those of the latest headlines. now on bbc news the interview: sheikh hasina. bangladesh s prime minister sheikh hasina has been in power for past 1a years. her supporters describe her as a saviour, and her critics says she is a dictator, and her critics say she is a dictator, she s a dictator, accusing her of human rights abuses. in a rare and wide ranging interview with the bbc, sheikh hasina sits down with me, yalda hakim, to discuss some of the most important issues facing her country and the international community. she remains defiant when it comes to the treatment of the minority rohingya refugees and says that she is refugees and says that she s in no hurry to step down as the country s leader. you are the world s longest serving female leader. you re often described as the iron lady of bangladesh, you re the daughter of the founder of the country. i just want to know, how the last 1a years have been for you personally? i can tell you one thing the last 1a years ha
important issues facing her country. she remains defiant when it comes to the treatment of the minority rohingya refugees and says that she is in no hurry to step down as the leader of the country. you are the world s longest serving female leader. often described as the iron lady of bangladesh, you are the daughter of the founder of the country. i just want to know, how have the last 14 years have been for you personally? the last 14 years have been the best time for bangladesh. in every aspect, we made tremendous development. we couldn t do it in the past because, after independence, our father of the nation got only three years and seven months to build up the strength of his country and develop the country. after the military ruler took over directly or indirectly, then in 2008, when we won the election, it was a continuous democratic process for 14 years. that really helped our country to develop. every sector we made some progress. your country has been described as a f
it s six in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in turkey where voting has closed in one of the most critical elections. the country is deciding whether president erdohan remains in power after 20 years. it is expected to be a close race between him and an opposition leader kemal k l cdaroglu. he is a former civil servant who heads an alliance of six opposition parties, both secular and islamist. he promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by mr erdogan and return turkey to a parliamentary system. and also called for better relations with the west including renewal of turkey s bid for membership of the eu. the current leader recep tayyip erdogan first came to power as prime minister in 2003 and became president in 2014. under him turkey enjoyed strong economic growth, but it s been hit by high inflation, and the recent earthquakes in which tens of thousands died. he s also become increasingly authoritarian with more powers in the hands of the president,
welcome. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt. it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce which, as you see here, prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warnings across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder though that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding. the white house also wel
into the fbi s investigation into donald trump s 2016 campaign ties to russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign s alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency s inquiry had lacked analytical rigor , concluding that the fbi had not possessed actual evidence of collusion between trump s campaign and russia before launching an inquiry. he also accused the fbi of repeated instances of confirmation bias . the fbi responded to durham s report, saying: former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said: with me is north america correspondentjess parker. what new information to the report revealed? there are some old and some new because bill s report on 2019 by us watchdog but identified performance failures and what the fbi had done. but significantly, it didn t identify any political bias. this report differs a little b