changes that will take effect following the vote correspondences standing by a simple soup who is in istanbul and mohamed vall is in the kurdish heartland diyarbakir will be live to both in just a moment but first priyanka gupta explains the numbers the candidates and why the changes to turkey's political system aso significance. these elections have many firsts including one that's expected to make lasting changes to turkey's presidency and its politics for the first more than fifteen million tells us can vote for new members of parliament i'm depressed and on the same day within fifty six million of them are in turkey at least three million more in sixty countries abroad the elections will end the existing parliamentary system of governance and replace it with an executive presidential one after it was approved in a referendum last year the office of the prime minister will be dissolved and the new president who the first time can have ties to a political party will be the head of the state but the last executive powers like the power to prepare the on would budget issue decrees and declare

the main opposition and acquires he actually are big rivals in istanbul right now and are don't want to win a stumble because although uncorrupt is the capital of politics and bureaucracy all hearts are here is stumble is also the finance center so he will have the chance to get the support of the business environment here is going to be a very challenging atmosphere in istanbul today you mentioned istanbul scenario you also talked about ankara where does the opposition have the upper hand. actually the coastal side of turkey up on the north on the west and in the south. as especially the secular parties like the main opposition c.h.p. and the nationalist party are always leading that's that's a kind of the. voting trend in turkey in some cities the votes are transitional for instance while the republican votes for c.h.p. in another election you can see the water changing it's his or her vote to a nationalist party but in central london it's all the it's mainly party who has the upper hand also in the south is mainly kurdish dominated cities it's the proof cordis peoples the more cri

and he w correspondent during jones is with us now from outside a polling center in istanbul durian can you give us a sense of what's happening where you are right now. well that's been the city's stream of photos since the polling station here opened at around eight o'clock now traditionally voters do in here in turkey vote late turkey does have a very high petition participation rate one of the highest in the world over eighty percent normally and turnout is seen as key to this election the opposition have been pushing hard for their or their supporters to return back from holidays and in fact we're hearing reports that many most of turkey's holiday resorts are empty as voters return back to place their vote now supporters have concerns about their turnout and in fact the president in his last day of campaigning all his voting strongholds in istanbul and his message was turn out and vote and given up. to be a very closely fought campaign turnout could be proved key to the outcome of these elections. and it's still looking relatively quiet there as we mentioned this is looking like the

on march nineteenth of this year yarran and some fellow students from the watching university in istanbul took part in a protest against turkey's military offensive in afferent syria. clashes broke out between more supporters and those who oppose it. police forces ended up arresting a number of war opponents but here and was not among them. four days later turkish president at one threatened to use video recordings to identify all of the terrorist students who attended the protest and take action against them. the next morning a police special unit stormed the to her family's apartment this is yards room she hasn't slept here or sat at her desk in months her parents tell us they and their nine year old son were forced to lie on the floor while yon was arrested. a police officer pinned yarns father to the ground by pressing a boot to his back and later his head. on one legal dick now what did i do to deserve this. why are they treating me like a and we respect the law and we respect other people. who are not hurting anyone. i don't understand why they treat us like this if you are taking a

and her fellow activists are out on the streets of istanbul practically every day they talk to voters and try to persuade them to sign up this election want to. you know all over the book and we know our i'm a political party we're part of a citizens' initiative. election monitors are allowed to be present at all polling stations and turtill are often there are not enough volunteers but ghana wants to change that in the conservative istanbul district many residents are loyal supporters of president ad one panel is not having much luck here. turkey's biggest opposition party the c.h.p. has actually set up an election fraud center it's better organized than banos one tear initiative but the goal is the same sending out observers and documenting suspected fraud. or city. a lot of people had doubts about the results of the last election. many thought it wasn't right. this public feeling has to be taken seriously. we say to citizens cast your vote with lookout as well for what happens to it. of neo's greg writes for the pro-government newspaper a yemeni billick he says the opposition and s

