the ak party wants a new election. imamoglu's victory ends 25 years of control of istanbul by erdogan's ak party. let's go to our correspondent dorian jones. he is following the story in istanbul. there are a lot of people on the move in istanbul right now. what kind of change are they hoping for? dorian: i think firstly they want an end to the rule of 25 years of parties affiliated with president erdogan. on top of that, i think people did warm to ekrem imamoglu's message of inclusivity. throughout his campaign he said he would work for everybody in the city and avoided getting involved in erdogan's politics of colorization and fiery rhetoric. he said, "no, i don't want to get involved with this politics of polarization, i want to work for all the people." in his victory speech today he said, "i think the kurds, turks, greeks, armenianss," all of istanbul's divers population,, a message of inclusivity. that is what people are looking for. brent: we say that there will be no challenges to the legitimacy of the mayor of

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control of the capital, the ak party has lost control of istanbul. president erdogan plans on contesting the results in all 39 districts. istanbul is- considered the biggest prize of all. we canan go to j jasper mortrti. lettingartyty is not istanbul slip frfrom its fingers wiwithout a fifight. candidate wonionn by slightly under 24,000 votes. 300,000 votes were declared invalid. the governing party candidates wants the electoral council to reconsider the invalidated votes. saidppositions leader has 8.5 million people voted, validated votes are only 3.5% -- invalidated votes are only 3.5% of that and you should not use the invalidated votes as an excuse to reviews to accept refuse-- as an excuse t to to a accept t defeat. the elector counsel is s not sen as impartial. he has told his monitors to watch carefully what the canceled those with the invalidated votes. >> now that we have seen the party,nt's party, the ak which has suffered setbackcks, will we sesee t the presidentnte his s policies? >> that is a good question. do after politicians things l

in istanbul, both the opposition and ak party have declared victory, with the tally still very close.wen reports from istanbul. there is a saying in turkish — whoever wins istanbul wins turkey. today, the biggest prize in the local elections is too close to call, with fewer than 3,000 votes between the governing ak party and the opposition chp, in a city of 18 million people. while both sides have declared victory, the official tally by the state news agency has stopped, with over i% of votes still to count, which the chp have claimed is the government's way of stealing the result. in the capital, ankara, the opposition has won back control after a quarter of a century. if it takes istanbul too, it would be an astonishing result, in a country where 90% of the media is pro—government, and president erdogan has branded his opponents terrorists. speaking to supporters in ankara, there was none of the usual triumphalism from the president, but instead a call to wait for official results to be published, and remarks that seemed to be an acceptance of defeat in several parts of the country.

but the governing ak parti has challenged it, saying ballots were wrongly counted.ul's parallel realities — ekrem imamoglu from the opposition chp, who says he's won the election to be the new mayor. but across the city, victory posters by the governing ak parti, thanking istanbul for their local election victory. president erdogan won't let go of turkey's economic powerhouse that he once ran. the election results show the opposition won istanbul by 25,000 votes, but the government has challenged that, ordering recounts. to the man who says he is the new mayor, i put the ak parti claim that the election is the biggest stain in turkey's democratic history. translation: of course, i don't agree with that. just recently the government was praising the fact that they had the most secure voting system and there was no problem with turkey's elections. i million people were on duty in the polling stations that day, so the only explanation i have is that they are making excuses for their failure. but, i mean, you yourself admit that there are invalid votes and irregularitie

maryland sion concerned after a recount of the vote is taken up his role despite calls from the ruling ak party for every run of the election the fucker has more from a sample. i can remember lou supporters have gathered outside the mayor's office in celebration the win for the c.h.p. party candidate is a major upset at the ruling ak party who have controlled turkey's cultural capital for many many years it has been more than two weeks now since municipal elections nationwide but the result has been pending here in istanbul because of a dispute over the final result a lesser result. of a low point two five percent ahead of brutally killed or in the act party candidate but this period led to a major route between the two parties the act party going through the sea priem electoral council and asking for the entire vote to be overturned but it isn't quite as simple as all of say a memory may be mare but that when has already been contested by the act party they have asked for this entire election to be a mold and for there to be a rerun the supreme electrochemical now has a week to decide whether

