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 turkey h

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 over half

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 who su

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 his vice

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 many contentious votes but top of the list will be given the fact that the the margin of victory difference between the two sides is so small and so many outstanding votes this is going to be the major battleground in the coming days and possibly even weeks ahead right dorian we also heard from the president that they would be no other elections in the next for the hoff. well turkey has gone through a very prolonged electoral cycle we've had earlier lectures we've had a referendum now we've had these local elections the next presidential in general elections on schedule for another four and a half years but given the fact that one doesn't have a full absolute majority in parliament the setbacks the major economic and diplomatic challenges ahead many people expect that he could be forced to go to the polls early the next four half years right dorian jones in istanbul on that election in turkey thank you and. now to some

president an extremely tense atmosphere given the fact the country is invitation and also the ruling a.k.p. party is under threat maybe for the first time in many years. here this provincial city in the southeast of the country there was a dispute over the way votes were being carse observers from. islamic parties which is an opposition objected they got into an argument with the observers from the ruling a k p and that turned to violence and two of those the islamic party observers was shot dead this has caused a great deal of shock in the country well there has to be said given this region is awash with gone such violence isn't unusual the president one has been quick to condemn it his party's promised a full investigation beyond that there has been some caution is a knife in some fights fist fights in parts of istanbul again just. how tense the atmosphere is ok daryn jones in istanbul thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. lawyer and government critic. has one is lucky as presidential election the wind makes her the country's first female head of st

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 becau

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 they were m

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 has announced it's opening a new trade mission in israel in jerusalem this comes as brazil's president is visiting the country to bolster ties but he appears to have backe

party especially in the largest cities in the capital ankara and here in istanbul. losing them would be a symbolic blow says journalist is most simas both cities have been under a.k.p. control throughout and once time in power water for its own kind 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. it is a k.p.s. defeated in istanbul and it will be a political earthquake for everyone. on them when i get. back to the tea house where the young rajah type ad one is trying to win some votes he also he has many complains about the economy is just the young people don't have jobs it's become very hard for shop owners nothing is good here anymore nothing yet the young out one says he wants to tackle these problems at 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 from both the edge of town. now some of the other stories making news around the state around

party especially in the largest cities in the capital ankara and here in istanbul. 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