hello, i m helena humphries. we begin in turkey, where a pivotal presidential election is heading down to the wire. with more than 91% of ballots counted, neither current president recep tayyip erdogan nor his fiercest rival kemal kilicdaroglu have cleared the threshold to win outright on sunday. the head of turkey s high election board said not long ago that mr erdogan was leading with 49.49% while kilicdaroglu had 4a.49% of votes. now, if neither can clear 50%, there will be a run off election. both candidates have said they would accept a potential run off vote, which would take place on may 28th. our international correspondent orla guerin is in ankara, and has more on what s at stake in this election. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean th
where a pivotal presidential election is heading to the wire. with more than 91% of ballots counted, neither current president recep tayyip erdogan nor his most fierce rival kemal kilicdaroglu have cleared the threshold to win outright on sunday. the head of turkey s high election board said not long ago that mr erdogan was leading with a9.49%, while kilicdaroglu had 4a.49% of votes. now, if neither can clear 50%, there will be a run off election. our international correspondent orla guerin is in ankara, and has more on what s at stake in this election. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean the end of the erdogan era. president erdogan s supporters insist he is going nowhere. this man tells us he will still be president tomorrow because he always
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of asian men is jailed for eight and a half years. china and russia have denounced a defence pact, agreed by the us, uk and australia, that will provide australia with nuclear powered attack submarines. russia said the pact would bring years of confrontation to asia. the chinese foreign ministry said the three countries were on a path of error and danger, calling the deal a violation of the aims of the international non proliferation treaty. here s the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson wang wenbin speaking at the daily press briefing. translation: china has repeatedly stressed that the aukus pact - and the three countries efforts to advance cooperation on nuclear submarines and other cutting edge military technology is typical cold war mentality. it will only spur an arms race and undermine the international nonproliferation regime and harm regional peace and stability. peace loving countries have expressed their serious concern and opposition. the three countries lates
he built his reputation in large hotels across the world before he was hired by first lady rosalynn carter in 1979. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the best known british commentators and correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, britain s elusive prime minister turns up in ukraine, as the country marks six months since the war began. we now know in the uk how much energy bills will rise from october, but not what the new prime minister will do when they take over. where has power gone in the uk? where s it going in the united states? and in australia, how come much of it ended up in the hands of just one man? and even his his friends aren t happy about it. to discuss all of that, in the studio, we have latika bourke, a correspondent for the australian newspapers the age and the sydney morning herald, a writer who has been writing a weekly