the team without a helmets and the padding or social democrats, and they stopped ak party steam with huge helmets and referees were helping them and they had padding. so this is a great message to the world. stay with from polarization of the autocratic leader, believe in democracy, believe in grassroots activity. , carry yourr message, and then keep an eye on the ballot box. things may change in the next general election. this is the local election. but this is how authoritarian parties feed their electorate. they use local city sources to send cash support to their electorate. losing his symbol and ankara is a big blow. nermeen: erdogan said it himself, whoever wins is to bowl wins turkey. and he was previously the mayor of istanbul himself. could you talk about what has been happening in terms of the economic crisis in turkey, also the relationship with the u.s., turkey's relationship with the u.s., which has taken a turn for the worst after turkey has bought or isis negotiating an as deal with russia. done and theeal is missiles seem to be coming to turkey. they did not back down

city as well as the capital ankara feel physicians' mayoral candidate in istanbul is urging the ak partyto accept defeat the iranian red president says u.s. sanctions are preventing foreign financial aid from helping people affected by the flooding the government has promised all flood victims will be fully compensated at least seventy people have died and more than eighty thousand have been removed to imagine it's a shelter those are the headlines next stop al-jazeera investigations do stay with us. in episode two with how to sell a massacre polina hanson's one nation party is in america. that will sure if. they're in search of millions of dollars from the us come they'll be a sort of number you guys seem to think i'm to get ten dogs what. they want the cash to buy control of democracy in a stranger you. share. with the belt. with the head of the gun in our hand of every different size the only way for us to stay free is by having whatever cuts down cut. one should use coached by the national rifle association on how to make history and spawn leave they need more guns now to break down

burnet smith al-jazeera turk is ruling ak party says it will appeal to the country's top election all thorny demanding a full recount of votes in istanbul and a major upset president party lost control of ankara and istanbul in the may oral race party claims the elections were tainted a recount is already underway in several districts greece is trying to offer education to young refugees on the a.g.n. islands but getting children into clos is proving difficult locals say already thin resources are being stretched too far johnson reports from some of. naveed a comedy is a fifteen year old afghan who dreams of becoming a civil engineer he missed a year of school while his family made its way from iran to greece something he can ill afford if he has to and to university now he has enrolled in a high school on summers but some local parents don't want refugees like interviewed mingling with their children one reason appears to be that refugees live in squalor four thousand of them packed in and around a camp meant for six hundred fifty is lucky to live in a mobile home for most there is n

turkey's ruling ak party is demanding a full recount of votes cast in istanbul during last month's may or all race and a major upset president russia party narrowly lost control of turkey's biggest city as well as the capital ankara the opposition's mayoral candidate in istanbul is urging the act party to accept defeat the iranian red president says u.s. sanctions are preventing any foreign of financial aid from assisting flood victims around special forces chief visited the flood hit southwestern christan province on sunday the government has promised that all flood victims will be fully compensated at least seventy people have died and more than eighty thousand have been moved to imagine shelters since the heavy rains began last month. the foreman essentially if he's fighting financial misconduct charges is expected to be sacked from the comic his board in the coming al is carlos cohen was removed as chen and after his arrest in an event that shareholders amazing japan's capital torture to discuss the next move against the sixty five year old cohen and his wife have both been protest

party candidate is a major upset at the ruling ak party who have controlled turkey's cultural capital for many many years it has breathed more than two weeks now since municipal elections nationwide but the result has been pending here in istanbul because of a dispute over the final result a listen result. of a loose point two five percent ahead of brutally killed or in the act party candidate but this led to a major route between the two parties the act party going through the sea priem electoral council and asking for the entire vote to be overturned but it isn't quite as simple as all of say a movie may be mare but that when has already been contested by the act party they have asked for this entire election to be a mold and for there to be a rerun the supremely actual council now has a week to decide whether or not to uphold this was all or three allow that rerun to happen this result is particularly bruising for the ruling party and for president earlier this is the city where he began his political career of the city in the nineteen ninety s. it's also particularly bruising beca

in istanbul, both the opposition and ak party have declared victory with the tally still very close.om istanbul. there is a saying in turkish — whoever wins istanbul wins turkey. today, the biggest prize in the local elections is too close to call, with fewer than 3,000 votes between the governing ak party and the opposition chp, in a city of 18 million people. while both sides have declared victory, the official tally by the state news agency has stopped, with over 1% of votes still to count, which the chp have claimed is the government's way of stealing the result. in the capital, ankara, the opposition has won back control after a quarter of a century. if it takes istanbul too, it would be an astonishing result, in a country where 90% of the media is pro—government, and president erdogan has branded his opponents terrorists. speaking to supporters in ankara, there was none of the usual triumphalism from the president, but instead a call to wait for official results to be published, and remarks that seemed to be an acceptance of defeat in several parts of the country. translation:

