hello, i m helena humphries. we begin in turkey, where a pivotal presidential election is heading down to the wire. with more than 91% of ballots counted, neither current president recep tayyip erdogan nor his fiercest rival kemal kilicdaroglu have cleared the threshold to win outright on sunday. the head of turkey s high election board said not long ago that mr erdogan was leading with 49.49% while kilicdaroglu had 4a.49% of votes. now, if neither can clear 50%, there will be a run off election. both candidates have said they would accept a potential run off vote, which would take place on may 28th. our international correspondent orla guerin is in ankara, and has more on what s at stake in this election. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean th
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The resignation opens up room for the opposition in the House of Representatives. Thailand’s new government takes office today, still controlled by the establishment (military and monarchy), which Pita had tried to shake up. The young leader is included in the “Time100 Next” list of emerging leaders.
the two progressive opposition parties, move forward and pheu thai, have surged ahead of the incumbent thai prime minister s party, and appear to be set for coalition talks. the move forward party, led by former businessman pita limjaroenrat, is set to be the largest party in the country s parliament, followed closely by its fellow opposition party pheu thai, led by paetongtarn shinawatra, daughter of the ousted former prime minister thakshin shinawatra. the results make it all but certain the conservative prime minister prayuth chanocha, who seized power in 2014, has failed to win another term in office. live now to bangkok, and our correspondentjonathan head. looking at these early counts, it seems thai voters has rejected the military backed government, why? i rejected the military backed