well we have correspondents covering this vote across turkey sit him cause he is live for us in istanbul will also have mama deval in the kurdish stronghold of back in the south eastern part of the country but first let's cross over to bertha smith he's in the capital ankara for us so when this is a real watershed moment for turkey and for the first time in many years not assured a win. i think this is a lot tighter than heard one thought it was going to be when he first called this election two months ago laura then he was almost perhaps a short of relatively easy victory but since then the opposition has formed an alliance and with that alliance they hope in parliament they can rob the ruling out part of his parliamentary majority the main opposition the republican people's party has come up with a credible contender a contender and really give no one a run for his money and has drawn very large crowds to his rallies across the country the sort of crowds of early one previously only was able to draw so that's made the the polling suggests that this is going to be a lot tighter signific

machines are still rattling away in this istanbul printing house takin bhalo has been in charge for over thirty years but he says business hasn't been this bad in a long time. i. think. most of the raw materials we have to be imported. because the lira is getting weaker against the euro and. our costs have increased a lot. to. struggle to survive so. many turkish people share. prices are rising because the lira is worth less and less. on employment stands at over ten percent just ahead of the election the economy is casting a shadow over the country's mood. my pension just isn't enough we can barely make it to the end of the month. even young university graduates are unemployed. everything is expensive especially the rents the government needs to act as soon as possible. economist most of us and mez is convinced that president calderon brought the vote forward to get it in ahead of a potential economic crash out policies have failed says because he made bad decisions in prosperous times. rather than sectors like farming industry or exports some money was invested in construction projects

has also been making a final push for support addressing a huge crowd also in istanbul while whoever wins the vote will gain sweeping new presidential powers to be introduced after the polls. audit the. president. has been steering the course of turkish politics for more than fifteen vs. did he has a good shot of reelection which would allow him to further tighten his grip on power. after this presidential election the most common for garfield constitutional changes in a generation will come into force if they were only narrowly backed by the turkish people in last year's referendum without on wins the necessary majority he will be an almost all powerful president but he is not there yet. these people stand in his way they are adeline's biggest challenges. sixty one year old medal action as the only woman running for president she has already served as interior minister and last year she founded a new political party she's seen as right wing nationalists and religious some call action on the iran lady of turkey a bigot but it was. injure represents the center left c.h.p. turkey's big

thank you, joining us there from istanbul.the outlook for the turkish economy, coming later in this programme. the leaders of sixteen eu countries have held an informal meeting in brussels to discuss migration. italy's new populist government welcomed the outcome of the meeting — italy wants other countries to be encouraged to accept more migrants. the issue is expected to be discussed again at a full eu summit on thursday. andrew plant reports. on board the rescue ship the lifeline carrying more than 200 migrants, this footage shows maltese armed forces handing over supplies, but malta and italy have refused to let the ship dock, saying they shoulder an unfair share of the burden. eu leaders met in brussels on sunday. the french president, emmanuel macron, has angered italy by saying the peak of the problem has passed from a high of more than a million in 2015. italy's deputy leader, luigi di maio, called him arrogant and said perhaps france should take more migrants. and angela merkel is under pressure too to change her libe

we take you live to istanbul. cash open for most of europe 10 minutes away. ♪ matt: minutes away from the open of stocks across europe. let's get the stocks you want to watch. joining us from our equities team is sam on stead, covering countrywide. we are looking at energy stocks following oils drop. annmarie, let's kick it off with you. annmarie: we are expecting to see energy stocks drop today. , upe was the biggest group 3%. what happened here was friday on the opec deal looked like it would be a nominal amount of one billion barrels a day being added to the market. the oil minister and his russian counterpart came out and said no, they will be targeting this as a group, meaning those that cannot reach their quotas will not be respecting those country quotas and they will be one billion barrels hitting the market in real term. this is why we see brent falling and likely put these energy stocks under pressure this morning. sam, what are you looking at? you've got countrywide, but it's not anthony mozilla's count

