it might not bejust ankara, martin, we are a loss is that for him?not be just ankara, martin, we are very close to the end in istanbul and there are about 12,000 votes between there are about 12,000 votes between the two candidates and that in a city of 18 million people. it has absolutely gone down to the wire here and we don't know which way it will go here in istanbul. the economic powerhouse of turkey. in ankara, it looks like the opposition has done it, they have wrested control of the capital after 25 yea rs control of the capital after 25 years out of office and that is a major blow to president erdogan. if he loses ankara and istanbul, there will be beginnings of rumblings in his party, i am sure, about a party split. there is a ready unhappiness from some high—level figures in the increasingly authoritarian pat that he has taken and in his address to my own camera he did not sound triumphant, saying we must accept where we have won and lost, we must focus on the economy and fighting terrorism, it is not that kind of triumphalism we have come

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 because the control of the towns and cities across turkey is one of the la

could erode support for add ons ruling a thai 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 a

policy 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. a neck and neck. and he's made in i think the a.t.p. has improved services i'm forty five now and i know how did used to be. 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 but we. ask people if the government faces accusations of a crackdown the pro kaddish. says many of its politicians have been arrested in recent days. joining us now live from istanbul is the story of jones story and the polls are closed now can you give us any initial results. where we do seem to be heading for a very exciting night the capital ankara is neck and neck nothing 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 the votes to be counted so very very close in other major cities across the country the main opposition could be set for some

is now on the big cities here in turkey and we might actually see some surprises there the capital ankara might get for the first time in sixteen years an opposition mayor and here in istanbul is symbol which is considered to be the biggest prize in these the elections or we might see a tight race between president at once candidate and the opposition. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter. follow me a break off t.v. and never whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see the never. get. stuck in traffic for hours spoiled cargo she says. that could be trucker eric hearings the reality after brinks if you. focus on europe takes a road trip from brussels to bring. chaos at the border might go. brakes it turned into a nightmare. next. sarno just couldn't get this song out of his head. college just began searching for the source of these captivating sounds. deep in the rain forest in central africa. nothing out. and the like to limit the evil the. little and the. money that. he would get by their culture that he staye

is now on the big cities here in turkey and we might actually see some surprises there the capital ankara might get for the first time in sixteen years an opposition mayor and here in istanbul is timber which is considered to be the biggest prize in these the elections or we might see a tight race between president at once candidate and the opposition. reporting there from istanbul well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter and ready to be neutral follow me a break off t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see the never. the for. the fun. of her. enter the conflict zone confronting the powerful. from trial of conflict separatist leaders over the failed independence feed as late as some stuff divisions in spanish society my guest this week here in madrid is sprains foreign minister use at a rally how does he answer the charge that the trial scaf fundamentally unfair. conflicts the focus. on the fight. catching out kerio off muscat who is the head of russian orthodox track. in the last minute i can'

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read to play a part of one's ruling party the party is at risk of losing control of mayoral seats in ankara and istanbul because of a struggling economy ukrainians are casting their votes in the first round of their presidential election comedian. leading in opinion polls followed closely by current president petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko. unity and solidarity are the declared themes of the thirty year for arab summit which officially gets underway in the capsule in the coming hours but the region's leaders gather against the backdrop of division war and unrest and the high level meeting to resolve the problems in libya has already taken place but as has had about a reports from tunis the talks were boycotted by one of the main players this isn't the first time the international court has convened to try and chaos and instability in libya but peace may still be along with. the united nations secretary general the e.u. foreign policy chief the african union commission chairman and the. president of the meeting held in neighboring. but the meeting was snubbed by

and once time in power water for its own kind of a storm will it 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 man here then he became mayor of istanbul. after that prime minister and then president. if is a k.p.s. defeated in istanbul it would be a political earthquake. in minnesota and on them when i get. back to the tea house and go joke with a young. trying to win some votes he also he has many complains about the economy the younger people don't have jobs it's become very hard for so nothing is good here anymore nothing. the young owen 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 both tragic tight. for everyone in his party control most of the media and the purged enemies of the state from the police and civil service so in sunday's vote is the result in foregone conclusion. not necessarily it's of course hard to tell

in ankara, losing that city is a major blow.resident erdogan‘s usually loyal conservative voter base has deserted him in large areas of the country because of a major economic crisis here now with turkey and recession and inflation at 20%. so all eyes now on what happens over the next few hours in istanbul, both sides claiming victory here. of course you will keep us posted. when it comes to further developments, of course, this is a big blow to president erdogan. he will as you say, he is playing it as a victory of sorts. because of course when it comes to the presidential elections they are not for some time yet. no, but local elections are important here because it is where parties build their support through patronage, grassroots movements. remember president erdogan was the mayor of istanbul and that propelled him to ta ke istanbul and that propelled him to take power of national level. so they are important. it is a significant blow to him. really i think what we have seen tonight is president erdogan for many years was se

