using interactive content to inspire people to take action. in series of global three thousand on t.w. . this is day eight of the news live from southern turkey as presidents roger typewriter and scores a victory in the fight for control of istanbul after a protracted legal legal battle officials now say the elections in the country's biggest city must be. the opposition who narrowly defeated the president's party say the decision to select the site of the country it's a plane dictatorship on the program united nations warns that

a million of the primate species face extinction and a lot involved with the earth's threatening fire diversity. has been. the most amazing things are going over the course of three months when it's a boy holiday i'm just wife meggan the duchess of sussex welcomed britain's latest . i'm phil gal welcome to the program. election officials in turkey have scrapped the results of a controversial vote for the mayor of istanbul a humiliating defeat for president reggie. is ruling a k party one much is the local elections over all but last key merril contests in . the party had challenge the legitimacy of the vote will not be held on the twenty

third of june. as. correspondent to you stumble welcome you here what reason did turkey supremely troll board give for the rerun of this contest well first of all phil this is now breaking news here in turkey on all major t.v. channels the a stumble vote it seems the vote here in turkey's largest city is going to be cancelled and repeated this is right now according to president add one's ruling a.k. party and state run media we're still waiting for an official statement any confirmation by the election or soroti now present add ones a ruling a k posse has four weeks contest of the results of this election that was narrowly won by the opposition candidate x. humam alone they were claiming organized irregularities criminal investigation had

also been launched into several ballot box officials and now it seems the election wolf already decided in line with this request now let's remember the opposition candidate here in istanbul won on march thirty first with a narrow lead of about fifteen thousand and he actually already started to serve as mayor of istanbul so if this decision off tonight is indeed confirmed by the election authority this would mean the mandate would be taken away from him and so how have the opposition parties reacted to this news. well akram in mamma lou the opposition candidate so far said he's going to wait for the official confirmation of the election authority before he is going to make any public statement but others in his party have already called this decision quote plain dictatorship as one senior party official said this system that overruled the

will of the people is neither democratic nor legitimate so they are also accusing the c.h.p. the opposition is also accusing president admin's ruling a.k.p. of having pressured the election authority into making this decision. what about what is about. well it's actually a not a surprise that president adam personally doesn't want to let is stumble grow its largest city its aware his own personal political career began in the one nine hundred ninety s. when he became mayor of istanbul the city has been a source of power of prestigious and great wealth for the president his family and everybody in his in a circle and there is a popular saying here in turkey who wins istanbul wins turkey and i think that describes wherry well why the city is so important not only for the president and

his party but also for the opposition. a million species are at risk of extinction from climate change overfishing and pollution the united nations' first report on biodiversity out today also tells us that this unprecedented decline in nature is caused by hand is threatening humanity let's take a look at some of the case to to stix there are an estimated eight million animal and plant species living on the planet the new report says up to a million of them are threatened by extinction which means that for example forty percent of all known and fifty years and twenty five percent of all mammals are on the brink of annihilation. across the land throughout the seas. and way up in the sky the assault on nature by humans has reached every corner of our planet and species are now disappearing tens to hundreds of

times faster than during the last ten million years some are good to have been found other to more than human a way train was left on the planet our need for ever more food and energy of the main drivers of this destruction and now according to the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of how human well being is dependent on the natural world the assault on the environment is threatening our very existence if we cannot hold climate change or hold the loss of biodiversity we will threaten through security we will threaten water security we will threaten human health and therefore i think governments are now recognizing if they don't start to deal with climate change and biodiversity they cognate there are elements of human wellbeing there absolutely fundamental change the way we use three quarters of our land since pre-industrial times where overfishing around

a third of our marine stocks we're dumping millions of tons of waste into the world's waters and global warming is already impacting the habitats of half of our mammals so nothing less than an overhaul of economic systems and a total shift in political and social mindsets will stop any of this say the report's authors business as usual is a disaster we're going to continue to trade we're going to continue to lose by the visit but we can have a more sustainable future if we choose the right policies and the right technologies which if we change our behavior we can have a much more sustainable future for our children go. the publication coincides with a growing global awareness of the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss and it helps to tap into this with some key messages we haven't lost the battle yet