reporting for us from ankara and dorian jones reporting from istanbul many thanks to you both. now a group of sixteen e.u. leaders are holding an emergency migration meeting in brussels divisions within the bloc are widening over how to manage the influx of asylum seekers and refugees german chancellor angela merkel and other leaders described sunday as many some meant as a working meeting ahead of european council talks due next week merkel says she does not expect a total solution to the problem but will instead push for bilateral or trilateral deals to cope with immediate emergencies or central european states taking an especially hard line on migration are snubbing today's talks. all right that was the german chancellor angela merkel speaking a short time ago at that meeting on migration in brussels and for more on that we're joined now by correspondent brussels barber of a zone so margaret give us a sense of what's at stake at today's summit. this is a really frothed meeting because what we see here are going to merkel just said it is she when she mentioned we need to find

keeping you up to date with reports and live coverage from istanbul and ankara today you knew. this is g.w. news live from berlin a group of e.u. leaders have started an emergency migration meeting in brussels they want to find common ground on how to stem the influx of migrants and what to do with them once they make it onto the continent also coming up turkey is voting in both parliamentary and presidential elections it's expected to be a hard fought contest for president rich uptight heir to one who is facing his biggest electoral challenge in fifteen years of ruling the country. and germany live to find another day as the world com this gold with moments to spare and kept hope alive for the defending champion germany now have a long group stage match left to prove they're worthy of advancing into the next round. thanks for joining us that marion evans dean even leaders are gathering in brussels at this hour for an emergency mini summit over migration german chancellor angela merkel is facing a don't mistake crisis over the issue she's under pressure from within her own gove

their turnout and in fact the president in his last day of campaigning all his voting strongholds in istanbul and his message was turn out and vote and given the election be a very closely fought campaign turnout could be proved key to the outcome of these elections. and it's still looking relatively quiet there as we mentioned this is looking like the closest election race since everyone came to power fifteen years ago how confident would you say is the opposition. well i think they are aware the old one is undoubtedly the frontrunner but what we have seen in this campaign is that the opposition have been remarkably galvanized led by more i mean. a series over one hundred meetings all across the country culminating in a series of make or rallies in the last few days touring millions of people the last one in istanbul but they really believe that they do have the momentum although they are aware that one is still ahead what they will be pushing for is to prevent them from getting more than fifty percent of the vote forcing a second round runoff that is a priority and it is expected to be a ve

away the economy is weighing heavily on voters' minds we get a briefing from our correspondent in istanbul and also this hour we're heading to the world cup in russia where a spectacular error by argentina's goalkeeper moves his team to the brink of crashing out of the tourney. with. a low i'm terry martin and welcome to the program emergency talks on migration are planned for sunday and italy has confirmed now that it will take part but only after german chancellor i'm going to michael agreed to scrap a prepared joint statement she hoped would clinch a swift deal and immigrant leaders from central europe meanwhile said they will not attend the summit in a sign of worsening divisions within europe. just two days to go before german chancellor angela merkel's mini migration summit invitations have gone out in the name of the european commission to ten countries including italy greece spain belgariad and austria merkel wants as many countries as possible to sign up to a deal whereby asylum seekers would be returned to the e.u. country in which they first registered a draft migration accord p

party c well we have correspondents covering the elections across turkey simcoe is live for us in istanbul mohammed is in the kurdish stronghold of the in the southeastern part of the country but first we go to burnish smith who's in turkey's capital ankara good so sunday morning the polls have opened for two hours now how tight is this race expected to be. i think it's going to be a lot tighter than president one thought he was going to be when he first called this election two months ago in those two months the main opposition parties have formed an unprecedented alliance and they hope with this alliance they can rob the ruling out party of its parliamentary majority and the main presidential contender against him in jail from the republican people's party he's drawn hundreds of thousands of people to his rallies across the country and really given president this time a run for his money the sort of competition that one has really not before elections in turkey that said one remains the most popular candidate in turkey but the opposition hopes that at the at the best they can stop or one

