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President or the one and i aspire to do that im announcing nice in front of all residents of the stumble. And see my personal view is that it wasnt right to repeat this election but the fact that it was won by such a margin as best the 1st time gold do you believe in it i cast my vote in frankfurt the ruling cost but unfortunately it didnt win the other party is it the gangs call the. Turkey needs fresh blood new rhetoric and a new face i think this result is a reflection of the truth. Also coming up tonight Donald Trumps back and forth on iran just days after he pulled back from a military strike the u. S. President is pushing ahead with what he calls the next economic attack. A lot of restraint has been shown by us a lot of restraint and that doesnt mean were going to show it in the future thank you very much everybody here if. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day it is stamboul a city tonight that has chosen political change and a future that will most likely mean the powers that be will soon become the powers that were yesterday voters in turkeys largest and most politically and economically important city went to the polls and dealt an unprecedented blow to president a party yank a party and its Islamist Party predecessors have governed its stamboul for a quarter of a century it is where president heir to one 1st rose to power as mayor heir to watch but after yesterdays municipal election is stamboul may now be where the people defy and deny it through democracy the almost unchecked power of the political party. The end disputed victory of istanbuls merilyn lection is this man. He extended his majority in sundays controversial rerun of a ballot he already narrowly won in march the new math cool to the change. That this is not a victory this is a new beginning. I would like to say from here that as of tomorrow i will treat 16000000 people equally as im a. Done deal. President wretched type out of ones a k party and cool the 1st result a regular on the electoral board agreed this time around. Him conceded defeat or are all. According to the results as of now my compared to sa a crumb hes leading the race i congratulate him and wish him good luck. Her. Tens of thousands turned out to celebrate. Today john leo im so excited about it the right person has won justice has won love and unity won the people in istanbul have won everything its great now we will work for a Bright Future together shoulder to shoulder but really i am so happy. That i bet youll be sure to get the when we get your good order out of the its enough the people have spoken and they will has become clear justice has been served at the end little bit. But the 8 k. Party faithful was shocked and disappointed. Because im on you know this has and i think people do not see the good things ty of edward has done we are all sad i relatives came here from other cities just for today and now we have so sad disappointed you know if you read the end of the i cape a few serves as maam. The result is a further blow to president out of one whos been accused of tearing ism and is struggling to revive a flagging economy he also lost municipal elections in ankara and is mia in march but istanbul is the jewel in his crown out of ones home town and where his career started as man now the city and its new leader going their own way. For gordon im joined by john he is the Spokes Person for turkish president was a party her own its good to have you back on the program you know when you and i last spoke of those early it was early may when the decision had been made to rerun the stamboul and you told me then that running the elections would make democracy in turkey stronger did it. Because of all let me congratulate teams to the mole on winning get the full compay Mail Campaign and also let me just take action to thank millions of our party waters and tens of thousands of volunteers whove been lurking so hard in last few weeks and coming to your question yes because we had a really robust process and there were many more appointed people on ballot boxes and process it was clear and open to everyone and that was that was was we. Would we wanted of course that the result of this coming out from. We will respect because this is democracy and in nature of politics you sometimes lose and sometimes they let me have all these our police back on what people to say. The election it was rerun because your party dak party claimed that there were signs of vote rigging and this is what president or one said about that west months ticket but says you know to just numbers it became clear that certain people with dirty hands had become involved starting before the elections and they brought the situation to this point step by step. We sincerely believe that there was organized corruption full illegality and irregularity in the estimable may or election. News. Does the president does the still believe that there was organized corruption in the 1st istanbul election. There is of all we believe that in the person lection there were irregularities and this is why we made our application for a recall and especially when the difference between 2 candidates were 0. 15 percent but unfortunately an open the Opposition Party and electoral vote rejected a record score to go over for a rerun and because of the regularity of the election board made a decision to go to a rerun we want to the recount but the election board made a decision to go to rerun this was not something we were rich but the decision was made by election we just wanted to have this process clear and robust because elections are very important for turkish democracy and there were many accusations on our elections about the afraid this and about their fairness and i think this has been a good answer as was this was what we have been saying for a long time but i think now it has been a good answer for those who are accusing our democracy. You mentioned when we last spoke that there was an investigation into these irregularities or these corruption claims what became of that investigation i mean were you able to uncover if you had the dirty hands the president everyone was talking about the electoral board it still counting on the investigation then we are also waiting the result of the latest occasion. And what does the vote say about what the people think about president or what he was this a vote against president or the one. No absolutely not this was a local election and it was an election especially this one was an election in istanbul people in local elections generally wards for the candidate and more Services Offered and also for the party therefore trying to interpret these results like an like a referendum on president would be completely wrong indeed president last year presidency by a margin of 11000000. 