after his justice and development party lost control of both istanbul and the capital ankara president had put increasing pressure on the supreme electoral council he delivered his latest broadside on sunday or every show i've ever watched work over there has been cheating there's been corruption all this is clear and unambiguous you know come on let's go before the people and we will accept what the people's wish dictates it's a simple as that. but on monday night the people of this gave their response to claim that he's acting in their interest. correspondent dorian jones is standing by for us in istanbul with the latest dorian president everyone says that the opposition one this may or may or election is in istanbul with the rigging and with corruption what evidence is there for that. well that's been a big criticism there doesn't really appear to be much evidence heard one says there's been systematic corruption and voting irregularities but not really much the back those claims it does appear to central frost's of the case against this vote has been that around forty thousand peop

and what steps will ankara take next along its own path eggman his former minister for affairs welcome to the show it is great to have you with us today allow us to talk about how you are a turkish chief negotiator in a session talks with the e.u. and backing 2017 president of the un openly declared that turkey doesn't meet the e.u. now ankara is pushing for brussels to finally decide whether they want turkey in the union or not if turkey doesn't need the e.u. why not just quit the talks and be done with it i have always argued that the e.u. is turkey's dietitian we all know that we have to watch what we eat and we need to exercise regularly to lead a healthy life but sometimes we need the prescription of a dietician would tells us how much to eat for breakfast what to eat for lunch what to eat for dinner and how much exists eyes to make throughout the day so the e.u. process itself has been fairly good for turkey it has helped us increase the standards of our democracy increase the standard so far baby food increase the standard so far roads and highways increase the standards of our

opposition parties also appeal in many cities just like we have failed in istanbul and ankara but our appeal in this isn't right but in istanbul it was fun right and the election made a decision to repeat the elections and in last election in two thousand and fourteen elections there were fourteen minute simple it is iran turkey that that had a real iran of elections so when this is a good decision or usual part of our checks and balances for democracy and elections were there irregularities in any of a leg shien's other than ystem ball uncorrupt hording to the a case the. there are also feel but the remade are appeals as well but election council makes the final decision decision if that irregularities have changed the final result because in istanbul the difference between two candidates was zero point four thousand percent so it's very very very very little margins of paper thin margin so that might in fact the final result of the election which created question marks in everybody's minds the repeating of the election will make sure that everybody is is commenced with the result th

on you to keep across all about them and so on that story just a modem our correspondent that in ankara as of this -- thank you very much indeed for joining us. this is not between gaza and israel is reported to be holdin. the worst violence since the war twenty any medicine group islamic jihad -- level of the cease fire started after the intervention of the mediators. other than we are observing the behavior of the occupation and are ready to respond to any aggression that you buy that in the while the israeli ministry lilifted protective restrictions on residents close to the borde. well some israelis were pleased to see a return to camp. all this stuff to see spock was never. i think that a cease fire at this moment is a terrible mistake. i think that when we have the upper hand need once of roles to finish the terra. because this will only repeat itself. meanwhile in gaza some residents were skeptical over the agrereements like this man who lost his home. what it does god causes all? these troops will be the same as previous ones. each time at the truce lasts only for a week or two

to anne cara, and went ona went from istanbul to anne cara, and went on a train from there —— to ankara cows on the track at one point and then we we nt the track at one point and then we went to to and from wc to baku. —— and then we went to tiblisi. arsenal arejust behind me and chelsea and then we went to tiblisi. arsenal are just behind me and chelsea are just over the road in a very luxurious hotel. both teams have trained at the olympic stadium which is just about five miles to the north—east of the city. we are waiting to see if we will get more supporters arriving for the final. this is a final that means a lot more to arsenal because they are not in the champions league at the moment and it is notjust the trophy, one of the biggest in football, but also qualification for the champions league next season that goes with it. scotland's women beat jamaica 3—2 in theirfinal warm up match ahead of the women's world cup in france and jane dougall was at hampden park for us. a record—breaking attendance here tonight, 18,555 people watching scotla nd tonight, 18,555 people watching scot