in many different parts of istanbul and turkey and christians act on is going to be speaking here. maybe in one hour and people actually they all four to supporters are texting just a family fortune but a. lot of people are saying he was especially about his rally in istanbul because this is the biggest city for church with it went to a billion population and the electoral number is ten million to get people to vote it is. very good president began his political career and is. from very low over the seychelles political party organizations he climbed up the same as he became the mayor of this metropolitan city and he promised to become the president he's the president right now and on the elections that is that it takes place a little twenty four he's talking which turkey's political system from parliament here we have to make such a risk that actual one. people are expecting him to say very good to me about economy because i like to see the story was actually about the big things but for the last couple of years especially since the years this year turkish lira has been going down

thank you, from istanbul.the put this up in the charts, this is a question against one week volatility. we are back at levels we have not seen since 2008 here do you expect more volatility to come dependent on the rhetoric from erdogan? pointhink really at this in going forward, turkey's whatok really depends on kind of policies the administration comes up with, and whether or not it will be market friendly and pragmatic toward reforms as we've seen over the 10 years of the administration. us.'s a key outlook for we remain concerned some of it in the preliminary indications we have had point toward the wrong directions. from erdogan is geared toward trying to control monetary independence, even in the lead up to the elections. this is posted a 500 basis points we have seen in hikes from central banks. monetary policy remains at risk, and certainly fiscal pressures are likely to continue ahead of local elections last year. anna: those fiscal pressures, the direction of the economy, you might have thought those

has a very strong hand in istanbul to so it's that it's like a knife edge here present are don't we'll be following the election results from istanbul at first and at night after a while he will be flying to ankara for the final result of what's been put in place to ensure the vote is free and fair i know this was a concern in the southeastern kurdish region about security there will tell us about what else is happening across the country. well security for the ballot boxes have has been has been an important subject since the snap election once it was announced two months ago for now there are more there are more than four hundred fifty international observers who are here to observe the election and the security and whether the election is trustworthy or not from the european security organization they have announced that until now everything is under control they haven't faced anything. anything wrong especially against their own servers but we have been hearing that in a southeastern city or far its border districts or if there was a mass voting. has been claimed but the electoral

reporter: she and her fellow activists are on the streets of istanbul practically every day. they talk to voters and try to persuade them to sign up as monitors. >> we are not from a political party. we are part of the citizen's initiative. reporter: election monitors are allowed to be present at all polling stations in turkey. often there are not enough volunteers. in the conservative is that district, best in a conservative istanbul district, many residents are loyal supporters of president erdogan. she is not having much luck here. the opposition party the chp has set up an election center better organized than banu's volunteer initiative. but the goal is the same -- sending out observers and document suspected fraud. >> a lot of people had doubts about the results of the last election. many thought it wasn't right. this public failing has to be taken seriously. we say the citizens, cast your vote, the lookout as well for what happens to it. reporter: a writer for a pro-government newspapers say that the opposition and some media exaggerate claims of vote manipulation. >>

in live for us in istanbul and mohammed vall in the kurdish stronghold of that's down there in the south east we'll get to them in just a moment after priyanka gupta explains the numbers of the candidates and why the changes to turkey's political system as so significant. these elections have many firsts including one that's expected to make lasting changes to turkey's presidency and its politics for the first more than fifteen million turks can vote for new members of parliament i'm depressed and on the same day what than fifty six million of them are in turkey at least three million more in sixty countries abroad the elections will end the existing parliamentary system of governance and replace it with an executive presidential one after it was approved in a referendum last year the office of the prime minister will be dissolved and the new president who would have first time can have ties to a political party will be the head of the state with vast executive powers like the power to prepare the and with budget issue decrees and declare a state of emergency let's take a look at how the

of maurits far vines business four years ago the german entrepreneur started a small company in istanbul he made juice that he sold from a small shop but a year ago he had to close that shop down and many of his customers were foreigners who had left the country after the attempted coup you know sells mostly to hotels. this is this is carrot apple and paper. he and his american partner built a business up together but now they are looking to leave turkey there's more driving their decision than a longing for home. life here has changed. this is it isn't as free and open or as relaxed as it used to be. i think the main reason is that so many people are under pressure because of the economic situation. so. the turkish economy has kept growing since the coup thanks largely to government spending but the turkish currency the lira is under severe strain that means imports have become more expensive the weak currency is also fueling inflation increasing numbers of people are experiencing financial hardship add to that the political situation and many foreign investors are feeling spooked . a l

