the 69 year old will now serve another five years in office, potentially stretching his time in power to a quarter century. meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. live now to anna foster in istanbul: anna, in terms of unifying the country, does the president even want to? ~ ~ . v country, does the president even want to? ~ ~ ., , ., , want to? well i think that s a very aood want to? well i think that s a very good question. want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew- want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew and - want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew and i - good question, matthew and i think that s one that s quite difficult to answer at the moment. because when he made a speech yesterday evening you saw some of the pictures of the celebration on the street here in turkey last night. he talked about bein
let s turn to the situation in ukraine. russia has mounted an unusual series of daytime strikes on the centre of the ukrainian capital kyiv, but the city s military administration says all were shot down and no targets were hit. this was the scene in the capital as that attack took place, people rushing to take cover, as explosions were heard in the sky above. this was last night. ukrainian military officials say that 66 out of roughly 75 cruise missiles and drones were intercepted. the latest bombardment was the 15th air attack on the capital this month alone. meanwhile, the governor of russia s belgorod region, which borders eastern ukraine, says ukraine s armed forces have been shelling several of its settlements. the governor said an industrial facility was hit in shebekino, wounding four people. our diplomatic correspondent
we can see them on the distance, on the outskirts, may be industrial sites, critical infrastructure, maybe some of the air defence aren t stores themselves. but we saw some of these missiles come straight over the top of us here. far closer to the top of us here. far closer to the centre of town. as you say, the ukrainian authorities say that all of those 11 crews and ballistic missiles were taken out of the sky, they were destroyed. but that doesn t mean there s no damage, because when these things are destroyed there s a lot of debris, that falls from the sky, damages buildings. it can injure people if they are underneath it. they can cause fire because a lot of the missile, its flaming when it lands. so it s not something that not entirely safe, but it avoids a worse evil, if you like. evil, if you like. james, head of ukraine s evil, if you like. james, head of ukraine s military evil, if you like. james, head of ukraine s military intelligence, | evil, if you like. james, hea
visible response. what is he hunting at? , , . . visible response. what is he hunting at? , , . ., , ., at? it s very clear, he s hinting at the coming at? it s very clear, he s hinting at the coming county at? it s very clear, he s hinting at the coming county or at? it s very clear, he s hinting at the coming county or offensive i at? it s very clear, he s hinting at l the coming county or offensive that ukraine has been talking about. the rhetoric surrounding that is increasing. i think what we are seeing at the moment is an uptick and military activity on both sides ahead of that potential counteroffensive. you re notjust counteroffensive. you re not just seeing counteroffensive. you re notjust seeing russia increasing its air strikes here in the city, and the capital, but also on other military facilities. ukraine, in a rare admissions said that a facility on the west of the country was hit. an airfield damage, some aircraft damage, fuel set on fire. ukraine itself is inc
we live in is in boulder we will be a assessing what this result means notjust here in turkey but around the (os live head) britain s biggest police force, the met, says it will no longer attend emergency calls involving mental heath issues unless there s a risk to life. we ll speak live to a former inspector of constabulary, who now chairs an nhs mental health trust. the head of ukraine s military intelligence has promised a swift and starkly visible response to russia s daytime missile attack on central kyiv. and chelsea have a new manager. mauricio pochetino is finally appointed we ll have reaction. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. turkey s president erdogan has secured another five years in power after winning the run off ballot in the country s presidential election. these were some of the celebrations on the streets of istanbul as erdogan celebrated with his supporters after winnin