turnout is expected to be huge. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. president tayyip erdogan cast his vote in istanbul. and this is his key rival kimil kilicdaroglu. he s the leader of a broad opposition alliance hoping to end mr erdogan s time in power. as polls closed, president erdogan tweeted: the voting process has been completed throughout the country in a way that befits our democracy. now, as always, it is time to firmly protect the ballot boxes. until the results are finalised, we will continue to protect the will of our people. let s talk now to our correspondent, selin girit at the opposition s headquarters in istanbul. hello to you. i suppose we can talk a bit more freely now that polls have closed but this is a tight race is in? it have closed but this is a tight race is in? , , have closed
one of her new songs, replacing a word after disability campaigners raised concerns about the lyrics. we start with the war in ukraine. a ship has left the port city of odesa for the first time in months as part of a landmark deal with russia. it s carrying over 20,000 tonnes of grain. this is the moment it finally got going. remember, ukraine is known as the bread basket of europe . many countries depend on it for grain. lebanon is one of them that s where the ship is headed. the green dot shows where it is right now. you can see that progress is slow that could be because it needs to navigate around mines scattered in the water. let s hear from the un secretary general. today s secretary general. departure is an enormous collective today s departure is an enormous collective achievement by the joint coordination centre set up last week in istanbul under united nations auspices. what we have witnessed today in odesa is an important starting point. it must be the first o
about the language in the text. it does not mention phase out. it does not talk about this critical decade. there s no finance on the table for low and middle income countries to make this clean energy transition. so it s just a complete disaster of a text, and there are still a few hours left. we can definitely turn this around, but there has to be the political will and the presidency has to ensure that we get the outcome that we came here to secure. we will get the views of our panel over the next hour. joining me is our panel, amanda renteria, who was the national political director for hillary clinton s 2016 presidential campaign willjoin us in a moment. now, peterwalker, deputy political editor at the guardian. c0 p28, cop28, so much talk about phasing out fossil fuels we get the text a couple of hours ago and it s not in there. do you make of it? fitter couple of hours ago and it s not in there. do you make of it? after were ve , ve there. do you make of it? after wer
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