turkish writer ece temelkuran. a presidential election is looming. does the opposition have what it takes to end the erdogan era? ece temelkuran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. your country is grappling with a humanitarian crisis of unimaginable scale. the death toll has now well passed 40,000, millions are displaced, and the government is saying that this is a time for national unity and solidarity. for you as a very prominent critic of president erdogan, can you at least share that sentiment? well, there is a national unity. unfortunately, the government is out of this unity. they have to connect with people right now, because most of the people, well, i can say millions of people, are feeling like they are trying to help the victims of the earthquake despite the government. despite the regime s strong hand, who is trying to do everything on their own. how can you say that, when we all see the turkish emergency services on the scene across the south of the country
scariest year translation: this has been the scariest year of translation: this has been the scariest year of my translation: this has been the scariest year of my life. - translation: this has been the scariest year of my life. so - scariest year of my life. so little joy and laughter, scariest year of my life. so littlejoy and laughter, so much fear, pain and tears. we ll have the latest on the grim milestone in ukraine and what might happen in the next 12 months. also coming up on newsday. disgraced hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein is sentenced to a futher 16 years in prison for rape on top of the 23 year sentence he is already serving. and the european union tells its staff to delete the social media app tiktok to protect data and increase cyber security. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. it s almost exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and the un gener
the chinese owned video sharing app, on both business and personal devices used for work. now on bbc news, bbc 100 women: the last of albania s sworn virgins. hello again. there are large parts of the uk that enjoyed a fine day of weather on thursday, with lots of sunshine and certainly was a stunning end to the day across the west midlands. this was the setting sun around sutton coldfield. now, it wasn t like that everywhere. after a sunny start to the day in scotland, the clouds gathered through the afternoon and it did turn quite wet and quite windy. have seen gusts of wind as strong as about 48 miles an hour across northern scotland. but those winds beginning to ease away at the moment. a little bit of rain trickling southwards as our cold front moves across scotland to bring some patches of rain into northern ireland and northern england over the next few hours. although there is a frost, that tends to become confined to southernmost areas as we hea
so much fear, pain and tears. we ll have the latest on the grim milestone in ukraine and what might happen in the next 12 months. also coming up on newsday: disgraced hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein is sentenced to a futher 16 years in prison for rape on top of the 23 year sentence he is already serving. and the european union tells its staff to delete the social media app tiktok to protect data and increase cyber security. hello and welcome to the programme. it s exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and the un general assembly has voted to demand that moscow immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from the ukraine. 1m countries backed the motion which has no legal weight while seven opposed it and 32 abstained, including one of moscow s staunchest allies, china. this is how ukraine s foreign minister reacted to the vote. 141 1111 countries, member states of the united nations, reiterated their unequivocal support
dictionary.com, because it s not a promise, it s not a pledge, it is a. let me get my notes. it s an important goal or purpose. 0k. so it s what he would hope to do, should he form the next government, but it s definitely not a promise. and a key test in politics of a list with five things on it is whetherjournalists can remember all five at the end of the day. shall we test ourselves? let s go. fastest growth in the g7 by the end of the first term of a labour government. highest sustained growth. yes, ma am. nhs fit for the future. yeah. clean, green energy superpower. correct. i m not sure what that means. making britain s streets safe. safer streets. and also removing all barriers to opportunity for children. basically, a very 2023 version of health, education, crime, the economy and energy. yeah. ed miliband, when he was leader of labour, he had five promises, and tony blair did it before the 97 election, so this is sir keir starmer s version. chris mason is missing from