including a look ahead to the nail biting final day of the english premier legaue season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. with a key strategic position, a growing regional influence and difficult economic times the future of turkey is today being decided in the run off round of the presidential election. around 64 million people are eligible to vote turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% and they have a choice between two veteran candidates. immigration has been top at the topics of discussion for the last few weeks as the two candidates vying for votes. this is one of the polling stations you will see up and down the country. voting always happens in schools. i have been outside this one for a few hours then people have been coming in through the day. they head into these classrooms and each one like a separate ballot box and they give their name, because the vote and get photographs of both candidates. they have to st
outside the city. let us remind us of the geography of all of this. moscow s round a70 km from ukraine but look at where these drones could been fired from later. before that, our russian editor is in moscow and saw the building shake this morning as those drones hit. here s his report. explosion russian tv says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. from early morning, people in and around the russian capital reported hearing explosions. idid, too. at home, my window shook from the force of the blasts. russia s defence ministry says that ukraine had targeted moscow with drones. the russian military claimed it had brought them all down. look at that, a man says in this video. right above our house! the kyiv regime is decided to attack residential buildings. this is a clear sign of its terrorist activity. clear sign of its terrorist activity- clear sign of its terrorist activi . ., , ~ activity. the drones sparked disbelief! one of the drones had crashed into
on the one side, there s the government sudanese army often referred to as the saf, led by this man, general fattah al burhan. opposing him is general mohamed dagalo hemeti, who runs the rapid support force, or rsf. the two forces were due to merge, but when talks between them broke down, a bloody fight began, leaving civilians caught in the shrapnel. reporter fateh al rahman al hamdani lives by the international airport right at the heart of the fighting. but it s hard to reach him, so he sends us videos when he can. distant gunfire. this is one of khartoum s main water treatment plants. on the first day of fighting, it was hit. using satellite imagery, we can see the damage. in this image in 2022 the tanks are full, but here, only days after being bombed, they re almost empty. just across the river from the water plant, living opposite the british embassy, is british citizen and london hotel owner, 85 year old abdalla sholgami and his wife, alaweya rishwan. their granddaugh
of the votes in the run off election over the weekend. it s the first run off ever seen in a turkish presidential election. there were joyous scenes on the streets of istanbul and ankara as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters after winning around 52% of the vote. thousands gathered on the streets, waving flags and singing songs. erdogan gave a victory speech in front of the crowds gathering at the presidential palace in the capital. he spoke about stability and prosperity, building stronger economy and leaving disputes behind. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters, who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed that our president is leading us again. there is no better feeling than this. let the world hear it. he is the leader who has taught the ent
welcome to cnn this morning. good to be with you. here s what we re watching this morning. lawmakers finally reach a tentative debt ceiling deal, but of course the fight is not over. now president biden and house speaker mccarthy have to try to get the members onboard from their representative parties. can they get it to the president s desk by june 5. the texas house of representatives votes to im beac impeach ken paxton. the latest on the action and what happens next. look at this. remarkable new images of the sun. we have never seen the sun this way. powerful telescope captures photos of the sun s surface. we will talk about how they could help scientists studying the sun and the solar system. and a groove of bipartisan lawmakers in washington comes together to mark memorial day. we will show you how they are paying tribute to the fallen. beginning with that race in washington to crack the legislation to raise the nation s debt ceiling and avoid this historic d