welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. early results are expected shortly in turkey's presidential election — could the country he heading for a run—off vote? italy, germany, now france — president zelensky visits emmanuel macron, to discuss further military support for ukraine. to thailand, where the military—backed government is set to lose to pro—democracy parties in the country's national elections. reports that at least five people have died in myanmar as a powerful cyclone crashes into the country.

in turkey, voting has closed in one of the most elections the country has seen. the country is deciding whether president erdohan remains in power after 20 years. it is expected to be a close race between him and an opposition leader kemal k l cdaroglu. he is a former civil servant who heads an alliance of six opposition parties, both secular and islamist. he promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by mr erdogan and return turkey to a parliamentary system. and also called for better relations with the west, including renewal of turkey's bid for membership of the eu. the current leader recep tayyip erdogan first came to power as prime minister in 2003 and became president in 2014. under him, turkey enjoyed

strong economic growth, but it's been hit by high inflation, and the recent earthquakes in which tens of thousands died. he's also become increasingly authoritarian with more powers in the hands of the president and tighter restrictions on free speech. with most ballots counted, there doesn't appear to be a clear winner yet, there doesn't appear to be a clearwinneryet, but there doesn't appear to be a clear winner yet, but we can tell you that official figures according to our team is on the ground indicate that president recep tayyip erdogan has achieved just under 50% of the vote, his secular opposition rival kemal kilicdaroglu is on around 45%, with a one—off contest in two weeks�* time looking increasingly likely. in the past half hour, president erdogan has told supporters that the —— at the ak party headquarters in ankara that he

would respect a one off if it was necessary. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean the end of the erdogan era. president erdogan�*s supporters insist he is going nowhere. this man tells us he will still be president tomorrow because he always wins elections, and he will keep developing turkey. the authoritarian leader voted in istanbul, looking sombre, with election officials standing to attention. he said he is praying for turkish democracy.

the president�*s smiling secular rival, kemal kilicdaroglu, says democracy would be a lot better off without him. applause and cheering well, kemal kilicdaroglu has emerged here now having cast his vote. everyone is trying to get a picture. he�*s the focus of a lot of attention here today, a lot of hopes, he�*s promising to bring a new beginning, to bring spring to turkey. and waiting for him patiently, for hours, three generations of one family who hope today will change everything. they�*ve brought baby mira along. outside her home for the first time ever. "i don�*t want to be afraid when i speak," says her aunt, sanem. "now i�*m giving you an interview and i�*m scared. i simply want to live without fear.

we have been silent for so long." but president erdogan has been pulling out all the stops to survive, invoking religion, as he often does. last night, he prayed for his political life in istanbul�*s iconic ayasofya, which he reconverted to a mosque. and a huge crowd prayed with him. win or lose, for president erdogan, some have fears about what may come next. we are concerned a little bit what may happen both ways. if he�*s elected, we don�*t see a good future for the country. and if he�*s not, things may get messier, so wejust... we will wait and see what happens. we don't want mess, we want

to be happy with our children and we want to live happily in this country, we love our country. exactly. for now, the count continues with claim and counterclaim about who is ahead. at the president�*s headquarters, the party is already getting started. the opposition say to wait for the final result. there is a long night ahead. we can now talk to the bbc turkish service for more. it must have been a long night for you and your team. what can you tell us about how the results are going? what do you make of the results so far? it are going? what do you make of the results so far?— the results so far? it has been a ti . ht the results so far? it has been a tight race. — the results so far? it has been a tight race, for _ the results so far? it has been a tight race, for sure. - the results so far? it has been a tight race, for sure. just - a tight race, for sure. just recently, the head of the official election body of turkey has announced more than 90% of the votes have been

