the 69 year old will now serve another five years in office, potentially stretching his time in power to a quarter century. meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. live now to anna foster in istanbul: anna, in terms of unifying the country, does the president even want to? ~ ~ . v country, does the president even want to? ~ ~ ., , ., , want to? well i think that s a very aood want to? well i think that s a very good question. want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew- want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew and - want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew and i - good question, matthew and i think that s one that s quite difficult to answer at the moment. because when he made a speech yesterday evening you saw some of the pictures of the celebration on the street here in turkey last night. he talked about bein
welcome to bbc news. more now on the news that a massive earthquake has killed more than 500 people in turkey and syria, and i canjoin my colleague for more. welcome to all of you watching on pbs and around the globe. we are bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour. a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern syria and also south eastern turkey. official figures say officialfigures say more official figures say more than 650 people have been killed, that figure will rise. the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8 struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep. buildings collapsed, hundreds of miles away. there were also reports of many of the casualties in northern syria, across the border. the tremor was also felt in lebanon, gaza, jordan, cyprus and iraq. turkey has declared a state of emergency. syria s government, meanwhile, has also held an emergency meeting in order to decide how they will respond. witnesses from
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Down, due to this earthquake. aha, down, due to this earthquake. a number of energy facilities have also been discussed over the last few hours. oilfacilities, for example. gaziantep is quite close to the coast. that is where the epicentre was. i m just getting information via the reuters news agency, saying there has been no damage to the nuclear power plant which is under construction in turkey after that quake. this is coming from russia. what are you able to tell is about facilities like that in turkey that may be a concern? this like that in turkey that may be a concern? , ., ., , like that in turkey that may be a concern? ~ , . .,, ~ ., , like that in turkey that may be a concern? ~ , . ~ ., , ., concern? as far as we know, they are continuin: concern? as far as we know, they are continuing operations. concern? as far as we know, they are continuing operations. however, - concern? as far as we know, they are continuing operations. however, at l continuing operations. however,
And resupply is from nato. we have seen a little bit more and there has been some shocking indiscriminate targeting, but we have seen a little bit more deliberate targeting recently, of things like ammunition dumps and oilfacilities. so this sort of speaks to the sustainment of the ukrainian forces, as well as the russian forces. and then, i understand that you yourself have held senior positions within nato in the past, in terms of what we are seeing and the way that the nato members are working together and have been pulled together by all of this, do you feel that their cooperation, their response, their relationships are stronger, perhaps, than president putin expected they would be? almost certainly, but i think there is a cause and effect here. i think putin s actions have actually catalysed that to happen again. you know, it is the consolidation, it is the article four, article five piece that has really brought them together again.