said it was the most unfair election in years and he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. aru na iyengar reports. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t even contain myself. i thank god. big celebrations, but they don t show that this was the biggest challenge to mr erdogan s authority in years. he became prime minister in 2003, later becoming president. to build up that position, he has stifled all opposition. his non religious rival, kemal kilicdaroglu, says the election was unfair. mr erdogan had one big advantage almost total control of the media. mr kilicdaroglu s chp party had campaigned against crackdowns on dissent, and for a return to an independentjustice system and parliamentary democracy. a sombre mood her
developments are happening during our show. exactly. there s a lot happening at the g-7. we ll get to that and a lot more. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, may 19th. cnn learning that president zelenskyy will attend the g-7 summit in japan in person. russia s war set to be a top agenda item as world leaders vow to step up sanctions. new reporting, biden administration signalling it won t stop allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. that s according to sources familiar with the discussions. will we ll see what they say today. also happening today, the suspect charged with leaking military secrets will be back in court as a judge is expected to rule where jack teixeira will remain behind bars while he awaits trial. this time, disney versus desantis. a spokesman for the governor called it unsurprising given the company s financial challenges. i think disney would see it another way. and a film festival celebrating harrison ford last night.
happy mother s day, you are live in the cnn newsroom. we began with another community in the united states rocked by a mass shooting, this time it s yuma, arizona, police are investigating a shooting where two people were killed and another five injured, almost all of those involved were teenagers, the youngest injured in the gunfire, just 15 years old. police do not have any suspects in custody. the let s get straight to camilla for now. what more do we know about the shooting? authorities are trying to figure out exactly what happened here because clear clearly these were teenagers and young adults, who were hanging out. it happened yesterday at around 11:00 p.m. and authority say when they got to this gathering, that s what they are calling it, there were already people who were in shot and there was a 19-year-old who had already been taken to the hospital. he was pronounced dead. there was also a 20-year-old who was taken to the hospital afterwards, and later, also died
as food and utility prices rose and customer numbers fell, it became too difficult to stay open. people are struggling, and there s less money to go around. and obviously, eating out is a luxury. but grace s story reflects many others in the capital particularly in central london, where more than 500 venues have closed in the last three years. back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops one way to keep her brand alive at a time when it wasn t possible to keep her restaurants open. you re live with bbc news. more on our main story now. in two decades, president recep tayyip erdogan has changed turkey forever. pierre antoine denis looks back at the turkish president s political life. 20 years and some extra for this man, recep tayyip erdogan,
kept his stranglehold on turkish politics. after local elections in 2016, there is some rebellion and chaos, 300 civilians hoping to stop the soldiers from accessing mr erdogan s house died in the clashes. ultimately, erdogan built his whole political career on identity and turkish pride. the country is now a nato member and despite the war in ukraine, he still holds very good relations with russia s president vladimir putin. the country is also now the 20th biggest economy in the world. back home, the conversion of istanbul s agger sophia into a mosque and good christians but rallied the whole muslim world behind him. the turkish population made the choice of staying with recep tayyip erdogan, but with glowing inflation and strong opposition, the turkish president now may be facing the