we can be part of the solution and most importantly nature is essential for human existence. i must take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world spades character to progress to petra sanchez's help talks with conservative leader public assad and it's the first of his meetings with opposition politicians in his efforts to form a government sanchez's socialist party won last week's national elections but fell short of the majority will need the support of other parties to stay in power. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has warned that the us intervention in venezuela would be catastrophic and unjustified is meeting his u.s. counterpart mike compared topes in finland for russia has said it's military advisers to support them as well as president it was mature. michael cohen u.s. president transformer lawyer is starting the three years prison sentence he spoke briefly to reporters as he left his home in new york convicted of crimes including

campaign finance violations when he says he looks forward to sharing the truth one day. a palestinian leaders in gaza have agreed a cease fire with israel ending two days of violence the threat to turn into all out war israel has made no official comment on the cease fire but its military has allowed schools and roads in southern israel to reopen so that residents can resume their daily lives the escalation in violence began on saturday with rocket fire from militants in gaza prompting return strikes by israel at least twenty three palestinians and four israelis have been killed. for now the violence is over but the survivors in gaza there is little comfort among the. neighbors were screaming at us leave quickly they were going to bomb the building and destroy it. we took the children and we were afraid we went to the neighbors with were wearing and then they hit the building with three warning rockets and it

was bombed and destroyed completely. and all apartments are damaged. today marks the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan palestinians are hoping the ceasefire will hold. four thirty am they announced a truce and i hope that the situation will calm down following this time there's been no shelling for now it is calm. but it's a fragile peace people in ashdod in israel affected by the latest violence i glad of the break in the fighting but to angry at what they see as hamas dictating terms . i welcome the ceasefire but again the time i don't like it i want the state of israel to set the tone and decide what to do not let a terror organization or decide what to do for the state of israel who has such a strong army.

in a month in two weeks and a month and a half it will repeat itself again and we achieve nothing so i think the state of israel needs to strike them a very very hard so that they learn their lesson. on the other side of the divide the palestinian prime minister also reacted strongly condemning the israeli airstrikes what. the government calls on the united nations to intervene immediately to stop the aggression and prevent its possible renewal and to provide international protection for our people in the gaza strip the government says that the international community cannot be silent against the crimes of the israeli occupation against civilians. the rocket attacks and asterix over the weekend or the worst recent flare up in violence between two sides that have been to war three times since two thousand and seven those who survived can only hope the current truce marks return to a peaceful existence. britain's duchess of sussex meghan markle has given birth to

her first child the baby boy whose name hasn't yet been announced the seventh in line to the british throne that gave birth in the early hours of monday morning delighting has been prince harry and sons of the british monarchy. behind the walls of windsor castle just before five thirty in the morning local time meghan markle gave birth to a healthy baby boy i was. thousands of well wishers gathered outside the castle a euphoric prince harry spoke to reporters in the afternoon and very excited to announce it's doing one myself and a baby boy. i did this morning for a healthy boy. mother and baby they're incredibly well has been the most amazing it's because argue never possibly imagine. how any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension but absolutely sure i'm just so

grateful to you for the love and support for what is out there floating out there's been enormous been amazing sort of this one as others for the body. there was plenty of speculation about the queen's aids great grandchild in the days before his birth the tabloids falsely reported the baby had already been born days ago thousands of bets were placed on the odds of a boy or girl now the guessing is over. yet no it's a great great returns from the very spot where exciting mazie business is about their deaths every last bit. of. the new parents are breaking with tradition no pictures of the baby will be released for two days the couple had already announced they wanted to enjoy the first few days of their new family and privacy. for us that they will be seeing you joys in probably two days time as planned as a family to be able to share it with you guys and so one can see the baby. another

thing the public will have to wait for is the baby's name harry says no decision has been made yet. spring is in the air here in europe but it's time to cut the load but enthusiastic england to more than just trim grass without gold knows that half of it also writes them this weekend's events in the town of billings have us first bought just a one off there's a full volvo racing championship in england with races spread out over the lawn knowing seems odd the winner of the opening race admitted course had become extremely bumpy and not so without the mo blades actually being turned on. its reminder of our top stories at this hour and action officials in turkey have hunted to present better times ahead on a major victory by voiding the result of istanbul's contentious local elections well position can visit one city's mayoral race but after a legal battle with horse he said the photo must be bring about. the landmark un report on biodiversity has warned that

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