correspondent dorian jones joins us now from a polling center in istanbul hello to you dorian so give us a sense of how the voting has been going so far. well voters have been streaming into this voting station since it opened at eight in the morning the old the there really is a surge of votes that have been going through this station and turkey does have a long tradition of a very high voter participation over eighty percent among the highest in the world but that level could be surpassed because both sides see this election as probably the most important in the country's history whoever wins the presidency will inherit sweeping powers allowed to rule by decree greater control over the judiciary and the much reduced power of parliament even the position of a prime minister is abolished now supporters insist that it is necessary to take this country forward to meet the challenges of the opponents the opposition is tantamount to an electorate dictatorship and they say that democracy itself is on the ballot a lot of tension ahead of this vote now given the high stakes for dorian we hav

jones who is standing by with the latest from istanbul and dorian as we saw there early voting in the snap election now currently underway give us a sense of how crucial these overseas votes will be particularly those from germany . well it's about three million overseas voters of which germany accounts for about a hof of those votes now that's about seven percent of the fifty five million electorate and now those votes could be key to the outcome of the june polls because the presidential and parliamentary elections are becoming increasingly too close to call the president will be looking for a very high turnout among overseas voters because in the past they have strongly backed him and his ruling party. but turkish politicians for their part as that you know they have been campaigning they were actually banned from doing so in germany and in other parts of europe have tensions with the e.u. played a role in the campaigning there where you are in the country where if you call in last year's referendum to extend the country's presidential powers similar restrictions were put on campai

is not going to be scars one and dorian jones in istanbul during a big win for edge won now with this election turkey has moved from a bottom entry system to an executive presidency so how powerful does this make. well he's extremely powerful now he caroll by to create with the force of the law he also has extended control of the appointment of turkey's top judges and he also chooses who the ministers are who will report directly to him the role of parliament is significantly diminished and the post of prime minister now no longer exists the president heard one now has literally no checks to his power no one of them in change the leader of the main opposition party the c.h.p. has conceded defeat but he warned that turkey is heading towards what he called a one man regime now ahead of this election the opposition was gaining momentum why did she have to get the votes it was hoping for despite the high voter turnout while more army has been speaking at a press conference and he claims he has done well in fact he points out to the fact that for the first time his party is secured over th

reporting for us from ankara and dorian jones reporting from istanbul many thanks to you both. now a group of sixteen e.u. leaders are holding an emergency migration meeting in brussels divisions within the bloc are widening over how to manage the influx of asylum seekers and refugees german chancellor angela merkel and other leaders described sunday as many some meant as a working meeting ahead of european council talks due next week merkel says she does not expect a total solution to the problem but will instead push for bilateral or trilateral deals to cope with immediate emergencies or central european states taking an especially hard line on migration are snubbing today's talks. all right that was the german chancellor angela merkel speaking a short time ago at that meeting on migration in brussels and for more on that we're joined now by correspondent brussels barber of a zone so margaret give us a sense of what's at stake at today's summit. this is a really frothed meeting because what we see here are going to merkel just said it is she when she mentioned we need to find

dorian jones thank you coming to us there from the c.h.p. rally in istanbul back to some of the of the stories making the news around the world. you'll be husband tom. the sound of a reported grenade exploding out a rally in ethiopia's capital addis ababa where dozens are reportedly injured they rally was in support of prime minister abi aman seen here being removed by security since taking office in april he has introduced a flurry of reforms including the lifting of a draconian state of emergency. u.s. president donald trump has renewed sanctions against north korea for one year saying that the country still pose a quote extraordinary trash this comes just days after the u.s. announced it would suspend a large scale in their tree exercise with south korea a joint war games have longer to the north. moving on to some sports news on the defending champions jeremy are center stage at the where i caught the saving and i have publicly it's from day to be sports in studio with me jeremy are under a lot of pressure on the defending champions most

going to do obvious corresponding dorian jones in istanbul during a big win for now with this election turkey has moved from a parliamentary system to an executive presidency so how awful does this make. while he's extremely powerful now he can rule by to create with the force of the law he also has extended control of the appointment of turkey's top judges and he also chooses who the ministers are who will report directly to him the role of parliament is significantly diminished and the post of prime minister now no longer exists the president heard one now has literally no checks to his power no one of them into the leader of the main opposition party the c.h.p. has conceded defeat but he warned that turkey is heading towards what he called a one man regime now ahead of this election the opposition was gaining momentum why did she have to get the votes it was hoping for despite the high voter turnout well being speaking at a press conference and he claims that he has done well in fact he points out to the fact that for the first time his party is secured over thirty percent of the vo

jones and is temple's hank you for that update. now some of the of the stories making news around the world. women in saudi arabia took to the roads for the first time in decades the world's only ban on women motorists was lifted made nice the overwhelming majority of saudi women still don't have driver's licenses and there are long waiting lists for in essence. an explosion at a rally in the symbolically and city of by the way o. has injured the country's vice president the president and risen and god was on her and god was addressing his supporters at a stadium ahead of a nationwide election in july he assumed power last november after zimbabwe's long time leader robert mugabe was forced to use. but as tensions flare over migration to the e.u. leaders of member nations are preparing to gather in brussels for a mini so mesan sunday their goal is to decide on how to deal with the influx of migrants seeking a new life in europe and so much was triggered by the events of the past few weeks and several rescue boats carrying migrants w

