turkey�*s president, recep tayyip erdogan, has inaugurated a large mosque in istanbul, a project he first championed when he was the city�*s mayor. thousands of worshippers gathered for the opening ceremony. the mosque sits in taksim square, next to a public space traditionally seen as a symbol of the secular turkish republic and dwarfs a nearby monument to the republic and its founding. in 2013 opposition demonstrators took over taksim square and next door gezi park in protest against a separate government plan to build a replica barracks in the area. every 17 years they cause havoc and the occasional shudder. billions of cicadas known as brood x or brood 10 are emerging in a synchronized event that only happens in the us. and as the bbc�*s nada tawfik reports from the state of newjersey — the great eastern brood is causing quite the buzz. it�*s a sight and sound that