shoppers have plenty of options in istanbul's fiend markets but there's less money in the pockets of turkish shoppers and that despite a supposedly strong economy the upswing is yet to register here. hundred fifty grams of cheese khan's twelve lire today it was five just three months ago. everything is more expensive the dollar is climbing and climbing the election is coming up how is this supposed to go on. the lira has lost nearly twenty percent of its value since the beginning of the year a euro currently costs five liter and thirty one cents turkey central bank raised interest rates in an emergency move several days ago president of the ones of friends of lower interest rates kept quiet but urged his countrymen to remain loyal to the turkish currency. don't invest earlier in foreign currencies keep your lira ticket only then can we show the national resolve that is our duty to the fatherland according to heir to one a foreign conspiracy is behind the crisis in reality turkey is a prosperous country whose economy is in full bloom he maintains. he points to mega projects like the t

s julia hahn reports from istanbul. machines are still rattling away in this istanbul printing house taking bello has been in charge here for over thirty years but he says business hasn't been this bad in a long time. paper ink most of the wrong materials we have to be imported. because the miracle is getting weaker and weaker against the dollar. cost of increased a lot. the only thing we can do is struggle to survive. so why would there be to make. many turkish people share bowels frustration prices are rising because the lira is worth less and less. unemployment stands at over ten percent just ahead of the election the economy is casting a shadow over the country's mood. sensient just isn't enough we can barely make it to the end of the months. against not even young people who've graduated from university are unemployed malia everything is expensive or especially the rent the government needs to act as soon as possible. economist most of us and mez is convinced that president calderon brought the vote forward to get

anchor: thank you for that, that report from istanbul. next now, new year gentleman's president is calling for calm after at least 86 people were reportedly killed in what's believed to be ethnic violence. that's in the central state, where mostly muslim nomadic herders are suspected of attacking christian farming communities. a curfew has been imposed in three parts of the state. migration is a hot-button issue near europe, and leaders from across the bloc met in brussels sunday to try to get on the same page ahead of the e.u. similarity later this week. but no consensus was found at that informal meeting, where the main sticking points with where borders should be open or closed, and how the country should share the burden. here's more from the french president, emmanuel macron. >> we have an overall approach that isn't focused on just one aspect of migration. rather our approach looks for external solutions for people coming in and protecting borders, as well as internal solutions, meaning secondary ovement. this is the only way to sol

we will follow the situation closely keeping you up to date with reports on a live coverage from istanbul and on from today on d w new. this week on a world story. germany when deportation looms. turkey when young people vote. and we begin in russia this year's world cup oust the largest security presence in football history hundreds of thousands of police officers and soldiers have been deployed v.w. reporter during rush hours in moscow to see how. russia has protected employee. a wild party for soccer fans is a hard day's work for security personnel thousands of police officers national guard soldiers and secret service staff have a strong presence in all eleven cities where world cup matches are taking place. a few strenuous we have the situation under control across the country as far as we know there's been no serious threat to any wildcat visitors all participants. from moscow subway system is under special protection from any threat of attack as an experiment we set out to board one of the trains with a heavy backpack and headed to the city center the trip made by six and a half mi

thank you for the reaction in istanbul.e of cambridge has arrived in israel, the first member of the british royal family to undertake an official visit to the country. he will also visit the palestinian territories. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is travelling with prince william on his 5—day tour of the middle east and has sent this report. it had become an anomaly which needed to be corrected. israel is a country with which britain has generally good relations, yet for 70 years — since its creation — there has never been an official visit by a member of the british royal family. the region's problems have meant the moment has never been deemed to be right. as prince william arrived at tel aviv airport this afternoon, israel was removed from the diminishing list of nations to which the british royals don't travel. but for all the welcoming smiles, this is a visit which has required a more than usual degree of care in its preparation and one precondition. british officials made it clear from the outset that the

s national will tell you what you need to know the reports on live coverage from istanbul and ankara this week on the w. indows. welcome to global three thousand this week we look at the challenges facing german women married to islamic states terrorists in syria in south africa bees are helping to save elephants lives and protect local forests and we discover what london's cab drivers a doing to improve that city's equity.