sunshine around but it still will be that warm even in the sunshine so we'll see a top temperature in ankara of around fifteen degrees now here in doha it's not been too bad recently the winds coming down from the northwest but then change over the next few days so it will feel more humid so a sticky few days to come for us a good deal of cloud to overpass of saudi at times but it looks like that will eventually break up as we head through the day on thursday muscat not as hard hit will get to around thirty one degrees down towards the southern parts of africa it was a very heavy rain here that's crossing the southern parts lots of what weather behind it not feeling that would force in cape town with a top temperature of just seventeen but a bit more sunshine on thursday though i think we'll see the temperatures improve we'll get to around nineteen this time but the rains not too far away want to two of us just around the coast of mozambique could see one or two showers at times during the day. the subject of more than half a dozen investigation. of dog stone from the ages something well. on

it is stamboul and in the capital ankara the party challenge the legitimacy of their votes and now the rerun will be held we understand on june twenty third. arden's get the latest now from our turkey correspondent she's standing by in stamboul good evening to you you'll use so to me a little bit about the reason that was given for basically declaring no one void the last election and redoing the election well brant first of all president admins ruling aka party for weeks contests the outcome of these elections here in istanbul claiming and i quote organized irregularities of votes they narrowly lost as you mentioned and now it seems tonight the election authority here in turkey ruled in favor of this request to council and repeat this vote here in istanbul turkey the largest city a statement says some ballot box comegys have been formed against the law that have been some irregularities so we will have to learn more details about this but more importantly the statement says that the mandate will be taken away from istanbul's new opposition may or a crimean mamu of the largest oppositi

towards the west the next weather systems edging in here those that will be over parts of turkey with ankara getting to 21 with the risk of one or 2 showers a bit further towards the south and that's plenty of cloud over the arabian peninsula at the moment that cloud has given us a few outbreaks of rain the most loyal of them have been over parts of a man and actually sticking around as we head through the next few days so there's always the risk of seeing one or 2 more showers there showers also extend down through parts of yemen so here there's also a very violent thunderstorms at the moment down towards the southern parts of africa or there's more showers here too mostly i have parts of mozambique and into tanzania and through madagascar rids well towards the south are more in the way of dry weather here plenty of dry weather elsewhere to know that when we cape town there a maximum temperature on wednesday just of 18 degrees. the u.s. acting secretary defense reiterate washington does not want war with the broader defense the military buildup in the middle east as a deterrent. i'm richell

tortured imprisoned in istanbul the turkish foreign ministry also rejected a demand by germany that ankara stick to the un and torture convention. spent a year behind bars without being formally charged triggering a diplomatic crisis between germany and turkey. in lithuania the economist and political novice gitanes now who see it has topped the 1st round of the presidential election he will face runner up in. a conservative former finance minister in the runoff on may 26th. berliners have been marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the berlin airlift it began when the soviet union cut access to west berlin and for nearly a year u.s. british and french aircraft supplied more than 2000000 people with essential food and fuel one airman in particular is remembered with affection by many berliners who were just children at the time. he's back gail how verson the best known hero of berlin's airlift is still going strong at 98 the u.s. pilot helped berlin survive the soviet blockade and he still has close ties to the city. berlin is my 2nd home thank you during the blockade however senator h

one strike at a six story building that techie says housed state run and news agency ankara has condemned the israeli strikes and called on the international community to take action to ease tensions. gazan authorities say dozens of people were wounded and several killed in the bombings amongst them a mother and baby israel blames for mass for their deaths israel says over four hundred rockets have been fired from gaza into southern israel since saturday some rockets struck homes night here in kiryat gat israeli authorities say one woman was seriously wounded here dozens of palestinian rockets were intercepted by israel's iron dome defense system as the violence escalated israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu convened a security meeting. amidst the hosted ities egypt continues to mediate talks between israel and the militant palestinian organizations her mass and islamic jihad. joining me now from jerusalem is our correspondent tanya crema talia what is the latest on the situation there. well there's certainly no indication yet that this round of fighting is coming to an end the accor

