in turkey, voting has closed in one of the most elections the country has seen. 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 and tighter restrictions on free speech. with most ballot
people sing classical music # hallelujah #. it s very bad. # hallelujah #. the weekend is just around the corner, let s see how the weather is looking for most of us it s not looking for most of us it s not looking bad at all. we have plenty of dry weather on the way with a few sunny spells but it s going to be chilly. high pressure is set to establish itself across the uk and will stick around, not just establish itself across the uk and will stick around, notjust over the weekend but for most of next week. so here are the details and starting with the satellite picture from earlier on this morning it actually was quite bright in some areas but then the cloud came and we ve seen this weather front, a weak weather front across the country, it did produce a bit of rain but the skies are starting to break across the western and north western areas. the temperatures are about 9 12 which is above the average for the time of the year, but it feels quite a bit colder because of tha
of earth s most powerful telescopes with new technology that will reveal how our galaxy formed in unprecedented detail. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. england s lionesses have made history in a dramatic win against old rivals germany, in football s european championship final. there were scenes ofjoy on and off the pitch, as a record breaking 87,000 fans packed wembley stadium, and nearly 17.5 million people watched on television. it s the first major trophy for england since the men s world cup win in 1966. mark lobel reports. a euphoric moment for english sport with a pitch perfect performance from the lionesses, bringing football home in front of a record crowd of over 87,000 at wembley, and many more watching on around the country and world. let s hear it for england! said to harriet in the ground, she s got to do all she can to try and remember this, because i said the last time england won a tournament was when nanny was born, whic
with the latest. also in the programme: in the uk, police in liverpool arrest a man who was targeted by a gunman in a shooting that left a 9 year old girl dead. and we ll be live from florida where democrats have picked charlie crist to take on republican heavyweight ron desantis in the upcoming race for governor. we start in ukraine, which is marking two important dates. six months since the start of the russian invasion and 31 years since its independence, after the fall of the soviet union. this is in the ukrainian capital. while traditionally we d see a military parade today there are ukrainian tanks and seized russian military hardware on display. and we saw the ukrainian president and the first lady laying flowers at the wall of remembrance in kyiv honouring those killed defending the country. here s mr zelensky. translation: we only care about our land, we will fight for it until the end. we have been holding strong for six months. it s tough but we have clenched