People just overwhelmingly happy. His supporters at the huge election win that he pulled off. With more than 99 of the ballots counted this morning. His win stands at 11. 49 over his main akp rival. And so people you know, i was talking to them and so many people, interestingly, you know, are excited, didnt want to go have their voices recorded. But many people saying that this marks really a Turning Point for istanbul and they say for the country, because this shows that mayor imamoglu could stand potentially against president erdogan if there are a number of constitutional changes or whomever he might face, whatever akp candidate as president. But people saying the economy is far and away the biggest concern and this, they hope, marks a Turning Point to fixing that and making their living situations easier. The long awiated arrival of Self Driving Cars appears to be hitting some speed bumps. It turns out theyre much harder to introduce than expected. So were seeing more hands free Dr
At the hospital in northern gaza, the idf says it killed several militant commanders and insisted it was preventing harm to civilians. Our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. Left in ruins. This was once the Beating Heart of gazas health care system, but israel says that it had become a terrorist base. Two weeks ago, its troops returned to Al Shifa Hospital for a second time launching a surprise attack. They say they shot dead 200 palestinian gunmen and arrested top hamas figures without harming civilians. Palestinians say many innocents were hurt and killed. Translation there are so many bodies here. Weve been getting them out ever since this morning. Its shocking. Weve never seen anything like it. The fierce fighting entered al shifas wards and razed homes nearby. Israels military sees this as one of its most successful operations of the war so far, dealing the enemy a major blow. But critics say its also a worrying sign of the ability of hamas to regroup in areas that i
The adf also put out a statement saying it is conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident, and that our gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf spent the last two months in the territory and has more. ,. ,. , , more. The information is still very small. More. The information is still very small, still more. The information is still very small, still emerging more. The information is still very small, still emerging as| very small, still emerging as we speak. But what we know so far is that a car was travelling from north to south and it was near an area in central gaza. It was hit by an air strike according to the hamas run health ministry. There was a big explosion and it took them by 45 minutes, according to a doctor in alex sarr hospital, which i spoke to this evening. He said it was about 45 minutes between the explosion and the bodies arriving at the hospital. Al aqsa hospital. There were three foreign nationals with bullet
illnesses in children in the north of the country. beijing has attributed the increase to the lifting of covid restrictions. and hundreds of thousands of arrivals in the uk, a blow to time for a look at the business news now. we start with a stark warning from the international energy agency. in a new report, the global energy watchdog say the gas and oil industry needs to vastly cut its emissions to reach climate goals. the iea say the oill and gas sector will have to cut emissions two)by 60% by 2030 to keep global warming to an increase ofjust 1.5 centigrades, and by 75% to reach the 2050 net zero goal. the report was released ahead of the united nations climate summit, or cop28, which begins in dubai next week. the iea call this a moment of truth for the oil and gas industry. the moment of truth is for the oil and gas companies to decide if they are going to be partners in the fight against climate change or not. and some of the data that we have suggests that, for the mom
A dozen years ago, europeans looked to turkey and thought they saw a country becoming more like them, embracing Western Values and on a long term track to eu membership. But today, well, europe sees authoritarianism, conservatism, and repression embodied in the all powerful figure of president erdogan. My guest is elif shafak, the turkish novelist and writer who lives much of her life in london. Does the west get anywhere close to understanding turkeys complex culture and politics . Elif shafak, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. When you write of turkey today, i wonder what emotions draw you . Would it be anger or sadness or incomprehension . I think there is a lot of sadness. I feel sad. I feel worried. So much is changing in turkey and so fast. I think speed is important with many things that are happening, with a bewildering speed which almost prevents time to stop and analyse because Something Else happens next week and so it goes on and on. I am very sad when i look at the direction