if president recep tayyip erdogan should remain in power after 20 years may end in a run off vote. the islamic party of the incumbent president erdogan is being challenged by a secularist candidate, kemal kilicdaroglu. both men have dismissed the other side s claims to be in the lead. counting has continued throughout the day. this is one of the country s most critical elections. the country is dealing with soaring inflation, and is still reeling from two earthquakes in february in which more than 50,000 people died. these are live pictures from the streets of turkey where people are awaiting a result. let s cross live to our middle east corrrespondent anna foster, who joins us from outside the governing ak party s headquarters in the turkish city of adana. voting has been going on for quite a while now, we have had one side claiming they are in the lead and then the other side, so i suppose it shows usjust then the other side, so i suppose it shows us just how tight it is? i
palace. he s meeting his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. a statement from the elysee palace said mr zelensky and mr macron will discuss french military and humanitatian support for ukraine. it s mr zelensky s third visit to a major european power this weekend. he was in germany earlier and on saturday he was in rome meeting italian leaders. live now to france where we can join hugh schofield our paris correspondent for more on zelensky s visit. we heard a big announcement from germany about nearly $3 billion worth of aid on his visitjust before his visit to germany but are we expecting anything similar, any similar announcements from france? not that we have been led to believe, that is all i can say. there will be some kind of official press statement at the end of this dinner in a couple of hours and it may be that there is mention of more munitions and arms from france to ukraine but we have not been led to suspect that will happen in any major way. suspect that will
honouring european unity. he has landed in france, off the plane and into a car and he is heading off for dinner with emmanuel macron and we are told he will be talking about the humanitarian support that france can offer and reaffirming the military support that president macron has already agreed to. we heard earlier he gave a speech in aachen in germany where he received this prize pot european union, where he called germany a true friend in the fight against russia. he was also in italy before that where he met prime minister giorgia meloni and she also said italy would support ukraine as long as necessary and he also got to meet the pope whilst in italy as well, who said he was praying for ukraine. a lot of promises for support in the last few days from germany and italy and this is exactly what president zelensky once, he wants to show russia that the international support he has been enjoying for the last few days is continuing and there is no sign of it waning ahead o
We start in texas where President Trump has arrived to assess the damage left in the wake of hurricane, now Tropical Storm, harvey. This update has just reached us, from a Global Chemical company, they said they are evacuating remaining workers from their Chemical Plant in south east texas amidst the risk of an explosion. The storm continues to wreak havoc. Our north america correspondent, james cook, is there. In the chaos, some order, at last. The boats have come from all over the United States, and not a moment too soon. Its ok the operation was fast and smooth. Police, soldiers and civilians all working together. Were trying to get to a safe and dry place. Hows the baby . Hes fine, just scared. Are you scared . Just a little bit. From above, they can see the problem, and its a big one. A reservoir a few blocks away is overflowing. It was built 80 years ago to protect the young city of houston, but no one then imagined this. The pool of the reservoir is still rising, so flooding is
Westminster starts debating the governments plans to convert thousands of european laws and regulations into british law. A special report on the inhumane conditions in a Detention Camp for refugees in libya. Ijust need to go home, you understand, because here is like in hell. And england bowl out the west indies for 123 but then struggled on a remarkable first day of the deciding test at lords. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, premier League Clubs Vote to close next summers transfer window before the season starts, with players still allowed to be sold up until the end of august. Good evening. Hurricane irma, one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic, is sweeping across the Eastern Caribbean with devastating force. At least 10 people are known to have died. The british overseas territory of anguilla has been badly affected a Royal Navy Helicopter carrier is being sent to the region. The islands of barbuda and st martin were the first to feel the full force of th