has won with 54 percent the ak party's banally older and is at 45 percent. according to the results as of now my competitors in the race i congratulate him and wish him good luck. i'm ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of his temple once the legal process is completed after receiving the mandate and the searing deal fis i would like to visit him a soonest possible to present a road map and opinions and listen to his views also democrats so who joins us now from istanbul we're just getting a sense of the political reaction there but 1st in him tell us about how the people of istanbul feel about this result. well mary i'm i must say that this is a very historic cold day for the main opposition supporters who have been far from leading this city a city municipality for more than 2 decades people who are very happy because they have the majority of the votes but today it was different then compared to march 31 results because the margin was only 14000 in march and now the

him from his opponent, a former prime minister, a political heavyweight and founding member of the ak partyw did he do it? with a positive message of hope, that vast swathes of people of this country desperately craved. they have been pummelled by president erdogan, the opposition side of this country. they desperately craved and yearned for something to be able to represent them and give them back hope and positivity and optimism and ekrem imamoglu has done that and so it isa ekrem imamoglu has done that and so it is a huge national significance. why? because president erdogan pushed for this rerun and he made it personal. he said whoever wins istanbul wins turkey. he will certainly rue those words tonight. he certainly will. what does this mean for turkey in the future of the country and mr erdogan himself? well, in some ways, president erdogan is still secure, is still president, the party and coalition have dominance in parliament, the next elections are not due until 2023 but it is expected they will probably be brought forward now because splits in his party are beginning to emerge an

president has conceded defeat in the rerun of mayoral election but now the yield him from the ruling ak party addressed his followers saying he hopes opposition c.h.p. party candidate claim in. the city well the defeat brings the ak party's rule of turkey's most popular city to and. according to the results as of now my competitors in the race i congratulate him and wish him good luck. there were scenes of jubilation at the headquarters of the main opposition party the c.h.p. after you know more use victory unofficial results give him 53.76 percent of the vote and he won an even more district than he did in the n.l. the election back in march. the other headlines ethiopia's military chief and the regional president of the northern state of i'm here i've been killed in 2 related attacks the prime minister's office says the killings were part of an attempt by a high ranking military official to overthrow the regional government. in light of these attacks ethiopian people should remain calm and i want to take this opportunity to assure people there is nothing within the military to worry about a

party candidate claiming the more you serves the city well the defeat brings the ak party's rule of turkey's most populous city to an end. and these the scenes of jubilation at the headquarters of that main opposition party the c.h.p. after a moment hughes victory unofficial results show so far showing he received a little over 53 percent of the vote and won in even more districts than he did in the end now hold election back in march. let's have a look at some of the live pictures as well as people celebrate out in the streets this is a big deal remember the election back in march that was awarded to the opposition candidate but then the protest from the act party who said there were voting irregularities and demanded a rerun they got the rerun and what's been interesting this time is that the concession has come within minutes of those unofficial results coming through there has been so far no contest of the results and as we said a concession from ben ali and the supporters of the c.h.p. party's candidate the opposition party candidate celebrating in the streets of istanbul having a great

for the 1st time in 25 years the mayor of turkey's largest city will not be from the ruling ak party the opposition candidate won the rerun vote dealing a major blow to president. he campaigned hard to extend his party's rule in the commercial capital the opposition narrowly won the 1st election in march before the ruling party forced a rerun reclaims of fraud nearly all the votes counted a promote glue from the opposition c.h.p. has won with 54 percent while the ak party spinelli older him as at 45 percent. reports from istanbul. changes hands for the 1st time since 1904 the main opposition c.s.p. candidate. has been elected mayor of the city in a controversial run that has polarized the nation the 49 year old mayor was relatively unknown but has managed to win the backing of crucial allies such as the kurdish people's democratic party the s.d.p. stand. i'm ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of istanbul once the legal process is completed after receiving the mandate and assuming the office i w

