isn't passed, because - for example. welcome in the event j that this isn't passed, because they still have 72 hours to look at this end on wednesday they go back and there has to be a lot of political wrangling, we can already see that starting to happen, so what exactly

can we expect if it isn't passed by that during the fifth deadline? if it is not passed, there are some things that they can do to not default on the debt, and what they have done in the past, basically both republicans and democrats have shut down the government for some amount of time. sometimes it is a day. that poses a big threat are mostly governmentjobs but it does shut down part of the economy, so again, ithink shut down part of the economy, so again, i think it is not the right thing to do to the american people to have this kind of political football. these things should have been ironed out a long time ago, and letting people think that we are going to default on our debt, lose jobs etc, to me it'sjust unconscionable. jobs etc, to me it's 'ust unconscionablefi jobs etc, to me it's 'ust unconscionable. , ., ~ unconscionable. peter rupert, thank ou for unconscionable. peter rupert, thank you forjoining _ unconscionable. peter rupert, thank you forjoining us — unconscionable. peter rupert, thank you forjoining us on _ unconscionable. peter rupert, thank you forjoining us on the _ unconscionable. peter rupert, thank| you forjoining us on the programme. thank you so 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 40 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'tjust 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 the escalating. that's because it's preparing for ukraine's long—awaited counteroffensive. moscow wants to damage and deplete the defences 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. to the uk now, where itv has confirmed that its show this morning will continue 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, where the show is based. phillip schofield is one of the uk's most famous presenters but on friday, he quit itv, he admitted he had lied to colleagues and also to members of his family and the public about the fact he had an affair with about the fact he had an affair with a much younger man. he described the relationship as unwise but said it wasn't illegal. today, though, we have learned some more details about the relationship. a lawyerfor phillip schofield has told us in terms of the relationship, the pair first 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 until the man began working at this morning

and he didn't start working on this morning until he was 18. but i think there are some real question is now of the programme. it is a flagship programme for itv. itv says this morning will be on air as normal tomorrow and it 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 i think questions for the buses here at itv about the very culture of its flagship programme. let's bring you a story from italy, where there's a bit of a mystery taking over the city of venice. it's after a stretch of the grand canal turned flourescent green. these images were taken near the famous rialto bridge in the last few hours. authorities there have called

an emergency meeting with police, who are looking into whether it could be a climate protest. but unusually no group has said they're behind it. the fire service sent out this video — they've been helping the environment agency take samples of the waters to be analysed. you have been watching newsday. i'm a i'm a monica miller, stay with us for the latest news, goodbye for now. some of you may have seen the fabulous halo effect around the sun on sunday evening. it was caused by thin high cloud made up of ice crystals. and just like a rainbow, you can get a double halo effect. there will be some of that cloud around on bank holiday monday and much of the country will have a dry and sunny day. but a chilly start and some cloud coming off the north sea

through the midlands and eastern england, breaking up through the day with some sunshine coming through. away from the far north of scotland, there'll be a lot of sunshine. strong sunshine as well, high uv levels for many of us on monday and that sun could be quite deceptive when it breaks through in the south—east because there'll be a cooler and stronger wind blowing, and it will be windy through the english channel. cool in the south—east but for the north and west, warming up with temperatures to 20—21 celsius in north—west england and scotland. bank holiday monday will be dry because we still have high pressure in charge and to the south of it, still some strong winds in southern england, and by tuesday there is cloud in the north sea with the wind off the north sea, we could see cloud lingering into the afternoon in eastern england. more sunny further west and warmer further west as well, temperatures widely into the low 20s, perhaps 24 degrees in glasgow. a quick look at wednesday because there are some changes,

more low cloud for england and wales which could linger in some places all day, keeping it somewhat cooler. more towards the north—west where we have the sunshine and higher temperatures, and at long last, we could reach 25 degrees in scotland. very unusual not to hit 25 in may, the last time it happened was in 2013 when we reached 25 celsius onjune 6th. there were some chilly springs in the �*80s, 1987 in particular when we didn't reach 25 degrees until late injune. we could hit the mid 20s again through thursday and friday, more in the south—west of the uk, and if you're wondering where the rain is, it's in southern europe, not great for your holidays in the mediterranean, far better to be holidaying here in the uk. that high pressure is not going anywhere all week, it looks to be fine and dry with some warm sunshine and cooler winds in the far south.

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