we speak to one of the 6,000 or so people who've reached the top. hello, i'm victoria valentine. turkey's long—time president erdogan has secured another five years in power after winning the run—off ballot in the country's presidential election. 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 he felt saddened by the "troubles" awaiting turkey. aru na iyengar reports. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, "bye—bye mr kemal. thank god islam has won." translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can't even contain myself. i thank god. big celebrations, but they don't show that this was the biggest challenge to mr erdogan�*s authority in years. he became prime minister in 2003, later becoming president. to build up that position, he has stifled all opposition. his non—religious rival, kemal kilicdaroglu, says

the election was unfair. mr erdogan had one big advantage — almost total control of the media. mr kilicdaroglu's chp party had campaigned against crackdowns on dissent, and for a return to an independentjustice system and parliamentary democracy. a sombre mood here, as the results came out. translation: i'm really sad. i think the country is heading towards a darkness. i think it's not looking good for the future of our children and grandchildren. he left the chp headquarters in tears. world leaders have been congratulating mr erdogan. he enjoys a big role internationally — a friend to countries in the east while being a member of nato. he's also put himself forward as a mediator in the russia—ukraine war. but it's back home where divisions may be hard to heal. inflation is high and rebuilding cities

after the earthquakes in february are a massive challenge. mr erdogan promised in his victory speech to return syrian refugees back to their homeland. anti—immigrant feeling in turkey has been growing. 0ctober will see the centenary of the turkish republic. mr erdogan says he is confident about the future. others are less convinced. live now to california with gehan tugal, a professor of sociology at the university of california berkeley. erdogan went into this election cycle arguably more vulnerable than at any time for 20 years, yet he won comfortably. international election observers said the first—round vote was broadly free. what happened 7 yes, depending on the

definition of freedom, that is partially true. as your coverage showed, the media has been monopolised, thejudiciary has been monopolised. but there is a near free vote, what is not free is the most prominent kurdish politicians and the most prominent rights activist, who could have politicised the earthquake in a successful way are all in prison, and they will remain in prison. so there was no real successful politicisation of the real issues turkey is facing. erdogan competed against a very weak opponent, politically speaking, ideal logically speaking. an opponent or rather a set of opponents with no shared strong vision. erdogan has been in a lot of trouble because of his management of the earthquake and the economy.

the economy is in shambles. high inflation, low wages. but as it is, with all of this high inflation and low wages, at least in the short—term, this economy is sustainable, and this is what people voted for. the opposition promised something like in 2010's turkey, which was also ruled with erdogan, but with different experts, and the opposition promised to bring back those experts. the problem is, that path had already failed, so the opposition was promising something that had failed as an alternative to something that might fail or is failing. there was no real competition in that sense. what does all of _ competition in that sense. what does all of this _ competition in that sense. what does all of this actually - competition in that sense. what does all of this actually show . does all of this actually show about the political climate in

turkey? is there strong support for authoritarianism in the country or is it not as free as we might be led to believe? h0. we might be led to believe? no, i'mt in: we might be led to believe? no, i'm trying to _ we might be led to believe? no, i'm trying to tell— we might be led to believe? iifr, i'm trying to tell you it's both. there is freedom for a lot of people, but not for people who can politicise these issues successfully. rights activists and kurdish leaders are not free. the people who are not free. the people who are incompetent are enjoying a lot of freedom. the six parties of the mainstream opposition. there is a lot of support for erdogan�*s policies and party and person, from half of the country, so that is not fake fabricated support. it is certainly extremely tightly controlled, and the media is controlled, and the media is controlled as i have mentioned, but it doesn't mean the support is not real. the support is very real, because people prefer these policies, a

