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
in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying. homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. let s speak now to jay mulucha. he s an activist and executive director of an lbtq organisation in uganda. he has stayed up very late to join us on the programme. thank you very much for your time. tell us exactly what the reaction has been so far in uganda. what the reaction has been so far in unanda. . ~ what the reaction has been so far in uaanda. ., ~ ,, what the reaction has been so far in u:anda. ., ~ i. . uganda. thank you so much. in u:anda, uganda. thank you so much. in uganda. at uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the moment, - uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the moment, the i uganda. thank you so much. in - uganda, at the moment, the situation is bad. we woke up to the bad news of the president signing the bill and it was so sca
good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the country s most important election in years. mr erdogan appealed for national unity as he celebrated victory last night over his opponent kemal kilicdaroglu, who declared the result unfair. our correspondent aruna iyengar has this report. cheering. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god, islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t ev