♪ brent: this is dw news live from berlin. turkiye's presidential election is headed for a runoff. the election produced nuclear winter, setting the stage for two week battle between the incumbent president recep tayyip erdogan and the new candidate, kemal kilicdaroglu. and the u.k. premises more hardware to stop short of including fighter jets. and a political shakeup in thailand -- pro-democracy

opposition parties have won by a landslide in parliamentary elections, ending a decade of military backed group. plus, we show you how a man in ireland turns old aircraft into office space, and how he earns a living by doing it. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs in the united states, and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin this monday with turki. that country/presidential race will be decided in a runoff election. with counting nearly complete, state media says president recep tayyip erdogan received 49.5 percent of the vote. his rival kemal kilicdaroglu is drooling with just under 45

percent. officials have confirmed that a run-up will take place in two weeks time as no candidate was able to take more than 50% of the general vote. kilicdaroglu had hoped to harness public anger among turkiye's public over the economy as well as the botched response to the earthquake this year. the result is the strongest challenge to erdogan assets rule in decades. many they came expecting a victory speech. but unlike his figures presidential elections, recep tayyip erdogan couldn't climb a first round win for his weeding supporters. before the ballots were counted, turkiye's incoming president accepted he may face a runoff. >> if our nation has made its choice in favor of the second round of the election then that is also welcome. reporter: his main rival, kemal

kilicdaroglu, also said he was ready for another vote. >> if our nation says second-round, we gladly accept it. we will absolutely win this election in the second round. everyone will see that. [applause] reporter: with the rival confirmed, rivals must wait for another two weeks to know who will take our. >> the country has been struggling greatly. change in government would shake it further. that is why both candidates are problematic for me. that is why i can't say that i voted with conviction. reporter: it was obvious from the start that this was going to the second round. now that that is happening, no one is surprised. >> i am upset. this should not have been the result. reporter: even with a slight

lead from the first round has been one of the toughest tests for erdogan, but the runoff is likely to be an uphill battle for kilicdaroglu. brent: joining me now is of a special correspondent in istanbul. good to see you. let's talk about what happened yesterday, sunday. have there been any reports of irregularities or voter fraud? reporter: no, there haven't been. we heard international observers talking about the process and saying that there were no voting irregularities at the ballot box. however, when you talk to supporters of the opposition and also with the testament of election observers, the general election is seen to be our fair. the incumbent president erdogan has been in power for 20 years and in that time, media has

limited, state institutions are widely seen to have created favorable circumstances for president erdogan. in light of all these circumstances for the opposition to grab over 44%, that is seen as, you know, perhaps as an accomplishment, but also as a sign that a lot of people in turki want to see some kind of change. brent: the polls were addicting that the opposition would be able to have a clear victory in this general election but that did not happen. i am wondering, what are you hearing there among people on the street, what is the general atmosphere among the public after these first results? anya: there is a lot of frustration and a lot of disappointment among opposition supporters. i was out on the streets of istanbul today and spoke to a

lot of them. the opposition really promised a lot during this campaign, promising an outright win in the first round that, of course, didn't happen. what they were betting on his frustration with the economic situation in the country, and the frustration around the government's response to the earthquakes that happened earlier this year. that obviously was not enough to galvanize the majority that they needed to win outright. at the same time, there is also the sentiment that the opposition, despite the odds against this government, were able to make a mark on the streets. the country is going out to this historic ground that hasn't happened before. that must be a message to president erdogan that there is considerable dissatisfaction with how this country has been run.

