the agreement also represents compromise, no one got everything they want. i strongly urge both to pass that agreement. and one night after russia's largest drone attack on the city — there are more strikes on the ukrainian capital kyiv. i'm helena humphrey, great to have you with us. we begin in turkey, where recep tayyip erdogan has been declared the winner of his country's presidential run—off, in a closely—fought election seen as the most important for turkey in years. there were joyous scenes on the streets of istanbul — as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters, after winning around 52% of the vote. the 69—year—old will now serve

another five years in office — potentially stretching his time in power to a quarter century. addressing a jubilant crowd, president erdogan promised to build a strong economy and called for unity. meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was "the most unfair election in years" and that he felt saddened by the "troubles" awaiting turkey. 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 that our president _ is 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 no justice. 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. with me is now is dr soner chaptie, director of the turkish research progamme at the washington institute for near east policy — and author of the book a sultan in autumn: erdogan faces turkey's

uncontainable, so seemingly a comfortable win for president erdogan. nevertheless it did go to a presidential run—off. what you think lifted him to victory? i would say that recep tayyip erdogan had that helped him beginning with the complete control of many institutions including electoral boards, boards and other similar propaganda. but in the race, president recep tayyip erdogan�*s campaign spread fake news and fake pamphlets alleging that kemal kilicdoroglu was backed by terrorists and his control of institutions, he controls about 90% of the media and kemal kilicdoroglu was not given a platform to make a case that he is not backed by a terrorist of what his platform would be if he was elected so there is where president recep tayyip erdogan�*s advantages so it is

not a surprising victory but at the same time, of course, it is a sign that perhaps turkey has crossed a threshold where it is almost impossible to vote at the president at this stage. previously lifted millions of turks out of poverty and model of islamist democrat. devote as remember that? of islamist democrat. devote as rememberthat? he of islamist democrat. devote as remember that?— remember that? he is a yannis face a politician. _ remember that? he is a yannis face a politician. delivered - face a politician. delivered phenomenal growth until recently, winning elections on that platform. that growth has now stopped. he had another problem so on paper he should have lost so his incumbency advantages played a big role but i think opposition candidate kemal kilicdoroglu also ran a somewhat uninspiring campaign. recep tayyip erdogan admitted to the electorate and perhaps gamble that there were problems. he almost apologised for the earthquake relief, that was lacklustre. he said yes, we

do have high inflation and i am the one who can fix these problems so kemal kilicdoroglu was never able to convince that he had put together better team if elected. . . ., if elected. taxa living in a very difficult _ if elected. taxa living in a very difficult situation - if elected. taxa living in a l very difficult situation right now with the cost of living crisis right now. do you think you would change course and the economy? you would change course and the econom ? ~ , you would change course and the econom ? ~' , , , economy? unlikely because there are new elections _ economy? unlikely because there are new elections coming - economy? unlikely because there are new elections coming up - economy? unlikely because there are new elections coming up in i are new elections coming up in spain next yearfor local government. spain next year for local government. the nationally held and while they don't change government, we saw that recep tayyip erdogan does not control the three big metropolitan areas that kemal kilicdoroglu one. we want to win the city is back and i that leaves them with little wiggle room to make changes whether it is economic or domestic policies. he will probably keep cracking down on dissent and

opposition to... i think recep tayyip erdogan is also afraid to try new economic policies, reverting back to orthodoxy is perhaps too risky with less than a year to go before elections because he will probably mean more on vladimir putin who supported him to financial transfers, putin who supported him to financialtransfers, if putin who supported him to financial transfers, if he wants to win the election. we know that _ wants to win the election. we know that president recep tayyip erdogan has been walking this diplomatic tightrope speaking to president zelensky and president putin. do you think that he can continue to navigate that balancing act? liip navigate that balancing act? up so that navigate that balancing act? ii? so that the foot of my take on it, ithink so that the foot of my take on it, i think this kind of a victory where recep tayyip erdogan has one, not by a narrow margin, then he would have to become more autocratic. our landslide and he would feel that he is vindicated and a comfortable enough margin but he is still facing elections, it is business as usual for this economy or domestic policy of foreign policy. think on foreign policy is going to continue to do what he has been

