against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov told the bbc the planned assault was an historic opportunity but the government had no right to make a mistake when making such an important decision. mr danilov has been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. we have been talking about this counteroffensive for months, and during that time ukraine has been building up stockpiles of ammunition, it s been taking receipt of tanks and armoured vehicles from the west. it s been training its troops as much as it can. so when we sat down with oleksiy danilov, the man who is at the heart of what is effectively ukraine s war cabinet, it was inevitable that we were going to talk about the circumstances around which this counteroffensive may at some stage begin and this is what he told me. translation: we will figure out | when that will start so we can have that best result at that point of war. it could happen tomorrow, the day after tomorrow or in a
National border issue affecting people in the uk. we will try to get more reaction from different airports and locations across the country and we are pushing the home office for more information. that is all for now. thank you, david, those are some unpleasant looking cues. we will have you back later on for an update. turks will go back to the polls on sunday in a presidential election run off between the long time authoritarian leader, recep tayyip erdogan and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. in the first round earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote, just over 4% more than his rival. both candidates are chasing support from nationalist voters. 0ur reporter 0nur erem from the bbc s turkish service has more on this. there is still enthusiasm, although it is the first time that this is a
We will still do something and we will still fight but i don t know how hard they will attack this time. because over these two or three years, our hopes were like, yes, he will go after these elections, we can still, we still have a chance. but if he still wins, they will attack us more, they will take our rights more. they will ban many more things. so what is ahead here if president erdogan wins on sunday, as looks likely? supporters say more development and a stronger turkey. critics say more repression and a darker future. 0ur reporter 0nur erem