in turkey, voting has closed in one of the most elections the country has seen. the country is deciding whether president erdohan remains in power after 20 years. it is expected to be a close race between him and an opposition leader kemal k l cdaroglu. he is a former civil servant who heads an alliance of six opposition parties, both secular and islamist. he promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by mr erdogan and return turkey to a parliamentary system. and also called for better relations with the west, including renewal of turkey s bid for membership of the eu. the current leader recep tayyip erdogan first came to power as prime minister in 2003 and became president in 2014. under him, turkey enjoyed strong economic growth, but it s been hit by high inflation, and the recent earthquakes in which tens of thousands died. he s also become increasingly authoritarian with more powers in the hands of the president and tighter restrictions on free speech. with most ballot
been arrested by police. let s go back to brian. your thoughts on this investigation? championing scotland on the world stage? i mention the idea of a disjuncture, we other disjuncture is that humza yousaf is the first minister, the rear of the scottish national party, he has to take any political head going from these political hit, but he was not the leader of the treasurer at the time that these things happen, he cannot intervene in the police investigation, he cannot nobody intervene in the elaboration, but he has to take the hit as it comes. 0ne insider described him as being very front facing on this, determined to carry on as first minister and challenge the things that face as first minister. and do what he can with regards to the crisis that has frankly engulfed his party. but it is that dreadful disjunction as far as he is concerned that he has to take the first match but he cannot directly intervene, he is in play has to hope that a diver dies down or goes awa
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they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. the russian president, vladimir putin, has made his first known visit to mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. russian state media says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. it s mr putin s first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we ve received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he s shown driving around in a car, and also visiting what appears to be a child ren s playground. and other footage shows him visiting a theatre, and talking to a group of people on a street. you can see behind him a toy which looks to be in the face of being installed. process. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian chil
alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we begin this hour with new details surrounding the indictment or former president donald trump. he is now the first ex president in us history to face criminal charges. trump is expected to travel to new york on monday, then surrender and appear in a manhattan court on tuesday. that s when charges against him of which sources tell us there are more than 30. that s when they will be. formally unveiled. attorneys for trump say he has quote ready to fight and will not accept a plea deal ahead of his appearance in court next week. the nypd is preparing for potential unrest. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform and to prepare for deployment today. cnn s kara scannell is outside the manhattan courthouse and cnn s leyla santiago is near trump s mar-a-lago home in west palm beach, florida. karen i want to start with you in new york. what more are you learning about what may be in this historic