seven nine percent using turkey's largest city and economic capital would be devastating for the ak party which says it may push for a recount of more than three hundred thousand votes but overall coalition though as the people's alliance is still dominant it's captured around fifty one point six percent of the vote nationwide while the opposition alliance a bloc the nation alliance is trailing a just over thirty seven point five percent well turkey's dazzling economic growth once kept in power but the country is now in recession and the currency has tumbled in value many say that is what is loose.

now turkey's ruling ak party is demanding a full recount of votes cast in istanbul during last month's mayoral race in a major upset to president russia tired of on the party narrowly lost control of takis biggest city as well as the capital ankara the opposition's mayoral candidate in istanbul is urging the ak party to accept defeat as the foreman essentially of who's fighting financial misconduct charges has been sacked from the carmaker's board. on has been ousted at a shareholders meeting in japan's capital tokyo the sixty five year old had already been removed as chairman after his arrest in november korn and his wife have both been protesting his innocence he is reported to be appealing to the french government for help while michael panhead ching gets to an independent japanese news agency he says the going case is more complicated after his fourth arrest last week. yet charges which have been put against him this time are actually in many ways more serious you know previously you may recall he was essentially accused of underreporting his income to the stock exchange this time

largest cities the opposition won in ankara for the first time but the secretary general of the ak partysays that they will appeal results in every district of the city. they saw him said that they were serious voting irregularities and that they expect to make significant progress following the appeal while wasn't on the ballots the vote was widely seen as a referendum on the act party's dominance for the last two decades has already admitted his party lost the haas of some parts of the country let's take you live now to istanbul our correspondent tamara sheil is there so jamal what's the latest on this tight mayoral race in istanbul. well the usual situation a scenario that takes place after elections here is a dream is that preliminary results are announced and then each candidate or each party has a chance to appeal those preliminary results before the final official results are declared several days later as you've mentioned there will be several consist ations made. different voting results that have been preliminary announced notably those in istanbul and ankara the most significa

this is the first time in 25 years that president erdogan‘s ak party has lost control of the turkish ty, istanbul, mr erdogan‘s party was leading by fewer than 3,000 votes when the official tally by the state news agency was stopped. the opposition candidate says he has won. from istanbul, the bbc‘s mark lowen has the latest. president erdogan has lost control of ankara for the first time in a quarter of a century. here in istanbul an unbelievably close race. fewer than 3,000 votes stand between the two sides, the governing ak party and the opposition. and what has happened here in istanbul is that the official count, or the official figures released by the state news agency, has stopped at 99.9 — 99.89% of the votes counted, so about one and a bit per cent left of votes left to count, and just over 3,000 votes between them. so the opposition is saying that is an attempt by the government and the levers of power that it controls to snatch victory from the opposition and to deny the opposition a victory. in ankara, losing that city is a major blow. they have also lost several other cit

narrowly defeated his rival from the ak party the party and its conservative predecessor have controlled istanbul for the last twenty five years. has more from istanbul. i can remember lou supporters have gathered outside the most obvious room for liberation when. the ruling party controlled turkey's cultural capital. you have been through week since municipal elections nationwide were the result. all because of a disparate over the final group.

all turkey's ruling ak party is demanding a fresh vote in istanbul almost two weeks after the country held elections it's being seen as a test of president popularity at a time of growing economic uncertainty neve barker reports from istanbul. it is a city divided by more than the bosphorus strait istanbul is split in half into voters who backed president earlier while this ruling ak party and those who support the main opposition people's republican party the c.h.p. . at division was recently seen here at the ballot box in elections for a new mayor on march thirty first initial results but the opposition candidate. narrowly ahead of virtue and candidate but not a year older and. the c.h.p. party also won in the capital ankara but by a much bigger margin. the act party responded by contesting the istanbul result president claims that almost all of the voting in istanbul was marred by regularities the high electorial board will announce the results and when they do if we have objections we will appeal wherever needed it doesn't matter whether we get a positive outcome or not. so far th

