said it was the most unfair election in years and he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. aru na iyengar reports. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t even contain myself. i thank god. big celebrations, but they don t show that this was the biggest challenge to mr erdogan s authority in years. he became prime minister in 2003, later becoming president. to build up that position, he has stifled all opposition. his non religious rival, kemal kilicdaroglu, says the election was unfair. mr erdogan had one big advantage almost total control of the media. mr kilicdaroglu s chp party had campaigned against crackdowns on dissent, and for a return to an independentjustice system and parliamentary democracy. a sombre mood her
another five years in office potentially stretching his time in power to a quarter century. addressing a jubilant crowd, president erdogan promised to build a strong economy and called for unity. meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters, who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed that our president is leading us again. there is no better feeling than this. let the world hear it. he is the leader who has taught the entire world a lesson. and here he was, serenading supporters, or trying to. from a bus top near his home in istanbul, having beaten off the biggest challenge in years. the only winner, he s
our diplomatic correspondent, james landale is in kyiv. today s strikes were unusual for two reasons one, because they came in the daylight, and secondly, because they appeared to be targeted here at the centre of the city. until now, most of the air strikes came at night and they were targeted at the outskirts, at national infrastructure and some of the air defences itself. so the authorities said they managed to shoot down 11 ballistic and cruise missiles. of course, that meant that there was a lot of debris that came from the skies, landing on the ground, damaging some buildings. but miraculously, there were reports ofjust a few injuries. so what we re seeing is an uptick in tempo of this conflict. russia is putting more pressure on the capital here in kyiv, but it s also striking military targets elsewhere. ukraine admitted rarely that one of their military facilities in the west of the country had been targeted, an oil depot set on fire, some aircraft damage. at th
the very latest from capitol hill all things hitchhikers guide to washington, d.c., in the swamp chad what s going on we expect this to past only? we think they re gonna start this vote in the next two have been 3 minutes they started this debate at 717 eastern time. we think the actual roll call vote is income any minute so it s pending. we do expect a bipartisan coalition of democrats and g.o.p. members to vote yes. house speaker kevin mccarthy made the closing argument he said don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. ominous say i m at about no because they re summing out in the bill. if i took that philosophy i would never vote yes. i simply read the bills and funny and decide if this is good for the country. i would see that answer is easily yes they ll save an additional two-point join and for the first time in more than a decade congress will spend less next year than this year. once the bill clears the house tonight it had to cross the rotunda to the se
these were some of the celebrations on the streets of istanbul as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters. but as well as dealing with a deeply divided country, he also has an economic crisis on his hands, with inflation that s the rate at which prices rise running at more than a0%. our chief international correspondent orla guerin reports. it was a long night of celebration for one side of turkey. supporters of president recep tayyip erdogan massed outside his presidential palace here, marking a hard fought victory. i ve been voting for him since i was 18, yetter tells us. my generation backs erdogan. we won the election fairly, thank god. recep tayyip erdogan, i love you a lot. in istanbul, he did it his way. with a singalong for supporters of his ruling ak party and an attack on familiar targets. is the opposition pro lgbt, he asks. could any lgbt infiltrate our party? no, they chorus. over at the opposition s headquarters, it was like a funeral. almost hal