brent: there are two more weeks of campaigning and waiting for resolution. can we make a prediction about what you're going to see these next few weeks from both kim, from erdogan's campaigns, and mr. kilicdaroglu's anya: it is somewhat uncharted territory. we will have to wait and see where the supporters of the third candidate go. he has already made some demands out of whichever camp you would align himself with. one of that was the kurdish question, the question of them is a huge one, so we will have to wait and see how these votes can be swung towards one candidate or the other. it seems like nationalism, it is

definitely a card that president erdogan has played throughout the campaign, it will be important. but, of course, issues like the economic crisis, education and freedom of speech, the response to the earthquake, these are all topics we can expect to come up again during the campaigning in the coming two weeks. brent: dw's special correspondent anya ibrahim with the latest from istanbul. thank you. britain's prime minister rishi sunak promised to send ukraine long-range attack drones and traditional missiles. he made that pledge after ukraine's president zelenskyy visited the u.k. as part of a whirlwind tour of europe. despite the promise of more hardware, the british prime minister stopped short of saying he will stand kyiv fighter jets -- he will send kyiv fighter jets. reporter: it was a visit by the

ukrainian president. after a weekend of meetings with european leaders, president zelenskyy cast down to meet prime minister rishi sunak. he welcomes zelenskyy to his country residence. >> great to welcome you back to the u.k. reporter: where the ukrainian leader was thankful to britain, but also acknowledged the difficulties that lie ahead for ukraine. pres. zelenskyy: i thank you, especially you and your government for supporting us. really at this moment, a moment of challenges, a moment for us, for our society and our people, especially for our soldiers, the moment is tough, difficult. but anyway, we need success and i am happy that this way, we are preparing counteroffensive

steps. reporter: president zelenskyy is keen to build up what he calls a jet coalition to help ukraine defend its airspace. the u.k. has said it will not be providing fighter jets to ukraine. but rishi sunak had a direct message for russia's president putin. pm sunak: i think it is important for the kremlin to know that we are not going away. we are here for the long term. we remain steadfast in wanting to offend you create just now to reclaim its rightful territory, but also to ensure ukraine has the means to defend itself into the future, as well. reporter: zelenskyy left with a promise from rishi sunak to train ukrainian pilots, but without the commitment to deliver planes he had hoped for. it was another important trip for the ukrainian president, who is keen to keep up support

another profile of the ongoing war increased. brent: some of those british -supplied weapons seem to be overdue making their mark. i asked our correspondent nick connolly about russia's claim that ukraine used british long-range missiles to attack targets in occupied luhansk. nick: we can be confident that this is true in this case, they were found on the scene of the strike, inscriptions in english and other big of framework -- other bits of framework that experts say look a lot like this cruise missile that is certainly a part of ukrainian territory occupied by russia that that army has not been able to hit so far. the target has been hit with the largest loss of life expected was the target that had been used by pro separatists in luhansk. the ukrainians had been unable to strike that target.

i think it is a sign that russians did not have this on their radar, didn't think ukraine would get these weapons. there were even members of the russian parliament there on propaganda tours. they also ended up being injured in these strikes. there is a real sense that they are quickly learning how vulnerable they are and that ukraine has the ability to hit basically any target in russia -backed ukraine. there is nowhere safe, nor that russian troops can organize logistics. brent: brent: that was nick connolly reporting from kyiv. tylan's two biggest opposition parties have begun discussions on how to replace the country's military-dominated parliament red the pro-democracy party move forward achieved a stunning victory in elections over the weekend and is hoping to work with the pheu thai party to replace the military backed government which first came to power back in 2014 in a coup. reporter: greeted by cheers of

"prime minister." [chanting] reporter: pita limjaroenrat basked in his election win with supporters. the victory of the progressive opposition leader has sent shockwaves through thailand's political establishment, and could bring nearly 10 years of mary-backed rule to an end -- military-backed rule to an end. the candidate is confident in his mandate. >> there is a sentiment of the ear that has changed. it is right timing. the people have been through enough of the last decade in the past decade. today is a new day, hopefully it is full of bright sunshine and hope going forward. reporter: move forward's is young, liberal and welcomed the promise of change. >> i also feel like it carries a