will appeal some of the results from sunday's local elections president richard type are the ones ak party was beaten in ankara and trails in istanbul but says they were voting irregularities in both cities. turkey be happy now let's be happy and get back to normal we had seven elections in five years let's get back to work now and serve the people. just as we start today we will run the see tina transparent fashion at every moment i'm doing this happily and i know that every part of the city belongs to sixteen million people. rescuers are struggling to reach villages in the poll cut off by a severe thunderstorm at least thirty one people were killed that number though is expected to rise as emergency workers reach the remote districts of barra and past buildings collapse the bus was blown off the road and cars overturned in the still helicopters are expected to join the recovery operation once the weather improves the number of dead as we say expected to rise at least fourteen people have been killed by an armed group in northwestern nigeria that follows the deaths of a further forty peop

ak party, thanking istanbul for their local election victory. the new mayor, i put the party claimed that the election is the biggest stain in turkey's democratic history. of course, i don't agree with that. just recently the government was praising the fact that they had the most secure voting system and there was no problem with tu rkey‘s system and there was no problem with turkey's elections. 1 million people we re turkey's elections. 1 million people were on duty in the polling stations that day, so the only explanation i haveis that day, so the only explanation i have is that they are making excuses for their failure. but you yourself admit that there are invalid votes and irregularities at the ballot box, so they have the right to challenge this, don't they? we have official procedures in turkey. there are people who run polling stations. if they have any concerns there, the person on duty writes that in a report. doing individual recounts is fine, but saying let's count all of the invalid votes in istanbul is a bottomless pit. if i had l

from turkey's local elections this hour showing mixed fortunes for russia type one and his ruling ak party a party has dominated turkish politics for almost two decades it's currently head in is stumbles miscible race but to slip behind the main opposition in the capital ankara. the two main border crossings into gaza are open again for the first time in six days israel lifted restrictions on sunday morning after a weekend of mass protest along the fence dividing gaza and israel for palestinian protesters were killed and two hundred forty others injured in the demonstrations. u.s. president donald trump's executive order to allow offshore oil drilling in the arctic ocean has been overturned a federal judge in alaska called trump's reversal of an environmental protection policy from the a-bomb era unlawful and invalid the ruling reinstate a drilling ban in much of the arctic ocean the ruling is the result of a lawsuit brought by a coalition of environmental groups following trump's executive order. those are the headlines stay with us for jerusalem a rock and a hard place that is the progra

ruling ak party has also lost control of the capital ankara for the first time. today is a big day when justice was served one could have won we deserved what we don't with the legitimate votes of unquote of people but wouldn't. the loser today is shaky the uk party candidate protesters have returned to the streets of algeria as capital hours after a caretaker government was named local media is reporting that eighty two year old president thought that ozzy's beautifully preparing to quit protesters want the entire political elite to go. a woman accused of murdering the half brother of north korea's leader will be freed from a malaysian prison next month. sentence for a lesser charge of causing hurts but she'll be released soon for time served. rescuers are struggling to reach villages in nepal cut off by a severe thunderstorm at least twenty five people were killed but that number is expected to rise as emergency workers reach the remote districts of bar and parse up buildings collapse a bus was blown off the road and cars overturned in the storm helicopters are

closely early results in local elections there showing mixed fortunes for russia type and his ruling ak party the party has dominated turkish politics for almost two decades it's currently ahead in istanbul's minnis a poll race but has slipped behind the main opposition in the capital ankara it's the first time a vote it's assumed sweeping new powers last year let's be talk arse when it demolished the long he's at party headquarters in istanbul and of course jamal the situation remains fluid but the loss of ankara in these local elections would be quite a blow for the ruling out party. more symbolic in terms of how it would make some sense that they would be in government but not in control of the mayor's supreme council of the country's capital but what is more significant and what many people are sure watching more intensely is the closing up of counting here in istanbul istanbul being the largest of turkey's city roughly twenty percent of the population living here the most cosmopolitan one and essentially the de facto capital enough obviously it is where everything is centered if you want

