by the troubles awaiting turkey. the bbc s anna foster has been following the story in istanbul. that is a good question, there are two issues can he and does he want to? because he has won here by getting 52% of the vote. he will consider that to be a comfortable margin and a mandate for the style of rule he has been bringing to turkey for more than 20 years, he has created this executive presidency that gives him so much power over policy make and the direction of the country and things like cracking down on democracy and free speech. he will see this as an endorsement. he made a speech last night at the time of the result and talked about being a president for all of the country, whether they voted for him or not. but he also made disparaging remarks about the kurdish population and people from the lgbtqi+ community. and he how much will he feel the need to reach out? you also have 48% of the population who are opposed to his rule and to his style of government who hav
welcome to the programme. iraq s president has said an early election could resolve the political unrest gripping the country. to those who have taken their eye off iraq, the violence that broke out in baghdad yesterday, might have looked like a sudden eruption of rage. in fact, the sectarian anger has been simmering for years. the country is riddled with corruption, it has not had a functioning government since the october elections and the spiralling cost of living is pushing iraq towards an existential crisis. the spark that ignited these protests yesterday was the sudden announcement by the shia cleric, muqtadr al sadr, that he was withdrawing from political life. sadr has been a major player in iraq since 2003, when his supporters known then as the mehdi army, began attacks on coalition troops. in october, the sadrists won the most seats in parliament but refused to form a coalition with the mostly shi ite iran backed parties. injune, sadr asked all of his mps to resign
Columbia University Said the students had escalated the protest to an untenable situation and it had no choice but to call the police. Pro Palestinian Protesters have been occupying a tent camp at the Ivy League School for nearly two weeks. Lets speak to omar wasow, a Political Science professor at the university of berkeley, california, who studies protest movements. Columbia University Says it was left with no choice. What are your thoughts . Research that i do look for protesters in the 1960s and what i find is that when protesters are non violent and there are heavy handed tactics by authorities, that builds sympathy for the protesters. That is what we saw two weeks ago at columbia when students took over the building. What i find also is that when protesters engage in protest initiative violence, that tends to build sympathy for more Law And Order and i think that is what we saw today. Them taking over the building today creates legitimacy for this Massive Police response. I i kno
Hed been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the Scottish Green Party and faced two separate votes of no confidence. There are renewed hopes tonight of a breakthrough in the ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas after weeks of stalemate between the two sides. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is in saudi arabia, said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. At least 45 people have been killed in kenya after a dam collapsed during the night following torrential rainfall according to local officials there. Video footage from near the Rift Valley Town of mai mahiu shows a vast area covered in mud, flattened houses and uprooted trees. A trial has got under way in the city of stuttgart over an alleged far right coup plot to overthrow the german government. Nine men appeared in court, accused of Planning A Coup with the aim of installing an aristocrat as head of state. It is the first of three trials
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