with voting due to take place injuly. and — turkey's president erdogan wins another term in office — the opposition calls it the most unfair election in years. hello — i'm mark lobel. there's several stories that are developing this morning, including the news that the spanish government has unexpectedly called a snap general election injuly. we'll bring you the latest on that, and the fallout from last night's elections in turkey, injust a moment. but first, the main presenter of the popular uk tv programme this morning — who quit on friday after admitting he lied to his employers, friends and family — has been speaking out against people who called the culture at the programme "toxic". let's ta ke let's take a look at the statement that phillip schofield made on his instagram earlier today. he says...

uses you can listen to those persistently loud voices if you like the thousands of guests, presenters and contributors over the years know it is a family of... this is how the top of the show started this morning... we all know we happen to be in the news at the moment and of course we appreciate that, butjust from both of us and the whole team here, the crew, the guys downstairs, we love making this show for all of you. yeah, we really do, and that's exactly what what we're going to do, we're going to continue to do that. so let's go on with our first news story. giles? we are very happy to be here, can i say that as well? - of course you can. this is a happy place to work. i enjoy coming in here and have done since i began coming _ here all those years ago. thank you, giles. this is good to be here. you're happy too? i'm very happy to be here.

we're happy people in a happy place with some interesting stories. - live now to sanchia berg who's outside this morning's studios at television centre here in london. what has been the reaction to what phillip schofield has been saying? well, it's very hard to gauge the reaction because we haven't been able to actually talk to any of the presenters or any of the team members here. it's largely to do with the way this building is set up and how people go in and out of it but it was very interesting, as you pointed out, to show how the programme itself responded to this kind of tabloid storm that is whirling around it. they chose to address it in the media review appropriately enough and, as you pointed out, they said that this is a very happy place, we are all very happy working here. phillip schofield's own message seem to be a direct response to the former on—air resident doctor, doctor venture since who had tweeted last night

about what he called the toxic culture of this morning. —— dr ranj singh. he said he had called management attention to it and there had been an internal review but itv said there was no evidence of bullying or harassment as a result of that review so a lot of questions are being asked about the programme, loss of issues raised, but we can see from this morning that the now the team are determined it should be business as usual. dr the team are determined it should be business as usual.— business as usual. dr ran' singh tshiembe said i business as usual. dr ran' singh tshiembe said was * business as usual. dr ranj singh tshiembe said was mentioning l business as usual. dr ranj singh i tshiembe said was mentioning this business as usual. dr ranj singh - tshiembe said was mentioning this is both fab in the form of present and in fact there was a clash between both phillip schofield and former co—presenter holly willoughby who complained of being lied to by him so was really the message you got from so far was there a to downplay the speculation the show itself will be axed? i the speculation the show itself will be axed? ~ , the speculation the show itself will be axed? ~' , ., be axed? i think it might be worth remindin: be axed? i think it might be worth reminding viewers _ be axed? i think it might be worth reminding viewers around - be axed? i think it might be worth reminding viewers around the - be axed? i think it might be worth i reminding viewers around the world what this programme is. it's not the biggest programme on british tv but it's a very familiar brand. what it does, is very kind of life affirming

morning tv. for example, this morning tv. for example, this morning we have got the in—house chef. we've got a peek inside the homes of the rich and famous. we've got a little brow session coming up. it's useful television. there are some news there. it's very upbeat so it's a very familiar programme for so many people and i think that's why there's such a lot of interest in it. holly willoughby, phillip schofield, very, very familiar tv presenters. very, very nice. people feel very warmly towards them and the phone in. that's why the such a lot of interest in it i think because it's such an important building block in the tv schedules. thank you very much the later is there a television centre outside there a television centre outside the this studios.