has been narrowed but still the opposition alliance is running in the front in the turkish capital ankara but. this is the first time that the ruling party and presents are gone has been challenge especially in the local elections considering that present our dance political career also started. from local authorities he was he was to be the mayor of istanbul and then he became prime minister even though he was banned from politics before and then he has rising up to being the president but of course this local election matters especially to the ruling party because turkey made a major referendum and switched approved switched from parliamentarian system to presidential system last june and the ruling out party mean the president who is the first president to be a member of a political party and the chairman of a political party if he wants to console of the it is vote along with the nationalist movement party who has allowed with him for the last two elections the right sort of course well who thank you still ahead on al-jazeera algeria's armed chief says there's a campaign against the m

polls suggest this could erode support for erdogan's ruling party, especially in larger cities, ankara and istanbul. losing them would be a symbolic blow. >> if the opposition wins istanbul or ankara, we may discuss the posossibility of snp elections in turkey. istanbul is strongly associated with erdogan. he was elected as municipal mayor here and then became mayor of istanbul. after that, prime minister, and then president. if his a.k.p. is defeated in istanbul, it would be a political earthquake for erdogan reporter: back to the tea house where the young recep tayyip erdogan is trying to win some votes. he also hears many complaints about the economy. >> young people don't have jobs. it's become very hard for shop owners. nothing is good here anymore, nothing. reporter: the young erdogan says he wants to tackle these problems at least in his neighborhood but can't be sure of victory as he's facing two challenges. much is at stake in the local elections for both recep tayyip erdogans. brent: in algeria, the leader of the ruling coalition rnd party has joined calls for the ailing pres

has gathered under an alliance called the nation's block and they only want to win in istanbul and ankara mainly because they want to give a blow to the ruling party that has been ruling the municipalities the majority of the cities for almost two decades and we have another party in turkey which is the pro core dish h d p they have not focused in the western cities because they decided to support opposition candidates but they focused on their home base southeastern cities however president don has threatened them by saying that even they have candidates are elected they may not be able to go for them in a spell that is for their a legit terrorism links so that's why they're not sure the kurdish parties not sure whether divorce will be counted or not so have gone there are no drilling for oil in the arctic and us drugs rose donald trucks executive order all lawful al it's invalid. hello again and welcome back well here across parts of china we have seen some colder air and that has meant we've actually sent and snow in some areas i want to take you here today don and take a look at the v

the polls have started to close in some areas all eyes of course on what happens in istanbul and ankara. indeed i mean istanbul is probably more in foursomes in the sense that it is the most cosmopolitan city in key usually whoever holds on or maintains power and if somebody has a good reflection as to their ability to hold on to their country that really the rates in istanbul may be a little bit closer than what's the act part you would have liked however there are two concerns in sums of being able to maintain their grip over here what's more interesting is the capital ankara even though it is the capital usually more important than other countries here it's more ceremonial in the sense that it is an administrative capital so even if they where it's your news anchor it's important to know that the ak party for large parts of their governing of chalky over the past seventeen years didn't actually have the mayorship so they only really wanted to in the last local elections five years ago prior to that it was under the c.h.p. and therefore that is something just to bear in mind obviously

supports the opposition candidates in the west i believe kurdish votes in big cities like istanbul and ankara in is near have the potential to be a game changer however would still follow what the popular trend is. the people's alliance how waged a severe campaign by accusing candidates of having wings to the. kurdish fire. through which truth can its western allies consider a terrorist organization prison tired ons are quiet is facing perhaps the greatest challenge in seventeen years the economy the continuing recession threatens his support base especially in big cities like a stumble and uncorrupt sunday's local elections will go we'll the president's standing among fifty seven million turks eligible to vote. else's era stumble. security forces. to disperse demonstrators in the capital caracas opposition protests have been voicing their continued blackouts with the country's economic problems. this report was after another. opposition supporters across took to the streets demanding hardship the leader of the opposition in the city. ask people to turn their anger into action. protests every

