but ekrem imamoglu is very optimistic.an all embracing approach and he kept saying everything will be beautiful, everything will be beautiful. and 110w everything will be beautiful. and now they succeeded in our people are celebrating. it was a more decisive when the last time because he won it last time too. so the president did not get the outcome that he was wanting. exactly. it totally backfired and many people did take it almost as a referendum, notjust asa it almost as a referendum, notjust as a mayor. istanbul is not the whole of turkey to what extent to this representative? is simple generate some part of the turkish economy and it is a city of migrants, people from everywhere live in istanbul and as mayor of istanbul, his political carrier, he said that whoever gets istanbul, they will get everything. so he put a lot of emphasis on istanbul because istanbul is symbolically very important and as ekrem imamoglu comes out victorious, everyone concurs that now they will see a new leader. that he will probably be the p

ekrem imamoglu has brought in the hope they craved with his optimistic message, rebuffing attacks withles 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. on my fellow citizens. this result does not mean a new page, it means a new beginning for istanbul. as votes we re beginning for istanbul. as votes were counted, is 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 dearfriend will serve 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 globalfigure in prime minister and president, a key global figure in everything from security to syria, he has polarised turkey. after claiming irregularities after the first mayoral elections in march, he pushed for a rerun. this fr

phil: -- ekrem imamoglu has arrived at his next stop. the former prime minister now the ruling akp candidates are everywhere. this district is an akp stronghold. evil are celebrating imamoglu in the local market. they shout. food prices and overall costs are a big issue for this election campaign since the economic and currency crisis, everything has become much more expensive. would imamoglu have as much influence as mayor? many seem to think so. these two want a picture with the candidate and they are not the only ones. many here support him. they consider him sincere, he is religious and conservative as well as modern. someone who represents all of istanbul. >> he won because he deserved it and he will win again. this time, he will get even more votes. i am not upset that his mandate was taken away from him, because he gained more support this time around. >> and the and, they even get their selfie. -- in the end, they even get their selfie, with patience and determination. a bit like ekrem imamoglu's fight for istanbul's mayorship. p

let us look at the winner, ekrem imamoglu, what kind of leader is he going to be? been so far, he has managed to build an inclusive image, an inclusive platform at a moment when turkey is suffering from extreme polarisation and division. that has appeal to a lot of voters from across the political spectrum. if he manages to maintain that platform and maintain that image, he is going to be the person that will keep rising and ultimately, in 2023, the person to take on erdogan in the next presidential election. at the g20 meeting injapan this week, all eyes will be on president trump and president xi as they meet to try to defuse the trade war between the world's two biggest economies. president trump's enthusiasm for slapping tariffs on imports is seen by many as a major threat to prosperity around the world. but what do american businesses make of their president's apparent enthusiasm for trade wars? samira hussain has been speaking to some of them in pennsylvania. the fortunes of york pennsylvania were built on manufacturing. heavy industry remains essential to th

let us look at the winner, ekrem imamoglu, what kind of leader is he going to be?how he has been so far, he has managed to build an inclusive image, an inclusive platform at a moment when turkey is suffering from extreme polarisation and division. that has appeal to a lot of voters from across the political spectrum. if he manages to maintain that platform and maintain that image, he is going to be the person that will keep rising and ultimately, in 2023, the person to take on erdogan in the next presidential election. one to watch. thank you so much for your time. thank you. at least 14 people we re time. thank you. at least 14 people were killed and 50 others injured in western india when a thunderstorm caused a huge tent to collapse. officials say hundreds of locals had gathered for a hindu religious events in rajasthan when the tent fell down. gary barlow reports. a religious ceremony turned into a tragedy. hundreds gathered around the rector tends as they tried to reach people underneath —— wrecked tent. translation: strong winds uprooted the tent. an electric

the opposition candidate, ekrem imamoglu, said his landslide win was a new beginning for the country'sity. here's the latest from our correspondent mark lowen. they roared, notjust 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. to our nation and 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 o

