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
a ukrainian military commander in the shattered eastern town of bakhmut has described to the bbc the fierceness of the fighting there. he said he hadn t seen russian forces fight anywhere else with similar determination, advancing under fire even when the ground was littered with their comrades bodies. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder with high numbers of casualties on both sides. almost all of the city s 70,000 occupants have fled. russia is working hard to capture bakhmutin the hope it could lead to the fall of sloviansk and kramatorsk as well, the two most important cities in the donbas still under ukrainian control. but ukrainian forces are holding firm. the bbc s yogita limaye reports from the city. munitons explode. this is what the merciless bombardment of a city looks like.
biggie said, getting physical like olivia newt. there s a million references and reflections. appreciate you doing the shout-out, sir. all right, man. have a nice night. do a good show. thank you, john. welcome to the beat, everyone. i am ari melber. let me start with this question is there evidence to support indicting former president trump? and what would that legal step entail? would it be unprecedented? why is this in the news tonight? we have answers we think to those questions in our new special report that s come up tonight in this program after our top story. we begin with the breakthrough for president biden. that is a top story, and by now everyone in the news and politics knows about this. it is a big deal any way you cut it. the senate passing the bill that s supposed to cut inflation, cut drug prices with new negotiating measures for medicare. democrats on offense today making public appearances throughout the nation to tout the very moment when the bill
Defence of his bombardment of gaza and insisted preparations for a Ground Invasion were under way. At the same time, the United Nations says hospitals and other services in gaza which is under an israeli blockade are running out of fuel, and that its aid agency there may have to stop working tonight if it doesnt get a fresh supply. But israel has accused hamas designated as a terror group by the uk government of Stockpiling Hundreds Of Thousands of litres. Israel has allowed limited supplies of food, water and medicine in but Charities Say vast amounts more are needed. And all this takes place amid a bitter diplomatic row between israel and the un. 0urfirst report tonight is from our special correspondent, fergal keane, who is injerusalem and has been working with teams on the ground in gaza. And a warning his report contains some distressing images. Each climbing cloud a marker of destruction. Relentless airstrikes. Thousands of bombs dropped. Hamas started this war. Israel responds w
Hello and welcome to all of you watching in the United States and around the world. Im anna coren live from hong kong with our ongoing college of israel at war. Its 5 00 p. M. Here in hong kong, noon in embattled gaza where were now hearing that another small convoy of trucks with food and medicine is preparing to cross from egypt into gaza. 20 trucks were allowed to cross early saturday and egypts red crescent says another 17 trucks are ready to go today. Meanwhile, a Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces could come at any time. On saturday the Israeli Military announced its bombardment of hamas targets in gaza will become more relentless than ever. Hundreds of Armored Vehicles along with thousands of israeli troops are now poised at the gaza border, waiting for orders. On saturday the idf, again, dropped leaflets over Northern Gaza warning civilians to evacuate south or risk being considered a partner of hamas. The Israeli Military says it carried out an air strike early today on a mosqu