president erdogan's party looks certain to lose control of ankara. news out of south korea. we are getting the latest trade numbers. exports falling 8.2% in the month of march, which is a bigger fall than what is expected of around 7%. it is still a deceleration when it comes to the declines from the previous month in february, when we saw a double-digit decline of 11%. it is still a contraction for a fourth consecutive month for south korea's exports in the month of march. more than 8% contraction. imports falling 6.7%. it is a smaller fall than the previous month, but still a much bigger fall than what was expected. the trade surplus coming in at $5.2 billion. higher than much the previous month, also beating expectations, but we have to mention that when it comes to exports year on year, it was a much bigger fall. more than 8% fall year on year. we have seen negative had ran -- negative headwinds come out of china. samsung's profit warning when it comes to shipments to china and other parts of the world, really that sector not recovering. we are s

ruling party's popularity has been hurt by the country's economic recession and that it will lose ankara and even possibly istanbul. lawyer and government critics who. has won slovakia's presidential election and the wind makes her the country's first female head of state. is a political novice who ran on an anti corruption platform she beat a government backed candidate tomorrow she shift chill bitch. all right some sports news now in the bundesliga with dortmund winning title rivals byron had to follow suit they went into match day twenty seven of the top of the table albeit on goal difference they'd won all six of their last bit as legal matches and scored a whopping twenty seven goals in the process byron were on fire ahead of the international break and what better way to get back into every day which is legal life in a match against eleventh place freiburg. the funds had to wait to find out one of the penalty box is had to be cleared after an anti sexism display by the freiburg supporters had created quite the paper storm. when the much finally got underway it was freiburg to rain

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

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

ruling party's popularity has been hurt by the country's economic recession and that it will lose ankara and even possibly istanbul. now lawyer suzanne a couple tova has become the first female president of slovakia the country's electoral commission says couple tova has fifty eight percent of the votes with nearly all ballots counted capita over ran on an anti corruption platform and promised to bring change to politics and slovakia the political novice is known for her work as an environmental activist her opponent in the runoff poll was maro chef cho bitch who was backed by the government. well joining us now from bratislava is correspondent. so. before she was chair of presidential bid susan a couple tova was in fact largely unknown even in her own country what more can you tell us about who she is. she was known as a environmentalists who fought for eight uli illegal lays down and that she stressed and i corruption an agenda which was i think the most important the. in her and action campaign but her victory really shows that this country is ready for a new generation of politicians

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 like grip control of his party over key cities like the capital long and he found bo

dorian in ankara the capital at the opposition is leading is this because of the economic crisis in the country. salute clearly it does seem that the opposition are on course for a victory there although there have been calls from here the ruling a.k.p. saying that they could be voting irregularities but the feeling is that they are ready to accept on cross and it is the cost of the economy that is what the ruling party the economy is in recession things are really very bad for many people in turkey and they appear to be punishing the ruling party in these local elections. all right doreen. in istanbul for us thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world algeria's embattled president. has named a caretaker government headed by the country's current prime minister has faced weeks of protests demanding an end to his twenty year rule he's on the chief is keeping his post as deputy defense minister despite repeatedly calling for breach of faith to step down. brazil has announced it's opening a new trade mission to israel in jerusalem this comes as brazil's preside

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 have been wrought with allegations of vote rigging in the last few years from the oppo

freezing two celsius the high here down to the southeastern corner with around sixteen or seventeen for ankara and athens little circulation swirling away across the central parts of the mediterranean and then will make its way further eastward southern parts of the balkans greece so than areas of turkey could see some lively showers over the next few days possible possibility of some rumbles of thunder as well push further north as the warm sunshine sixty seventy maybe an eighteen or nineteen there for london paris over the next couple of days and looking pretty good nineteen celsius as well there for madrid not quite as warm sunny as we watch expect across northern parts of africa a fair bit of cloud in place. temperatures will struggle in and shoot is to reach sixty degrees celsius the twenty five. who want to sponsor. tone is. a city defined by military occupation is never been an arab state he with the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but the depôt structure of the mean things you can only project just what we defuse it was one of the founders of the settlement with this and the s

ground in germany as well and the temperatures now low single figures stock has gone below freezing ankara's all right bill crystal a little bit cooler at seventy and madrid were you down to ninety but it's in the sunshine so this looks like a bit of a comeback in tight winter weather but it's windy it's getting colder for a time it won't last however that's all taking place in mainland europe in north africa now the winds are taking or showing themselves to be quite strong as very dust in the middle of algeria but that directional so brings waltz further north and some tribes. over a hundred and sixty years ago a musician started a band in an arty strait in cairo. the brass band was so popular it gave birth to an entire musical genre. a century and a half later the sound still resonates with many egyptians today. the people's music on al-jazeera. welcome back just a quick look at stories making headlines now opposition protesters in venezuela have clashed with police during protests calling for president the duro to step down a large part of the country is now in its third day without power