——the this morning studios. the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has announced that he'll dissolve parliament and call a snap election for the 23rd ofjuly. this follows a poor showing by his socialist party in sunday's regional and local elections. national elections had already been due in spain later this year. here's mr sanchez as he made this unexpected announcement. translation: although yesterday's voting was for local _ and regional posts, the impact of the vote conveys a message that goes further. and for this reason, as prime minister and also as leader of the socialist party, i take personal responsibility and i believe it's necessary to submit our democratic mandate to the electorate. live now to our correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe. could we begin just by finding out why you think they did so badly in the local and regional elections and was it to do with their coalition allies, to?— was it to do with their coalition allies, to? .,, . ., , ,., allies, to? there was certainly some ofthat allies, to? there was certainly some of that because _ allies, to? there was certainly some of that because pedro _ allies, to? there was certainly some of that because pedro sanchez - allies, to? there was certainly some | of that because pedro sanchez didn't seem to take this election campaign

is a national campaign rather than a regional, local or municipal election campaign. he was constantly making national announcements about policies and many people feel that was a mistake and that played into the hands of the right—wing opposition who identified pedro sanchez as specifically a problem for spain rather than the socialist party. they said sanchez and his willingness to form parliamentary alliances and partnerships with her example parties on the hard left, catalan and basque separatist parties. that is a problem because spain and that is a big theme of the campaign and it did seem to work against him. it seems to be a major reason why mr sanchez and his socialist performed so poorly across the whole country yesterday. his reaction to _ the whole country yesterday. his reaction to that is to bring forward the date of parliamentary elections that must take place by the end of the year to july. that must take place by the end of the year tojuly. why does he think that's going to help them by bringing that they forwards? welcome

to be honest, — bringing that they forwards? welcome to be honest, we _ bringing that they forwards? welcome to be honest, we don't _ bringing that they forwards? welcome to be honest, we don't really - bringing that they forwards? welcome to be honest, we don't really know- to be honest, we don't really know yet. this has been a surprise, i think, to pretty much everyone. even many people in his party, we are told, were fairly surprised by this announcement, which came so soon on the heels of yesterday's disaster for the socialists. clearly, the heels of yesterday's disaster forthe socialists. clearly, he the heels of yesterday's disaster for the socialists. clearly, he does feel he sees some kind of benefit in bringing these elections forward. he is very proactive politician and this isn't the first time he has surprised us with an announcement at this time so clearly he feels that perhaps he can catch the opposition of guard and give them less time to prepare for elections which were going to take place probably in december and it is nowjust a matter of weeks and he and his socialists are going to have to work very hard to recover support the spaniards but clearly feels that can work to his benefit. ., . , benefit. there are clues in the iiollin benefit. there are clues in the polling as _ benefit. there are clues in the polling as to — benefit. there are clues in the polling as to why _ benefit. there are clues in the polling as to why he's - benefit. there are clues in the polling as to why he's been i benefit. there are clues in the | polling as to why he's been the benefit. there are clues in the - polling as to why he's been the day forwards because last time i looked

the socialist wanting very well there either.— the socialist wanting very well there either. , ., .,, there either. they went on in most olls the there either. they went on in most polls they have _ there either. they went on in most polls they have been _ there either. they went on in most polls they have been lagging - there either. they went on in most l polls they have been lagging behind the conservative popular party —— popular party. you have to take into account the fact that spain's politics are extremely fragmented so the result of this election won't just be the important results of the general election, notjust the result that the socialist get, it's the result of the socialists�* possible parliamentary partners on the left and again there is catalan and basque parties that have been working with mr sanchez and on the right, the conservative popular party will also be looking at the fire might get far right vox party which is likely to be necessary parliamentary party the conservatives so it is very fragmented in the polls have been up and down so it won�*tjust be about how this socialist perform and how the conservatives perform. it will be about how the two sides, the left

and the right overall perform, the left and right which will be crucial in forming a government.- left and right which will be crucial in forming a government. thank you for the unexpected _ in forming a government. thank you for the unexpected analysis - in forming a government. thank you for the unexpected analysis of - in forming a government. thank you for the unexpected analysis of the i for the unexpected analysis of the spanish finalist has called an early general election. —— spanish prime minister. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news in the uk. in london, the metropolitan police says it will stop attending emergency calls involving mental health incidents from september — unless there�*s an immediate threat to life. the boss of the force, sir mark rowley, has written to health and social care services outlining the need for officers to concentrate on their primary role of fighting crime. seven men will appear in court charged with the attempted murder of senior northern irish police officer, john caldwell. detective chief inspector caldwell sustained life—changing injuries after he was shot outside a sports complex in omagh in county tyrone in february. a five—year—old girl has died following a house fire in wales. alysia salisbury died at the scene of the blaze in pembrokeshire on saturday night.

