surveys suggest the ruling a.k.p. party could be defeated in the capital ankara months so you have ash of the secular c.h.p. as the favorite there in istanbul the a.k.p. and c.h.p. and neck and neck and he's with the un i think the a.k.p. has improved services i'm forty five now and i know how did used to be shook you know. i have less and less trust in elections i'm only twenty one but i'll still go and vote today in the hope that something might change what's being done these to the past people voted for the government faced accusations of a crackdown the pro kurdish h d p party says many of its politicians have been arrested in recent days. and joining us now live from istanbul is dorian jones story and tell us how are these tests how are these elections rather a test for president are to one. person or one has made a referendum on his rule and the reason why he's done that is that he realizes that these towns and cities across turkey all the last center of power outside of his direct control and it's aware that hi

surveys suggest the ruling a.k.p. party could be defeated in the capital ankara months so you have ash of the secular c.h.p. as the favorite there in istanbul the a.k.p. and c.h.p. and neck and neck and he's with me and i think the a.k.p. has improved services i'm forty five now and i know how did used to be shook you so much that you know i have less and less trust in elections and i'm only twenty one but i still go and vote today in the hope that something might change what has been done this to the past people voted for the government faced accusations of a crackdown the pro kurdish h d p party says many of its politicians have been arrested in recent days. and joining us now live from istanbul is dorian jones during the polls are closed now do we know anything about initial results no we don't and that's because there is an official media ban on the results until nine pm local time so we will have to wait and see on the are there any indications about the elections being free and fair. well i mean turkey has in tu

surveys suggest the ruling a.k.p. party could be defeated in the capital ankara months so you have atia of the secular c.h.p. as the favorite there in istanbul the a.k.p. and c.h.p. and neck and neck and he's moved on i think the a.k.p. has improved services i'm forty five now and i know how did used to be. so much that you know i have less and less trust in elections and i'm only twenty one but i still go and vote today in the hope that something might change bring down these to the people vote the government faces accusations of a crackdown the pro kurdish h d p party says many of its politicians have been arrested in recent days joining us now live from istanbul is the dorian jones dorian the polls are closed now can you give us any initial results. well we do seem to be heading for a very exciting night the capital ankara is neck and neck nuffin between the main opposition main opposition c.h.p. and the ruling a k p with half the votes counted in istanbul the ruling a.k.p. only have a two point lead with still ove

surveys suggest the ruling a.k.p. party could be defeated in the capital ankara months of the secular c.h.p. as the favorite there in istanbul the a.k.p. and c.h.p. and neck and neck and he's moved on i think the a.k.p. has improved services i'm forty five now and i know how did used to be. so much the you know i have less and less trust in elections and i'm only twenty one but i still go and vote today in the hope that something might change what's being done this the people vote the government faces accusations of a crackdown the pro kurdish h d p party says many of its politicians have been arrested in recent days and initial election results are expected. joining us now from istanbul is the dorian jones can you help us understand a little better just how are these elections a test for president aired on. well he's made it a referendum on about his rule in fact he said the whole country's future is at stake in one of his last rally theer in istanbul and why it's attached you so much importance to these elections is

losing them would be a symbolic blow says journalist is most simas both cities have been under a.k.p. control throughout out once time in power water for its own good of a stumble if that opposition wins istanbul ankara we may begin to discuss the possibility of snap elections here in turkey. istanbul is strongly associated with the. first he was elected as municipal mayor here then he became mayor of istanbul . after that prime minister and then president. if is a k.p.s. defeated in istanbul it would be a political earthquake for everyone. around them when i get. back to the tea house and go where the young rajah type out one is trying to win some votes he also he has many complains about the economy being just younger people don't have jobs it's become very hard for shop owners nothing is good here anymore nothing yeah the young no one says he wants to tackle these problems least in his neighborhood but he can't be sure of victory as he's facing two challenges much is at stake in the local elections for both tragic time it's. a report from. joins us now from istanbul welcome mr erdo

now the the situation is still very much in the balance only a few thousand votes between the ruling a.k.p. candide up in new york and the opposition c.h.p. now it appears the voting has the counting has now been suspended with over one hundred thousand votes still to be counted most of them believed to be coming from the stronghold of the c.h.p. it does appear that although they do appear to be facing the prospect of losing istanbul this is turkey's most important city by far its its culture. and its financial capital and in many ways a political capital with the adage if you control istanbul you control turkey. looking like he's facing up to the reality he may have lost his beloved city which political career has to be said there's still no formal acceptance and there are peace of both sides are ready to meet the feet. right on that note. i want to. results where. the electoral process. well indeed there are numerous folks all across the country which are very wafer thin victories or defeats for the ruling a.k.p. party they've suffered many defeats all across the country so there are man

i think this was the key factor behind these heavy losses the ruling a.k.p. have suffered soaring inflation rising unemployment and a country in recession and the tanking currency there is anger on the streets much of that anger i think was exercised and people have been giving. i'm going to the opposition and president heard one speaking to reporters has acknowledged that he said that there resign go we have failed and he's promising to address this it was a very concerted speech braille consoler three speech by old one who usually very victrola kind of tracking the opposition this time it just seemed like he was trying to reach out and no possible acknowledgment of the house almost certainly lost on korea possibly as well all right that story and jones on turkey's local elections from istanbul thank you. so was the saudi government involved in hacking the phone of the world's richest men. that's the allegation that's been made by the amazon c.e.o. security advisor gavin de becker he's been investigating how a u.s. tabloids the national enquirer access to in

