palace. he s meeting his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. a statement from the elysee palace said mr zelensky and mr macron will discuss french military and humanitatian support for ukraine. it s mr zelensky s third visit to a major european power this weekend. he was in germany earlier and on saturday he was in rome meeting italian leaders. live now to france where we can join hugh schofield our paris correspondent for more on zelensky s visit. we heard a big announcement from germany about nearly $3 billion worth of aid on his visitjust before his visit to germany but are we expecting anything similar, any similar announcements from france? not that we have been led to believe, that is all i can say. there will be some kind of official press statement at the end of this dinner in a couple of hours and it may be that there is mention of more munitions and arms from france to ukraine but we have not been led to suspect that will happen in any major way. suspect that will
honouring european unity. he has landed in france, off the plane and into a car and he is heading off for dinner with emmanuel macron and we are told he will be talking about the humanitarian support that france can offer and reaffirming the military support that president macron has already agreed to. we heard earlier he gave a speech in aachen in germany where he received this prize pot european union, where he called germany a true friend in the fight against russia. he was also in italy before that where he met prime minister giorgia meloni and she also said italy would support ukraine as long as necessary and he also got to meet the pope whilst in italy as well, who said he was praying for ukraine. a lot of promises for support in the last few days from germany and italy and this is exactly what president zelensky once, he wants to show russia that the international support he has been enjoying for the last few days is continuing and there is no sign of it waning ahead o
turnout is expected to be huge. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. president tayyip erdogan cast his vote in istanbul. and this is his key rival kimil kilicdaroglu. he s the leader of a broad opposition alliance hoping to end mr erdogan s time in power. as polls closed, president erdogan tweeted: the voting process has been completed throughout the country in a way that befits our democracy. now, as always, it is time to firmly protect the ballot boxes. until the results are finalised, we will continue to protect the will of our people. let s talk now to our correspondent, selin girit at the opposition s headquarters in istanbul. hello to you. i suppose we can talk a bit more freely now that polls have closed but this is a tight race is in? it have closed but this is a tight race is in? , , have closed
hello, i m lukwesa burak. counting has begun in turkey s presidential election, with voters deciding whether to end recep tayyip erdogan s long grip on power. turnout is expected to be huge. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. president tayyip erdogan cast his vote in istanbul. and this is his key rival kimil kilicdaroglu. he s the leader of a broad opposition alliance hoping to end mr erdogan s time in power. in the last hour, we heard from president erdogan. he tweeted: the voting process has been completed throughout the country in a way that befits our democracy. now, as always, it is time to firmly protect the ballot boxes. until the results are finalised, we will continue to protect the will of our people. let s talk now to our correspondent, silin girit at the opposition s headquarters in istanbul. th