police say they will work with the fire service to establish the cause of the fire. let�*s turn to the war in ukraine and its capital kyiv, where in the past hour explosions have been heard in the heart of the city. it comes shortly after a new air—raid warning and an overnight wave of missile and drone attacks against kyiv and other ukrainian cities for the second night running. ukraine�*s military said 66 out of roughly 75 cruise missiles and drones were intercepted. it�*s the 15th air attack on the capital this month — again prompting siren warnings and a hurried descent to shelters. meanwhile, the governor of russia�*s belgorod region, which borders ukraine, said on monday that several frontier settlements were being shelled simultaneously by ukrainian forces. in a statement published on the telegram messaging app, vyacheslav gladkov said two industrial facilities in the town of shebekino had been shelled and that four employees had been wounded. in a statement published on the telegram messaging app, vyacheslav gladkov said two industrial facilities in the town of shebekino had been shelled

and that four employees had been wounded. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale spoke to me earlier from inside a bunker where he and the team are sheltering from the ongoing explosions as you know, air strikes over kyiv are pretty common, certainly during this month, but normally they take place at night. what is unusual is that today, these attacks — there were many overnight — they have continued into the daylight, and also unusually, they have been targeted largely at the centre of the city. normally, most of the missileshave, it seems, been targeted at the outskirts, specifically at the air defence. so at the moment, the air raid warnings are still in place and the mayor has urged everybody to stay in their shelters. there are reports of missile fragments across the city in various different locations. certainly, we heard explosions across the city.

my colleagues even witnessed one of the missiles coming in before it was destroyed by air defences. so, this is an unusual thing to happen during daylight hours. most of the strikes, as i say, take place during the night, and that means that the risks are much greater because people are not at home, they are out at work, and that means a lot of people right now are crammed into shelters they wouldn�*t otherwise be at, especially the underground system. so an attack like this would increase the likelihood of casualties, is that what you�*re saying? and has there been any news of any casualties? at the moment, there�*s only a reported one person being injured but this is very much early days. as i say, if more people are out and not at their homes, the risks are obviously greater, especially if the strikes are not on infrastructure on the outskirts of the city. for example, overthe weekend, one of the buildings that was damaged was a large warehouse.

well, there aren�*t large warehouses right in the centre of kyiv here. there are a lot of people who live and work here, so obviously the risks are greater. for now, we only have reports of one person being injured but this is very much the early stage of what�*s happening here. there are reports of damage to buildings, some fires have broken out, as well, because quite often that happens when falling debris falls from the sky. so obviously the key question is whether or not this is just damage from debris or whether some of those missiles have actually got through and landed directly on targets, because that obviously makes a huge difference. and what we learned overnight is that some of those missiles are beginning to creep through. of the 75 missiles and drones that were launched against ukraine overnight, eight were not shot down by air defences, which means that eight of them have a chance of actually hitting their targets and causing substantial damage. and there have been reports in the far west of the country, one military facility was struck

and is aflame right now. military correspondent james landale talking to me from a bunker in kyiv. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. one of the earliest memories that i have is finding my dad�*s overdosed on the bed. i�*m just terrified that he�*s dead. i was only age six. i grew up with that kind of feeling of hunger. but notjust hunger forfood, but hungerfor... for care, for kindness, for acknowledgement. now, katrina�*s written a book to tell her story of a child let down by parents, but also by the world. dropping out of school, pregnant at 15, she could never have imagined she would end up with a phd from ireland�*s top university, trinity college, in dublin. i actually feel really privileged to have lived through the life that i�*ve lived and i do feel like i can help other people.

today, katrina�*s returned to inspire youngsters living in what remains one of coventry�*s most deprived areas. i remember being in here and feeling like nobody. and so to have come full circle, to be able to inspire a few children and also talk to the teachers a little bit about the impact they have. you�*re live with bbc news. turkey�*s long—time president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power, after winning the run—off ballot in the country�*s presidential election. there were joyous scenes on the streets of istanbul — as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters, after winning around 52% of the vote. the 69—year—old will now serve another five years in office — potentially stretching his time in power to a quarter century. addressing a jubilant crowd, president erdogan promised to build a strong economy and called for unity. meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kelich—darouloo, -- ml —— ml electorally.

