hello. british tv presenter holly willoughby has reacted to phillip schofield s admission to a relationship with a younger employee, saying she is hurt. on friday, mr schofield resigned from itv saying he had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as unwise, but not illegal . itv has said it investigated rumours of the relationship but both repeatedly denied it. our correspondent katherine da costa has the latest on holly willoughby s reaction. she has been responding to the news that philip schofield had had a younger man on the show, this morning, in 2020. in a statement on her instagram account, holly said, it has taken time to process yesterday s news. you betterjust remind us how a big a name in tv phillip schofield is. particularly for people watching around the world who may not know him. philip schofield is a household name here in the uk. he started out as a children s tv presenter and has gone on to present a string of high profile programmes, inclu
push over the 50% mark, because that is key. the expectation is that we will this time find out who turkey s next president will be. let s looking a little more detail and to the turkish people people are choosing between. recep tayyip erdogan, has been in powerfor 20 years, first as prime minister, then as president. he has been accused of becoming an authoritarian leader changing the laws to protect themselves. also making this a deeply religious country. certainly in terms of civil society, the rule of law, that it was beforehand. he and his supporters say that he is a strong leadership candidate, that he is the sort of man that turkey needs to really cement its position in the world and to deal with some of the problems in turkish society, like the economic crisis, for example.
in turkey are starting to think about going to bed a lot of that counting will have been done and we will have a clear idea of who turkey s next president will be. let s ta ke let s take a look at other stories making news. it s been a day of long delays and frustration, for passengers arriving at major airports in the uk, because electronic passport gates broke down. officials say technical issues at uk border force were to blame, with the e gates faling last night. as a result, staff had to check passports manually, which takes more time. this evening, the home office says the problem has been fixed, and the gates are working again. british tv presenter holly willoughby has reacted to phillip schofield s admission about a relationship with a younger employee, saying she is hurt. on friday, mr schofield resigned from itv saying he had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as unwise, but not illegal . itv has said it investigated rumours of the relationship but both me
experience to really provide a contrast to mr edogan, to really push forward in the way that he would like to. but kemal kilicdaroglu says that he can solve some of the problems that turkey has been suffering. translation: the situation that our country is in right i now is not good. turkey needs to get out of this. to be able to do that, we need to put up a fight together no matter how we look at the conditions we are in. a pessimistic atmosphere has been created for everyone. today, turkey has some serious economic problems. we will go to the polls and cast our votes. we will replace an authoritarian government through democratic means. so how do voters not just here in istanbul but across the country responded to that? what do they think about the issues that the contenders have really been talking about? well, the economy is one of the biggest things that people have been considering.
you guys any more updates as we get them. you, helena. now to turkey, where the first ever presidential election runoff is set to begin, with polls opening in just under five hours. it s a two way race between the current president recep tayyip erdogan, who has been in power for two decades, and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. in the first round of the election earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote about 4% more than his rival. both candidates are now chasing support from nationalist voters. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is in istanbul. both of these contenters have squeeze every last drop out of theircampaigning. kemal kilicdaroglu has been in ankara. president erdogan here in istanbul. they both looking to