Problems. First it is a vote seen as a referendum on the leadership of Prime Minister recep Tayyip Erdogan. Millions of turks are taking part in local elections across the country. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been campaigning for his party as People Choose their mayors and councillors. Its a crucial time with recep Tayyip Erdogan facing a number of corruption allegations. What are the people saying . We are waiting for Prime Minister recep Tayyip Erdogan to come to the polling station behind me to cast his vote. He is at the center of this political storm. When you speak to people here, voters, they are divided. Some expressed their support for the Prime Minister, and saying he is an honest man and they dont believe the corruption allegations made against him. On the other hand we have people who think the Prime Minister and the government are corrupt and they are voting for change. So turkey is divided. The polls are still going on very smoothly. Its a peaceful atmosphere. There is polit
Its election day. Turkey holds its first vote since antigovernment protests last year. Good morning to you and welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford life in new york city. The search for survivors of that Deadly Washington mud slide enters a second week. The number of missing has been revised from 90 down to 30. That drop due to duplicate reports of missing people and others found safe and sound. But the death toll increased to 18, with more bodies waiting to be identified. Crews are using heavy equipment, dogs and bare hands to search for the victims. An estimated 180 people were in the path when it hit the village of oso. Seven were immediately pulled from the record and are hospitalized. We have more from derrington. A week after the mud slide heavy rain soaks trees, mud and debris. Thats all thats left of the lives here. Earlier at 10 37am a moment of silence. The moment a week ago when oso became home to one of the worst mudslides in Washington State history. More than
Crimea moves clocks with russia. We look at the new reality for the breakaway region. Not even standing, but the local elections in turkey have turned into a test of popularity for the Prime Minister in turkey. They are the first elections since mass protests last year. Started over plans for a park in istanbul but grew into a campaign against what many see as his authoritarian style. By december, we had a corruption investigation, a high pro feel one, with the leading party under suspicion. An audio recording emerged, heard warning his son to hide large sums of money. He said the tape was a fake. That led to twitter and you tube being taken down more recently. His opponents he says use social media to spread lice. Well find out whats happening on election day. First this report from istanbul. A constant stream of voters eager to make their voices count. This is more than local politics and people are bitterly divided. Ali is 85 years old and believes turkey needs a new political direc
London construction site of victims of the plage which killed miles an hour i dont think omillion of europe moreth. But first, hes fought Many Political battles over the last 11 years of power, but this time, turkeys Prime Minister is we set by scandals, and hes come under attack after banning access to social media. Nevertheless, his a. K. Party is reported to have taking the lead in local elections across the country. These elections are the first polls since mass protests last year. They began after plans for a park in istanbul but grew in to to what many as authoritarian style. A high profile corruption was put in to effect putting the government and the party under investigation. In february an audio regarding is heard whered p. M. Warns his son to hide large amounts of money. That led to youtube being taken down. He says his opponents have been using social media to spread lies. These are people saying this is a test. If the early figures are to be believed he will cruise to vict
Their home. And a Top German Court is set to decide on whether to ban diesel vehicles in cities across the nation after emission levels were found to exceed new limits. Plus an arctic storm dubbed the beast from the east slams into europe temperatures plunging to record lows killing at least seven people across the continent but also bringing snow. And in the bundesliga dortmund star marco royce grabbing and pearlie goal against hausberg but took the hosts hold out for a win. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start off in syria where russia has called for a daily five hour paulson hostilities thats a. Specter to begin within the hour at nine am local time now this comes after the International Community appealed to russian president Vladimir Putin to use his influence on syria to enforce a truce the ongoing bombing of the song play it has left more than five hundred civilians dead in just a week and there have also been unconfirmed reports of a chlorine gas attack also