cancelled as the so called because it was probably looted in turkey swiss authorities decided to allow it ankara. let your idea for me do cool let your game sit there. but of course if you. imported united it will say aunt jackie amanda who thought they did agree. to sit this exposed does she want to sit for you call this to impress us europe or did you for it as deep as that to the tumble blues doc. via our own all out there full of the story of it we're talking my live any longer than to the club or phone bill. except that after being restored in london this or coffee because didn't return to geneva until two thousand and nine so the turkish lawyer heading the case believes it comes under the new swiss law which demands every protocol origins for all works of art imported after two thousand and five in september twenty fifteen swiss justice finally ordered the repatriation of the second office to turkey but ali abu tom continues to claim ownership based on a certificate delivered by the company art loss register over four years that if you get a positive early. book of us by that suit the glar

is ruling a k party she's a lection over all but last year merrill races in istanbul and ankara turkey fell on news of the radar because. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has warned the us intervention in venezuela would be catastrophic and unjustified he was meeting his u.s. counterpart mike pompei over the talks in finland russia has said military advisors to support venezuelan president nicolas maduro. and palestinian leaders in gaza have agreed a cease fire with israel ending two days of violence that threatened to turn into all out war israel's made no official comment on the cease fire but its military has allowed schools and roads in southern israel to reopen to allow residents to resume their daily lives the escalation in violence began on saturday with rocket fire from militants in gaza prompting a return struck by israel at least twenty three palestinians and four israelis have been killed. now the violence is over but the survivors in gaza there is little comfort among the rubble. the neighbors were screaming at us leave quickly and they were going to bomb the buildin

towards the west the next weather systems edging in here those that will be over parts of turkey with ankara getting to $21.00 with the risk of one or 2 showers a bit further towards the south and that's plenty of cloud over the arabian peninsula at the moment that cloud has given us a few outbreaks of rain the most loyal of them have been over parts of oh man and actually sticking around as we head through the next few days so there's always the risk of seeing one of the timor showers there showers also extend down through parts of yemen so here there's also a very violent thunderstorms at the moment down towards the southern parts of africa or there's more showers here today mostly i have parts of mozambique and into tanzania and through madagascar words well towards the south a more in the way of dry weather here plenty of dry weather elsewhere to note that will make a ton there a maximum temperature on wednesday just of 18 degrees. in ways. one and. now settled in towns and villages. but many are unregistered and invisible. 6 boards and to go one of the citizen soldiers here on. the way

tortured in prison and istanbul the turkish foreign ministry also rejected a demand by germany that ankara sticks to the u.n. anti torture convention he tells and the year behind bars without being formally charged triggering a diplomatic crisis between germany and turkey. here in germany women who are members of the catholic church have begun a week long strike there are fusing to carry out won't tarry work in their churches in protest against the male only priesthood and foot dragging by bishops over sex abuse scandals. these women are standing outside in front of the midst of church the group calling itself mary 2.0 is celebrating mass in its own way with its own song use instead of communion wafers throughout sprayed the aiming to set an example for catholic women across the country. is intended to carlson in front of us we're here outside and we're celebrating mass here because we want to show that we're always outsiders anyway the world's catholics are kept outside because they're women we're not involved in decision making we want to play a decisive role in the church. began here in

sunshine around but it still will be that warm even in the sunshine so we'll see a top temperature in ankara of around fifteen degrees now here in doha it's not been too bad recently the winds coming down from the northwest but they're change over the next few days so it will feel more humid so a sticky few days to come for us a good deal of cloud to overpass all saudia times but it looks like that will eventually break up as we head through the day on thursday muscat not as hot here will get to around thirty one degrees down towards the southern parts of africa it was a very heavy rain here that's crossing the southern parts lots of wet weather behind it not feeling that would force in cape town with a top temperature of just seventeen but a bit more sunshine on thursday though i think we'll see the temperatures improve we'll get to around nineteen this time but the rains not to far away want to two of us just around the coast of mozambique could see one or two showers at times during the day. the weather sponsored by catherine was. russia has jeopardized the united states security interest

ankara is proceeding with charges against him. there's been another tragedy involving migrants from africa in the mediterranean sea. as many as 70 are feared to have drown when the boat sank near the coast of tunisia. the tunisian defense ministry said the boat set sail from libya, heading for italy. the u.n. says fewer people are making the journey but the voyages are deadlieier. reporter: rescued from a sinking ship. an italian boat run by a humanitarian charity saved them 40 kililometerss off the libyan coast. the 30 migrarants, i includingno pregegnant womomen, a and fivive children, are a few of t the thousands of people who havave attemptedd to cross the mediterranean this year. according to italy's's anti-migration deputy prime minister, italy's portsts are closed to illegal migrants but these people, landing in sicily, are lucky. italy's prime minister allowed the ship to dock. the staff applaud the migrants but this might have been its last mission. >> i've spoken to salveney about the boat and we agree on the police seiz

probability that both cylinders were money pledged to locations rather than being delivered from ankara. and is all street as coalition government collapses over a corruption scandal politicians across the you opinion gain momentum to.

