it s six in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in turkey where voting has closed in one of the most critical elections. 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,
it s seven in the morning in singapore, midnight in london and 5pm in texas, where tens of thousands of people are massing on the border between mexico and the united states. they ve been gathering there for weeks. and many of them are expected to try to cross the border into the us from friday. that s because a temporary law introduced by donald trump that meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly expires overnight. title 42 made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. but its looming expiration has triggered something of a rush to reach the border, with cities on both sides readying for an increase in attempted crossings once it lapses. a record number of migrants were recently apprehended at the us mexico border in a single day, fuelling fears over what will happen when this controversial immigration policy expires. the us homeland security secretary has issued a warning ahead of title 42 s expiry. he s sa
from our we will have the latest. live from our studio we will have the latest. live from our studio in we will have the latest. l e: from our studio in singapore it s news day. hello and welcome to it s news day. hello and welcome to the - it s news day. hello and - welcome to the programme. in texas, tens of thousands of people are massing on the border between mexico and the united states. they ve been gathering there for weeks. and many of them are expected to try to cross the border into the us from friday. that s because a temporary law introduced by donald trump that meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly expires overnight. title 42 made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. but its looming expiration has triggered something of a rush to reach the border, with cities on both sides readying for an increase in attempted crossings once it lapses. a record number of migrants were recently appreh
with a report released today that has sharply criticised the fbi s investigation into donald trump s 2016 campaign ties to russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign s alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency s inquiry had lacked analytical rigour and concluded that the fbi had not possessed actual evidence of collusion between trump s campaign and russia before launching an also accused the fbi of repeated instances of quote confirmation bias . the fbi responded to durham s report, saying fbi leadership already implemented dozens of corrective actions, which have now been in place for some time. had those reforms been in place in 2016, the missteps identified in the report could have been prevented. former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said, quote, special counsel john durham concludes the fbi never s
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