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and i imagine that must be quite galling for him that he didn't get over the 50%, but he was incredibly close. now the distance between him and the opposition leader, kilicdaroglu, is 2.5 million votes. it is very hard to see how that gap could be closed between now and the second round. the other important factor is that the president and his allies and his ruling party have retained control of parliament. so they go into the second round with the advantage of being the party in power. people are going to have to say to themselves, even die—hard opposition supporters will have to face the fact that they could be electing a president if they manage to from the opposition who will be dealing with an akp—controlled parliament, which basically is a recipe for stalemate. and it was a very high turnout, wasn't it? what, 88%, something like that? ithink, yeah, 88.8. i mean, it's extraordinary, john, and in the countries i've been in, i've never seen anything like this. i have never seen participation like this. and, actually, even
back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading. there were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. and anyway, the winter wasn't that bad. now some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. who knows? president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal—maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend vladimir putin than to ukraine. there's less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders
minister again. now, it seems all but guaranteed that none of that will happen and president erdogan will continue to have all the levers of power in his hands, will undoubtedly feel emboldened, will feel he has a new mandate. western countries are going to have pretty much of a frenemy, if not an actual enemy, right in their midst. i think it's fair to say, john, that this wasn't the outcome that people were hoping for. turkey and the international community are looking at five more years of president erdogan. and he is a tricky customer. he is a combative leader. he has in the last few years got into rows with the greeks, with the french. he's annoyed the americans by being simultaneously a nato member — the only muslim nato member — but also buying a weapons system from russia. so he is somebody who is not afraid to ruffle feathers. in fact, he seems to enjoy it.
back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading. there were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. and anyway, the winter wasn't that bad. now some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. who knows? president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal—maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend vladimir putin than to ukraine.
of the key campaign promises of the opposition, that they would overturn that system, they would restore parliamentary democracy, they would have a prime minister again. now, it seems all but guaranteed that none of that will happen and president erdogan will continue to have all the levers of power in his hands, will undoubtedly feel emboldened, will feel he has a new mandate. western countries are going to have pretty much of a frenemy, if not an actual enemy, right in their midst. i think it's fair to say, john, that this wasn't the outcome that people were hoping for. turkey and the international community are looking at five more years of president erdogan. and he is a tricky customer. he is a combative leader. he has in the last few years got into rows with the greeks, with the french. he's annoyed the americans by being simultaneously a nato member — the only muslim nato member — but also buying a weapons system from russia. so he is somebody who is not afraid to ruffle feathers. in fact, he seems to enjoy it.
a percentage point. so narrow. and i imagine that must be quite galling for him that he didn't get over the 50%, but he was incredibly close. now the distance between him and the opposition leader, kilicdaroglu, is 2.5 million votes. it is very hard to see how that gap could be closed between now and the second round. the other important factor is that the president and his allies and his ruling party have retained control of parliament. so they go into the second round with the advantage of being the party in power. people are going to have to say to themselves, even die—hard opposition supporters will have to face the fact that they could be electing a president if they manage to from the opposition who will be dealing with an akp—controlled parliament, which basically is a recipe for stalemate. and it was a very high turnout, wasn't it? what, 88%, something like that? ithink, yeah, 88.8. i mean, it's extraordinary, john, and in the countries i've been in, i've never seen
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breaks. taking several short ones to ward off fatigue and taking them earlier in the day to boost energy and focus. most importantly do something you enjoy instead of running an errand. and those are your headlines. >> thanks, anna. rick like pollute is standing -- reichmuth is standing by weather hq on the plaza. >> it's coming. clayton is very, very happy. a lot of us are. if only winter wasn't behind it would be amazing. take a look at the weather map. peak of hurricane season. the 10th is the peak of hurricane season. a number of disturbed weather where you see yellow rings. none of them have any chance of developing in the next 48 hours. that's good news. rain from what was tropical storm henri. rain across the central gulf. moving towards the east coast and get ready for that pretty much a soaker for the day today.
go well beyond the itch. >> just this kler, killer headache. >> reporter: like katherine deville in texas. nearly 700 americans have confirmed cases of west nile virus. 26 have died. >> i've don't think people need to panic. they need to be aware. >> reporter: the reason it is so bad is the winter wasn't cold enough to keep them from breeding. it is now a summertime threat. >> when they bite a little bit, the mosquitoes breed every night, every day. so anyway, yeah, i am concerned. that's why i am bundled up. >> reporter: overnight in dallas where more than a dozen people have died, they began attacking the virus controversial from the air, something dallas hasn't done since 1966. >> people that already have lung disease, asthma, hypersensitivity, allergies are more susceptible. >> reporter: in north carolina, the assault is on the ground with trucks spraying toxic clouds that some worry might be more dangerous than the threat of the virus. experts say the best way to