his ruling party one marches elections overall, but lost key mayoral contests in istanbul and ankara. the rerun will reportedly be held on june 23rd. for more than this, we want to go to our turkey correspondent. she is standing by istanbul. what was the reason that the editorial board gave for going the go-ahead for rerunning an election? that is a big deal. julia: it is. the president' ruling party for weeks contested the outcome of this election here in istanbul. they claimed, quote " irregularities." it seems the election authority rolled in mind with this request. there is a statement now circulating on turkish media, saying that some ballots -- ballot boxes have been formed against the law. that is one reason that has been cited here. the statement also says that the mandate will be taken away from istanbul's opposition mayor. the man who won the vote in march with a narrow lead of 15,000 votes. he already started serving as istanbul's new mayor, and now it seems the mandate will be taken away from him. if this is the case, this is a major decision that we haven't seen something

does it have up its sleeve to maintain its balancing act between east and west and what steps will ankara take next along its own path a man riteish turkey's former minister for faris welcome to the show it is great to have you with us today allow us to talk about how you were turkish chief negotiator in a session talks with the e.u. and back in 2017 president of the about an openly declared that turkey doesn't meet the e.u. now onkar is pushing for brussels to finally decide whether they want turkey in the union or not if turkey doesn't need the e.u. why not just quit the tocs and be done with it. i have always argued that the e.u. is turkey's dietitian we all know that we have to watch what we eat and we need to exercise regularly to lead a healthy life but sometimes we need the prescription of a dietician would tells us how much to eat for breakfast what to eat for lunch what to eat for dinner and how much exists eyes to make throughout the day so the e.u. process itself has been fairly good for turkey it has helped us increase the standards of our democracy increased the standard so f

after his justice and development party lost control of both istanbul and the capital ankara president had put increasing pressure on the supreme electoral council he delivered his latest broadside on sunday one of every show i've ever watched work on the has been cheating has been corruption all this is clear and unambiguous you know come on let's go before the people and we will accept what the people's wish dictates it's the simplest not but on monday night the people of istanbul gave their response to claim that he's acting in their interest. and he did these correspond jones joins me now from istanbul durrant edge on has just lashed out at critics still questioning how they can read out the election for the marathon what is the basis of his canes that the election was rigged. yes president won in a very impassioned speech lashed out at this istanbul vote saying that it was a fake circles of evil and corruption that took the victory away from them he then also targeted turkey's powerful business community same place and that's because several leading figures within turkey's busines

the local elections in march dealt a huge blow to president erdogan, losing istanbul, ankara and severaleferendum on his rule. amidst recession, his supporters deserted him. but he and his party cried foul, alleging irregularities and demanding a rerun. but ekrem imamoglu is gaining popularity fast. he's reached out beyond his base and had settled into the job. and so this is a very risky move by mr erdogan. the economic hit could be bad, his rival could widen his lead, and his own party is deeply split. his diehard loyalists are with him, but many others will see this as the final nail in what's left of turkish democracy. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. the pilot of a russian plane that burst into flames in moscow says it was hit by lightning, forcing him to make an emergency landing. 41 of the 78 passengers and crew were killed. sarah rainsford reports from moscow. the carcass of aeroflot flight 1192 still lies where it crash—landed in moscow, burned and twisted by the ball of fire that tore through this plane after it hit the ground at sheremetyevo airport. some are calling it a mirac

