good monday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. just moments ago, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy arrived in the united kingdom. he s meeting with prime minister risch she sunak who plans to announce hundreds of air missiles for ukraine as it prepares a corner offensive against russia. cnn s clare sebastian joins me from london. clare, zelenskyy on the german leg of that tour, he said he vowed to reclaim all of his country from the russians. what more are we learning about the support he s getting? yeah, christine, it s been a productive weekend for ukraine. he got the biggest ever pledge to date in his war to germany, $3 billion, and included another 30 leopard 2 tanks crucial for ukraine. france also pledging tens of armored vehicles as we hear the meeting gets under way at chequers outside of london. and the ukraine will be pledging more missiles attack drones with a range of 200 kilometers. this is som
one of turkey s most critical elections which will decide if president erdogan should remain in power after 20 years. president erdogan faces his biggest challenge yet, with turkey in the midst of soaring inflation, and the country still reeling from two earthquakes in february in which more than 50,000 people died. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. his main rival is kemal kilicdaroglu who is backed by a broad opposition alliance and has promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by the president. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. 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 look
announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand. there s huge uncertainty about the country s future direction. the two main opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. that s after they defeated their military backed rivals in a general election. but thailand s upper house the senate is dominated by the military, and they could yet block a reformist prime minister. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. stunned by their success, thailand s youngest and most progressive party came to celebrate at the place they call democracy monument, built to commemorate a democracy that many thais say they have never had. today we have politics driven by hope in this country. they were told by an mp who, like so many in the party, has spent time injail for his political views. move forward caught the public s imagination with the boldness and cl
the opposition labour party says it may consider the idea. hello, i m lukwesa burak. polls have closed in one of the most pivotal elections in turkey s modern history. voters are deciding whether to eject recep tayyip erdogan from the presidency after 20 years in power. president tayyip erdogan voted in istanbul. long queues formed early at polling stations. and this is his key rival kimil kilicdaroglu. he s the leader of a broad opposition alliance opening to end mr erdogan s time in power. live now to our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, from antakya. it is one of the city is yet to recover from an earthquake. it it is one of the city is yet to recover from an earthquake. it is. the devastation recover from an earthquake. it is. the devastation still recover from an earthquake. it is. the devastation still here - recover from an earthquake. it 3 the devastation still here after that earthquake on the 6th of february is extraordinary. while city blocks are raise
of a large number of explosions. air raid sirens have sounded across the country. video footage on circulating on social media which have not been verified by the bbc show air defence systems shooting down missiles. government messages have warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles is falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, says some of the debris has fallen on the city s zoo. that comes as on monday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky made made a surprise visit to the united kingdom to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia s invasion. uk prime minister rishi sunak welcomed the ukrainian leader at chequers, the prime minister s country house. they held bilateral talks lasting around two hours. president zelensky said they discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a jets coalition . prime minister sunak promised to send hundreds of air defence mis