in turkey, voting has closed in one of the most elections the country has seen. the country is deciding whether president erdohan remains in power after 20 years. it is expected to be a close race between him and an opposition leader kemal k l cdaroglu. he is a former civil servant who heads an alliance of six opposition parties, both secular and islamist. he promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by mr erdogan and return turkey to a parliamentary system. and also called for better relations with the west, including renewal of turkey s bid for membership of the eu. the current leader recep tayyip erdogan first came to power as prime minister in 2003 and became president in 2014. under him, turkey enjoyed strong economic growth, but it s been hit by high inflation, and the recent earthquakes in which tens of thousands died. he s also become increasingly authoritarian with more powers in the hands of the president and tighter restrictions on free speech. with most ballot
against the company for faciliating financierjefrey epstein s sex trafficking ring. a woman listed anonoymously as jane doe in court papers filed the suit last year on behalf of herself and other accusers. she alleged deutsche bank did business with epstein for five years while knowing he was using money in his bank accounts to further his sex trafficking activity. the lawsuit alleged the bank ignored red flags including payments to numerous young women. epstein took his own life in a federaljail in new york in 2019 while awaiting trail on sex trafficking charges. the journal reports the settlement is expected to compensate dozens of epstein s accusers. in a statement to the newspaper, a spokesman for the bank said: in recent years deutsche bank has made considerable progress inremedying a number of past issues. according to thejournal s sources, the bank did not admit any wrongdoing as part of this settlement. this information has not been verified by the bbc but we
him in court. when that guilty verdict was said in court this afternoon after less than two hours of deliberation by the jury, there was uproar in the courtroom. back in 1993 the uproar was because the family hadn t got a guilty verdict. the uproar today was because the family finally got a guilty verdict and knew who killed her. the police came to the courts to calm things down and as for david boyd, he will be sentenced at a later date in a few weeks time. he will undoubtedly go to prison for a long time because he thought he got away with it for three decades but when the police came knocking in 2018, they had the evidence against him and now he has been convicted. in terms of hearing from the in terms of hearing from the family, in terms of hearing from the family, in terms of hearing from the family, i assume we haven t had a statement. what have they said over the years? to be fair to sharon, she has never given up, she visited the graveside. she couldn t go into the b
intercepted. and british prime minister rishi sunak says he s disappointed at the european broadcasting union s zelenskyy from making an address at the eurovision song contest. we start with the breaking news in the last couple of hours. a convicted child abuser has been found guilty of brutally murdering a seven year old girl in the north east of england more than 30 years after the killing took place. nikki allan was repeatedly hit about the head and stabbed dozens of times in sunderland in october 1992. prosecutors told newcastle crown court she was then dumped like rubbish in a derelict building near her home. david boyd, 55, from stockton on tees, was convicted after a three week trial. he will be sentenced on 23 may. our news correspondent, danny savage was at newcastle crown court and explains why this prosecution has taken so long. it was a complex and challenging case for northumbria police but they spent many years going off down the wrong avenue thinking that a
it was because of a police mix up. and another colourful night at the eurovision song contest, as the line up for the grand final on saturday is now confirmed. a very warm welcome. pakistan s ex prime minister imran khan has been freed from custody, a day after the supreme court ruled his dramatic arrest on corruption charges was illegal. imran khan was released on protected bail, was due to be released on protected bail, meaning he can not be re arrested for at least two weeks. this was the scene as mr khan arrived at court he s in the middle of this crowd, wearing sunglasses at the centre of the crowd. earlier, he told the bbc he believed he would be detained again immediately after his release. but, this should in theory now not happen for two weeks. nearly 2,000 people have been arrested for violence since his detention on tuesday and at least eight have been killed. 0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies has been at court in islamabad. she s spoken to imran khan in