hello, i m sally bundock welcome to the programme. with almost all ballots counted in turkey s crucial general election, president recep tayyip erdogan has said he would accept a run off vote. officialfigures give mr erdoganjust under 50% of the counted ballots. his secular opposition rival, kemal kilicdaroglu, is on around 45%. if confirmed, it ll be the first time a challenger s taken mr erdogan to a second round in a presidential contest. the conservative leader, who has dominated turkish politics for two decades, told supporters in ankara he was confident he d still be president in two weeks time. mr kilicdaroglu, who has garnered support from secular turks and the young, has vowed to win the election in a second round, saying his rivalfailed to get a vote of confidence from the people. 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, vot
president zelensky s visit to the uk in the last couple of hours, he is at chequers with the uk prime minister, rishi sunak. chequers is the countryside rural retreat of the sitting uk prime minister, and they were there to discuss, of course, ukraine s war with russia and the continuing support that the uk and other countries will provide. we got a little nudge about what their priorities were, because now we know, this phrase i am sure we are going to be hearing a lot more of, jets coalition. . they posed for a couple of words to but then the real talks got under way when our cameras were out of the room. they spoke for a couple of hours then afterwards they came out and president zelensky decided to talk about this phrase, jets coalition, saying that ukraine can t control the skies ahead of any counteroffensive with russia. one of his big priorities now is is this jets coalition, fighterjets are essentially. we have some reaction from russia. let s take a look at what they
i think in the premier league i think i m right that they haven t only taken ten points in the last 30. we have got to make sure that we are a brighton or brentford for performance against them, who can get a result against them. arsenal captain martin odegaard says it s going to be very difficult for his side to win the title after losing 3 0 at home to brighton. a result effectively killing off arsenal s challenge for a first league title in nearly 20 years. it leaves the top of the premier league looking like this, with the gunners four points behind leaders manchester city, having played a game more. while not mathematically over city could become champions without playing on saturday if arsenal lose at nottingham forest. city then play chelsea on sunday. the word bottle it annoys me to be honest because it really did raise what arsenal has done this season. anyone would have taken up for and never mind finishing second in going all the way to the end of the seaso
hello and welcome to bbc news. the latest series of tornadoes to have ripped through parts of the united states has left at least 11 people dead. they were killed in the states of arkansas and illinois. dozens have been injured and tens of thousands have lost power. some pictures coming through to us in the last couple of hours show the extent of the damage to homes in this residential area in the state of illinois. the picture is no better in arkansas, where you can see homes have been completely flattened and businesses forced to close after devastating damage. the governor there, sarah huckabee sanders, has declared a state of emergency. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction. two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas, tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the volume of itjust seems rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of d
voice-over: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. on today s media show, one of the pioneers of reality tv. hello, hello, hello! fenton bailey s behind rupaul s drag race, described by time magazine as one of the most influential reality tv shows of all time . the company he founded, world of wonder, has made documentaries about andy warhol, britney spears, monica lewinsky over the years, about police brutality in la, and about the lgbt supporting tv evangelist tammy faye. they also brought the cult comedy duo adam and joe to channel 4. fenton, hello, and i wonder whether for you there is a thread that connects all those incredible and different interviewees and programmes? the first thing that connects it all is just things randy and ifound ourselves interested in. that s your partner? yeah, randy, at world of wonder we founded the company together but then, i think the ot