reportedly issued an ultimatum saying ankara must turn its back on the s 400 by june in favor of a u.s. made alternative or warns that turkey would otherwise face repercussions from nato it's not the 1st time washington sought to pressure its ally over the agreement with russia. turkey must choose its potential acquisition. of the word 100 will result in a reassessment of turkey's participation in the f. $35.00 program those who want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world we are against the having some of our partners and allies around the world potentially purchase us for hundreds of potential sanctions or doesn't want to risk the security of their partnership washington has cited the u.s. for hundreds and compatibility with nato technology as the reason for its opposition it also has said there is a risk russia could gather sensitive information about the u.s. made f. 35 fighter jets which turkey has in its airforce so i can ask insistently defended the deal saying that its neighbor greece has an older model of the s 400 and has

reaffirming its commitments to the deal comes after the us reportedly issued an ultimatum saying ankara must turn its back on the s four hundred by june in favor of a u.s. made alternative and warns that turkey would otherwise face repercussions from nato it's not the first time washington sought to pressure its ally over the agreements with russia turkey must choose its potential acquisition. of the hundred will result in a reassessment of turkey's participation in the f. thirty five program those who want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world we are against the having some of our partners and allies around the world potentially purchase us for hundreds of potential sanctions or doesn't want to risk the security of their partnership washington has cited the s four hundred some compatibility with nato technology as the reason for its opposition it also said that there is a risk russia could gather sensitive information about the u.s. made f. thirty five fighter jets which turkey has in its their fourth circuit has consistently def

does it have up its sleeve to maintain its balancing act between east and west and what steps will ankara take next along its own. game in turkey is former minister for affairs welcome to the show it is great to have you with us today lots to talk about how you are a turkish chief negotiator in a session talks with the e.u. and back in twenty seventeen president of the about an openly declared that turkey doesn't meet but now i'm going to is pushing for brussels to finally decide whether . they want turkey in the union or not if turkey doesn't need the e.u. why not just quit the topics and be done with it i have always argued that the e.u. is turkey's dietitian real know that we have to watch what we eat and we need to exercise regularly to lead a healthy life but sometimes we.

reportedly issued and also made him saying ankara must turn its back on the s 400 by june in favor of a u.s. made alternative and warns that turkey would otherwise face repercussions from nato is not the 1st time washington sought to pressure its ally over the agreement with russia turkey must choose its potential acquisition of the 3rd 100 will result in a reassessment of turkey's participation in the f. 35 program those who want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world we are against the having some of our partners and allies around the world potentially purchase us for hundreds of potential sanctions or doesn't want to risk the security of their partnership washington house lighted the s 400 think compatibility with nato technology is the reason for its opposition it also says that there's a risk russia could gather sensitive information about the u.s. made f. $35.00 fighter jets which turkey has and it's our force so it has consistently defended the deal saying that its neighbor greece has an older model of the s 400 and does n

10000000000 is for 16 fighter jets the budget plan for us is a ban on jet exports to turkey should ankara decide to shop for arms in russia and there are plans to launch a new branch of the armed forces a space force and more center of cold war plans for a star wars a program the us military is getting its latest super sized cash injection at a time when it already massively outspends the rest of the world in this fear in 2018 washington spent this much on military then the u.s. budget exceeded those of the next 7 countries combined antiwar activist david swanson says the money would be better we directed to other parts of the u.s. economy. i think the overwhelming justification is that lead in your book is going to get us in our sleep but beyond that it's really gets pretty ludicrous when ever the pentagon is actually asked for a justification oftentimes they just cannot come up with one of 4 for the for the best bulk of the budget not just the increase but the money has to come out of the military. and go into useful things that people don't talk about this. on top of which is where you

almost $26000.00 members of the armed forces are involved the drills come amid renewed tensions over ankara's plans to extract natural gas of the divided island of cyprus. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei was in the russian black sea resort of sochi for of the talks he 1st met his russian counterpart sergey lavrov to discuss arms control iran and syria as well as the tense u.s. or russian relations both vet said their countries were seeking to improve ties of the top u.s. diplomat relates at me to president putin. jobson of the refugee rescue ship lifeline will not go to jail but will have to pay a $10000.00 euro fine a court in malta has charged clouseau. for using the vessel without proper registration its crew rescued more than 230 people in june 28th seen in recent months it's a day and mold to have turned away rescue ships to discourage migration across the mediterranean. mostly moms in sri lanka have killed one person and attacked mosques and muslim owned businesses the government has extended a curfew to a 2nd night as they try to contain the violence sectarian anger has been buildi