the country has been battling soaring inflation and the fellow from the recent earthquakes. standing against him is kemal kilicdaroglu, who is backed by a broad opposition alliance. here s what one of the supporters of the opposition had to say. translation: i am so excited. i can t feel my heartbeat. i still believe we will win. we have to get rid of this system already. especially as a woman, i want this change. the situation of the country is obvious. i m extremely excited. we wait with enthusiasm. i hope we win, i hope all would be as we wish. we are a bit anxious, a bit tense. i haven t been able to sleep for the past week. i woke up at 5am today, casted my vote and directly came here right after. meanwhile in thailand, voters have overwhelmingly chosen to end nearly a decade of military rule. but the question is, who is next? both opposition parties are neck and neck to lead the new government. here are the leaders of both the move forward and pheu thai parties. we have
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
with over two thirds of councils yet to declare there is still a long way to go. hello, i m maryam moshiri live in westminster as results from yesterday s local elections across england come in. rishi sunak s conservative party have lost over 200 council seats across the country, something he has described as disappointing . labour have taken control of plymouth, stoke on trent and taken medway in kent from the conservatives among their top target councils. and the liberal democrats have also picked up seats and taken control of windsor. their leader saying the results are ground breaking . there is still a long way to go as more than two thirds of councils have yet to declare their results. we ll bring you coverage throughout the morning and analyse what the results so far mean. but first let s get the story of the night from our political correspondent jonathan blake. cheering. celebrations in stoke on trent a key victory for labour overnight. they took control of the c
colleagues across the nations and regions and the news where you are but from the ten o clock team, good night. one of the last big electoral tests before a general election is over. will the results determine keir starmer s chances of entering downing street? dirty polls closed polls closed 30 minutes ago. nick and election guru john curtice are here to game the outcome. and a cabinet minister, a shadow cabinet minister and the deputy leader of the lib dems will all be spinning their narratives. also tonight, an exclusive newsnight investigation into misogny and a boys culture in police scotland. four female former employees, three of them longstanding officers, banding together as whistle blowers, speak out. it was like a russian roulette. i either put the grievance in, lose my career, or i don t put the grievance in and i lose my career because i m getting accused of throwing weapons, which didn t happen. ultimately it didn t just take my career. it took my mental healt