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including a look ahead to the nail—biting final day of the english premier legaue season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. with a key strategic position, a growing regional influence — and difficult economic times — the future of turkey is today being decided in the run—off round of the presidential election. around 64 million people are eligible to vote — turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% — and they have a choice between...

An investigation is under way. the headlines on bbc news... gold for gb gymnast max whitlock — taking the teams tally to ten at the tokyo 0lympics. young people in england will be offered incentives to have their first covid jab — like discounts for takeaway food and taxi journeys. and living in store. from today developers in england have more freedom to convert empty commercial properties into housing — without planning permission. tourists have been evacuated from beaches in south—wes...

People and injured another 200. in the turkish holiday resort of bodrum tourists were told to wait for rescue boats last night to escape nearby wildfires, according to local media. esra from the bbc turkish service is in istanbul and following developments. the fires have been continuing in their fifth day in turkey, and, as you have mentioned, most of them have affected the tourist areas, which is taking a big toll on tourism. some hotels have been evacuated. tourists cannot come into their res...

Lets go straight to istanbul where we can speak to our correspondent, esra yalcinalp. whats the situation in the south—west? it is now the fifth day in the series of fires that turkey has seen, to the largest extent in its history. firefighters are trying to put out the flames, both on land, and also an area through helicopters and also an area through helicopters and planes that were given by russia, ukraine and azerbaijan. so far more than 100 fires have been going on in 32 cities. however, ...