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with more than 99% of the vote counted, ekrem imamoglu is said to be the next mayor of istanbul. >> he addressed crowds of cheering supporters, as you see right there in istanbul, saying that he is willing to meet with president erdogan, who backed his rival. results for the run-off election are not official yet, but they're poised to deliver a significant blow to the erdogan government. >> let's talk more about it with jomana karadsheh. she's been covering this election. she's live in istanbul. and, yes, this was largely symbolic, jomana. you've been telling us about that. it wasn't just a vote of a mayor in a city, it was much more. >> reporter: absolutely. it was really seen as a test for turkey's democracy, natalie, and i think what was really important about the results of this election was the fact that this was a landslide victory for ekrem imamoglu, leading with more than 9% of the vote, according to these preliminary results, and that put the rug ak party in a positi -- ruling ak party where they had to accept these results. even before they were announced, you had the ak part

in his victory speech, ekrem imamoglu said he would build democracy in the city.cheering. this is what political magic in turkey looks like. the opposition has waited a quarter of a century to win back istanbul, to find their voice against president erdogan. now they have it, roaring to success, ekrem imamoglu winning the most important city in turkey by a landslide for that cheered as a hero as he gave his trademark positive message. this society will be greeted with freedoms and will fix wrongdoing, you will see, he said. i have faith in our people and also believe that people have faith in democracy. istanbul awoke to its new mayor and checking to a turning point. as a woman i feel more positive and it is a new step for all of us. nowl came back positive and it is a new step for all of us. now i came back to vote because i believe he can change something and i'm part of that and so something and i'm part of that and so proud of it and maybe i can come back to my country. it is the biggest setback for the 25 year career of president erdogan for the powerful, pol

and yes, a lot of people will see ekrem imamoglu as a potential future presidential candidate. ion, the next one, is currently scheduled for 2023. but given the crushing defeat that mr erdogan has suffered, and given the fact that the knives are coming out within the governing ak party, the splits already deepening, there is talk of high—level figures splitting and forming their own political groupings which would haemorrhage support from recep tayyip 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, w

ekrem imamoglu, this opposition candidate, softly spoken with a relentlessly positive message that hasandslide win here in turkey's economic powerhouse, the largest victory for a mayoral candidate here for 35 years and it feels like a turning point for president erdogan after a 25—year political career. it is the biggest setback the president has had. of course, he once ran istanbul as mayor and that propelled him to national power and this feels like a moment for the opposition to show that it can finally beat president erdogan, that it has managed to unite, that it has managed to represent the values of half of the country that felt stifled, that felt suppressed for many, many years in a deeply polarised country. mr erdogan now will face a lot of pressure from inside his own party. the vultures are already circling amongst his critics within the party, and that will really determine whether or not we start talking about the beginning of the end for him. if the knives are out, if there are splits within the party, well, the national elections that are currently scheduled for 2023 coul

in turkey, istanbul's new mayor, ekrem imamoglu, has celebrated with thousands of his supporters afterelected to the city's top job. he is a member of the main opposition republican people's party, and won decisively against president erdogan's party in the re—rerun of the mayoral elections on sunday. england are heading to the women's football world cup semi—final after beating norway 3—0. the lionesses took the lead just three minutes in, and dominated possession. they will face either france or the united states in lyon on tuesday. 0n newsday yesterday, we brought you the tragic story of oscar and valeria ramirez, the father and daughter who drowned while trying to cross into the united states from mexico. their deaths add to the rising number of migrants killed trying to make the journey. 0ur correspondent chris buckler reports from the border, where he has been speaking to other people hoping to get to america. behind the barriers, just across the rio 6rande, are the families searching notjust for a home, but a country. every day they gather here, just on the edge of america, in t

ekrem imamoglu beat his rival by a far greater margin than in march's poll, which was annulled by electoralhorities. hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in the czech capital, prague, demanding prime minister andrej babis resigns. he's facing a criminal allegation over european union subsidy fraud worth more than two million dollars. he denies any wrongdoing and says the claims are politically motivated. it is 2:30 in the morning. now on bbc news — the week in parliament. hello there and welcome to the week in parliament, where boris johnson and jeremy hunt emerge as the conservative leadership contenders. not only is the member racist he is stocking division and has a record of dishonesty. order, questions to the prime minister. we take a look atjohn bercow‘s decade as commons speaker. ina great in a great many respects, john bercow is different to his predecessor, certainly of the past two centuries. and is it time to relabel veggie burgers and sausages because their names are misleading? so instead of saying "mock bacon", you'd be saying a wheat gluten shaped smoky paprika—flavo

ekrem imamoglu beat his rival by a far greater margin than in march's poll, which was annulled by electoraluthorities. hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in the czech capital, prague, demanding prime minister andrej babis resign. he's facing a criminal investigation over european union subsidy fraud worth more than two million dollars. he denies any wrongdoing and says the claims are politically motivated. it's xx. —— it's liz30am. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. how dangerous is the superpower rivalry in technology and information? well currently, there is much focus on the tensions between the us and china over the chinese tech giant huawei. soon, sg networks will be of critical part of our world in transportation, power supply, payment systems and so much more. washington says the chinese can't be trusted because they may use that technology infrastructure for spying. beijing says this is nonsense. my guest is the us top official on cyber information and security, ambassador robert strayer. he is on a mission to dissuade europeans from do