doing very well, pitting us and russia against each other to get what he wants. in the ukraine war turkey will support ukraine war turkey will support ukraine militarily but everyone will keep ties with russia economically and giving oligarchs turkish holidays because they cannot go elsewhere and turkey will remain neutral politically in the ukraine war. i think recep tayyip erdogan will leveraged this, perhaps, to get a visit to washington to see president biden and in going to say that he is willing to green the light sweden's nato acceptance. i do want to talk about the opposition and kemal kilicdoroglu, where did they go from here? you make the have to stay united. while this is not national government, cities are important. istanbul creates 40% of the tax revenue and

controlling istanbul is controlling istanbul is controlling an economy twice the size of greece.— the size of greece. that is uuite the size of greece. that is quite significant. - the size of greece. that is quite significant. the - quite significant. the opposition, they want to keep istanbul they will have to stay united. that is going to be a tough challenge because there will be soul—searching and they need to be that they didn't do so well. the left right coalition of the opposition worked so well in big cities under turkey's globalised coastlines, not so well in the rural area so opposition could splinter before the local races and maybe that is what is recep tayyip erdogan's game plan going forward.— have you. thank you. thank you. to the us — and after weeks of negotations, presidentjoe biden and republican house speaker kevin mccarthy have finalised a deal to raise the national debt ceiling. a short time ago,

the bill was released — let's take a look at a few key details. the agreement will lift the debt limit untiljanuary i, 2025. congress allocated an additional 86 billion dollars for security spending while decreasing non—defense spending by over 200 billion dollars. there's still work to be done — and we'll get more on that shortly. but earlier, president biden shared his thoughts on the day's developments. we have reached a bipartisan budget agreement and we are ready to move to the full congress. i think it is a really important step forward. it takes the threat off the table, protects our hard earned economic recovery and it also represents a compromise which means nobody got everything they want. but that's the responsibility of governing. this deal is good news is i believe you will see for the american people. the agreement prevents the worst possible crisis and default for the first time in our nation's history.

house speaker kevin mcarthy will need to convince members of his repulblican party to back the bill. he spoke to fox news on sunday. think about this. we finally were able to cut spending. the first congress to vote for cutting spending year on year. we were able to do this and the president said he would not even talk to us. this is really a step in the right direction that puts us on a trajectory that puts us on a trajectory thatis that puts us on a trajectory that is different. put a statutory cap on only spending i% statutory cap on only spending i% for the next few years so with that government grow but at a slower rate. now crucially — this deal still needs to be approved by both parts of a divided congress. overall, there are 435 votes in the house of represantitives. in order to advance a bill to the us senate, it will need the support of the majority — or 218 members. of congress with 222 votes. members of the more conservative freedom caucus in the house have opposed raising the debt ceiling,

and currently they have 45 votes in the house. now that was the lower house, but the bill would also need to pass the upper house. this week, the us treasury warned any deal would need to pass byjune fifth. with this bill written, members of the house now have 72 hours to review it — before a vote will be held. to explain what would happen if the bill doesn't pass, here's our north america correspondentjess parker. ina way in a way we don't know what would happen because this would be new territory and the consequences we depend, to some extent, and how long the default went on for by some immediate consequences mean that federal agency workers wouldn't get paid now with those in receipt of social security benefits. those benefits could be delayed. that could lead to serious personal hardship. there have also been warnings of significantjob