narrowly defeated his rival from the ak party the at party and its conservative predecessor have controlled istanbul for the last twenty five years has more from the. i called him a loser supporters have gathered outside the most office in celebration the win for the c.h.p. policy counted as a major upset at the ruling ak party who have controlled turkey's cultural capital for many many years it has been more than two weeks now since municipal elections nationwide but the result has been pending here in istanbul because of a dispute over the final result a listen result. of the new we don't point two five percent ahead of brutally killed or in the policy candidates but this led to a major route between the two parties the act party going through the sea priem electoral council and asking for the entire vote to be overturned but it isn't quite as simple as all of say a murder may be mair but that when has already been contested by the act party they have asked for this entire election to be a mold and for there to be a rerun the supremely actual council now has a week to decide whether or no

several candidates in last month's local elections — benefiting, in many cases, president erdogan‘s ak partyish party have been told they cannot take up their posts because they were previously dismissed from theirjobs, by government decree. security has been stepped up in algeria, where mass protests are expected for the eight friday in a row. demonstrators are calling for the departure of the new interim president, abdelkader bensalah, who was appointed this week. he has promised to held free elections in early july. the on—demand streaming phenomenon has revolutionised the way we watch tv shows and movies. netflix and amazon are huge in this space — but now there's a new player in town and it's a massive one. disney has unveiled plans for its own on—demand streaming service. what does this mean for this increasingly crowded sector? mark davies — boss of strategy consultancy, camberton — joins us now. what do you think? this is a long time coming. a pretty crowded market base. they got so much content and more to the point, a lot of the content is on netflix so it's not a questionjust of t

wild turkeys ruling ak party is demanding a rerun of the mayoral election held in istanbul last monthafter an opposition c.h.p. candidate won by a slim margin the country's supremely actual council will decide if the request has any merit the ak party is claiming electoral irregularities president once served as istanbul's mayor in the one nine hundred ninety s. and launched his political career there so the loss is considered a symbolic defeat. still ahead in sports the defending champ a huge lead in the n.b.a. playoffs. with all the details. on. thank you very much i aks have caused another huge upset in the champions league quarter finals after knocking out real madrid the dutch side have now i'm unaided eventis the three two aggregate win ensure and is the first time in more than twenty years that i have made it into the semifinals they will be joined in this series by barcelona at the spanish side had an early penalty shot in their match against manchester united over rules by v.a.r. but that was quickly forgotten as a little messy turned on the magic scoring twice in the space o

party candidate is a major upset at the ruling ak party who have controlled turkey's cultural capital for many many years it has be more than two weeks now since municipal elections nationwide but the result has been pending here in istanbul because of a dispute over the final result and this is a result. of the new i mean old point two five percent ahead of brutally killed or in the act party candidate the dispute led to a major route between the two parties the act party going through the sea priem electoral council and asking for the entire vote to be overturned but it isn't quite as simple as all of say a murder may be mair but that when has already been contested by the act party they have asked for this entire election to be a mold and for there to be a rerun the supreme electrochemical now has a week to decide whether or not to uphold this was all or three indeed allow that rerun to happen this result is particularly bruising for the ruling ak party and for president erdogan this is the city where he began his political career as a man of the city in the nineteen ninety s. it's

than the bosphorus strait istanbul is split in half into voters who backed president this ruling ak party and those who support the main opposition people's republican party the c.h.p. . that division was recently seen here at the ballot box in elections for a new mayor on march thirty first initial results but the opposition candidate. narrowly ahead of virtue and candidate banal yoder and. the c.h.p. party also won in the capital ankara but by a much bigger margin. the act party responded by contesting the istanbul result president claims that almost all of the voting in istanbul was marred by regularity so the high electorial board will announce the results and when they do if we have objections we will appeal wherever needed it doesn't matter whether we get a positive outcome or not. so far the country supremely actual council has granted only a partial recount across a stumble and has yet to reveal the final result. for meanwhile the c.h.p. count it's been attracting attention his supporters believe he has the makings of a future president is this summer i'm destined to become americ

results in local elections the initial count in istanbul and in our interest shows the president's ak party on course to lose control of both cities its voting irregularities and what affected the outcome the opposition candidate for the marin assembled i was calling on the election board to just declare him the winner. in the mountains of southern nepal rescue workers are finally reaching villages made homeless by a devastating storm three days ago it's been interesting has a report from bob a district or at least thirty people were killed and hundreds injured as the gale force winds flattened entire communities. for these people in southern nepal what began as a hailstorm ended in death and devastation when strong winds reach their village of said they took shelter in their homes in less than two minutes sixteen people were dead and hundreds injured in this municipality alone bijan patel and his wife mina devi lost their six year old son nonetheless their friends see their family is in the so little. numbers uncle just then told us how his nephew was killed double that to be able to go bu