counted. it seems like president erdogan is leading in the polls, but he has not been able to pass the threshold of 50%. kemal kilicdaroglu isjust coming after him. so right now it seems like the run—off can be held in two weeks. the head of the election body has also said the votes are still being counted, so we are not sure yet. but it has also been a night, the opposition party, whose candidate is kemal kilicdaroglu, has been accusing the state news agency of manipulating the results. turkey has been watching the results coming from the state news agency, but the opposition is criticising that agency of being pro—government. it has been saying they have been manipulating the results. so everyone responsible for the votes in turkey, we still wait

for the official decision. just listeninu for the official decision. just listening to _ for the official decision. just listening to you _ for the official decision. just listening to you and - for the official decision. just listening to you and how complicated the picture is in turkey right now, as you point out, both sides claiming they have done better than the other, i wonder what you make ofjust how other, i wonder what you make of just how this other, i wonder what you make ofjust how this instability is going to impact the political and economic landscape? turkey�*s in the midst of an economic crisis, with soaring inflation, and also a tragedy having come off the back of those massive earthquakes recently. those massive earthquakes recentl . , recently. exactly. the opposition _ recently. exactly. the opposition response l recently. exactly. the i opposition response has recently. exactly. the - opposition response has been saying that if they will be coming into power, they will have an economic crisis. and after the earthquakes, the government has been accused of not being able to manage the disaster adequately. but the parliamentary results, we are seeing that president erdogan�*s alliance is still seeing support from the voters, leading in many cities and also in the earthquake zone, so it seems like the voters are still

supporting him. it clearly shows turkey�*s still polarised politically actually. shows turkey's still polarised politically actually.— politically actually. indeed, and i know— politically actually. indeed, and i know you _ politically actually. indeed, and i know you will - politically actually. indeed, and i know you will be - politically actually. indeed, - and i know you will be watching every twist and turn over the next few days. thank you for your insights and analysis. the results of the turkish election could also be crucial for the war in ukraine. while president erdogan is a mediator between moscow and kyiv, the new leader could take a different stance on the war. speaking of support, france has promised ukraine dozens of light tanks and armoured cars after ukraine�*s president volodymyr zelensky finished talks with his french counterpart emmanuel macron. in the joint statement, the presidents have also called for more sanctions against russia. it�*s mr zelensky�*s third visit to a major european power this weekend. he was in germany earlier, and on saturday he was in rome meeting italian leaders. our paris correspondent hugh schofield watched

president zelensky arrive. he told us that they are not expecting a big announcement on more military aid from france, although we have heard more detail of what�*s happened in the last few hours. france is giving plenty, at least it is certainly very proud it�*s now a significant contributor to the ukrainian arsenal, with its caesar mobile artillery unit and light tanks and some air defence. it may well be there is more to come. basically, the briefings before this were not to make a big announcement the centrepiece of the meeting, that�*s not the point, it was much more coordination in advance of the counteroffensive which everyone says is coming, and ahead of other big meetings which will be taking place in the coming weeks, g7 coming up, nato and so on. that�*s how we have been briefed in paris.

things are fine now, and have been for a while. this isn�*t that recent, but a year ago they were not set fair. i think we can only say that there were tensions, not that president macron in any way sided with russia, but there were perceptions that he was less than clear in his support for ukraine, and there was a sort of ambivalence about the french position, linked, everyone said back then, to historical, emotional ties with russia, and a need to distance france from the automatic position of the west, led by the united states. that was the argument back then, which people attributed to macron�*s decision to keep open the line of communication with putin through the initial part of the war. but that stage ended, and because the situation now has become much clearer in the sense that the west as a whole regards putin

as being quite unequivocally the aggressor in all this, and ukraine unequivocally as the victim and the country that needs to be salvaged and rescued and given a clear independent future, the picture and the lines are clear, and france and ukraine are back as fully fledged friends. hugh schofield there. to thailand now, and general elections happening there too initial results in thailand suggests voters have rejected the military government. but the efforts to form a government might be blocked by members of thailand�*s senate, who�*ve been hand—picked by the military. the results make it all but certain that conservative prime minister prayuth chanocha has failed to win another term of office.

