Good morning. It is 7 00am in singapore, Midnight In London and 2 00am in the morning across turkey, where a referendum has granted the president a wide range of new powers, but with the narrowest of majorities, just 51. 3 of the vote. It means the role of Prime Minister will be scrapped, and turkey will become a president ial democracy. But opponents say it wont have the checks and balances of similar systems around the world, and are disputing the results, alleging widespread irregularities. From istanbul, our World Affairs Editorjohn Simpson sent this report. Tonight, the victors were out in force, celebrating as though they had won by a big majority, instead of by a whisker. In fact, here in istanbul, and in turkeys two other largest cities, izmir and ankara, the capital, the no campaign seems actually to have won. The worry is that the result has been too narrow to settle anything for good. The bangs are notjust fireworks. Those are guns being fired. The fact is that there is a bi
to be affected. rishi sunak called the historic ban an appalling failure of the british state. veterans, including dame kelly holmes, met with ministers earlier, as our lgbt and identity correspondent lauren moss reports. theyjoined the military to dedicate their lives to their country. but instead, many were rejected, unable to be themselves, investigated, dismissed, some even imprisoned. all because they re gay. a criminal offense in the armed forces until the year 2000. i chose the royal navy, hoping for a place to belong, a tribe to be part of. emma riley was a radio operator before she was arrested and then discharged. they took me up to my room and they went through every single piece of my belongings. they confiscated letters. they went through all my clothes, but they basically washed their hands of me. the moment i stepped out to that door, it was they couldn t
apologising for the treatment of lgbt apologising for the treatment of lg bt veterans after they are therefore studied the military for being gay. it was illegal to be gay until 2000 in the military were thousands of veterans were thought to be affected. rishi sunak coated did an appalling failure of the british state veterans including dame kelly holmes met with ministers earlier. theyjoined the military to dedicate their lives to their country. but instead, many were rejected, unable to be themselves, investigated, dismissed, some even imprisoned. all because they re gay. a criminal offense in the armed forces until the year 2000. i chose the royal navy, hoping for a place to belong, a tribe to be part of. emma riley was a radio operator before she was arrested and then discharged. they took me up to my room and they went through every single piece of my belongings. they confiscated letters.
the president and the prime minister met for around 30 or a0 minutes, meeting on the eve of the nato summit starting tomorrow in lithuania, as the allies debate and discuss when ukraine should be allowed to join and, crucially, how it wins the war. while in the uk, few american presidents would turn down tea with the british monarch. the king showed joe biden around windsor castle. mr president, welcome. where theyjoined a discussion about the environment and climate change. his visit here was brief, too. by mid afternoon, the president set off for lithuania and the nato s summit aboard air force one. the prime minister will follow him there tomorrow. chris mason, bbc news. he led a failed mutiny and an unprecedented challenge to the authority of vladimir putin last month. but today the kremlin has confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin, head of the wagner mercenary group met vladimir putin just five days later.
while in the uk, few american presidents would turn down tea with the british monarch. the king showed joe biden around windsor castle. your majesty. mr president, welcome. ..where theyjoined a discussion about the environment and climate change. his visit here was brief, too. by mid afternoon, the president set off for lithuania and the nato summit aboard air force one. the prime minister will follow him there tomorrow. chris mason, bbc news. it s been revealed that russia s president vladimir putin held talks with wagner mercenaries just days after he publicly accused them of treachery for launching a failed mutiny two weeks ago. the kremlin has confirmed that the wagner leader yegveny prigozhin was among those present at three hours of talks in the kremlin, where his mercenaries are said to have declared their loyalty to the president. our russia editor steve rosenberg joins us from moscow.