the ak party of turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has formally asked for an annulment and a rerunf istanbul's municipal elections citing alert regularities that -- citing irregularities. results show the main opposition won the city by a narrow margin. that would end akp control. they already lost control of the capital ankara. egypt's parliament -- could keep the president in power until 203030. the parliament, dominated by his supporters, also back to changes to give the military greater influence. the changes still need to be approved in a referendum. a court in russiaia has convictd a norwegian man of spying with intent to gather information about nuclear submarines. a retired border guard will go to prison for 14 years. he was arrested in moscow in 2017 and has admitted to acting for a courier for in a region intelligence but he has denied knowledge of the operation. indonesia is one day away from electing its next president. the largest muslim majority nation in the world will decide between the incumbent and a challenger who is no stranger to politics. both candidates faced

than the bosphorus strait istanbul is split in half into voters who backed president this ruling ak party and those who support the main opposition people's republican party the c.h.p. . that division was recently seen here at the ballot box in elections for a new mayor on march thirty first initial results but the opposition candidate. narrowly ahead of her two ounce candidate banal yoder and. the c.h.p. party also won in the capital ankara but by a much bigger margin. the act party responded by contesting the istanbul result president claims that almost all of the voting in istanbul was mobbed by regularities the high electorial board will announce the results and when they do if we have objections we will appeal wherever needed it doesn't matter whether we get a positive outcome or not. so far the country supremely actual council has granted only a partial recount across a stumble and has yet to reveal the final result. for meanwhile the c.h.p. candidate it's been attracting attention his supporters believe he has the makings of a future president is this summer destined to become amer

well turkey's ruling ak party is demanding a full recount of votes cast in istanbul during last month's mayoress in a major upset to present one's party narrowly lost control of tekkies biggest city as well as the capital ankara the opposition's mayoral candidate in istanbul is urging the act party to accept defeat. the iranian red crescent says u.s. sanctions are preventing foreign financial aid from helping people affected by flooding around special forces chief is in the flood hit south western christan province on sunday the government has promised that all flood victims will be fully compensated at least seventy people have died and more than eighty thousand have been moved to emergency shelters since the heavy rains began last month. while britain's prime minister says there needs to be a compromise on all sides in order to find a solution to the brics that deadlock to resume a has released a video message explaining why she's entered into talks with the opposition labor party had deal to leave the e.u. has been rejected by parliament three times when you think about it people did

president rest of tiber ones ak party. well it is very it is a very very important loss for the ruling party especially if it's confirmed that they lost in a stumble as well first of all uncle roy is the capital and. you control the bridge over here but more important than you stumble has been the heart of the ruling party because prisons are done also began his political career as the mayor of istanbul he has a his sporty and his predecessors have held helm on these two cities almost a quarter century so also talking about a stumble it is the heart of the business of tourism it is the heart of transportation sixty million people ten point five are voters the most educated people live in the cities but of course these two cities were not the only laws for the ruling party but also cities like on tahlia the top tourism destination madsen. and some other cities had a significant importance as well when we add up these cities by the ruling out party they are equal they mean the sentry's is the country's national income when yo

the candidates of the opposition and been a little german the ak party's candidate is just under twenty eight thousand votes which is really the slimmest of margins it's not even a full percentage point between the two so as you say it is too close to call however the act party which has been essentially conducting elections for so long going to have probably one of the slickest electoral kind of campaign machines the fact that the feeling coming out of there has been one of more of a somber tone with indicates that they are expecting most likely to concede defeat even though prematurely may be only a dream had announced his victory late on sunday evening possibly just suppose phone the inevitable that some of the. electoral monitors or analysis would describe it but what's more significant is the fact that across the country there seems to have been a shift in the power bases that the act party of traditionally held a huge wake up call maybe to presidents and that things need to change a big reminder that the laurels of the past are not enough maybe for him to continue depending on in