live now to bangkok — where jonathan head is standing by. an hour ago, you were saying this has been a stunning result for people in thailand as they wake up today. i wonder what you think the conservatives are making of this outcome? i think the will making of this outcome? i think they will be _ making of this outcome? i think they will be pretty _ making of this outcome? i think they will be pretty shocked. - they will be pretty shocked. the party of tax in shinawatra, which has been their nemesis in the past, which has been unseated in a coup, it�*s been unseated in a coup, it�*s been unseated by the one with the more radical agenda, it wants the powers of the military curb,it the powers of the military curb, it wants to end conscription. for many conservatives, that are going to be very worrying, having a party like that with more seats than anybody else at the core of the next government. how they react will be interesting. when you referred to the

unelected senate, we have always assumed that the various projected outcomes that the senate would be a key player because it does get to vote on the next prime minister. 250 seats on top of 500 in the lower house. but the two reformist parties have won so many seats between them, all they need is to get one of the middle ranking parties which can work with either side, and a couple of other parties, and it can outvote the senate, which won�*t be able to outvote them. i don�*t think there is a clear path at the moment for the conservative side to block these young reformists from forming a government, the core of a coalition government, unless they try another tactic like a court dissolution. but the use of these tactics, a hallmark of thai politics for 20 years, elected governments being unseated by protests, coups and court rulings, i think the public are sick of it and there is a clear mandate

for change. and there is a clear mandate for change-— and there is a clear mandate for change. given everything ou for change. given everything you have _ for change. given everything you have described, - for change. given everything you have described, what. for change. given everything l you have described, what does happen next is the votes come in? what can political parties expect in the process next, and thai voters as well? it�*s thai voters as well? it's interesting, _ thai voters as well? it's interesting, we - thai voters as well? it's interesting, we are - thai voters as well? it�*s interesting, we are expecting a press conference by both move forward and the other party in a few hours. that suggested they may already have an agreement. although both parties call themselves reformists, relations haven�*t always been that good. it might be a difficult coalition. in many ways, move forward has supplanted the other party, who will find that hard to swallow. they will have almost equal seats. if they can make an arrangement and find common ground and agree on ministries, thatis ground and agree on ministries, that is enormous momentum behind the next government. it would be naturalfor any party that wants a taste of power to come and join them and get a

coalition together very quickly. the play military side, the party of prayuth chanocha and his allies, have to accept they have been repudiated by the voters. a clear message that people don�*t want a continuation of what they have had for the past ten years. they have had for the past ten ears, g ., ., ., they have had for the past ten ears. , ., ., ., ., ~ they have had for the past ten ears. �* ., ., ., ., ~ i., years. jonathan, thank you. fantastic— years. jonathan, thank you. fantastic to _ years. jonathan, thank you. fantastic to get _ years. jonathan, thank you. fantastic to get your - years. jonathan, thank you. l fantastic to get your thoughts and analysis. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. 0na on a busy ai in yorkshire in march this year, police cameras recorded jason ryder driving in poor conditions at speeds of 140 mph. the police pursuit which began in harrogate lasted 17 minutes and ended near gately off the a1 when police deployed a stinger device to stop a speeding car. york crown

court heard that jason ryder had committed the offence on the very same day he had been disqualified from driving. he had appeared before harrogate magistrates in connection with a previous driving offence, and instead of surrendering his licence, he left court and got straight into his car. in court, he was sentenced to ten months in prison, and again disqualified from driving for 22 months. thejudge described his driving as appalling, and said it was extraordinary that nobody was killed. you�*re live with bbc news. one of the strongest storms to hit the bay of bengal in recent years, cyclone mocha, has inundated parts of myanmar, cutting communications and destroying buildings. at least five people are reported to have been killed in the country, and the city of sittwe is said to be deep in water, with winds of 200 kilometres per hour causing chaos.