now for the 1st time in 25 years the mayor of takis largest city will not be from the ruling ak party the opposition candidate won the rerun vote to dealing a major blow to president recip type he'd campaigned hard to extend his party's role in the commercial capital the opposition narrowly won the 1st election in march before the ruling party forced a rerun of the claims of fraud now with nearly all votes counted. from the opposition c.h.p. has won with 54 percent while the ak party has been is that 45 percent. reports from istanbul. they stumbled changes hands for the 1st time since 1994 the main opposition c.s.p. candidate. has been elected mayor of the city in a controversial run that has polarized the nation the 49 year old mayor was relatively unknown but has managed to win the backing of crucial allies such as the kurdish people's democratic party the s.d.p. stand. i'm ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of istanbul once the legal process is completed after receiving the mandate and assum

opposition now really won the may oral race when it was initially held in march before the ruling ak party forced a rerun citing electoral irregularities these are the results so far with nearly all the votes counted at crime and along new from the opposition c.h.p. as it won with 54 percent of the vote but the act party of ben ali older him is that 45 percent. according to the results as of now my competitors not in the race i congratulate him and wish him good luck. a marriage to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of his temple once the legal process is completed after receiving the mandate and the searing deal fis i would like to visit him as soon as possible to present a road map and opinions and listen to his views our breaking news story this hour saudi state media saying a syrian resident has died after a suspected drone attack on airport in the south of the country yemen's hooghly rebels claimed responsibility for the attack on sunday which injured several others who feel spokesperson says 30 operati

economic model his victory was a major setback to the ruling ak party and the president recep tayyip erdogan is party has dominated politics and takis biggest city for decades the opposition narrowly won the fast election in march but the act party forced a refund. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a bill providing $4600000000.00 in emergency funds for the migrant crisis on the southern border the democrat controlled house and the republican led senate each approved different versions of the bill this week house leaders reluctantly agreed on the senate version to get the funding approved before congress breaks for the july 4th holiday the bill now goes to president trump and he hasn't indicated whether or not he will sign it well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness do stay with us. i asked jamal for the french translation of the title of my film. africa is correct here a prize. is an exercise. that relates to childhood. initially it's empty and then you feel. yes jim all right feel instead of. i came across the exercise book in januar

in a positi -- ruling ak party where they had to accept these results. even before they were announced, you had the ak party candidate coming out and conceding defeat. congratulating his rival a short time after that. president erdogan in a rare move tweeting a congratulations to the opposition's candidate for his victory. and, you know, you look at the streets last night, natalie, it was incredible scenes of celebration. for the opposition, this was a great moment. it was a moment of hope, they feel, but now that they can really change the status quo in this country. but also as we were talking about yesterday, this really is not just seen as a win for the opposition, this is being viewed as a victory for democracy in turkey. there has been a lot of concern about the direction this country has been taking over the past few years. so many people are worried about this increased -- this increasingly authoritarian-style rule that this democracy has been taking, and what yesterday proved to everyone is that there still is that democracy that is alive at the

istanbul have shattered the ak party's grip on power over the country's largest city the opposition candidate want to run a rerun mero election it's a huge setback for president. whose party has run the city for 25 years the opposition narrowly won the 1st election in march before the ak party forced a rerun claiming fraud with nearly all votes counted. from the opposition c.h.p. has won with 54 percent while the act party is banally older and is on 45 percent. reports from istanbul. istanbul changes hands for the 1st time since 1904 the main opposition c.s.p. candidate. has been elected mayor of the city in a controversial run that has polarized the nation the 49 year old was relatively unknown but has managed to win the backing of crucial allies such as the kurdish people's democratic party the s.d.p. . i'm ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of istanbul once the legal process is completed after receiving the men date and assuming the office i would like to visit and as soon as possible to present a r