00 votes. There have been some commentators today have said that a president or ward should resign because his party has lost stamboul should the president resign or whats he going to do next i think people really have. Have no basic information about turkish politics can draw some conclusions these are bizarre conclusions in this local elections in turkey a party has won more money civilities than all the rest of the parties gone by and the popular vote on our party was 53 percent across. All right unfortunately were out of time but we appreciate you taking the time tonight to give us the perspective from the a k 40 in stamboul room or magog spokesperson for the ha party istanbuls good to see her and thank you. Well still to come on the day the anti russia sentiment gripping georgia could last weeks angry clashes force a break with the countrys former soviet masters well talk about reform and russian influence later in the show. When the u. S. President trump announced new sanctions against iran at this time the hard hitting sanctions as he calls them are aimed at the countrys most senior military political and diplomatic leaders trump told reporters that the new sanctions are meant in part to retaliate after the downing of a u. S. Drone last week however the president also said that the sanctions had been planned and were going to happen anyway in a few moments ill be signing an executive order imposing a hard hitting sanctions on the Supreme Leader of iran and the office of the Supreme Leader of iran and many others todays action follows a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian Regime in recent weeks including shooting down of us from. A drone its yes everyone saw that one so america is a peace loving nation we see conflict with the red or any other country i look forward to the day when sanctions can be finally lifted and iran can become a peaceful prosperous and productive nation that can go very quickly it can be tomorrow it could also be in years from now so i look forward to. Discussion busy whatever i have to discuss with anybody that wants to speak in the meantime who knows whats going to happen i can only tell you we can not ever let iran have a Nuclear Weapon no one happened oh president terms announcement that prompted a response from iran the Foreign Ministers of a reef who is also targeted by these new sanctions tweeted this hed tweeted trump is 100 percent right that the u. S. Military has no business in the persian gulf removal of its forces is fully in line with interests of view of the us and the world but its now clear that the b. Team is not concerned with u. S. Interests they despise diplomacy and thirst for war strong words there are lets take this story now to washington to our correspondent oliver selah good evening to you to talk to me a little bit about what concrete measures are we talking about when we talk about these new sanctions. Right so someone who might feel these new sanctions sanctions and whos really targeted and in the spotlight is the Supreme Leader 1 of iran Ayatollah Khamenei and he has been singled out for the conduct 1 of iran in addition to him some aid senor individuals all of the revolutionary guards that are considered a terrorist group by the United States and that can also be held accountable for the downed drone last week that was shot down over the strait of hormuz that said the u. S. President says that these sanctions do not come as an act of retaliation that they were have been in the making for a quite some time the ultimate goal here obviously is to cut down funding of these individuals and to hit 5 economy as a whole and also to stop iran from acting ability to lead this is these were the words of the u. S. President today iran in turn has already responded there is a there was a Security Council meeting at the United Nations today in the Iranian Ambassador said that as long as the sanctions are in place they refuse to negotiate together with the United States do we knew. Did the u. S. Consult with any of its allies particularly here in europe about these new sanctions. Well the speaker of the house nancy pelosi called on trump and on the u. S. Administration to not act unilaterally at a briefing at the white house situation room together with other congressional leaders last week. Secretary of the treasury and the new she said he did not. Talk to any of his allies with regards to these sanctions in particular and thats what weve been getting from the Trump Administration typically in recent times that they are rather acting unilaterally and it would have also been difficult to find Common Ground especially with the European Partners on this matter as we know the u. S. Secretary of state from peo he was in the persian gulf today use trying to drum up what hes calling a Global Coalition against the Islamic Republic of iran his 1st stop was sold to arabia where he was welcomed by. The crown prince you later on to talk in the United Arab Emirates with plans to europe and asia. You know washington said today that it wants to put together that coalition to protect the shipping lanes in the persian gulf the goal of oman who is going to join this coalition. Thats wot. The secretary of state is trying to find out right now and hes been traveling today to saudi arabia which is a natural end in the 3 iran theyre fighting a proxy war together against each other 1 in yemen he then moved on to the United Arab Emirates so hell certainly find support there but it will be certainly difficulty included and thats what he wants Asian Countries and European Countries in particular today at the United Nations Security Council. Of germany france and Great Britain held a joint statement together and they are trying to reiterate here their support for the nuclear deal they want to save the nuclear deal because they essentially believe that this is the only way to control iran say activities with regards to Nuclear Energy and potentially a nuclear bomb so it will be difficult and a big challenge for the secretary of state. To form a Coalition Including all of these mentioned countries and in the different regions coalitions multilateralism these are all things that we know does not really think much of and weve got the g. 20 summit beginning later this week i wonder with these new sanctions and with this policy on iran has trumped again succeeded in isolating america from its traditional. Well it depends who are looking at 2 with regards to the European Partners definitely theyre on very different positions there have contradicting views with regards to iran with regards to the nuclear deal which of course is the the core at the heart of these conflicts but then again he will also make new friends with with countries like saudi arabia which is also a g 20 member which of course is then more open for sanctions against iran but that should will be very interesting to watch trump has tweeted today also calling on his partners. To pay money for the protection of the strait of hormuz which is one of the most important