warnings of significant job losses warnings of significantjob losses and this could even trigger a recession. losses and this could even triggera recession. it losses and this could even trigger a recession. it would also be a shock to financial markets and it is worth remembering us debt is seen as this ultra safe asset and the dollar, the dominant reserve currency is america's reputation will no doubt take a hit and there would be the political fallout washington, dc depending on who exactly would get the blame. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this year, the poppy appeal goes plastic—free. the royal british legion launching its first redesign after 28 years. and the new all—paper poppy was designed in bath, mostly byjohn and jonathan. they toiled away with paper

and moulds for months. keen to help the royal british legion rid itself of single—use plastics — used, of course, for the green plastic stem and the black plastic button. although these are two very small pieces of plastic that they had been buying for many years, when it's being produced in tens of millions, it does have a significant impact. and those those parts are being produced every year, so we've been able to reduce, really, a not insignificant amount of single—use plastic. the last of the plastic poppies will also be on sale this october and november. but the future of the poppy appeal is paper and plastic—free. kyiv�*s mayor vitaly klitschko has reported more explosions in the ukrainian capital — but that air defences were working to intercept russian missiles. it follows a large wave of russia drone strikes last night — which killed two people and injuring several others. last night — ukraine's military says russia

launched 59 drones — 58 of which were shot down. the overnight bombardment marked russia's 14th air attack on kyiv this month. president volodymyr zelensky has praised ukraine's air defence forces. more for on the aftermath of that attack — and how ukraine is preparing for the expected counter—offensive — i spoke with ukrainian mp — oleksiy goncharenko. (tx sot tell us about what happened in the aftermath. it tell us about what happened in the aftermath.— the aftermath. it was clear that and — the aftermath. it was clear that and that _ the aftermath. it was clear that and that was - the aftermath. it was clear that and that was kind - the aftermath. it was clear that and that was kind of. that and that was kind of congratulation of russia to kyiv, to the capital of ukraine. and the biggest drone attack from the beginning of the invasion. again, we saw civilian infrastructure was hurt partly because almost all the drones were intercepted.

they fell on civilian areas and houses. one person is killed and a number are injured. houses. one person is killed and a numberare injured. that is the continuation of russian policy of terror against civilians throughout the whole country and the capital of the country, kyiv. i country and the capital of the country. kym— country and the capital of the country, kyiv. i want to touch on the psychological - country, kyiv. i want to touch on the psychological impact l country, kyiv. i want to touch | on the psychological impact of this war as well. imagine the use of drones and even if they are shot down by bolstered ukrainian air defence just tell us about the psychological impact, for example, people waking up in the night, hearing drones buzzing overhead. it must be terrifying.- drones buzzing overhead. it must be terrifying. yes, it is. and there — must be terrifying. yes, it is. and there are _ must be terrifying. yes, it is. and there are also _ must be terrifying. yes, it is. and there are also the - must be terrifying. yes, it is. and there are also the air - must be terrifying. yes, it is. | and there are also the air raid signal throughout almost the whole night. and definitely, right, many people heard how the air defence works. a lot of

explosions and, yeah, the sound of the drone coming and i could tell you, the first time russians use that was in october last year. it was in odesa and the headed by my own ears and from that time, unfortunately, we got a little bit used to it but you can't get used to it completely, you feel the danger and that is why think russians are using these drones, probably things that they like and it is this terrifying effect and this is the sound and attempt to scare people but it will... to be or not to be and that is why we are not scared of this while people are getting more and more furious about what is going on. more furious about what is going om— more furious about what is going on-_ more furious about what is auoin on. �* . ., going on. and with regard to the long-awaited _ the long—awaited counteroffensive, of course, which many people are talking about it, how much pressure

does ukraine feel to succeed? definitely, there is a lot of hope and when there is so much hope and when there is so much hope there is a lot of pressure on our army and on everybody in the country, we are all praying for our victory and success of our counteroffensive. but it is in the hands of our military who proved themselves to be efficient, successful. last year when they liberated part of occupied territories so we believe in our army, we try to do everything we can to support them. we are grateful to our allies, the united kingdom, the united states and other countries, which help us with the weaponry which is very much needed. also, like, hundreds of thousands of ukrainians and volunteers are helping our army and we will do our best to help