in turkey, president recep tayyip erdogan's ak party lost a reelection after residents of istanbul went to the polls for a second time and again voted in opposition candidate ekrem imamogluof the republican people's party as the new mayor. the election do-over was called after the akp first lost the crucial vote in march and alleged voting irregularities. the results bring to an end the 25-year rule by the ak party in erdogan's home city of istanbul. this is the new mayor ekrem imamoglu. >> this is a new beginning. i would like to say from here that as of tomorrow, i will treat 16 million people equally as mayor. amy: in ethiopia, prime minister abiy ahmed said that the army chief of staff and another top military official were killed saturday by the chief's body guard, in connection with a failed coup attempt against a regional government in the northern region of amhara. the governor of amhara was also killed earlier on saturday. internet access was cut off following the news and checkpoints were set up around the capital addis ababa. the prime minister says the attacks were not motiv

winning monday's election rerun a crime on the mall is victory was a major setback to the ruling ak party and the president reza talk about a party has dominated politics in turkey's biggest city for decades the opposition now really won the 1st election in march but the act party said there'd been voter fraud and forced to rerun wildfires are burning across nearly 4000 hectares of northeast of spain and their affairs that it could get much worse the country is baking on the temperatures of up to $43.00 degrees celsius or a challenge. these are already among the worst fires in spain's catalonia region for 20 years and the heat wave has only just begun firefighters are warning the burning area could get 5 times as big doing what they can to douse the flames. but for these animals it was too late they died trapped inside the barn it's clearly upsetting for the farmer. distance provide safety but it's an anxious wait to find out of houses have gone up in flames. in the afternoon when we came back we saw black smoke here and when we wanted to go back home the road was cut off so we couldn't o

counted it was declared the winner of the 1st votes but that result was an old after the ruling ak party filed a legal challenge over alleged irregularities. u.s. national security advisor john bolton says iran should not mistake u.s. prudence for weakness bolton made the comments alongside prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel that you have been discussing regional security as tensions are high between washington and tehran. iran can never have nuclear weapons not against the usa and not against the world. and as he made clear yesterday referring to his earlier remarks the president said i just stright stop the strike from going forward at this time when iran insists the u.s. trained it shot down on thursday was within its airspace president hassan rouhani is calling that a violation of the start of new tensions in the region he's judging world leaders to take action the u.n. secretary general meanwhile is appealing for calm on all sides do you see the. goals today it's very important i said it's 2 days ago everybody must keep nerves of steel it's absolutely essential to avoid any

al-jazeera for the 1st time in 25 years the mayor of turkey's largest city will not to be from the ruling ak party the opposition candidate won the rerun vote dealing a major blow to president type he campaigned hard to extend his party's role in the commercial capital the opposition narrowly won the 1st election back in march before the ruling party forced a rerun over claims of fraud. reports from istanbul. istanbul changes hands for the 1st time since 1994 the main opposition c.s.p. candidate. has been elected mayor of the city in a controversial run that has polarized the nation the 49 year old was relatively unknown but has managed to with the backing of crucial allies such as the kurdish people's democratic party the s.d.p. stand. i'm ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of istanbul once the legal process is completed after receiving the men date and assuming the office i would like to visit and as soon as possible to present a road map and opinions and listen to his views. remember all those weigh in i

the opposition now anyone the mayoral race when it was initially held in march before the ruling ak party forced a rerun citing irregularities the results so far show that with nearly all of its counted from the opposition c.h.p. as caylee won with a 54 percent in the act boss he's been is at 45 percent. reports now from a stumble. a stumble changes hands for the 1st time since 1904 the main opposition c.s.p. candidate. has been elected mayor of the city in a controversial run that has polarized the nation the 49 year old mayor was relatively unknown but has managed to win the backing of crucial allies such as the kurdish people's democratic party the s.d.p. stand. i'm ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of istanbul once the legal process is completed after receiving the mandate and assuming the office i would like to visit and as soon as possible to present a road map and opinions and listen to his views. lose weight is a major setback for ben ali yildirim former prime minister and a party's candid

