where a pivotal presidential election is heading to the wire. with more than 91% of ballots counted, neither current president recep tayyip erdogan nor his most fierce rival kemal kilicdaroglu have cleared the threshold to win outright on sunday. the head of turkey s high election board said not long ago that mr erdogan was leading with a9.49%, while kilicdaroglu had 4a.49% of votes. now, if neither can clear 50%, there will be a run off election. our international correspondent orla guerin is in ankara, and has more on what s at stake in this election. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean the end of the erdogan era. president erdogan s supporters insist he is going nowhere. this man tells us he will still be president tomorrow because he always
commentator since the 1970s, michael goldfarb, actor turned journalist, foreign correspondent for pbs radio in the united states, now host of the podcast the first rough draft of history, steve richards began his career as a westminster correspondent just as margaret thatcher was ending hers. coincidental! his blog is called rock and rolls politics, his most recent book about the talented politicians who failed to make it to number ten. steve, we can leave the question unanswered, whoever that is. what do you make of the choice that tory mps have presented between the sunak and loose trust? in a have presented between the sunak and loose trust? . , ., . have presented between the sunak and loose trust? ., , ., . . loose trust? in a very erratic way, ou can loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can see loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can see attempts, loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can see attempts, chaotic- loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can s
investigate the alleged war crimes. ukrainian police say they have already found the bodies of more than 1200 civilians in the kyiv region alone. and, a huge tunnel has been discovered running under the mexico us border, with its own rail track, electricity and ventilation system. authorities say it was being used to smuggle drugs. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s rate of inflation the measure of the rise in the cost of living has hit its highest level for a0 yea rs. and the rate at which it is increasing is the fastest since records began. it reached 9% in april, up from 7% the month before. that means the prices we pay for goods and services are on average 9% higher than they were last year. most of the rise was due to the large increase in energy bills after the lifting of the price cap last month. the chancellor rishi sunak blamed higher global energy prices he said the government could not protect people completely from
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, and all around the world. we are following breaking news on two major stories this hour. another mass shooting in the united states, at least 22 people reportedly killed in maine, and the suspect is still at large. we are following developments out of the middle east, israel killing up for ground operations in gaza,, even as the territories deepening humanitarian crisis spirals out of control. we begin in maine where a manhunt is underway after, a massacre in two locations in the city of lucent. 22 people are dead, up to 60 others wounded. the shootings took place wednesday night at a bowling alley, and a restaurant. officials in luis stint, and the neighbor sitting of auburn, are telling residents to stay inside, and lock their doors. hundreds of officers are looking for this man, 40 year old robert card. police described him as a person of interest and say he is armed and dangerous. local sheriff s off
jack smith has secured his most valuable witness yet, mark meadows. prosecutors don t hand out agreements like candy. mark meadows was at the center of so much of this. he could speak to trump s mindset in a very specific way. welcome, everyone. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. we begin with the federal election interference case against donald trump. the former president s chief of staff mark meadows we learned was granted immunity by special counsel jack smith and met with his team more than once according to a abc news. he allegedly told investigators he didn t believe the election was stolen and talked about this moment on election day in november 2020. frankly, we did win this election. we did win this election. [ cheers and applause ] meadows reportedly telling investigators that he believed trump was being dishonest and saying that cnn anchor of the source, kaitlan collins, joins us now. we have been asking for, i don t know, a year plus,