nationalist form of capitalism, controlled by the state, to the free capitalism in turkey that appeared to be successful but failed miserably by the end of the 2000s. failed miserably by the end of the 2ooos-— failed miserably by the end of the 2000s. , , u, the 2000s. during his campaign rallies, the 2000s. during his campaign rallies. he _ the 2000s. during his campaign rallies, he took— the 2000s. during his campaign rallies, he took a _ the 2000s. during his campaign rallies, he took a pretty - the 2000s. during his campaign rallies, he took a pretty hard - rallies, he took a pretty hard line on foreign policy ahead of this vote, pushing back on sweden's accession to nato despite pressure from allies. he was also pointing quite a lot to turkey's growing role as he sees it on the world stage. what can we say from turkey in global politics after another five years with erdogan? that's a very important _ five years with erdogan? that's a very important question. - five years with erdogan? that's a very important question. i - a very important question. i should emphasise that erdogan is not in reality as anti—western as he seems. he combines aspects of anti—western policies with pro—western policies. he is building bridges between russia

and ukraine, orat least building bridges between russia and ukraine, or at least trying to. he is doing a lot of things, and they are not all anti—western. but the way he sells these to the muslim world at large and to his own nation is that he is anti—western, and this is finding a lot of support, because the electorate perceive the west as the real conflict, the devastation in the region, which is partially true, but what is denied in that perception is russia, saudi arabia, qatar and turkey also participated in the destruction. so that part of the reality is denied, and he is seen as an anti—western hero. that gained him a lot of support while, again, the opposition promises this

western led democratic order, which doesn't have any real basis in turkey's region at least. ., , ,., ., basis in turkey's region at least. ., ., ., least. professor, we have to leave it there, _ least. professor, we have to leave it there, thank - least. professor, we have to leave it there, thank you - least. professor, we have to| leave it there, thank you very much for your time. just to let our viewers know, we will return to turkey to talk about the economic perspective in all of this in the business news in about half an hour. let's get some of the day's other news now. the chief minister of manipur state in north—eastern india says a0 militants have been killed in the continuing security operations. the state has been hit by ethnic violence, which erupted at the beginning of the month when tribal groups clashed with the ethnic majority meitei people. at least 60 people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced. sunday's regional and municipal elections in spain have produced a severe setback for the socialist prime minister pedro sanchez. with national elections due later this year, the counting shows the socialists have lost the key regions of valencia and aragon. the opposition conservative

popular party did well in most cities. talks aimed at concluding an international treaty against plastic pollution take place in paris today. government ministers from around the world are attending the event. the un says more than 460 million tonnes of plastic is produced each year but only around 9% of it is recycled. london's metropolitan police says it will stop attending emergency calls involving mental health incidents from september, unless there's an immediate threat to life. it's part of attempts to free up officers so they can concentrate on tackling crime. 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 start with a few key details. the agreement will lift the debt limit until january 1st, 2025.

congress allocated an additional $86 billion for security spending while decreasing non—defense spending by over $200 billion. 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 now we are ready to move to the full congress. i think it's a really important step forward. it takes the threat of catastrophic default off the table and protects our hard—earned and historic economic recovery. it also represents a compromise that gives no—one everything they want, but that's the responsibility of governing. this is a deal and it's good news, i believe, for the american people. the agreement prevents the worst possible crisis, a default for the first time in our nation's history. house speaker kevin mccarthy will need to convince members of his republican party to back the bill. he spoke to fox news on sunday.

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 after year. we were able to do this after the president said he was not even going to talk to us. this is really a step in the right direction. it's puts us at 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. and our north america correspondentjessica parker sent this update from washington. ina way, in a way, we don't know what would happen, because this would happen, because this would be new territory and the consequences would depend to some extent on how long the default went on. federal agency workers could not get paid nor would those in receipt of social security benefits. those payments would be delayed. that would lead to serious personal

hardship, and there would also be 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 was of course also be a shock to financial markets. worth remembering, us debt is seen as this ultrasafe asset, and the dollar, the dominant reserve currency. so america's reputation would no doubt take a hit. and then there would be the political fallout as well in washington, dc, depending on who exactly would get the blame. 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 spicebox as, you know, 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. more on our main story now. in two decades, president recep tayyip erdogan has changed turkey forever. pierre—antoine denis looks back at the turkish president's political life. 20 years and some extra for this man, recep tayyip erdogan,