ekrem imamoglu beat his rival by a far greater margin than in march's poll, which was annulled by electoraluthorities. hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in the czech capital, prague, demanding prime minister andrej babis resigns. he's facing a criminal investigation over european union subsidy fraud worth more than $2 million. he denies any wrongdoing and says the claims are politically motivated. it's 330 a.m.. now on bbc news — dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: the us and iran — back from the brink or toe to toe, with the rest of us roped behind them, on the very brink? and you know that old saying, "behind every great man, there's a great woman"? well, this weekend, british media focus on domestic arrangements for the next resident of number 10 downing st. my guests today, political commentator tim montgomerie, writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, mina al—oraibi, who is editor of the national, an english language news service for the middle east, and politics professor and author eunice goes. with warplanes already in the

the opposition candidate, ekrem imamoglu, narrowly won the vote in march, but the result was annulledsident, recep tayyip erdogan, himself a former 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 kor

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 motivated by ethnic tensions, although few details are still known about the coup perpetrators. ahmed came to power last year and made history by signing a peace agreement with neighboring eritrea. ethnic conflict however continues to plague ethiopia, causing massive displacement. ahmed survived a grenade attack at a rally a year ago. hundreds of activists entered an occupied an open-pit coal mine in the western rhinel

the projected winner, though, ekrem imamoglu, says it is a victory for democracy in turkey. >>> in ethiopiae government there says the northern amhara state is now under full control after a failed coup there. four people were killed including the army chief of staff and the head of that region. the prime minister expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. >>> tens of thousands of czechs are demanding the resignation of their prime minister andre babish. they demonstrated in prague sunday in what organizers call the biggest protest since the fall of communism. babish is accused of fraud and collaborating with a communist-era secret police. the billionaire tycoon has been dubbed the czech trump because of his business empire and populist leanings. >>> what a couple of weeks it's been in the middle east. the tensions between the united states and iran. you'll remember the u.s. president called off those retaliatory strikes against iran for downing a u.s. drone, but instead there are new sanctions expected to go into effect late monday. >> our boris sanchez reports that presiden

now they have it — roaring to success, ekrem imamoglu winning the most important city in turkey by areedoms. this society will also fix wrongdoing, you will see. i have faith in our people and i also believe that people have faith in democracy. istanbul awoke to its new mayor and turkey to a turning point. as a woman, i feel more positive and i believe him a lot. it is a new step for all of us. now i come back here to vote because i believe we can change something and now i'm part of that and so proud of it and maybe i can come back to my country. i'm happy. it is the biggest setback for the 25 year career of president erdogan. turkey's powerful, polarising leader gambled on a rerun here and it backfired spectacularly — it will now prompt talk of the beginning of his end. those persecuted here finally see respite, like this journalist detained for insulting the president. turkey is the world's leading jailer of journalists. translation: we knew that sooner or later erdogan would be beaten. he said himself democracy is like a tram — you ride it until you need and then you get off. it

in his victory speech, ekrem imamoglu said he would build democracy in the city.ed a quarter of a century to win back istanbul, to find their voice against president erdogan. now they have it, roaring to success, ekrem imamoglu winning the most important city in turkey by a landslide for that cheered as a hero as he gave his trademark positive message. this society will be greeted with freedoms and will fix wrongdoing, you will see, he said. i have faith in our people and also believe that people have faith in democracy. istanbul awoke to its new mayor and checking to a turning point. —— and turkey to a turning point. as a woman i feel more positive and it is a new step for all of us. now i came back to vote because i believe he can change something and i'm part of that and so proud of it and maybe i can come back to my country. it is the biggest setback for the 25 year career of president erdogan for the powerful, polarising leader gambled on a rerun and it backfired and now will prompt talk of the beginning of his end for the persecuted here finally see respite,

they have found that in ekrem imamoglu, a softly spoken, relentlessly positive a9—year—old former mayorg camps but has strenuously denied any connection with the attackers. what have we been hearing? we have been hearing from a man who runa we have been hearing from a man who run a fitness centre in london where the three attackers would meet up and work out together. he also ran a religious school in east london where one of the attackers volunteered to teach the koran. and today the court at the old bailey heard that he has previously been accused of running terrorist training camps in pakistan and until today, he has refused to co—operate with the investigation into the london bridge attacks, he has not spoken into the —— spoken to the investigating team. he did come today to deny the allegations made against him. he said that while he was involved in a political organisation in the uk and in pakistan, he was never a leader of that group and he left the organisation in 2001 when he felt their beliefs became too radical. it was also reported in the press that he rana was also reported