losing them would be a symbolic blow says journalist is most simas both cities have been under a.k.p. control throughout add once time in power water for its own good of a stumble is that opposition wins istanbul ankara we may begin to discuss the possibility of snap elections here in turkey. istanbul is strongly associated with the. first he was elected as municipal mayor here then he became mayor of istanbul . after that prime minister and then president of the storm will do if is a k.p.s. defeated in istanbul it will be a political earthquake for. us are sold on them when i get. back to the tea house and go to where the young one is trying to win some votes he also he has many complains about the economy the young people don't have jobs it's become very hard for shopping or so nothing is good here anymore nothing. the young owen says he wants to tackle these problems least in his neighborhood but he can't be sure of victory as he's facing two challenges much is at stake in the local elections both tragic tight. for everyone in his party control most of the media and the purged enem

be notoriously unreliable but right now they do suggest a sharp fall in support for president adams a.k.p. and not a landslide victory as we did see in the last local elections here five years ago much of the focus is now on the big cities here in turkey and we might actually see some surprises there the capital ankara might get for the first time in sixteen years and opposition mayor and here in istanbul is symbol which is considered to be the biggest prize in these elections and we might see a tight race between president add on's candidates and the opposition votes. the economy the economy and the economy many voters are complaining that their personal economic situation has worsened in the past year unemployment is at a nine year high inflation is a twenty percent and many things basically from baby diapers to vegetables got so much more expensive i've talked to a few people here let's have a listen to what they have to say is. used to do a grocery shopping with fifty. but now we have to spend one hundred fifty. everything's terrible but they say everything's fine. we'll go fold. it w

food stalls to sell projects at discount prices it doesn't seem to buy him much on sunday add on's a.k.p. party is in danger of losing the majority in the country's two biggest cities and a last ditch effort to hold on to power to on recently try to make the vote about turkey's national security and religion even promising to turn the hot yes of fear which is currently a museum into a mosque. but many turks say their financial situation will decide they'll vote and that could spell trouble for the turkish president. the european union wants to ban the use of palm oil and biofuels to stop rain forests being cleared for new plantations malaysia is one of the biggest produces it wants to take the dispute to the world trade organization it could also take its business elsewhere malaysia's prime minister is threatening to buy new fighter jets from china instead of europe . plantation owners started these fires they want to create new areas for their palm trees the fires are illegal but they burn again and again the government is trying to protect the rain forest on biodiversity and the people

the opposition are on course for a victory there although there have been calls from here the ruling a.k.p. saying that they could be voting irregularities but the feeling is that they are ready to accept on cross and it is the cost of the economy that is what the ruling party the economy is in recession things are really very bad for many people in turkey and they appear to be punishing the ruling party in these local elections. all right doreen. in istanbul for us thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world algeria's embezzle president abdelaziz bush if he has named a caretaker government headed by the country's current prime minister was if he has faced weeks of protests demanding an end to his twenty year role he's on the chief is keeping his post has defeated defense minister despite repeatedly calling for but a fake to step down. and lawyer and government christian. has won his presidential election the win makes the country's first female head of state. and this is this ran on an anti corruption platform should be the government backed candidate. brazil

that's called a lot of pain a lot of anger within the country not certainly does appear to have hit the a.k.p. party's support given the fact that its electoral success over the last fifteen years or so has been built on economic prosperity has been severely damaged and they do appear to be paying a very heavy political price. all right dorian jones and istanbul thank you. so was the saudi government involved in hacking the phone of the world's richest man bases that's the allegation that's the main by the amazon c.e.o. security advisor gavin he's been investigating how a u.s. tabloids the national enquirer got access to intimate texts and photos from this phone with more on this story i'm joined by alex forrest whiting alex so this reads like an international thriller remind us again of the background here it was back in january that this whole story made headlines off the leaked text messages between jeff bezos and lauren sanchez who's a u.s. t.v. anchor published in the national enquirer now that is a tabloid a u.s. top lloyd and they claim that the two were having an affair even though th

if his a.k.p. is defeated in istanbul, it would be a political earthquake for erdogan reporter: back to the tea house where the young recep tayyip erdogan is trying to win some votes. he also hears many complaints about the economy. >> young people don't have jobs. it's become very hard for shop owners. nothing is good here anymore, nothing. reporter: the young erdogan says he wants to tackle these problems at least in his neighborhood but can't be sure of victory as he's facing two challenges. much is at stake in the local elections for both recep tayyip erdogans. brent: in algeria, the leader of the ruling coalition rnd party has joined calls for the ailing president to be replaced. last night, the head of the army urgedd that abdelaziz bouteflika be declared unfit to rule. bouteflika has been in power nearly 20 years although has nearly appeared in public since 2013. algerians have been protesting in a bid to force him to step down. protests are not just taking place in the streets. algerians ha