—— kemal kilicdaroglu. said it was "the most unfair election in years" and that 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 nonreligious 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 here as the results came out. translation: i'm really sad. i think the country is heading towards a darkness. i think it�*s not looking good for the future of our children and grandchildren. he left the chp headquarters in tears. world leaders have been congratulating mr erdogan. he enjoys a big role internationally — a friend to countries in the east while being a member of nato. he�*s also put himself forward as a mediator in the russia—ukraine war. but it�*s back home where divisions may be hard to heal. inflation is high and rebuilding cities after the earthquakes in february are a massive challenge.

mr erdogan promised in his victory speech to return syrian refugees back to their homeland. anti—immigrant feeling in turkey has been growing. october will see the centenary of the turkish republic. mr erdogan says he is confident about the future. others are less convinced. aruna iyengar, bbc news. the bbc�*s anna foster has been following the results on the ground in istanbul. the mood couldn�*t be more different. you saw in that report a few minutes ago the real ecstatic response of president erdogan�*s supporters on the streets here in istanbul last night. they started to head to the ak party headquarters. really, as soon as the ballot boxes started to be counted, there really, as soon as the ballot boxes started to be counted, there were there were car horns blaring, there were fireworks and flares, there were families, there was chanting and cheering. but you�*re right to say that one of the big background issues in this election has been those earthquakes.

election has been those earthquakes back in february. more than 50,000 people died. thousands and thousands of buildings were either destroyed or left too badly damaged to move back into again. i was there for the first round of voting two weeks ago. they had to do special temporary polling stations in temporary buildings and many, many people had to go back to that area because if they hadn�*t registered in the area that they live in now, they had to go all the way back to the south of this country in order to cast their votes in the presidential election. now, interestingly, it doesn�*t seem to have damaged president erdogan�*s vote share in those parts of the country. but there was a lot of criticism of his government at the time, because an earthquake was a not unexpected thing to happen here in turkey. it sits on on two fault lines, one very close to here in istanbul, one in the south. the country had been preparing for years and many people felt that the response was not what it should have been, given that level of investment and preparation. but when it came down to it, the turkish people have chosen president erdogan. they believe that he is the man to lead them forward. he�*s launched some ambitious building projects in the south. he�*s said that he will solve those problems. and, clearly, a majority,

52% of turkish voters believe him. i was going to ask you, anna, how mr erdogan will now go forward and heal those divisions that we heard about from celine in the country. because it�*s notjust the economics, is it? it�*s things like immigration, where the opposition party were really quite strong on that and getting people out of the country. they were strong in the last two weeks because the reason we went to a run—off is that neither of the main candidates managed to achieve more than 50% first time out. and the third—place candidate, he only had 5% of the votes, but he was an ultranationalist. so both sides were fighting for that very ultranationalist 5%. and that was why you saw kamal kilicdaroglu�*s tone and focus really change in these last two weeks. and you�*re right — immigration, particularly the issue of syrian refugees, became a huge topic here in the country. if you were a syrian refugee living here, one of the 3 million or more who do,

these have been a very difficult two weeks because, of course, you knew that both sides wanted you to leave, wanted you to go back to a country that internationally is still not considered safe. so it will be interesting to see how those divisions are healed with the turkish parts of society as well with the refugees. president erdogan made that speech saying that he would bring people together, but i think there�*s still a long way to go. the bbc�*s anna foster has been following the results

in nigeria, bola tinubu is being sworn in as president following his election victory in february. the former governor of lagos state takes overfrom muhammadu buhari who has served the maximum two terms in office. mr tinubu inherits significant challenges including dealing with high inflation and unemployment. last week�*s ceasefire in sudan brought a lull in the fighting in the capital, khartoum. but that was not the case in the western region of darfur, where entire villages have been burnt to the ground and communications with the outside world have been mostly cut off. the region has a long history of intercommunal violence. our correspondent barbara plett—usher has looked into this under—reported area of the conflict with the bbc verify team. you�*ve heard about the battle for khartoum. i�*m going to tell you about a pattern for darfur. it�*s seen some of the bloodiest fighting, most of it around the cities of al—geneina and nyala. let�*s start by looking at al—geneina, because that�*s been the hotspot. this is before the war, and this is in late april, after a first flare—up of violence. then there was a second wave of violence in mid—may. markets were destroyed, health services looted, hundreds of people killed. aid workers who had to flee say it�*s been pretty much a scorched—earth approach to civilian infrastructure. nyala is darfur�*s largest city

