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of the votes in the run—off election over the weekend. it's the first run—off ever seen in a turkish presidential election. there were joyous scenes on the streets of istanbul and ankara as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters after winning around 52% of the vote. thousands gathered on the streets, waving flags and singing songs. erdogan gave a victory speech in front of the crowds gathering at the presidential palace in the capital. he spoke about stability and prosperity, building stronger economy and leaving disputes behind. our senior international correspondent, orla gu...

coming up, all the sport including the look ahead to the relegation battle dominating the final day of the english premier league season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. i want to talk you through what is happening here because this is the moment the two candidates and turkey's 64 million voters have been waiting for. all these people crowding in here. let me show you into this room. it looks like quite a crowd of people. they are the election observers and you can see the ballot box is going to be lifted into the corner of the room and in the ne...

here, marking a hard fought victory. translation: i've been voting for him since - i was 18, yetter tells us. my generation backs erdogan. we won the election fairly, thank god. recep tayyip erdogan. outside his presidential palace here, marking a hard fought victory. translation: i've been voting for him since i love you a lot. in istanbul, he did it his way. with a sing along for supporters of his ruling ak party and an attack on familiar targets. is the opposition pro lgbt? he asks. could any lgbt infiltrate our party? no, they chorus. over at the opposition�*s headquarters, it ...

russia unleashes a wave of air strikes on kyiv in what appears to be the largest drone attack on the ukraine capital since the start of the war. britain's government is discussing plans for supermarkets to cap the price of basic food items to help tackle the rising cost of living crisis. and we meet the south african woman who used her own experiences of period poverty to help empower girls in hundreds of schools by delivering free pads. the people of turkey have gone back to the polls for the second round of the turkish presidential election with voting now under way in a presidenti...

we begin in turkey, where a pivotal presidential election is heading down to the wire. with more than 91% of ballots counted, neither current president recep tayyip erdogan nor his fiercest 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. both candidates have said they'd accept a potential run—off vote, which would take place on may 28th. our intern...