it's the first time in 25 years the ak party has lost control of istanbul.hey roared, notjust in victory but in celebration that their turkey still exists. an opposition that's waited 25 years to control istanbul but long felt incapable of success, savoured its moment. ekrem imamoglu has brought in the hope they craved with his optimistic message, rebuffing attacks with smiles and he won by a landslide. translation: i asked god for this result to bring good fortune to our nation in istanbul. he protected 100 years of democracy in this country. thank you, my fellow citizens. this result does not mean a new page, it means a new beginning for istanbul. as votes were counted, his victory was clear against a former prime minister with near total dominance over the media but in concession, a conciliatory note. translation: i hope that our dear friend will serve istanbul well and we will do our best to help them accomplish his work. recep tayyip erdogan has towered over turkey as mayor of istanbul himself, then prime minister and president, a key global figure in e

mayor it's a rerun of the election held in march because the results were a nulled turkey's ruling ak party appealed and the opposition candidate won by a narrow margin so explains why the vote is so significant. the stumble seen by many as the bridge between is the newest struggling the bosphorus strait connecting with europe it served as the capital of the ottomans byzantines and the romans in the past concurring and controlling the city has always mattered . and now 2 main contenders will go head to head in a duel for election for the may or possed. the candidate of the main opposition party c.h.p. narrowly won the election in march against the ruling party has been i. think. the candidate spent house with their last debate discussing why waters had to go back to the polls. or learn strange things happen when your votes were counted there were regularities a higher election board assess the situation as the organizer of this election decided to rerun it but we would have preferred not to we made great efforts for this but the republican people's party did not help us in this matter what

the original ballot — declared void by the authorities in march after complaints from mr erdogan‘s ak party from istanbul. they roared, not just in victory but in celebration that their turkey still exists. chanting. an opposition that's waited 25 years to control istanbul, but long felt incapable of success, savoured its moment. ekrem imamoglu has brought in the hope they craved with his optimistic message, rebuffing attacks with smiles and he won by a landslide. translation: i asked god for this result to bring good fortune to our nation in istanbul. he protected 100 years of democracy in this country. thank you, my fellow citizens. this result does not mean a new page, this means a new beginning for istanbul. as votes were counted, his victory was clear against a former prime minister with near total dominance over the media but in concession, a conciliatory note. translation: i hope that our dear friend will serve istanbul well and we will do our best to help them accomplish his work. recep tayyip erdogan has towered over turkey as mayor of istanbul himself, then prime minister and pres

but the result was annulled after complaints by the governing ak party.mayor of istanbul, have accused him of pressurising turkey's election authorities. thousands of runners and cyclists have taken part in a charity race in thailand, marking a year since a group of boys and their football coach became trapped in a cave complex. the team was eventually rescued 18 days later in a mission that caught the attention of the world. kathryn armstrong has more. the start of a race in remembrance of a rescue that captivated the world. these are some of the 12 boys who, a year ago, entered the vast tham luang cave system in northern thailand with their football coach to relax after training. a trip that went horribly wrong. flash flooding left the teens trapped inside for more than two weeks with little food or water, before diving experts were able to rescue them. the death of a former thai navy seal and rescue volunteer, who ran out of air while returning through the caves, highlighted just how perilous the mission was. a year later, and the boys have had their s

akram he's addressing his supporters outside city hall and his victory was a setback to the ruling ak party the president. has dominated politics in turkey is biggest city for decades the opposition narrowly won the 1st election back in march but the party contested that result and forced a rerun. ethiopian police have arrested at least 39 members of an political policy after a failed rebellion in the northern province on saturday dozens of people were killed in the attack in the fighting that followed thousands of mourners gathered for a state funerals of the 5 senior officials including the army chief of staff and the provincial governor and central governments accuse her as form of security chief of organizing the rebellion the holiday has this from the ethiopian capital addis ababa. we spoke to the chairman of the m. hard national movement party decile in china who told us that dozens of members from his party have been arrested since saturday's incident this is a relatively new party that's gained quite a bit of traction especially and i'm sorry state it's a rather a mad nationalistic