elections have seen the opposition make major gains at the expense of president russia and the ruling ak party the votes has been widely seen as a referendum on the two decade dominance of tech is politics the opposition has won control of the capital ankara meanwhile in istanbul it's a tight race that still considered too close to call. has more from ankara. since coming to power seventeen years ago presenter. has won every single ballots contested but sunday's vote wasn't all good news for the ruling party close the mayor ship in the capital long per hour. signed that to achieve months made by ed john in the past no longer outweigh the misgivings some turks have about him and his party today however uncertain as to remain so over a stumble the city were aired on began his political career as its mayor with the majority of the votes in the result appears to be too close to call but both candidates have already declared victory. as you will i say it loud and clear i know we won however i cannot announced this because of my conscience my sense of ethics my political stance and my understanding

do and in turkey's local elections the vote has been widely touted as a referendum on the ruling ak party is near two decades dominance of turkish politics today because syria has more now from ankara. yes. since coming to power seventeen years ago present trajectory of add ons has won every single ballot it's contested but sunday's vote wasn't all good news for the ruling party it lost the mayorship in the capital longer are a sign that the chief months made by ed john in the past no longer outweigh the misgivings some terms have about him and his party today however uncertain as to remains over his stumble the city where dom began his political career as its mayor with the majority of the votes in the result appears to be too close to call but both candidates have already declared victory. as. i said loud and clear i know we won however i cannot announced it is because of my conscience my sense of ethics my political stance and my understanding of statement. completed with more than thirty one thousand ballot boxes counted according to south according to these results we won the electio

the turkish electoral commission has rejected a request by the governing ak party for most of the votesounted. it says votes in only fifty one ballot boxes across the city will be re—examined, likely to have little effect on the opposition‘s estimated 15,000—vote lead. president recep tayyip erdogan has alleged that the elections eight days ago were affected by organised crime. the white house has announced the removal of the director of the us secret service, randolph alles. it's the second senior departure at the homeland security department after the agency's chief, kirstjen nielsen, stepped down on sunday. donald trump accused her of not being tough on immigration. the american actress felicity huffman and a dozen other parents have admitted their involvement in a unversity admissions scandal. ms huffman was accused of paying a consultant $15,000 to boost her daughter's exam score. she said she was ashamed of the pain she had caused. theresa may will travel to berlin and then to paris today to urge the german and french leaders to agree to delay brexit. the british prime minister's

says it's challenging the results and and the biggest city bowl saying that there were mistakes the ak party has been defeated and most of the ten largest cities. reports. after almost two decades of constant losses turkey's opposition finally has reason to celebrate. the people's republican party or c.h.p. won the mayoral position in the capital ankara it would seem is on course to capture is stumble turkey's largest and most populous city. turkey be happy now let the stamboul be happy and get back to normal we had seven elections in five years let's get back to work now and serve the people just as we start today we will run the city in a transparent fashion at every moment i'm doing this happily and i know that every part of the city belongs to sixteen million people. your party has won every mayoral election in istanbul since one thousand nine hundred four it was the first major position held by roger urwin who used it to launch his political career nationally bruising gets is a personal blow to the president was asked every victory and every loss is the will of our nation and we have to

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electoral authorities confirmed his victory over the governing ak party, despite numerous challengesller‘s long—awaited report on russian meddling in the us election is set to be released in the coming hours. significant portions of the report are expected to be blacked out. the inquiry has long been a spectre hanging over president donald trump's administration. attorney general william barr is to hold a press conference in the morning before the report is released to be good at table tennis you need lightning fast reactions and pinpoint accuracy. this 15—year—old boy has got both. the australian olympic team posted this on instagram, saying they can't get enough of the so—called ‘aussie ping pong kid'. nick rudd's videos have been causing quite a stir on social media. he claims to have had over 150 million views. former peruvian president alan garcia has died after shooting himself in the head. the incident happened as police prepared to arrest him in connection with bribery allegations that he had long denied. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson explains the reaction in th

mr erdogan told supporters that his ak party had lost the hearts of urban voters, and he promised to act on the results. a new government has been formed in algeria after six weeks of mass protests, but the head of the military and the prime minister remain in office. demonstrators had been demanding that president abdelaziz bouteflika and his inner circle be removed. a comedian who plays a fictional president on tv is on course to win the first round of ukraine's election. exit polls give the satirist volo—dymyr zelenskiy a clear lead over the incumbent petro poroshenko, by thirty percent to seventeen. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. today, one topic — brexit on borrowed time. what happens next? and who decides? westminster? brussels? theresa may? a new british prime minister? british voters? my guests today are tim montgomerie of the website conservative home, political commentator steve richards, stefanie bolzen of german newspaper die welt, and portugese writer eunice goes. welcome to you all. the prime mini

