Biggest city, istanbul. And for the first time in 25 years, they won more municipalities than the ruling ak party. Overnight, president erdogan told supporters the result was not an end, but a Turning Point. Translation we will not disrespect the nations decision in any way, we will avoid being stubborn, acting against the national will and questioning the judgement of our nation. As we have done so far. We will take the necessary steps by analysing the messengers given by the nation at the ballot box, most accurately and objectively within the reason and inner conscience. Opposition supporters say although these are local elections, victories in big cities are a significant show of force against erdogan s ruling ak party. This was the scene in istanbul, turkeys largest city, where thousands took to the streets to celebrate the opposition partys win. The citys incumbent mayor, ekrem imamoglu, declared victory after securing over 50 of the vote well ahead of his nearest rival. Mr imam
Following the two week operation. Buildings are reduced to rubble the few remaining are little more than shells. These pictures obtained by Newsagency Reuters show what is left inside the complex. Israel has previously said it was carrying out precise operations against hamas and islamichhad fighters, and had killed 200 of them. Meanwhile, hundreds of israeli protesters have spent the night in tents outside Parliament Injerusalem to press their demand for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down. Thousands of people rallied in jerusalem for what theyre calling the largest Anti Government protest since the war in the gaza strip began, nearly six months ago. On sunday, mr netanyahu had surgery for a hernia his office reporting it had been successful. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem and has the more on the situation at al shifa hospital. Videos are circulating on social media that show this vast medical complex now as a set of burnt out buildings. Many o
Emotions around here. and then all sorts people travelling to different reasons, some travelling as families, a couple of people just got engaged, 2a hours ago. and they had a wonderful moment but it hasn t ended the way they want. it is exhaustion taking over for a lot of people now, and just getting some rest. but some still scouring websites trying to get the flight home. i hope that you are able to get some rest, warren, and everybody is safe. the bbc s warren muggleton reporting for us, very close to where the wildfires are taking place in rhodes, greece. thank you very much. meanwhile, a mass march by thousands of israeli protesters has reached the parliament injerusalem, where lawmakers are due to pass the first bill in the government s planned overhaul of the judiciary. tens of thousands of people have joined the march since it set off from tel aviv earlier this week.
Thrown out for harassing women. around 1,000 penguins have washed up dead on the coast of uruguay in the past 10 days. officials say the juveniles died in the atlantic ocean and that the cause remains a mystery. environmental groups have blamed a rise in penguin deaths on illegalfishing and overfishing. a mass march by thousands of israeli protesters has reached the parliament injerusalem, where lawmakers are due to pass the first bill in the government s planned overhaul of the judiciary. tens of thousands of people have joined the march since it set off from tel aviv earlier this week. they plan to set up tents at the knesset as they stage a last ditch effort to try to prevent or delay the final votes on a bill that would curb the supreme court s ability to void decisions by the government that it deems unreasonable. here s what some of those protesting had to say.