candidate narrowly won the vote in march but the result was annulled after complaints from the ruling ak party a former mayor of istanbul, had accused him of putting pressure on tu rkey‘s accused him of putting pressure on turkey's election authorities. our correspondent is in istanbul. this is much more thanjust a local election. it is a pivotal test by president erdogan, that key figure on the world stage from everything from european security to syria. this is his home city, the city he once ran as mayor and propelled him to national power. whoever wins istanbul wins turkey, he had said. he may come to regret that statement because if the polls prove correct and if he loses tonight and perhaps even buy a larger margin than in march, it would start to prompt talk of whether this is perhaps the beginning of the end for him, the end of his political rise over the last 25 years. the opposition has managed to tap into the widespread desire among its supporters for change with a positive, optimistic message. make no mistake, this is a watershed moment for turkey, this crucial country and its most

the city after the march poll but then a rerun was ordered following a complaint from the ruling ak party over irregularities and violations of electoral law so for more on this in i'm kristie lu joins us live now from istanbul and tell us and what has the reaction been to this televised debate how closely have people been watching it. well it was very interesting for the turkish people because this was the this was the 1st time that 2 political figures came together and faced off during a live debate showing in turkey in the last 17 years mainly since the ruling duck party came to power before that that was a tradition political rivals in general before general elections or mayoral elections used to meet up at t.v. shows and discuss matters but as i sat it was it is the 1st in 17 years and people expected that 222 candidates to contend and will have the chance to ask the necessary questions to each other because the election that took place on march 31st if it were was controversial because the opposition candidate who won the election with 14000 votes claims that. this is a mistreat the

this is the news from al-jazeera these are the top stories turkey's ruling ak party candidates has conceded defeat in the mayoral rerun election in istanbul that yielded i'm told his followers he hopes opposition candidate claiming the more you serves the city well unofficial results show he received over 53 percent of the vote and won even more districts than in the n.l. to vote in much u.s. secretary. to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. on an impromptu trip to coordinate with allies and prepare against what he calls iranian aggression peo says washington does stand ready to negotiate however with terror around with no preconditions and ethiopia's military chief and the regional president of the northern state of them have been killed in 2 related attacks the prime minister's office says the killings were part of an attempt by a high ranking military official to overthrow the regional government of heart. to europe now and hundreds of thousands of people are protesting in the czech capital against a prime minister. in what is being called the biggest demonstration in prague since the velvet rev

his victory was a setback to the ruling ak party as well as to the president bedouins dominated politics his biggest city for decades the opposition narrowly won the 1st election in march but the at passy contested the results said there'd been fraud and false. judges in indonesia have rejected allegations of widespread voter fraud and confirmed the reelection of president. his challenger. took legal action to have the result of april's election. disqualified but the constitutional court ruled the evidence wasn't strong enough for hours louis has more from jakarta. it doesn't come as a huge surprise that the constitutional court of indonesia has rejected. application of the presidential challenger had been seeking the court to a now the results of the presidential election to disqualify president joke among other things but the judges ultimately ruled that the evidence presented to them was not strong enough to prove that there had been massive fraud or widespread cheating that would have invalidated the results of the election or had alleged that had the polls been fair he would have wo

showed a narrow win for the main opposition candidate was cancelled following appeals by the ruling ak party it's had control of turkey's largest city for the past 25 years and i'm carcillo has more from istanbul. both remember was declared the winner of his stumbles may or elections 3 months ago. he's from turkey's main opposition party c.h.p. left him almost mandated lasted only teen days. the governing of parties said there were irregularities and corruption in the polls and appealed to the supreme council which can see the results so that if you look at the comedy that is simple election has been an old you have 4 vote cast in one envelope and you know only one of them which counts for istanbul mayorship people will respond to this on june 23rd the council said a number of polling station officials were not civil servants as a law that forced them home or the office and ordered a room only fully stumbled. turkey has a very secure election system but in the march 31st elections the opposition was much more poll savvy than the ruling party that's why they couldn't present any solid evidenc