bosphorus strait istanbul is split in half and to voters who backed president earlier while this ruling ak party and those who support the main opposition people's republican party the c.h.p. . that division was recently seen here the ballot box in elections for a new mayor on march thirty first initial results but the opposition candidate. narrowly ahead of virtue and candidate banal yoder of. the c.h.p. party also won in the capital ankara but by a much bigger margin. the out party responded by contesting the istanbul result president earlier one claims that almost all of the voting in istanbul was marred by regularities high electorial baldwin and the results and when they do if we have objections we will appeal wherever needed it doesn't matter whether we get a positive outcome or not. so far the country supremely actual council has granted only a partial recount across a stumble and is yet to reveal the final result. for meanwhile the c.h.p. candidate's been attracting attention his supporters believe he has the makings of a future president is this for my justice to become america's turkey

more than the bosphorus strait istanbul is split in half into voters who backed president ruling ak party and those who support the main opposition people's republican party the c.h.p. . that division was recently seen here at the ballot box in elections for a new mayor on march thirty first initial results but the opposition candidate. narrowly ahead of virtue and candidate been. the c.h.p. party also won in the capital ankara but by a much bigger margin. the out party responded by contesting the istanbul result president claims that almost all of the voting in istanbul was marred by regularities. tauriel baldwin and the results and when they do we have objections we will appeal wherever needed it doesn't matter whether we get a positive outcome or not. so far the country supremely actual council has granted only a partial recount across a stumble and has yet to reveal the final result. for meanwhile the c.h.p. candidate it's been attracting attention his supporters believe he has the makings of a future president is this summer i'm destined to become america's turkey's cultural and econ

and the ruling ak party the vote has been widely seen as a referendum on their near two decade dominance of texas politics the opposition has won control of the capital ankara meanwhile in istanbul it's still a tight race that still considered too close to call sin and costello has more from ankara. since coming to power seventeen years ago presenter egypt. has won every single ballots contested but sunday's vote wasn't all good news for the ruling party it lost the mayor ship in the capital longer are assigned dr chee months made by air drawn in the past no longer outweigh the misgivings some terms have about him and his party today however uncertain as to remains over istanbul the city where dawn began his political career as its mayor with the majority of the votes in the result appears to be too close to call but both candidates have already declared victory. as. i said loud and clear i know we won however i cannot announced it is because of my conscious my sense of ethics my political stance and my understanding of statement. completed with more than thirty one thousand ballot boxes

mr erdogan told supporters that his ak party had lost the hearts of urban voters. a comedian who plays a fictional president on tv is on course to win the first round of ukraine's election. exit polls give the satirist volodymyr zelenskiy a clear lead over the incumbent petro poroshenko, by 30%—17%. parliament in the uk is preparing to vote on alternatives to the prime minister's brexit deal, which has been defeated three times. mps will consider a range of options, including closer ties to the european union, and whether to allow a referendum on the final deal. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. it's third time unlucky for the prime minister's brexit plans, despite this appeal to mp5. i have said that i am prepared to leave this job earlier than i intended to secure the right outcome for our country. theresa may loses by 58 votes. labour call for change. and if the prime minister can't accept that, then she must go, not at an indeterminate date in the future, but now. and away from brexit, remembering the first bl

turkey's ruling ak party says it will appeal to the country's top election off already demanding a fullrecount of votes cast in istanbul during last month's may or a race in a major upset president. party lost control of ankara and istanbul party claims the elections were tainted a recount is already underway in several districts. civilian vehicles have been barred from using the main highway in indian administered kashmir for two days every week until the end of may the government says it's to protect the movement of security forces and the aftermath of a suicide attack by killed forty troops in february patients to other reports. a heavy military presence and little else on this crucial highway. the only one connecting the kashmir valley in the himalayas to the indian plains authorities an indian administrate kashmir has begun in forcing a ban on civilian vehicles. each week on sunday and wednesday the civilian traffic will be closed on the highway and only the all me convoys will be able to pass but in case of an emergency medical problems or students going for school the magistrates