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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as the agencies humanitarian coordinator says that the humanitarian situation is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800,000 people may flew ggooii the country is the ongoing violence put up will be speaking to the deputy terry humanitarian coordinator in sudan for that me while fighting continues in the capital of khartoum despite cease fire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off and put sudan in the red sea today. those not able to get there by plane are taking boats across to jeddah in saudi arabia. 0ur correspondent reports. britain s airlift may be ending but the larger evacuation goes on. a cluster of different officials ready to greet their citizens on the dark side. exhausted families including more than 20 british nationals recounting their experiences. it nationals recounting their experiences. nationals recounting their experiences. it was scary. terrifying- experiences. it was scary. terrifying. there - experience
tayabullah, barely breathing, ill with pneumonia and malnutrition. his family wants us to see his condition. alone in a corner, his mother nigar realises her son is fading. doctors find a faint heartbeat. already defeated by a lack of resources, they re trying to revive him with the little they have. this man tells us it took eight hours, on rubble roads, to bring his grandson here. a family that can barely afford to eat, scrape together money to pay for the ride, trying to save their little boy. idema is one of two nurses treating 60 children. she makes a final attempt. minutes later, she tells nigar her boy has died. sobbing. they carry their baby home. he should be alive. every disease he had was curable. translation: i am also a mother, and when i saw the baby die, - i felt like i ve lost my own child. when i saw his mother sobbing, it broke my heart. it hurt my conscience. we don t have equipment and trained staff. there is nothing we can do but watch babies dying. barel
washington, where the us debt ceiling fight is heating up, with both sides showing no room for compromise yet on an issue that impacts the global economy. us treasury secretary janet yellen has issued a letter to congressional leaders, warning the us could run out of cash byjune 1st. that s prompted president biden to call a meeting with the top leaders in congress next week seen here. in the letter, yellen warned: speaker mccarthy responded to yellen in a statement, saying: the republican controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader chuck schumer announced a process to pass a clean bill with no cuts just hours ago. meanwhile, a little relief in the banking sector. wall street giantjp morgan chase took over the troubled first republic bank in a 10 point 6 billion dollar deal brokered by regulators. hey seized first republic early on monday, after efforts to rescue the bank fell through over the we