disaster officials in bangladesh said there�*d been no major damage. around a million rohingya refugees are living in flimsy camps around the city of cox�*s bazar — 1,300 of those shelters have been damaged. rajini vaidyanathan is in cox�*s bazar and sent this report. cyclone mocha arrived with great force. winds gusting at high speeds. it hit the bangladesh—myanmar coastline. as the cyclone intensified, so did the panic. here in southeast bangladesh, hundreds of thousands left their homes in coastal areas for shelter. some even brought their livestock. janat carried her two—month—old baby from their home on the banks of a river. every classroom in this school is absolutely packed with people who�*ve left their homes, seeking

shelter from the cyclone. there are many mothers with babies, there�*s young children, the elderly and the sick. almost everyone here is from a low—lying coastal area, in fishing communities, and they�*re terrified about whether their homes will still be standing once the cyclone passes. for now, it�*s about finding a space to settle here. we metjanat again as she searched for a place to sit with her baby, imran. for her, this cyclone is part of an endless cycle. translation: last year, another cyclone destroyed my house. - we repaired it, but now i feel it is damaged again. how can i live if this keeps happening? i can�*t afford to rebuild it. we are very poor. nature was also punishing the poor in the world�*s largest refugee camp nearby.

hundreds of bamboo shelters damaged by the storm. rohingya refugees who�*d fled persecution in myanmar more than five years ago already live in miserable conditions. this cyclone just made things worse. as families return from the shelter, relief that no—one was killed in the storm here. evacuations are credited for saving lives as the extreme weather continues to disrupt them. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, cox�*s bazar, bangladesh. more on that story and others we�*ve been covering on the website. but now, the bafta television awards have been taking place in london. british tv's taking place in london. british tv�*s biggest night of the year, recognising the best shows of last year. the most memorable

moment award was given to paddington bear, there he is, having tea with the late queen elizabeth during the platinum jubilee party at the palace celebrations on the bbc. a familiarfamily says it celebrations on the bbc. a familiar family says it if you haven�*t seen it already, i would highly recommend it. psychological adventure show the craters won the reality and constructed factual award. presenter claudia winkleman also picked up an award for her efforts. —— the traitors. so mo farah won an award for a documentary in which he revealed he had been illegally trafficked to the uk as a child. it was a stunning revelation when it was made. kate winslet won the leading actress award for her role in i am roos, chronicling the life of a mother and daughter dealing with a tense time in their life. —— i am ruth. it also won best single drama. 0ur entertainment correspondent was

there. it is tv�*s big night of celebration, this year hosted by two of the uk�*s top comedians. this is romesh ranganathan, a bafta winner, a multiple nominee and soon to be a national treasure. and this is... well, this is rob beckett. evening. now one show dominated, but family drama i am ruth, no one show dominated, but family drama i am ruth, about a challenging mother—daughter relationship in the social media age, won two awards — best single drama and best actress for kate winslet. she called for action to protect young people. to people in power and to people who can make change, please criminalise harmful content, please eradicate harmful content. we don�*t want it. we want our children back. everything bad that could have happened has happened. apple tv+ drama bad sisters won two awards, including best drama series.

channel 4�*s derry girls won two, including best scripted comedy... so, this is the final round table... ..while new entertainment show the traitors won best reality and constructed factual and best entertainment performance for its host, claudia winkleman. i don�*t know what to say! mum, school. i got to go to school. two minutes. there was recognition for newcomers. lenny rush won best male comedy performance for am i being unreasonable?, at 14, one of the youngest winners ever. what?! i just want to say, i�*m so happy. i can�*t believe i won. and there was so many other great nominees, thank you. ah! it was also a great night for ben whishaw —

