Welcome to hardtalk, im Zeinab Badawi. Welcome to hardtalk, with me Zeinab Badawi in istanbul. My guest today is ekrem mamo lu. He dealt a massive setback to the Ruling Ak Party when he defeated their candidate not once but twice when there was a rerun of the election. President erdogan once said whoever wins istanbul wins turkey. Is ekrem mamo lu now the man to watch in turkish politics . Mayor ekrem mamo lu, welcome to hardtalk. Are you surprised you are sitting here in the Mayors Office . It is the first time in 35 years that your party has had this position stop at your party leader said, do not forget today the victor is democracy, thats when you one, and he said the whole world that believes in democracy is proud of turkey s. So the Ruling Ak Party, president erdogan, your party are suggesting are good democrats, they did not regularly election. Rig the election s. What kind of precautions did you take . President erdogan has described you, despite your victory, as a lame duck. H
Trying to tackle multiple challenges at this time and yes hes to draw lessons from todays results and take action accordingly lets go now to his such a claim joining us from ancora thank you so much for your time thank you. On to other news in the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei it was heading to saudi arabia and the u. A. E. On an impromptu trip to coordinate with allies and prepare against iranian aggression but before boarding his plane compass said washington stands prepared to negotiate with terror and with no preconditions. Im heading out today our 1st stop will be in the kingdom of saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates to great allies in the challenge that run present and will be talking with them about how to make sure that we are all teaching line and how we can go about the Global Coalition coalition not only throughout the state but in asia and europe that understands this challenge is it repaired to push back against the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terror were prep
The impact of water shortages in the indian city of chennai. And jobs get shelved. The effect of trade wars on small businesses. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 1am here in london, 8am in singapore and 3am in turkeys biggest city istanbul where thousands of opposition supporters have been celebrating on the streets after their candidate has been re elected as mayor. Its the first time in 25 years the ak party has lost control of istanbul. They roared, notjust in victory but in celebration that their turkey still exists. An opposition thats 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. He protected 100 years of democracy in this country. Thank you, my fellow citiz
Gunshots and then saw the men shooting those they caught they slaughtered we escaped into the forest i took 2 children and my husband the other 2 they still have not arrived he eventually theyll be settled in an area with about a 100000 other refugees most of them congolese who have over many years fled from the same conflict Catherine Sawyer aljazeera uganda Southern India now where large parts of the country are suffering the worst drought in decades forcing many farmers to abandon their land as their crops fail they move to the cities but theyre finding life there actually isnt much better elizabeth purana reports now from one of indias hardest hit regions the Western State of maharashtra. You are. A pundit on mordor left his 40000 square meter cotton farm in his village 6 months ago he now lives in this cramped rented room with his family. 2 years of drought have forced him to find work as a laborer in one of the many factories in the city of about. It is very difficult to live in
Wants in return from iran to deescalate the situation the president gave a very simple answer he said no Nuclear Weapons however he does acknowledge that the u. S. Iran nuclear deal which the United States pulled out from last year had that very intended purpose the interview he had also asked the president for a response to the u. N. Investigation that found a saudi arabias crown Prince Mohammed bin some on was likely implicated in the killing of journalist. He was asked whether the president would authorize the u. S. F. B. I. To investigate saudi arabia further i think its been heavily investigator who by everybody i mean i have to have seen so many different report about the f. B. I. Heres where i am really. Irans killed many many people a day other countries in the middle east this is a hostile place is a very hostile place if you want to look at saudi arabia look at a rare look at other countries i wont mention names and take a look at whats happening and then you outside of the m