initially declared the winner but the election council ordered a rerun after a complaint from the ruling ak party over regularities and violations of election law let's get more from cynical so you in istanbul how is all this turning out now . well yes actually the stability is kind of for historical event for turkey because since i quite see the ruling party took the seat in 2002 this is the 1st time that too politically there is all may or may or leaders face off in a live debate show on t.v. as it was it will it was a kind of a tradition in turkey before our party it took the seat in 2002 even if prisons are done who used to who was a mayor of istanbul he joined a lot of live debate shows like this but this is the 1st so millions are expected to tune in for this live debate they will be discussing 2 to compare it to rivals will be discussing get out of topics. the reasons why the election was a nod and their projections for the city what the what they proposed for istanbul citizens whose demography is at these 15000000 so it is a very important moment for turkey because everybody was waiting f

imamoglu, narrowly won the vote in march, but the result was annulled after complaints by the governing ak partymer mayor of istanbul, have accused him of pressurising turkey's election authorities. the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has received a personal letterfrom us president donald trump, according to state media. mr kim praised the letter as "excellent" and said he would "seriously contemplate the interesting content". earlier, our correspondent laura bicker gave me this update from seoul. kim jong—un was pictured on the front of the north korean state newspaper, reading the letter from donald trump and he said he would contemplate the interesting content of that letter. could it be, for instance, that donald trump has come up with another proposal? certainly, the timing is interesting, donald trump is due to visit asia later this week, firstly at the g20 in osaka and then he's coming here to seoul to meet with president moonjae—in for talks about the korean peninsula situation. it's no secret, the talks between the united states and north korea have stalled since that summit in hanoi,

the vote was rerun from march after the president contested a narrow loss for his ak party in the racethe opposition candidate won again by an even bigger margin. months of political uncertainty have dragged on the lira. it has lost about 10% of its value against the dollar this year. the u.s. has outlined a potential peace plan for the middle east. president trump's son-in-law jared kushner released a $50 billion blueprint to loan the palestinian economy in the event of peace with israel. the plan comes ahead of a u.s.-led seminar this week. but the palestinians are boycotting the event and critics say kushner's plan may flop because it says nothing about how to resolve the region's political troubles. everdent trump denies threatening to demote fed chairman jay powell, but insists he has the right to do so. he repeated his long running criticism on meet the press and said he is not happy with the way interest rate policy has been handled. trump picked powell to replace butt yellen as fed chair has repeatedly attacked him for raising rates too far, too fast. global news 24 hours a day

opposition now really won the may oral race when it was initially held in march before the ruling ak party forced a rerun citing an actual irregularities so this is the result as it stands at the moment with nearly all of the votes counted a crime and a mugging from the opposition c.h.p. has won 54 percent of the vote the act has been ali older and is at 45 percent. according to the results as of now my competitors and i think the race i congratulate him and wish him good luck. i'm ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of istanbul once the legal process is completed after receiving the mandate and assuming the office i would like to visit and as soon as possible to present a road map and opinions and listen to his views on the breaking news this hour saudi state media says a syrian resident has died after a suspected drone attack on airports in the south of the country is the rebels claim responsibility for the attack on sunday which injured several others if the spokesperson says 30 operations have be

but the result was annulled after complaints by the governing ak party.mself a former mayor of istanbul, have accused him of pressurising turkey's election authorities. the polls have now closed and a result is expected later tonight. from istanbul, our correspondent mark lowen told us the latest. this is much more thanjust a local election, it is political test for barack obama one, everything from the europe to syria. whoever wins istanbul wins turkey, he has said. —— political test for president erdogan. it would start to prompt talk of whether this is perhaps the beginning of the end for him, the end of his political rise over the last 25 years. the opposition has managed to tap into the widespread desire of its supporters for change, with a positive, optimistic message. this is a watershed moment for turkey, and its most powerful leader of modern times. we will bring you that result as soon as we get it. the ethiopian prime minister's chief of staff has been shot dead during an attempted coup. he was killed by a bodyguard at his home in the capital,