he won best actor for the drama this is going to hurt. perhaps you would like a marmalade sandwich? he�*s also, of course, the voice of paddington. so do i. i keep mine in here. paddington meeting the queen of the platinum party at the palace won most memorable moment and the platinum party itself best live event. lizo mzimba, bbc news. still one of my favourite films. before we go, an update on turkey, the developing story we have been cuddling all day. voting, as we have reported, has closed in one of the most critical elections the country has ever seen. turkey deciding whether president erdogan remains in power after 20 years. it is expected to be a very close race between him and opposition leader kemal kilicdaroglu. he is a former civil servant who heads an

alliance of six opposition parties, both secular and islamist. he has promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by president erdogan and return turkey to a parliamentary system. the current leader recep tayyip erdogan first came to power as prime minister in 2003. he became president in 2014. under him, turkey enjoyed strong economic growth but it has been hit recently by high inflation and those earthquakes in which tens of thousands have died. it has also become increasingly authoritarian, with more power in the hands of the president and tighter restrictions on free speech. both candidates have dismissed the other side�*s claims to be in the league. with most ballots counted in this crucial general election, there does not appear to be a clear winner just there does not appear to be a clear winnerjust as there does not appear to be a clear winner just as yet. there does not appear to be a clear winnerjust as yet. —— to be in the lead. 0fficials clear winnerjust as yet. —— to be in the lead. officials have indicated president erdogan has achieved just under 50% of the vote, we will have more

throughout the day on bbc news and on the bbc website, so stay tuned. for now, thanks for watching. hello. the weather over the weekend varied quite a bit from day to day, sunnier moment, cloudier moments, but we still to day, sunnier moments, cloudier moments, but we still managed to reach 22 celsius in kew gardens, making it the warm spot. how about monday? sunny spells in the forecast, scattered showers, too, but we�*re focusing on the dry weather, and indeed, it will be a mostly dry day for many of us. now, on the satellite picture, there is a line of cloud across the uk, that is a weather front, it�*s been bringing rain. and early in the morning, it is going to be raining across east anglia, the south east and central southern england, as this weather front gradually moves towards the east. but behind it, a large area of high pressure is building in, and that means settled weather for many of us. so here�*s the forecast through the early hours.

you can see where the cloud and the rain is. but even once the weather front clears away, still a few showers behind it. it will be on the nippy side across some parts of the country. temperatures in glasgow and edinburgh around 4 celsius, but in the southeast, around ten celsius. so early in the morning, there will be some cloud and rain in the southeast. eventually that weather front clears away, and then it�*s a case of sunny spells and scattered showers maybe in northern ireland, scotland, northern england and further east as well. the temperatures pretty disappointing for this time in may, typically around about 13—14 celsius. and it will actually be quite chilly along the north sea coast, where we�*ll have a keen breeze out of the north—northwest. high pressure very close by on tuesday. in fact, light winds expected across many western areas. it�*ll feel a little bit warmer. further north, though, showers are expected across scotland, northern england, certainly into yorkshire. temperatures recovering somewhat, especially where the winds are lighter out towards the west, perhaps

as high as 17 celsius in belfast and also in cardiff. and then that high pressure is pretty much on top of us. midweek, we�*ve light winds, but i think variable amounts of cloud. now, if we look at the air mass map, and that�*s the temperature of the atmosphere, you can see these yellow colours and actually a drift of warmer weather from the south. so, yes, temperatures will recover a little bit as we head towards the end of the week. in fact, that�*s reflected in the forecast here until friday. you can see we�*re sort of generally in the high teens towards the end of the week. and from the weather icons, you can gather it is going to be a mostly dry week as well. bye— bye.

citizens in thailand and turkey have voted in elections that may shape the future of this region. we�*ll bring you what we know of the results. and unrest in pakistan continues, as former prime minister imran khan calls for nationwide protest. hello and welcome to asia business report. i�*m karishma vaswani. millions of votes are being counted across turkey and thailand, with both countries holding once—in—a—generation elections. with most ballots counted in turkey�*s crucial general election, there does not seem to be a clear winner yet. turkish presented recep tayyip erdogan has said he would respect the vote.