hello, thank you forjoining us. the presidential candidates in turkey are gearing up for their last day of campaigning ahead of sunday s crucial election. president recep tayyip erdogan will hold a rally in istanbul, where he built his popular support as mayor more than 20 years ago. in the evening, he is expected to pray at the hagia sophia, which he controversially converted into a mosque to please religious conservatives. his secular challenger, kemal kilicdaroglu, will also be touring istanbul with the current mayor. the 74 year old has been appealing to the young promising to restore democracy and improve relations with the west. let s talk now to our correspondent in istanbul, silin girit. thank you very much for talking to us. the two men at the forefront of this race are very different, aren t they? talk to us about the different personalities and policies. yes. personalities and policies. yes, the are personalities and policies. yes, they are exact personalities
story. it goes on the nhs strike posing a threat to great ormond street, the children s hospital, serious concerns over staffing levels there, and looking ahead to next week s coronation. and the daily telegraph, there is a reference to the story of the bbc chair. gary lineker s tweet, saying, don t let ministers pick the bbc chief. he said the bbc chairman should not be selected by the government of the day, not now, not ever. another story about surgeons operating only once every fortnight. so a busy news week. that s all from us tonight. thank you forjoining us. mark is here on tuesday. till then, have a great bank holiday weekend. goodnight. breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. yeah, we did not fire the first shot. all the mediators were present. we agreed to sit down at 10 a.m. and sign the final agreement. we were taken by surprise when we found that the country was shut down and all the bridges wer
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