begin with voters choosing a president who will have increased powers will cross live to ankara and istanbul european leaders meet in brussels to work on the migration crisis and as they talk a bone called lifeline searches for a port where it can dock and bring a group of refugees to safety zimbabwe police offer a reward to help them find those behind a bombing at an election rally for president. and i'm joined by. panama hat england as they thrash the six one to reach the knockout stages in russia. believe the newspaper live on our streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com it's the most fiercely fought parliamentary and presidential election in years holds in turkey closed an hour ago and the results could lead to rest of winning a second at five years for most presidents now millions of turks were eligible to vote in a country where main challengers have been rallying energetically right across the country for weeks the stop election called on by erdogan could go either way so if he wins it means he will adopt major new powers not seen since at. that's work

as their more correspondent dorian john standing by in istanbul good morning to you there doria president on has been declared the winner and he spoke to supporters and i'm her earlier what was his message. but his message is more of the same much more of the same major continued expansion on the economic program of the construction program across the country heading towards one hundredth anniversary of the turkey for a public in twenty twenty three and also you promise to continue war on turkey's enemies he's terror enemies that means of a crackdown on those playing for the twenty sixteen failed coup attempt already we've seen tens of thousands of arrests including many who are considered just critics of the government you already has over one hundred journalists in jail along with hundreds of academics are facing prosecution as well there will be more of that that is the message also there will be a continued ramping up of the war against kurdish insurgents both inside turkey and in syria with. declaring that there will be further efforts to liberate as he called syrian territory milita

more from the correspondent dorian john standing by in istanbul good morning to you there doria president everyone has been declared the winner and he spoke to supporters and i'm her earlier what was his message. but his message is more of the same much more of the same major continued expansion on the economic program of the construction program across the country heading towards the hundredth anniversary of the turkey for a public in twenty twenty three and also the promise of continued war on turkey and in these east terra enemies that means a crackdown on those playing for the twenty sixteen failed coup attempt already we've seen tens of thousands of arrests including many who are considered just critics of the government you already has over one hundred journalists in jail along with hundreds of academics are facing prosecution as well there will be more of that that is the message also there will be a continued ramping up of the war against kurdish insurgents both inside turkey and in syria with. declaring that there will be further efforts to liberate as he called syrian territory

doesn't appear to be gaining much traction at the moment jordan jones in istanbul thank you very much. let me now bring up to date that some of the stories making news around the blunt an explosion at a weapons depo in the iraqi capital baghdad has killed at least sixteen people efficiency the blast destroyed nearby mosque in the mostly shia district and severely damaged other homes and buildings the government says it's launched an investigation into what caused the explosion. russia's president vladimir putin has been holding these and the nationwide q. and a session in the she takes questions from members of the public live on t.v. the that's been criticized in the past as steve's to manage. now this of the usual studio audience is god in favor of text messages and video questions. gainfully via spain has sworn in a new government with the largest number of female ministers in the country's modern history the new cabinet under prime minister. includes eleven women and six men the socialist party leader took off the conservative incumbent. was ousted in a vote of no confidence. japa

custody but that will not stop him running against incumbent president retta type heir the one our istanbul correspondent you leon reports. new hot day in years a political campaign a through and through from sun up to sundown he can be found working the streets of istanbul district he's drumming up support for the program. the voters who don't cross his path are unlikely to learn much about the party's program many turkish media outlets don't report on them if it bit you. if. we don't get any airtime on turkish t.v. the we're practically invisible and it's their broadcasters and newspapers that have reported on us but they've been shut down. they want to make it difficult for us because it's a little. head again george clooney we're not going to give up the. other mothers. according to the watchdog reporters without borders more than eighty percent of turkish media are owned by companies close to president. that is particularly evident during election campaigning. for example in the last two weeks of made turkey's public broadcaster t.r.t. spent more than sixty eight hours reporting on ala