the waterways for oil tankers but then critics would obviously also say that trump has initially caused this problem here by pulling out of the nuclear deal and that now 3 it is coming in stark contrast to call for money for a problem that he might have cost himself all right of course but over zealous in the story fortune washington tonight all over thank you. Well these are the images that when alex on television in georgia and to the entire world last week after a russian lawmaker addressed the Georgian Parliament from the speakers chair speaking in russian his presence and his actions striking a national nerve in georgia and the reaction when you see it there are angry protesters trying to Storm Parliament riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse them hundreds of people were injured in the clashes including police 10 officers have been suspended we understand on suspicion of using excessive force. Or the violence has reflation by the resent and felt by many georgians over the former soviet republics close ties to moscow even the russia invaded georgia back in 2008 and still supports 2 breakaway regions today after days of mass protests the leader of georgias ruling party announced sweeping political reforms including changes to the electoral system one of the key demands of anti russian demonstrators despite that concession protesters say that theyll stay on the streets until all demands are met theyre calling for snap elections and the resignation of georgias interior minister who they blame for last weeks violent. Dispersal. What a week that was all the talk about that im joined now here at the big table by chorley talk of she i hope you get your name right he is the director of the Georgia Institute of politics in tbilisi and in your hes one of georgias most respected Foreign Policy commentators its good to have you on the show. Were you surprised when these crowds of people tried to Storm Parliament last week. It was kind of unexpected at the beginning but if you look i mean generally i think that there was some expectation that this kind of discontent which was growing into georgians a society internally related to internal politics as well is that no politics that would come up it one day but nobody really expected that it would happen exactly this time you dont think anyone in parliament i mean the ruling party the leaders in parliament they didnt know that allowing this russian lawmakers to come and speak in Russian Parliament they didnt know that that would trigger some type of response i think it was not really a prudent decision from the government i think they kind of miscalculated that what kind of consequence its may have and of course they didnt expected that you know this could trigger such as you know kind of outburst in the Georgian Society but i think this was a major miscalculation from ruling party is it was a miscalculation the kremlin is saying that georgia is in the grip of ross of phobic hysteria. Is that what we saw last week i think i would not completely agree with this because theres a 2 reason actually one of the internal basically the ruling party become less popular and as you know the general election and expected it doesnt 20 so there was one of the reason that society actually wants some changes but surely in terms of the election or a law and then there was the of course externalism so people in Jordan Society actually were not really completely happy with the recent policies of the ruling party towards russia basically accommodating to russian kind of interests and i think that some parts of the Georgian Society they they said ok we want to have a good relations with russia trade humanitarian contacts but we dont want that russian political influence or allegiance if less in this country and this is this was kind of a trade line where the people decided that now the time to show. To tell this to the government and is that happening in georgia is moscow constantly trying to you know push the envelope to see how far it can go with its influence in georgia i think thats a major issue because not only georgia but they if you look at the russian policy in the neighborhood using soft power as well as hopped over against smaller neighbors and basically one of the idea we georgia was that russia was trying to weaken this somewhat empty of the neighbors including georgia and also dont forget that we had a war with russia so people didnt forget this and also the recognition by most of the city that the steel huge trauma for georgian people you know you say that you had a war a recent war with russia and so on the outside looking at georgia didnt it its amazing that you would allow a russian lawmaker to come into your parliament and speak and to speak russian i mean looking at from the outside it seems it seems outrageous that that would even be considered me tell me why i. Does that speak to the fact that the ruling party may be in the pocket of the kremlin i think theres a. Different opinion about that because theyre only party actually heard was a social social conservative you know kind of constituents of georgia who are very prolife i would say orthodox and so this is a they also have a water sexually who would for these kind of actually put in so they had to and they actually im not saying maybe very poor russian but they are russian neutral at least and thats was one of the reason actually they felt that you know to bring these kind of you know Like Assembly of the sort of those countries that would somehow you know like improve maybe relations with russia but they miscalculated that i think that was too much when georgian people actually see saw the russian impede basically speaking in russian and sitting in it in the chair of the georgian speaker problem and actually hes not supposed to be there actually according to the agent and that was the major to get them right i mean it was it was against protocol as well. Fancy meeting story and we appreciate you coming in that and explaining it to was conquered she the director of the Georgian Institute of politics in tbilisi thank you very much thank you. Well the day is almost done but as always the conversation continues online to find us on twitter either at g. W. News or you can follow me at brant golf t. V. Dont forget to use the hash tag the day were going to leave you with our top story turkeys opposition celebrating after winning the Election Rerun and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day well see you then everybody. Suffers from africa for decades theyve been top performers and crowd favorites in the bundesliga we caught up with 2 former stars somebodys going to say. It is success is what theyve been doing since hanging up their cleats. In 60 minutes. Take personally. With all the people in stories that make the game so spot. For all true fans. Pick up more than football online and. 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