new meaning and ruben about even more changes, and i hope that there will be good things happening in thailand. >> i voted the move forward party for the marriage equality bill because it has to pass. on other policies, i think they are very straightforward, clear and firm, and they will be able to execute them. reporter: but forming a coalition government might not be easy. move forward has very ambitious goals to overhaul the political system, and the economy. they want to challenge the conservative rules of the monarchy and the military in thai society. little general wrecked is looking to partner up -- limjaroenrat is looking to partner up with five other parties, including one of the parties headed by the former prime minister's daughter,

thaksin shinawatra. day campaign with more traditionalist, populist messages. even if a coalition is formed, it might not be easy to replace the incumbent government. the prime minister will officially be selected in july in a vote by the lower house of parliament in a 250 seat senate. the senators were put in place by the current leadership, so they will likely vote to protect their interests. this could scupper move forward's chance to create a progressive government. brent: is look now at other stories making headlines around the world -- the arab world countries to normalize ties with syria and president bashar al-assad. after receiving an invitation to the arab league meeting, he has been invited to the cop28 climate summit in dubai later this year,'s first invitation to a global summit since the start

of the civil war in 2011. germany's foreign minister another no baerbock has warned against normalizing relations with assad , she made the comments on the trip to saudi arabia where she met with her counterpart. she said aside should not be rewarded for his crimes. at least six people have been killed and hundreds injured after a cyclone battered the coast of england -- in myanmar. this bazaar in bangladesh is home to more than one million rohingyas refugees and it escaped a direct hit after the cyclone veered eastward. palestinians are marking the 75th anniversary of the day that they call al-nagba, which means, "the catastrophe." after the state of israel was founded in 1948, it was attacked by surrounding arab counties. hundreds of thousands of palestinians fled or were driven out of the area.

today thousands of palestinians. to mark the anniversary like what you see here in the west bank town of ramallah. they are demanding that palestinian refugees and their descendants be given the right to return home. my colleague, or a middle east analyst, is here now to talk about this. let's talk about this word, naqba. it is politically charging, -- guest: quite divisive. brent: talk to us through that, what is that? guest: in the political environment we're in, this word has become a symbol of -- one coin has two sides. the website is naqba, palestinians seeing that israeli independence as their catastrophe. and then there are the israelis and their dream of the zionist land and everything we see in the state of israel today.

it seems like acknowledging one side is delegitimizing the other. we have seen very little place for tolerance when we say, ok maybe there is a way to see the state of israel and its right to exist on the one hand, while acknowledging the pain and trauma of palestinians, but in the current atmosphere, this is a symbol of national movement for the palestinians. it is an divisive as the arab-israeli conflict. brent: is it possible to find common ground in the public sphere in israel? we will talk about that in a moment. but first we have a report about an elderly palestinian man who fled his town during the civil war back in 1948, one of roughly 750,000 people who left what they call the palestinian territories. >> that is my hometown over there. it's not far away at all. reporter: around 50 kilometers stood between, and the hometown he left 75 years ago.

he is from a town which is nowadays a city in northern israel. ,, a palestinian refugee, now lives near southern lebanon. he still hopes to one day go back home. >> this is my home. i owned a house. this building, my grandfather building this house. >> i remember my childhood over there. i used to sit outside the house and contemplate the mountains. when the war started and as we were leaving the town, the elderly told us that we would be away for 15 days at most and then we can go back home. it was a measurable and devastating journey.

we walked under the burning sun. there were no cars until we reached the nearest lebanese town. reporter: this key to their house is all that the family could carry when they fled during the arab-israeli war of 1948. palestinians refer to this time as the naqba, the catastrophe. have you seen these recent pictures from the town? it looks like a deserted land validates. there are some ruins of the old houses. this is the town. it is now an israeli city. how do you feel about that? >> i can't -- i can't speak. i'm speechless.

