The vote of the people determining who the president of the United States is, or instead, violence and forced determining. As alleged in this indictment, he chose the latter. And he failed at it. And now the country and federal government will attempt to hold him criminally responsible for what he tried to do. For that alleged felony criminal conspiracy. We of course have been expecting this indictment for a long time but it is no less stunning for having been foreshadowed for so long. This is a federal criminal indictment of the former president for trying to overturn an election and keep himself in power. The indictment also describes six unindicted coconspirators. Five of the six of them, lawyers, primarily those who crafted the bogus legal arguments that underpinned trumps alleged attempts to undermine the electoral process. I say that because theres been interesting efforts within the Legal Profession to essentially police itself, and without accountability of various kinds for a
including a look ahead to the nail biting final day of the english premier legaue season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. with a key strategic position, a growing regional influence and difficult economic times the future of turkey is today being decided in the run off round of the presidential election. around 64 million people are eligible to vote turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% and they have a choice between two veteran candidates. immigration has been top at the topics of discussion for the last few weeks as the two candidates vying for votes. this is one of the polling stations you will see up and down the country. voting always happens in schools. i have been outside this one for a few hours then people have been coming in through the day. they head into these classrooms and each one like a separate ballot box and they give their name, because the vote and get photographs of both candidates. they have to st
coming up, all the sport including the look ahead to the relegation battle dominating the final day of the english premier league season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. i want to talk you through what is happening here because this is the moment the two candidates and turkey s 64 million voters have been waiting for. all these people crowding in here. let me show you into this room. it looks like quite a crowd of people. they are the election observers and you can see the ballot box is going to be lifted into the corner of the room and in the next few minutes it will be broken open and those votes will start to be counted. out to be high once again. last time nearly 90% turned out for the vote and right across the country this scene is happening now. the votes are being counted. the first presidential run off that turkey has seen. ordinary people up and down the country from the biggest city here in istanbul, the earthquake zone in the s
meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. our senior international correspondent, orla gerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters, who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed that our president is leading us again. there is no better feeling than this. let the world hear it. he is the leader who has taught the entire world a lesson. and here he was, serenading supporters, or trying to. from a bus top near his home in istanbul, having beaten off the biggest challenge in years. the only winner, he said, is turkey before stoking divisions with an attack on the opposition and the lgbtq community. earlier he handed out cash outside a polling station, like a modern day sultan. one who has now ext
We spend the day with prince harry as he makes a surprise visit to a Charity Event for bereaved military children. Aston villas European Dream is over. Disappointment in athens as theyre knocked out in the semi finals of the Europa Conference League by olympiakos. Good morning from the blue peter garden, which is going to be fine in todays lovely weather once again. Is it going to last of the weekend . Join me throughout the programme. Its friday 10th may. Officalfigures released in an hour are expected to show the economy is no longer in recession, after growing in the first three months of this year. The uk entered recession after output fell during two consecutive quarters at the end of last year. Our Economics Correspondent andy verity reports. At this butcher on the Gloucester Road in bristol, business is ticking along, but hardly roaring away. After the soaring price rises ofjust over a year ago some customers are now seeing wages rise faster than prices, and the price of meat or