and part of the main market there has also been destroyed. a resident has confirmed that this is a video of the nyala market. it�*s a huge loss because it supplies the region and some neighbouring countries. and we managed to get this message from a localjournalist. translation: the rsf attacked the city with dozens of pick-up i trucks mounted with guns and shops were looted. most of the pharmacies were looted. ——ngo offices and shops were looted. most of the pharmacies were looted. all of the residential areas in nyala have been completely sealed off with barricades and digging ditches so the malitias can�*t enter the residential districts. so who is doing all this burning and looting and killing? residents in the area say that in nyala, it�*s the rsf, the rapid support forces, which does have its roots in darfur. but take a look at these fighters on the rampage in al—geneina. you can see that they�*re not wearing uniforms. the rsf leader has called for calm. in al—geneina especially, the lines are blurred, there are different community malitias, including fighters from arab tribes called the janjaweed, and that�*s the base from which the rsf was formed.

20 years ago in darfur, the janjaweed were mobilised to crush a rebellion by non—arab tribes. the current battles have reignited those communal tensions. a war of all against all, multiple groups fighting one another, could spread to other regions in sudan and beyond because of ethnic ties across borders. an intensifying conflict in darfur has the potential to inflame conflict in libya, in chad, in central african republic and in south sudan, and even further across into the west african sahel. refugees from darfur have been streaming into neighbouring chad. they�*re fleeing not only a power struggle between two generals but the prospect of another civil war. tens of thousands of luton town fans are expected to turn out

for a parade, after their team was promoted to the english premier league. these were the scenes last night when the team made the historic leap. it�*s the first time luton will be playing in the premier league alongside footballing giants such as manchester city and arsenal. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. the weather this week remains fairly settled. at times, there will be areas of cloud, there�*ll be a lot of sunshine, and it will be chilly to start the day where we have the clear skies overnight. high pressure still firmly in charge of our weather. the air around it moves in a clockwise direction, so it pulls in some cloud from the north sea, and across the south—eastern corner, as well as the channel islands, we�*re looking at quite a brisk, chilly wind today.

now, the cloud that�*s come in is continuing to break up. there�*ll be more sunshine around, but we�*ll hang on to more cloud across the north and the west of scotland. temperatures today up to 21 degrees. yesterday, we reached 24.4 in plymouth, but it will feel cooler if we hang on to any cloud along the north sea coastline. now, through this evening and overnight, we still have the cloud across the north of scotland. more comes in on the brisk breeze from the north sea, drifting across eastern parts of england into the midlands, parts of the south, possibly as far west as east wales, and under clear skies it�*s going to be cold — for some rural areas, temperatures could fall away to freezing, so there will be a touch of frost. tomorrow, we�*ve got the cloud that�*s come in overnight. some of it will linger for much of the day. out towards the west, there�*ll be sunnier skies, and we�*re looking at a high tomorrow

of 21a, possibly 25, somewhere around the glasgow area. as we head on into wednesday, more cloud across england and also wales. it could break up later in the day across the south east. but for north wales, for northern england, for much of scotland and northern ireland, we�*ll see spells of sunshine and highs of 25, maybe 26 degrees being our top temperature, but always cooler under that cloud. as we head on into thursday bit if a change in forecast, we�*ve got the north and also the east hanging onto the cloud. a chilly wind coming in from the north sea but brightening up across the southwestern wales and also northern ireland. this is where we�*re likely to see the highest temperatures, up to 23. temperatures coming down a little bit across scotland. so thursday, here�*s the high pressure. it moves a little bit further northwestwards. there�*s more unsettled conditions around the mediterranean with quite a lot of heavy showers around. but back on our shores, if you�*re remaining at home, you can see that even into the weekend, we�*re looking at settled conditions with a fair bit of sunshine.

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