the turkish president, on for a new mandate. let's look back at his life. he started in politics in 1994 when he become istanbul mayor, but the real breakthrough came in 2001. he launches his new party, the akp and two years later in 2003 became turkish prime minister for the first time. his first decade in power is very successful, turkey's back on the map with annual growth estimated at around 5%, 2003-2013. but in 2013, 2003—2013. but in 2013, protests 2003-2013. but in 2013, protests started to happen over his rule, as critics started to say he was more and more autocratic. still, we sipped i have heard a gun is determined to change turkey. in 2014, he moves from prime minister to president. —— still, erdogan is determined to change turkey. he

kept his stranglehold on turkish politics. after local elections in 2016, there is some rebellion and chaos, 300 civilians hoping to stop the soldiers from accessing mr erdogan�*s house died in the clashes. ultimately, erdogan built his whole political career on identity and turkish pride. the country is now a nato member and despite the war in ukraine, he still holds very good relations with russia's president vladimir putin. the country is also now the 20th biggest economy in the world. back home, the conversion of istanbul's agger sophia into a mosque and good christians but rallied the whole muslim world behind him. the turkish population made the choice of staying with recep tayyip erdogan, but with glowing inflation and strong opposition, the turkish president now may be facing the

most difficult five years in office. here, itv�*s this morning programme will air as normal today, as the organisation insists there are no plans to axe the show. the broadcaster has been facing questions about phillip schofield's affair with a younger male colleague, which prompted the presenter to quit on friday, admitting he had lied to his employers. 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 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 lawyer for 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 questions now about the future of the programme. it's 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 bosses here at itv about the very culture of its flagship programme. government plans in the uk for supermarkets to introduce a voluntary cap on some basic

food items won't make "a jot of difference", according to the british retail consortium. ministers are to discuss proposals 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, were in the papers today. but it's 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. the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of mount everest is marked today to commemorate the first successful ascent. in 1953, edmund hillary of new zealand and tenzing norgay, a sherpa of nepal, reached the summit of mount everest for the first time in history. it stands at 8,849 metres — that's 20,000 feet — on the border of nepal and china. live now to new zealand with lydia bradey, the first woman to climb everest without oxygen. bravo, lydia, how amazing! thank you. bravo, lydia, how amazing! thank vom— bravo, lydia, how amazing! thank yon-— bravo, lydia, how amazing! thank ou. ~ , . thank you. why did you decide to do this _ thank you. why did you decide to do this in _ thank you. why did you decide to do this in the _ thank you. why did you decide to do this in the first? - thank you. why did you decide to do this in the first? i - thank you. why did you decide to do this in the first? i made. to do this in the first? i made an oxygen — to do this in the first? i made an oxygen free _ to do this in the first? i made an oxygen free single - to do this in the first? i made an oxygen free single push i an oxygen free single push alpine style ascent of one of

the other 8000 metre peaks in the other 8000 metre peaks in the world the year before. it was my seventh himalayan expedition. and men had climbed it without oxygen. so i figured it without oxygen. so i figured it was worth giving it a go. 0k, it was worth giving it a go. ok, i mean, this sounds like something, it might be possible if you were one way inclined to actually get addicted to. what is it about climbing mountains that appeals to people? why is it that people go back and back and do it again and again, because there are significant risks? ., , .., risks? there are significant risks? there are significant risks that _ risks? there are significant risks that you _ risks? there are significant risks that you can - risks? there are significant risks that you can mitigate | risks? there are significant i risks that you can mitigate by experience and by good planning, and on high mountains by looks of oxygen. —— by lots of oxygen. we are drawn to different aspects of the world. some people are drawn to rivers, some to mountains, some to deserts. nature is part of our biology. so i think the

ability to live a simple but consequential life, and consequences are good as well as bad, is what draws people to these beautiful places, and for me, it was the mountains. we are 'ust me, it was the mountains. we are just looking at some of your pictures of your various ascents over the years. what does it feel like to be standing there, on top of the world? , ., world? so, the first time, for me, it felt — world? so, the first time, for me, it felt like _ world? so, the first time, for me, it felt like a _ world? so, the first time, for me, it felt like a huge - world? so, the first time, for me, it felt like a huge wave l world? so, the first time, for| me, it felt like a huge wave of relief. because i really was unsure if i would be strong enough to get down as well, and there was nobody else there and no fixed ropes as well. i was so low on the last day. —— i was solo. 0n the other ascents i had been a mountain guide and was super proud of being a mountain guide, i have guided everest more than any other woman has guided it at the moment. it's great, because the