the army to be successful. military strategy aside, when it comes to discussing this counteroffensive, how is ukraine preparing its citizens for the start of this counteroffensive which could reignite fresh battlefronts. indie reignite fresh battlefronts. we are doing. _ reignite fresh battlefronts. - are doing, like, the best, in order to liberate people from endangered areas and that is an important part of the job. that is important to prepare medical infrastructure and critical infrastructure. so that is what the country is doing and see how successful we are and i hope we will be successful and we all hope that this counteroffensive will give a possibility to end this year as soon as possible and that is our aim because this was devastating for the country and every day of the war we have

casualties and victims. find every day of the war we have casualties and victims.- casualties and victims. and i 'ust ick casualties and victims. and i just pick you _ casualties and victims. and i just pick you no _ casualties and victims. and i just pick you up on - casualties and victims. and i just pick you up on that? - casualties and victims. and i just pick you up on that? to | just pick you up on that? to think that is a possibility that this counteroffensive could end this war this year? yeah, we in this and i can tell you personally, last year, when version they did ukraine, i joined the defence when we were defending the earth and i can tell you that if we had one year ago the weaponry that we had received laterfrom our allies we would have finished last year. so i think that we have possibility to finish. definitely nobody can predict for sure but i think we can do it and millions of ukrainians, we believe in theirs and we hope this will happen. i5 we believe in theirs and we hope this will happen. is that because you _ hope this will happen. is that because you think— hope this will happen. is that because you think that - hope this will happen. is that because you think that your | because you think that your troops will force the russians out of the country or bring

them to the negotiating table? i think that our big success can lead to collapse of russian army completely in ukraine and also it can lead to a collapse of russian regime inside the country, inside russia. so everything is possible and we saw during the last 100 years, russia collapsed already twice. the russian empire, the soviet union, so i believe it is time for the russian empire to collapse for the third time in the last one.— the last one. russia's ambassador - the last one. russia's ambassador to - the last one. russia's ambassador to the i the last one. russia's| ambassador to the uk the last one. russia's - ambassador to the uk has been speaking to the uk saying we have enormous resources and we have enormous resources and we have not started to attack very seriously. what you make of those comments?— seriously. what you make of those comments? that is russian propaganda- _ those comments? that is russian propaganda- they _ those comments? that is russian propaganda. they are _ those comments? that is russian propaganda. they are using - those comments? that is russian propaganda. they are using all i propaganda. they are using all their possibilities. they look ridiculous and the whole world sees the weakness of russia

because they claim to be the second strongest army in the world. they said in three days they will take care of and then they will take care of and then they would march but then in reality we see quite opposite, it took almost one year for them to capture and not even completely, the small town which had before the invasion a population of 70,000. they'll last several models. so i think they try to show some kind of that they are bold and they feel themselves strong but that is not the fight. the morale of their tropes is very low. the moral inside russian society is very low and we believe that one more victory and have a final very pivotal attack.

ukrainian mp — oleksiy goncharenko — who i spoke to earlier. just to remind of the latest developments. the mayor of kyiv reporting more explosions in the ukrainian capital tonight and saying that as offences were working to intercept those russian missiles but of course we will keep you updated on that story when we know more and we are going to leave you... we're going to leave you now with 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. remember there is plenty more news and analysis on our website, that is bbc.com. i'm helena humphrey in washington dc. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. 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 high

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 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. cooler in the south—east but further 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 quite deceptive when it breaks 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 2a 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 on june 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. 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.

we have a deal in principle. after weeks of negotiations, us lawmakers agree to raise the debt ceiling — now they need party approval. with soaring inflation, the turkish lira hits a fresh record low as president erdogan declares victory in the country's run—off election.

hello and welcome to asia business report. presidentjoe biden and speaker kevin mccarthy say they have come to a deal, in an agreement to raise