good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the country s most important election in years. mr erdogan appealed for national unity as he celebrated victory last night over his opponent kemal kilicdaroglu, who declared the result unfair. our correspondent aruna iyengar has this report. cheering. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god, islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t ev
politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win. ireland make history with their first ever series win in new zealand. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee is taking place this afternoon, to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison has more. at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower, more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures forecast for early next week, this summer s heatwave is entering uncharted waters. well, i don t like the heat. it s all right at the moment, it s all right in the shade, but i do burn too quickly. for those climate sceptics, i think this is evidence that something s d
thejudge said ian paterson was driven by material rewards. today, his patients spoke out. over four years of trauma and stress in trying to bring this man to account. no amount of prison sentence will ever compensate what myself and the other people affected have gone through. at least 90 people are killed in the afghan capital, kabul, after a truck bomb explodes in the diplomatic quarter. and to boldly go where no spacecraft has gone before. nasa s plans to probe the sun s atmosphere. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. defending champion novak djokovic and the king of clay, rafa nadal, both ease into the third round of the french open. good evening from cambridge. we re at the senate house of the university, the venue for one of the biggest debates of this election campaign, with just eight days to polling day. seven party representatives will be taking part, including the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, who announced earlier today that he would, after all, be attending t
also on the programme tonight: the breast surgeon sentenced to 15 years injail. ian paterson is sent to prison after performing completely unnecessary operations on patients after inventing or exaggerating the risk of cancer. over four years of trauma and stress in trying to bring this man to account, no amount of prison sentence will ever compensate what myself and the other people affected have gone through. at least 90 people are killed in the afghan capital kabul after a truck bomb explodes in the diplomatic quarter. and the global accord to curb carbon emissions is president trump about to withdraw america from the paris climate change deal? coming up in sportsday on bbc news: arsenal majority owner stan kroenke says arsene wenger is the best person to manage the club as his new two year deal is confirmed. good evening. with just eight days to go until the election, one of the biggest debates of this campaign has just taken place in cambridge. there were seven part
britain s prime minister. theresa may said she d rather be out meeting voters. jeremy corbyn, leader of the labour opposition, did take part. his decision only announced hours before. here s our deputy political editor, john pienaar. guess who came after all, and what an entrance? jeremy corbyn left it late, but how could he resist trying to show up theresa may, who stayed away? maybe make up for the odd campaign gaffe. this was his chance, and look at him, he meant to take it if he could. she came to stop him. her leader s favourite, amber rudd. fewerfans, but a bigger motorcade and a single mission, take down jeremy corbyn. wherever theresa may was, she wanted this, the nearest thing this election has to a contact sport, to go her way. amber rudd was straight into the attack after mr corbyn criticised treatment of those on disability benefits. you re not credible on this issue. jeremy, jeremy, i know there is no extra payment you don t want to add to. no tax you don t want