At noon on sunday to protest the election. Shes urged the west not to recognise what will be putins fifth term as president. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities c
wissam al tawil managed many operations in the south of the country. israeli strikes have killed 249 palestinians and injuring a further 510 in the past 24 hours according to the hamas run health ministry and this comes as the top diplomat from america antony blinken is back in the middle east meeting officials in the uae, saudi arabia and israel. further talks on the conflict in gaza. our correspondent sent the very latest. the scale of gaza s humanitarian crisis clearly visible along its southernmost border. hundreds of thousands are now crammed into tents. after fleeing their homes, most have been displaced several times over, by the fighting with israel. angry and weary, this woman believes herfamily remains in danger. they killed us in schools, in our homes, they won t kill us inside our tent? there is no safe place, she says. we came here because of poverty, fear. there is concern al aqsa hospital in central gaza may close. now largely empty, but only because isra
force and managed many operations in the south of the country. that news comes as intense fighting continues across gaza, with israeli strikes killing 249 palestinians and injuring a further 510 injured in the past 2a hours, according to the hamas run gaza health ministry. it comes as america s top diplomat, antony blinken, is back in the middle east, meeting officials in the united arab emirates, saudi arabia and israel, for further talks on the war in gaza. antony blinken is expected to call on israel to reduce the intensity of its fighting in gaza. yolande knell has the very latest. the scale of gaza s humanitarian crisis clearly visible along its southernmost border. hundreds of thousands are now crammed into tents. after fleeing their homes, most have been displaced several times over by the fighting with israel. angry and weary, this woman believes herfamily remains in danger. they killed us in schools, in our homes, they won t kill us inside our tent? there is no sa
in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi gave me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical conditions. they say that after the first explosion took place, the second, when
another five years in office potentially stretching his time in power to a quarter century. addressing a jubilant crowd, president erdogan promised to build a strong economy and called for unity. meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. 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 entire world a lesson. and here he was, serenading supporters, or trying to. from a bus top near his home in istanbul, having beaten off the biggest challenge in years. the only winner, he s