at croom was addressing his supporters outside city hall his victory was a setback to the ruling ak party as well as the president tired bedouin has dominated politics into his biggest city for decades the opposition narrowly won that 1st election that was held in march but the act party challenge the results said they've been voter fraud in them for everybody. if you and police have arrested at least 39 members of an amateur of political party after a failed rebellion in the northern province on saturday dozens of people were killed in the attack and the fighting that followed thousands of mourners gathered for state funerals of 5 senior officials including the army chief of staff and the provincial governor the central government has accused am hours former security chief of organizing the rebellion. amnesty international has accused the government of eritrea of intimidating and harris saying critics living in exile they include eritrean activists who live in the u.k. in sweden and in kenya welcome webb has more now from the kenyan capital nairobi. years or together a bieber waldheim a

recep tayyip erdogan's ak party has lost istanbul for a second time. has insisted on a rerun because of what he said were irregularities. that didn't go to plan. the main opposition candidate won by 775,000 votes. previously, he'd won by 13,000. he tweeted. .. "istanbul has made its choice in favour ofjustice and democracy." selin girit from bbc turkish was among the celebrating crowds. the contest was widely seen as a referendum on president erdogan who is a former istanbul mayor himself. he previously said "whoever wins istanbul, wins turkey." believe it or not people, are already talking about the presidential election in 2023. president erdogan congratulated the opposition — and said democracy must be respected. mark lowen is in istanbul. well, today was a day when istanbul took stock of the magnitude of this victory. ekrem imamoglu, this opposition candidate, softly spoken with a relentlessly positive message that has just scored a landslide win here in turkey's economic powerhouse, the largest victory for a mayoral candidate here for 35 years and

opposition candidate was declared the winner of the 1st vote that result though no after the ruling ak party filed a legal challenge over alleged irregularities here's the team in stand bull we've got hashing the whole bara in a moment with reaction from that party headquarters but 1st cynical c.r.u. an update from you at the opposition republican people's party headquarters. go ahead sinan bring us up to date. while the us says you said we are in front of the election coordination center of the republican party c h which actually had the lead on march 31st what 14000 votes and istanbul at almost one and a how about recall the polling stations were closed and. the ballots are being counted counted currently around 10 percent of the ballots have been counted and according to what we learned from the information provided rage and says that the c.h.p. candidates occam him of all those who won on march 31st lease right now but of course it will take some time to count all the votes to do you know the who you know the real winner of the election i can tell that here at c.h.b. coordination center

a new mayor it's a rerun of the election in march after results that were canceled by the ruling ak party appealed when the opposition candidate won by a narrow margin. explains what's at stake. the stumble seen by many as the bridge between is to know west struggling the bosphorus strait connecting gauger with europe it served as the capital of the ottomans byzantines and the romans in the past concurring and controlling the city has always matter. and now 2 main contenders will go head to head in a duel over election for the mayor impost. extra minimal that the candidate of the main opposition party c.h.p. narrowly won the election in march against the ruling party has been. through. the candidates spent house with their last debate discussing why waters had to go back to the polls. or strange things happen when your votes were counted there were regularities higher election board assess the situation is the organizer of this election decided to rerun it but we would have preferred not to we make great efforts for this but the republican people's party did not help us in this matter. no

