including a look ahead to the nail biting final day of the english premier legaue season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. with a key strategic position, a growing regional influence and difficult economic times the future of turkey is today being decided in the run off round of the presidential election. around 64 million people are eligible to vote turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% and they have a choice between two veteran candidates. immigration has been top at the topics of discussion for the last few weeks as the two candidates vying for votes. this is one of the polling stations you will see up and down the country. voting always happens in schools. i have been outside this one for a few hours then people have been coming in through the day. they head into these classrooms and each one like a separate ballot box and they give their name, because the vote and get photographs of both candidates. they have to st
coming up, all the sport including the look ahead to the relegation battle dominating the final day of the english premier league season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. i want to talk you through what is happening here because this is the moment the two candidates and turkey s 64 million voters have been waiting for. all these people crowding in here. let me show you into this room. it looks like quite a crowd of people. they are the election observers and you can see the ballot box is going to be lifted into the corner of the room and in the next few minutes it will be broken open and those votes will start to be counted. out to be high once again. last time nearly 90% turned out for the vote and right across the country this scene is happening now. the votes are being counted. the first presidential run off that turkey has seen. ordinary people up and down the country from the biggest city here in istanbul, the earthquake zone in the s
meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. our senior international correspondent, orla gerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters, who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed that our president is leading us again. there is no better feeling than this. let the world hear it. he is the leader who has taught the entire world a lesson. and here he was, serenading supporters, or trying to. from a bus top near his home in istanbul, having beaten off the biggest challenge in years. the only winner, he said, is turkey before stoking divisions with an attack on the opposition and the lgbtq community. earlier he handed out cash outside a polling station, like a modern day sultan. one who has now ext
has accused junior doctors of being unreasonable by refusing to budge on their demand for a 35% pay rise. speaking to the bbc today, mr barclay says there needs to be movement on all sides . junior doctors are due to walk out for 72 hours injune after pay talks stalled. ministers have offered a 5% pay rise which junior doctors have rejected.here s thejunior doctors union. a5% a 5% pay uplift that she would amount to a real terms pay cut and would only further the pay arose in that doctors have had to face over the last 15 years. two men have been charged in connection with protest activity at the rugby premiership final at twickenham. the incident took place yesterday when just stop 0il protesters ran on to the pitch and threw orange powder. the match between sale and saracens at twickenham was briefly delayed as stewards escorted the protesters away. four mps are being asked to repay hundreds of pounds in driving fines which they claimed on expenses. the independent parliamentary st
could also be a problem for smaller shops and food producers like dairy farmers. many already struggle with supermarket competition and tight profit margins. for shoppers, it is at the checkout where any deal, if it happens, will ultimately be judged. peter ruddick, bbc news. let s get some of the day s other news now: health secretary steve barclay has accused junior doctors of being unreasonable by refusing to budge on their demand for a 35% pay rise. speaking to the bbc today, mr barclay says there needs to be movement on all sides . junior doctors are due to walk out for 72 hours injune after pay talks stalled. ministers have offered a 5% pay rise which junior doctors have rejected. here s thejunior doctors union. a 5% pay uplift this year would still amount to a massive real terms pay cut, and would only further the pay erosion that doctors have had to face over the last 15 years. two men have been charged in connection with protest activity