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
where a pivotal presidential election is heading to the wire. with more than 91% of ballots counted, neither current president recep tayyip erdogan nor his most fierce 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 a9.49%, while kilicdaroglu had 4a.49% of votes. now, if neither can clear 50%, there will be a run off election. 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 the end of the erdogan era. president erdogan s supporters insist he is going nowhere. this man tells us he will still be president tomorrow because he always
On a new defence agreement. The aukus pact aims to counter chinas perceived threat in the indo pacific. Its expected to agree the supply of Nuclear Powered submarines to australia. Youre watching bbc news. Now its time for fault line the un and the quake in syria. Screaming the earthquake strikes. Un aid arrives in turkey immediately, but takes several days to reach North West Syria. Bbc news arabic investigates. Un teams are supposed to deploy within 48 hours of a request. In North West Syria, that didnt happen. What matters in terms of responding to an earthquake is time and what the sort of, the immediacy of the response. And the un just stood there, like, completely paralysed. In this film, we ask, what took the United Nations so long . To deliver humanitarian aid across an international border, we need either the consent of the government or in the case that we have in syria, a Binding Security Council resolution. On monday, the 6th Of February 00. 47am, an earthquake of magnitude
support in next week s budget. we ll catch up with lesley paterson the triathlete who s in the running at this weekend s oscars for her screenplay of a german first world war epic i went iwent up i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi, i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi. tom, i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi. tom, my i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i know hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i know your story. he said how many he said i know your story. he said how many hours a day do you dream? the six nations roars back into life this afternoon, as england meet france, both needing to win to keep title hopes alive, while wales are aiming to avoid a new low in rome. and after a frosty and icy start of the weekend there is a bit more snow to come the weekend there is a bit more snow to come tonight in northern parts but tomorrow looking much milder. al
tour, has been to london, has been to paris, and now he will appeal to eu leaders more widely for more help withjets and long range eu leaders more widely for more help with jets and long range weapons to bolster kyiv s defences against the expected spring offensive. almost a year to the day that russia invaded ukraine. let s listen the welcome given to president zelensky in brussels. applause we are here today on this historic occasion to welcome the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, to the european parliament. this is an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary time. it has been almost one year since the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign ukraine by russia. in all that time, mr president, your leadership has inspired your people, inspired every corner of the globe. when the world thinks of ukraine, they think of heroes, fighting the odds. of david beating goliath, they think of the icons of snake island, the warriors of mariupol, the libera