i see these pictures and i wallow in self-pity. i am away from my home. barely 50 kilometers away. and yet i am not allowed to see it. reporter: nearly 500,000 people in lebanon are officially registered to the u.n. relief agency for palestine refugees. however, the agency estimate no more than half of them currently reside inside lebanon. with no access to main public services and no right to work, many decided to emigrate. ali says generations of understanding refugees born and raised in lebanon feel like they are second-class. >> we have no right in lebanon. nothing. even the house that we built is not own it. any other country, refugees

received support, and not vice versa. the situation in lebanon is unlike anywhere else in the world. reporter: ahmed says lepido has never felt like home, even after living here most of his life. the family remains convinced that home is back in palestine and returning is only a matter of time. brent: we have just seen that life is far from easy for palestinian refugees in lebanon. many are we talking about that and in the surrounding area? guest: in lebanon we have about half a million living in refugee camps, syria, about the same number, of the we had some migration from syria lebanon because of the war there. others in the west bank are in jordan, unlike in lebanon and syria, by the way, they have the right to acquire citizenship. though they still maintained their lives in the camps.

they are supported mostly by the u.n. palestinian refugees help branch, which is getting most of its support from donors, mostly americans. trump, for example, was trying to help israelis, he thought, by cutting aid there, but he realized it might not be such an easy cut. this is the problem, the israelis don't like that they are still refugees for the third generation. we have seen after 1948, 750 thousand registered. now there are almost 6 million of them and this problem is not easily resolved. brent: your experience from living in israel, how is this term naqba, ,how is it handled? are there any guardrails public discourse? shani: in the schools, for example, it is never mentioned. it is a divisive issue. now there is a suggestion to ben

them from -- stopping the palestinian flag from being used by palestinians living within the territories because it is too enticing and dangerous, and also there is a right-wing government in parliament. it is hartford palestinians to demonstrate their solidarity with the naqba, but this is not going to solve itself. the root of the naqba discussion is the root of the conflict and it goes hand-in-hand. brent: it's good to have you here in the studio. thank you for giving some context to this. thank you. brent: now, a novel way to recycle some old airplanes -- create new office space, and earn money all at the same time. reporter: the west coast of ireland is well known for its unpredictable weather. one minute it is sunny, then all of a sudden it is rainy. anyone who wants to watch the

waves here has to wrap up warm, or find shelter in the upcycle part of an old airplane. >> plants love them. they love the fact that they can sit here in the back and look out to see and watch people surfing, and be in the comfort of this. reporter: the sand house hotel on this island is the proud owner of two former aircraft cabins. >> when you are by the sea here, everything rests, the windows, the bedrooms, the doors and the handles, everything rusts. so far, it has been fantastic, no rust. no maintenance. very good investment. reporter: there are aircraft graveyards all over the road like this one in spain. the international air transport association estimates that 700 planes go out of service every year. . the number is rising. finding ways to reuse their pods is more important than ever. >> you have got to strip it down.

reporter: shane and kathryn are the founders of aero ports. . they came up with the idea of recycling planes and since then they have term-limited garden sheds, mobile offices and holiday homes. each one costs between 20000 and 40,000 euros. >> we bought the fuselage. as soon as atlantis, we have one ordered. everything else in the plane is recycled and sand all over the world to be redone. some of it is going back into planes. the likes of what we're doing here, we are basically using nearly 80% of everything in the plane. reporter: the walls and floor need more insulation, and the hull has to here he wired. the startup can build small houses from plane parts in two to three weeks, even with a kitchenette and bathroom.

>> tiny houses in america and the states is huge. people realize now that we can't build big houses like we always did. you can't do it -- you can't heat them. reporter: that is why the two irishmen are planning to expand their business into the continent. heating costs are on the rise there as well and in many places, the sea can be pretty rough, too. brent: you are watching bw news. after a short, i will be around to take you through "the day." we will be right back. ♪

>> leiva from paris, world news, this is france 24. these are the headlines. president erdogan will face off in a second round vote in the fortnite's time. the turkeys president came within a fraction of a percentage point victory. it is presidents or to one -- president or to one's second win. zelenskyy's european tour sees drones from richie sunak. he met with the ukraine president following talks with even -- emmanuel macron which took place on sunday.