the nasa news conference. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. bryson dechambeau s the man to catch at the us pga championship as several big names have work ahead of them on the second round at oak hill. world number onejon rahm is in a battle to stay in contention. rahm s back on 6 over and not out again till later today. adam scott, dustinjohnson are pushing for the lead along with england sjustin rose. they re on 3 under. rory mcilroy s begins his second round on 1 over. dutch police have said they ll investigate footage of the incidents and try to identify supporters following ugly scenes after west ham s victory over az alkmaar, in last night s europa confernece league semi final. players from david moyes side confronted a group of the dutch team s fans who attacked an area where friends and family of the west ham players were sitting. the premier league side are into the europa conference final after beating their opponents 3 1 on a
the bbc s most recognised faces. welcome to the show. thanks very much for asking me. you have a new series for radio 4 called frontlines of journalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukrainian we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit of time, i was there at the end of last year, these things are tragic and in all the years i have been doing this, i have known quite a few people who have been killed. i was reading his twitter account today and if you go back to me the first he has posted a video where he and some soldiers, who are accompanying him are lying down and he is describing them, and it is pure terror as artillery fire comes in. in those moments, and you must have been in those moments, they must be
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and two in the morning in turkey where voting has closed in one of the most critical elections. the country is deciding whether president erdohan remains in power after 20 years. it is expected to be a close race between him and an opposition leader kemal k l cdaroglu. he is a former civil servant who heads an alliance of six opposition parties, both secular and islamist. he promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by mr erdogan and return turkey to a parliamentary system. and also called for better relations with the west including renewal of turkey s bid for membership of the eu. the current leader recep tayyip erdogan first came to power as prime minister in 2003 and became president in 2014. under him turkey enjoyed strong economic growth, but it s been hit by high inflation, and the recent earthquakes in which tens of thousands died. he s also become increasingly authoritarian with more powers in the hands of the president
the former prime minister imran khan has been remanded in custody for eight days after his arrest on corruption charges. a conviction would disqualify him from standing for election. his detention has sparked pitched battles between police and his supporters and at least 8 people have died in clashes in different cities across pakistan. the government has now called in the army to maintain order in the capital city and other provinces. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has this report from islamabad. burning into the night. protests from lahore, karachi, peshawar. this was the singed aftermath, the reaction to imran khan s arrest yesterday. but the unrest is far from over. morning in islamabad. police blocked roads into the compound where imran khan was due to appear in front of a judge. some party officials were stopped at the gates. have you spoken to him since yesterday? we have no access. that is why i m demanding access. we are being denied access. beyond the b