by the troubles awaiting turkey. the bbc s anna foster has been following the story in istanbul. that is a good question, there are two issues can he and does he want to? because he has won here by getting 52% of the vote. he will consider that to be a comfortable margin and a mandate for the style of rule he has been bringing to turkey for more than 20 years, he has created this executive presidency that gives him so much power over policy make and the direction of the country and things like cracking down on democracy and free speech. he will see this as an endorsement. he made a speech last night at the time of the result and talked about being a president for all of the country, whether they voted for him or not. but he also made disparaging remarks about the kurdish population and people from the lgbtqi+ community. and he how much will he feel the need to reach out? you also have 48% of the population who are opposed to his rule and to his style of government who hav
welcome to the programme. the updates from turkey and syria are relentlessly grim. the deathtoll has now passed 20,000 but only a fraction of the devastated areas have been searched, with hope fading for those still trapped. though there are still miracles. these pictures have recently come in from diyarbakir and they show a little boy, six year old basir yildiz, being rescued. crews had been digging for him for 80 hours. but even for the lucky ones like basir, there are challenges ahead. the world health organization has talked about a new disaster, with thousands unable to find shelter, food and water. help is arriving the first aid has crossed into syria, through the one border crossing point that is open. and in the last hour, the director general of the who, dr tedros ghebreyesus, has said he is on his way to syria. for the latest, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in southern turkey. it s hard here in southern turkey really hard here, but it s
Midnight in london, and 7pm in the evening in newjersey where President Trump has again ramped up his warnings to north korea. He said that his threat to unleash Fire And Fury if pyongyang threatened the us may not have been tough enough. The us president said north korea should very, very nervous if it made plans to attack the United States or any of its allies. From washington, our North America correspondent, nick bryant, reports. Its from his golf club in newjersey during his Working Vacation that donald trump is managing this stand off. And this afternoon he was back in his trademark suit and tie, and using his trademark tough talk, his response to the latest threats from pyongyang. I will tell you this, if north korea does anything in terms of even thinking about attack, of anybody that we love or we represent or our allies or us, they can be very, very nervous. Ill tell you why. And they should be very nervous, because things will happen to them like they never thought possible.
future leadership post. that and some say he may be looking for a future leadership post. future leadership post. that is a ossibili future leadership post. that is a possibility if future leadership post. that is a possibility if he future leadership post. that is a possibility if he wants future leadership post. that is a possibility if he wants to - future leadership post. that is a possibility if he wants to throw i future leadership post. that is a l possibility if he wants to throw his hat in possibility if he wants to throw his hat in the possibility if he wants to throw his hat in the ring. he has a strong chance hat in the ring. he has a strong chance of hat in the ring. he has a strong chance of becoming the leader of the main opposition party and could challenge erdogan directly. if the main challenge erdogan directly. if the main opposition party had chosen him as its main opposition party had chosen him as iisjoihi main opposition party had chosen him as it
effort on a humanitarian effort in some parts of syria and in turkey, the president, a populist, is looking for reelection and again, i worry about the politicisation of the rescue and recovery in turkey and in parts of syria. the rescue and recovery in turkey and in parts of syria. what you mean b that? and in parts of syria. what you mean by that? deserve and in parts of syria. what you mean by that? deserve any and in parts of syria. what you mean by that? deserve any evidence - and in parts of syria. what you mean by that? deserve any evidence that l by that? deserve any evidence that the president by that? deserve any evidence that the president has by that? deserve any evidence that the president has refused - by that? deserve any evidence that the president has refused to - by that? deserve any evidence that| the president has refused to engage with opposition mayors and prioritised engagement with his own party and his own networks and in syria, that is a country that