test of president early ones ruling party the party is at risk of losing control of mayoral seats in ankara and istanbul because of the struggling economy. the political upheaval in algeria is also likely to be discussed by the arab league algeria as army chief has been holding emergency meetings as he pushes for president. to be declared unfit for office millions of people have joined nationwide protests demanding political change victoria the reports. days after the army backed protesters cools the president abdelaziz bouteflika to step down algeria is army chief reiterated his view that the eighty two year old president must leave office. the position taken by the algerian military has always been within the legitimacy of the constitution and has always upheld the interest of the algerian people above all it is always seen that the solution to the crisis count be anything other than the implementation of article one hundred two of the constitution. but he acknowledged there is resistance to his plan a mood opponents not to seek to undermine the military some think he was referring to a m

accused of trying to topple the government so there goes all the reports from ankara it's been nearly three years since a field coup in turkey killed two hundred fifty one people and wounded at least two thousand more relatives of the victims attend the trial of those accused of using the ak and to air base as their headquarters during the cooler temps in the capital on korea in july two thousand and sixteen families say they want to be sure justice is served then at least we're talking to our sons graves instead of them i want those responsible to face life sentences and not see the daylight should not interfere denying their crimes by saying they were planted by the government inside the courtroom the insult and threaten us by saying they'll come back the orders to conduct air strikes against parliament and a presidential complex were given a firm they are air base most of the five hundred or so defendants are military personnel from noncommissioned officers to high ranking generals the turkish government stays the plotters are linked to the founder of the killing movement fit to lu

question of course killed inside saudi arabia's consulates last year more from simcoe so you're in ankara. these pictures show a furnace a tenderer or when that was built by a turkish constructor in the garden of saudi consul general's residence in istanbul just a few hundred meters away from the consulate general building where jim alford shipped to was brutally murdered and according to order toppings obtained by the turkish intelligence his body parts were dismembered in the closely general building again we heard from we heard from the police department and the persecutors office that. is why the parts were carried in baggage a luggage was and bags to the residence building close to the consulate and according to the police as i said into thought before two thousand and eighteen at the police from the suspect that his body parts might have been burnt in the stand there were over the according to technical details of this all when it can fire up to one thousand degrees celsius which means that it leaves no trace of the d.n.a. of a body part or any bones and the turkish police insists t

cities where kurdish voters could make a difference well now al-jazeera sin and joins us live from ankaraso sort of this is a local election but it's also really a referendum on leadership. wellness last year exactly last syria turkey has been through a general and presidential election and turkey actually shifted from parliamentarians this system to a presidential system and the next election coming up in two thousand and twenty three this local election is very important for president don because it will mean that he will have no problem until the next election to deal with that's why he's so much focused and for the first time in turkey's political history a presence having a political party is leading the local elections especially since the population of turkey is then in stumble on karrar is there it is very important for the ruling party to preserve they are grip on those cities because winning those cities means that you are running out of turkey but and this is valid for almost all of the political parties in turkey and sin and it appears we're seeing a coordinated strategy by op

be a direct consequence of the absence of such a start humvee that thanks for your analysis from ankara. earlier on wednesday seven people including four children were killed in an airstrike on a hospital in the area a charity save the children says its staff were on the ground supporting the medical team at the time it happened near the city of sidon years of conflict have wrecked yemen's health care system more than half of the hospitals and clinics have been destroyed there's also a shortage of medicine and those that are available too expensive for most yemenis branco gupta reports. yemenis can't afford to be sick have it has a doesn't because of his injured spying on top of that he had to sell the family home to buy medicine for his father and his brother. as his brother's condition worsens and medical bills are piling up their rented house in the capital sanaa doesn't have much the only thing for leap to sell is the television. ten dollars isn't enough to buy medicine at the. my brother's in very bad health sometimes he goes into a coma and sometimes he vomits blood to the extent

crucial she was killed inside saudi arabia's consulate last october sit in because he has more from ankara . these pictures show a furnace a tenderer or when that was built by a turkish constructor in the garden of saudi consul general's residence in istanbul just a few hundred meters away from the consulate general building where jamal for shift to was brutally murdered and according to order toppings obtained by the turkish intelligence his body parts were dismembered in the closely general building again we heard from we heard from the police department and the persecutors office that. geez why the parts would carry it in baggage luggage was and bags to the residence building close to the consulate and according to the police as i sat into thought for two thousand eight hundred the police strongly suspect that his body parts might have been burnt in the stand there were over the according to technical details of this all when it can fire up to one thousand degrees celsius which means that it leaves no trace of the d.n.a. of a body part or any bones and the turkish police insists that si