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the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. his main rival is kemal kilicdaroglu, who is backed by a broad opposition alliance and has promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by the president. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. a tense moment in a tight election. here and on current voter responded to people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean the end of the blue era. turkey s authoritarian leader who did in istanbul looking sombre with election officials standing to attention. he said he is praying for turkish democracy. the president smiling secular rival, kemal kilicdaroglu says democracy would be a lot better off witho ....
one of turkey s most critical elections which will decide if president erdogan should remain in power after 20 years. president erdogan faces his biggest challenge yet, with turkey in the midst of soaring inflation, and the country still reeling from two earthquakes in february in which more than 50,000 people died. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. his main rival is kemal kilicdaroglu who is backed by a broad opposition alliance and has promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by the president. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. people talk excitedly. a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on th ....
announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand. there s huge uncertainty about the country s future direction. the two main opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. that s after they defeated their military backed rivals in a general election. but thailand s upper house the senate is dominated by the military, and they could yet block a reformist prime minister. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. stunned by their success, thailand s youngest and most progressive party came to celebrate at the place they call democracy monument, built to commemorate a democracy that many thais say they have never had. today we have politics driven by hope in this country. they were told by an mp who, like so many in the party, has spent time injail for his political views. move forward caught the public s imagination with the boldness ....
with a report released today that has sharply criticised 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 rigour and concluded that the fbi had not possessed actual evidence of collusion between trump s campaign and russia before launching an also accused the fbi of repeated instances of quote confirmation bias . the fbi responded to durham s report, saying fbi leadership already implemented dozens of corrective actions, which have now been in place for some time. had those reforms been in place in 2016, the missteps identified in the report could have been prevented. former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said, quote, special counsel john durham concludes the fbi n ....
of a large number of explosions. air raid sirens have sounded across the country. video footage on circulating on social media which have not been verified by the bbc show air defence systems shooting down missiles. government messages have warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles is falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, says some of the debris has fallen on the city s zoo. that comes as on monday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky made made a surprise visit to the united kingdom to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia s invasion. uk prime minister rishi sunak welcomed the ukrainian leader at chequers, the prime minister s country house. they held bilateral talks lasting around two hours. president zelensky said they discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a jets coalition . prime minister sunak promised to send hundreds of air defen ....