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. world cup in russia where defending champions, germany, have beaten sweden in a dramatic game this evening — let's join 0lly foster in moscow. highlights of today's matches are coming up after the news. we've seen 13 goals, two of them for germany. they were heading out of the tournamentat at halftime against sweden, but an injury time winner in sochi keeps the world champions alive here's our sports news correspodnent richard conway a fate that germany would like to avoid. germany started knowing victory was vital having lost the open to mexico. the defending champions have reached at least the semifinal stage in 21 of the past 27 tournaments and they kicked off determined to hold that record. sweden thwarted the early danger before landing a blow of their own. it is over the top by! german football has long been one of a's premiere marks. it is no surprise that after the restart they stepped up that after the restart they stepped upa that after the restart they stepped up a gear. th

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. called america's immigration laws "a laughing stock," in a speech to republican supporters in las vegas. it follows intense controversy over his policy of separating illegal immigrants from their children, at the mexican border. 0ur north america correspondent, chris buckler, reports. yes, we can! after a week of mixed messages from the white house, there continues to be protests, by people determined to show that they really do care about migrant families. president trump has been under pressure amid the outcry over children being separated from their parents. but although it briefly looked like he was having to soften his immigration policy, his language is hardening again. he told republicans in las vegas that america would be overrun if the country showed any weakness. 0ur immigration laws are a laughing stock all over the world. we're the only people... people walk in, they put a foot in, "please, would you like to register?" other countries, they say "get the hell out of here!"

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. football now.ked to be in the balance as they played sweden in group f on saturday. at half time they were losing i—0 and were in danger of being knocked out, but a dramatic fightback helped them to a 2—1 win. elsewhere, there were victories for mexico and belgium. the bbc‘s tim allman watched all the action. you know what they say, when it comes to football, never bet against the germans. cheering. this was the reaction in berlin as the national side did what they almost always do — get the result they need. "just amazing, we turned the corner at the very last—minute," said this fan, "it was hard to believe but it worked out." "just incredible, wicket," said this supporter, "we kept hoping till the end. we can handle it. germany will win the title again." now, that had seemed a little unlikely earlier in the evening. ola toivonen lobbying the goalkeeper and giving sweden a first half lead. but germany are world champions for a reason and, a few minutes after the break, they made it 1—1. marco reus

campaigner in istanbul such obstacles are just part of everyday life but despite the challenges he continues he says the harder life becomes for his people the harder he will work for change. time now to check up on world cup action in russia where the first full day of matches has served up plenty of drama and breaking it all down for us is max matt herman joining us from sports so i mean there was one game that everyone was really focusing on this evening we were watching a short while ago it was four to go versus spain and it was a nail biter oh it was more than a nail biter it was everything so what happened in this game is the best world cup game of football i've seen in a really long time it all got started very quickly as well kris jenner when all there was felled in the box kind of a light challenge but let's look at the tape he stepped up to the penalty spot put portugal in front in a half minutes into the speech that put spain under real pressure. well they responded to that pressure diego costa. pretty nifty moves in the county area his own couple of cut backs and as the far post

was detained in late two thousand and sixteen he told the istanbul correspondent you leon what it's like campaigning from behind bars. if you knew how to muse a political campaign a through and through from sun up to sundown he can be found working the streets of istanbul district he's drumming up support for the program. the voters who don't cross his path are unlikely to learn much about the party's program many turkish media outlets don't report on them if it is that you do it isn't the heat you yeah the. we don't get any airtime on turkish t.v. you love the we're practically invisible they're broadcasters and newspapers that have reported on us but they've been shut down if see if they want to make it difficult for us because it's a little head again george clooney we're not going to give up the. other mother that. according to the watchdog reporters without borders more than eighty percent of turkish media are owned by companies close to president. that is particularly evident during election campaigning. for example in the last two weeks of may turkey's public broadcaster t.r.t. sp