mr erdogan has suffered, and given the fact that the knives are coming out within the governing ak partyp erdogan. that election could be brought forward and then who knows? we might face a presidential contest between the new mayor of istanbul and president erdogan, and certainly at the moment, it feels like ekrem imamoglu has got the wind in his sails. he is on the trajectory upwards. turks like backing a winner, and at the moment, that feels as though ekrem imamoglu is heading in that direction. mark, do you think that this is going to provoke a stronger crackdown from mr erdogan in response, or is he likely to go down a route of perhaps offering some reforms? very hard to know, jane. this is a man who does not take defeat easily, which is why he ordered the rerun, or he wanted the rerun of the istanbul election in the first place, when they lost by a sliver back in march, just 13,000 votes. he could clamp down hard, of course, he is seen by critics as having been more authoritarian, more oppressive in recent years. or he will see this as a message from his electorate of punishment, t

turkey's biggest city for decades the opposition now only won the 1st election in march but the ak party said they had been voted for and forced their way run. indonesia's president has welcomed a court ruling that rejected allegations of widespread voter fraud and confirmed his election victory djoko would dodos challenger onto the result and widowhood disqualified of the constitutional court ruled that the evidence wasn't strong enough lawrence louis reports from jakarta. indonesia's constitutional court to gives its verdict the judges rejecting presidential challenger probables to be antos application of the 2 and now the result of the election in april. we declare the refusal of all arguments in principle submitted by the applicant and related parties entirely. the 9 judges ruled there wasn't enough evidence to prove that big massive fraud and systematic cheating in the polls as alleged by probably his lawyers argued the president joke over dodo mobilize the power of the state to win by breaking campaign finance rules and that up to 13000000 votes was stolen speaking after the verdic

opposition party victory's three months ago had been annulled after protests from the president's ak party that there were voting irregularities. the opposition candidate beat the president's hand picked candidate by nearly 8,000 votes. the top three cities are now held in opposition. >>> let's talk movie "toy story 4" taking the top spot the fourth movie in the beloved animated series earning $118 million in its debut in the u.s. we should say. we should say that fell short of the $150 million that analysts were expecting, but makes it the fourth highest open for an animated film of all time. that's amazing and the movie brought in an additional $120 million overseas it was so nice outside, at least on the east coast, that i think that -- >> finally. >> finally after monsoon season here. >> uh-huh. >> do you think if it opened a weekend sooner they would have done 150 million. >> kind of sort of on a rainy day, if this wasn't a block buster already >> maybe how about the average price of a gallon of gasoline fell by 11 cents over the past two weeks to bring the national average to 2.73 a

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and crime in a more blues win is a stinging blow to longtime president of the one who is ruling ak party lost control of the city for the 1st time in 25 years but as reports the new mayor has many challenges ahead. for the 1st time in 25 years an opposition candidate is in charge of istanbul this is the new mayor. from the secular c.s.b. party. said in his victory speech on sunday that he's willing to work with everyone to improve living conditions in turkey's most populous city describing his triumph as a new era many here in istanbul say they are excited about the future the people's hearts there's a feeling that he would make an excellent president but he's not president yet so we have to while remaining cheerful we shouldn't forget the basic facts about our government runs but one of the opposition and its supporters are euphoric about their win the governing party is grappling with the defeat loyalists are pressing for reforms within the party of president don but officials are brushing aside suggestions they are losing public support after 17 years in power these are opportunities

will not be from the ruling ak posse the opposition candidate won the rerun very dealing a major blow to president rest of type at a one he campaigned hard to extend his party's rule in the commercial capital the opposition narrowly won the fast election back in march before the ruling party forced a rerun or victims of fraud now with with nearly all the votes counted chromium m o 2 from the opposition c.h.p. has won with 54 percent while the act party has been is that 45 percent reports from istanbul. changes. hants for the 1st time since 1904 the main opposition c.s.p. candidate. has been elected mayor of the city in a controversial run that has polarized the nation the 49 year old mayor was relatively unknown but has managed to win the backing of crucial allies such as the kurdish people's democratic party the s.d.p. stand. i'm ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of istanbul once the legal process is completed after receiving the mandate and assuming the office i would like to visit and as soon as possible to present a road map and opinions and listen to his views. l