the last few minutes of the official result. the turkish electoral body so that they have counted 99.4% of the votes, which had given erdogan 52% 50 2.4% of the the votes, which had given erdogan 52% 50 2.4% of the vote. he needed more than 50%, more than half to remain in power in turkey. kilicdaroglu. when he spoke earlier, his words were received here on the streets of istanbul and by his supporters a. i would like to thank each and every member of our nation who has once again given us the responsibility of governing the country for the next five years. it was difficult for kilicdaroglu. he was really the antiestablishment character. the antique kilicdaroglu candidate. he formed a table of six, with all of these different parties led by the chp. they were seeking to unseat president erdogan. he made a speech before the result was officially confirmed. he did not concede the presidency, but talked about dark days ahead for turkey. my real sadness is for the difficulty
hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military says it has hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes hit areas of the gaza strip and lebanon. israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. these are the latest images showing the aftermath of the attack in gaza. the airstrikes are the heaviest since last august. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targets it says were linked to the palestinian militant group hamas in both lebanon and in gaza. in gaza, it says it hit tunnels and also weapons manufacturing sites, and reports from southern lebanon describe explosions around the palestinian refugee camp there. in return, palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from gaza at israel overnight. most were intercepted or landed in open gro
we begin in the middle east where israeli officials say two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. in an attack in the these pictures of the attack have just come in. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident, near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. this latest development come after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the air strikes hit areas of the gaza strip and lebanon israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. these are the latest images showing the aftermath of the attack in gaza. the air strikes are the heaviest since last august. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targ
hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin here in england where thousands ofjunior doctors in england have started a four day strike that threatens to bring the worst disruption in the history of the health service. it runs all the way through to saturday morning and could mean the cancellation of 350,000 appointments and operations. the doctors union is in a row with the government over pay forjunior doctors, with the british medical association sticking to its demand of a 35% pay rise and the government refusing to negotiate until what it sees as a more reasonable pay demand is met. catherine burns reports. what do we want? pay rise! how do we get it? strike! this winter, we ve got used to seeing nhs staff waving banners on picket lines. we re now into the fifth month of industrial action, but this walk out byjunior doctors in england is bigger in scale than anything that s come before. the bma is being accused of picking dates to maximise disruption. their view is indu
By Frank Taaffe THE Decade of Commemorations has witnessed the publishing of a number of interesting books on our recent history. County councils throughout the…