job for a woman is opening up, and lots of young female guides are coming on. and as a guide, you are there with a passion and a love for the beauty of this mountain. it's amazing to be on the highest point of the world. and you are there caring for your clients. world. and you are there caring foryour clients. it's world. and you are there caring for your clients. it's a great double pleasure, i guess. this double pleasure, i guess. as someone _ double pleasure, i guess. as someone who is guiding other people up this mountain, and i believe there are now more than 6000 people who have done it, what do you feel about the criticism that there are too many people climbing this site now, and the site itself is suffering as a result? the site is suffering- — suffering as a result? the site is suffering. and _ suffering as a result? the site is suffering. and really, - suffering as a result? the site is suffering. and really, we i is suffering. and really, we only guide two different routes only guide two different routes on mount everest. there are lots of other routes that are not suffering. so... perhaps what we need to do is manage

the rubbish, manage it a little bit better. but i don't think we should put rules and regulations on climbing everest, because there's a lot of different ways to climb everest and we climb the fewer routes than we used to in the olden days because we are guiding most of the time. i would say you are safer going on an expedition with lots more oxygen. i on an expedition with lots more ox ten. ~' . �* , on an expedition with lots more oxen. ~ oxygen. i think that's probably riaht, oxygen. i think that's probably right. thank— oxygen. i think that's probably right, thank you _ oxygen. i think that's probably right, thank you very - oxygen. i think that's probably right, thank you very much - oxygen. i think that's probably right, thank you very much forj right, thank you very much for your time and right, thank you very much for yourtime and your right, thank you very much for your time and your thoughts, the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of mount everest today. with edmund hillary and tenzing nor gay. 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'll be some of that high cloud around on bank holiday monday. for much of the country it is going to be a dry and sunny day. but it'll be a chilly start and there could be some cloud

coming in off the north sea through the midlands and eastern parts of england. it'll break up through the day with some sunshine coming through. away from the far north of scotland, there will be a lot of sunshine. it's going to be 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, stronger wind blowing in here, and it'll be windy through the english channel. maybe a bit cooler in the south—east, as well, but further north and west, it's going to be warming up — temperatures back up to 20 or 21 celsius in north—west england and scotland. and bank holiday monday will be dry because we've still got high pressure in charge. to the south of that high pressure, there's still some stronger winds across southern parts of england, and by tuesday there's more cloud in the north sea. with the wind off the north sea, we could see cloud lingering into the afternoon across some eastern parts of england. it's always going to be sunnierfurther west, it's always going to be 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. there's more low cloud around for england and wales — it could linger in some places all day, keeping it somewhat cooler. again it's more towards the north—west where we've got the sunshine and higher temperatures, and at long last, we could reach 25 degrees in scotland. very unusual not to hit 25 degrees in may — the last time that happened was way back in 2013, when we reached 25 celsius onjune 6th. there were some quite chilly springs in the �*80s — �*87 in particular — we didn't reach 25 degrees until very late in june. we could hit the mid—20s again through thursday and friday, more towards the south—west of the uk. if you're wondering where all the rain's gone, it's in southern parts of europe — not great if you're holidaying in the mediterranean — far better to be holidaying here in the uk. that high pressure's not going anywhere — all week it looks like it's going to be fine and dry with some warm sunshine and some cooler winds in the far south.

live from london, live from london, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. re—elected for five years — re—elected for five years — supporters of turkey's supporters of turkey's president erdogan celebrate. president erdogan celebrate. but with a divided country but with a divided country and persistently high and persistently high inflation, what next inflation, what next for the country's economy? for the country's economy? a compromise deal — a compromise deal — joe biden says an agreement joe biden says an agreement to raise the us debt ceiling to raise the us debt ceiling has been reached, has been reached, but at what cost? but at what cost? and forging a career and forging a career between music and technology — between music and technology — we speak to the �*80s synth—pop we speak to the �*80s synth—pop

star thomas dolby on being both star thomas dolby on being both a musician and a tech wizard.