my guest is long standing erdogan critic, the exiled turkish writer ece temelkuran. a presidential election is looming. does the opposition have what it takes to end the erdogan era? ece temelkuran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. your country is grappling with a humanitarian crisis of unimaginable scale. the death toll has now passed well past 40,000, millions are displaced, and the government is saying that this is a time for national unity and solidarity. for you as a very prominent critic of president erdogan, can you at least share that sentiment? well, there is a national unity. unfortunately, the government is out of this unity. they have to connect with people right now, because most of the people, well, i can say millions of people, are feeling like they are trying to help the victims of the earthquake despite the government. despite the regime s strong hand, who is trying to do everything on their own? how can you say that, when we all see the turkish emerg
he s been taken to hospital but his condition s unknown. shameema begum, who fled the uk tojoin islamic state when she was 15, fails to regain her british citizenship. and, at least four people are killed, after cyclone freddy makes landfall in madagascar. hello and welcome to the programme. president putin has been addressing crowds filling moscow s main stadium for a patriotic gala concert, to mark one year of russia s invasion of ukraine. he insisted that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilize the international situation . our russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow. to russia s largest football stadium they came in their tens of thousands, not to cheer on their team, but to support their president. from colleges, factories and state enterprises, they had been bussed in specially for a kremlin sh
also tonight within the past hour, an off duty police officer has been shot in the town of omagh, county tyrone. shamima begum, who fled the uk tojoin islamic state when she was 15, has failed to regain her british citizenship. another big supermarket limits sales of some fruit and vegetables extreme weather is blamed for damaging harvests abroad. and. tonight, the winning streak and coming up on the bbc news channel chasing the biggest prize the club s yet to win. can manchester city edge closer to the quarter finals of the champions league? good evening. ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, president putin has put on a show of outright defiance. addressing a crowd of tens of thousands in moscow, insisting that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilise the international
the shell rebound continues but for clearer skies, a colder night than we have had for some time and with the damp surfaces we could have ice around as we head into the morning. a frosty start but with the ridge of high pressure promising more sunshine for scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales it might drag its heels to clear the far south and south east, that band of cloud, misty and murky weather and patchy rain. later, more substantial rain coming to the north and strong and gusty wind. for most, and strong and gusty wind. for most, a lot of dry weather with temperatures on a par with those of today, and a chilly day if you re under the breeze or under the cloud. the cloud advancing further south tomorrow evening. the weather front pulling to the south, relinquishing its grip a little bit and more cloud in trading on friday. a frosty start in trading on friday. a frosty start in the south, not much rain left on the weather front as it edges southend west.
occupation on the western bank occupation on the shamima begum, who fled the uk tojoin islamic state when she was 15, has failed to regain her british citizenship. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. president putin has been addressing crowds filling moscow s main stadium for a patriotic gala concert to mark one year of russia s invasion of ukraine. he insisted that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilise the international situation. our russia editor steve rosenberg in moscow. to russia s largest football stadium they came in their tens of thousands, not to cheer on their team, but to support their president. from colleges, factories and state enterprises, they had been bussed in specially for a kremlin show, designed to sho