three of the four adult suspects, dorian jones, james hodges, and brandon townes, have pled guilty to all charges and are awaiting sentencing. >> it was supposed to be in and out, breaking and entering. once we got in there, there's people there, things just went -- like people was getting beat up, tied up. and it was basically like everything happened like -- like that. >> townes says he and his co-defendants entered a home during the pre-dawn hours following a party held there the night before. they wore masks to conceal their identities. the home belonged to students at a local college. >> we picked the house, because we knew it was a bunch of people having a party. and they said they were going to be really drunk. so why not go back later? >> according to prosecutors, three male victims in the house were robbed and pistol whipped. the one female victim reported being tied up, blindfolded, beaten, and raped by the suspects. the three who pled guilty said they did so in hopes of receiving shorter prison sentences than they would have if they were found guilty in trial. but they coul

and while it's going to turkey and our correspondent dorian jones who is standing by with the latest from istanbul so dorian we know that this snap election is currently underway how crucial were these will these overseas votes be particularly those from germany. well it's about three million overseas voters of weak germany account for just on the whole of that now about seven percent of the electorate now those vote could be key because the presidential and general election all true close to cool and president will be looking for a very high turnout movies he's both has given the fact that in the polls they have strongly backed him and his ruling a party in previous elections. tell us a little bit more though about the validity of this election just going into it because we have for example the united nations and others they have cast doubt on turkey's ability to hold a free and fair election given the state from urgency that's in place and you mentioned the h d p we know that their leader for example is behind bars and they have also raised those questions. well certainly in the fa

sarah: dorian jones in istanbul, thank you. u.s. president donald trump says he hopes that washington will the able to normalize ties with north korea in the future. trump made the comments following talks with japan's prime minister, shinzo abe. their meeting was focused on perversions on the june 12 summit between the u.s. and north kokorea. trump still -- preparationsns fr the june 12 summit between t the u.s. and north korea. come still says s he could walk away with the talks don'n't go well, but yiyields it will leado a new era. president trump: i hope it represents the beginning of a bright new future in north korea, and indeed, a bright you future for the world. the denuclearization of the korean peninsula would ususr in a new era of prosperity, security, and peace for all koreans, north and south, and for people everywhere. sarah: let's get more from washington. did the japanese prime minister get what he came for in washington today? reporter: well, at least he got some assurances from donald trump that the united states w

and for more let's go now to turkey on our correspondent dorian jones who is standing by with the latest from istanbul and dorian as we saw there early voting in the snap election now currently underway give us a sense of how crucial these overseas votes will be particularly those from germany . well it's about three million overseas voters of which germany accounts for about a hof of those votes now that's about seven percent of the fifty five million electorate and now those votes could be key to the outcome of the june polls because the presidential and parliamentary elections are becoming increasingly too close to call the president will be looking for a very high turnout among overseas voters because in the past they have strongly backed him and his ruling party. but turkish politicians for their part as you know they have been campaigning they were actually banned from doing so in germany and other parts of europe have tensions with the e.u. played a role in the campaigning there where you are in the country where if you are in last year's referendum to extend the country's preside

and while it's going to turkey and our correspondent dorian jones who is standing by with the latest from istanbul so dorian we know that this snap election is currently underway how crucial were these will these overseas votes be particularly those from germany. well it's about three million overseas voters of weak germany account for just on the whole of that now about seven percent of the electorate now those vote could be key because the presidential and general election all true close to cool the president will be looking for a very high turnout movies he's given the fact that in the polls they have strongly backed him and his ruling a policy in previous elections. tell us a little bit more though about the village of the if this election just going into it because we have for example the united nations and others they have cast doubt on turkey's ability to hold a free and fair election given the state of emergency that's in place and you mentioned the h d p we know that their leader for example is behind bars and they have also raised those questions. well certainly the fairnes

that now going to cause one and dorian jones in istanbul during a big win for now with this election he has moved from a parliamentary system to an executive presidency so how powerful does this make. well he's extremely powerful now he can rule by to create with the force of the law he also has extended control of the appointment of turkey's top judges and he also chooses who the ministers are who will report directly to him the role of parliament is significantly diminished and the post of prime minister now no longer exists president heard one now has literally no checks to his power no one in change the leader of the main opposition party the c.h.p. has conceded defeat but he warned that turkey is heading towards what he called a one man regime now ahead of this election the opposition was gaining momentum why did she have to get the votes it was hoping for despite the high voter turnout well being speaking at a press conference and he claims he has done well in fact he points out to the fact that for the first time his party is secured over thirty percent of the vote in forty ye

that may now join the corresponding dorian jones in istanbul during a big win for edge won now with this election he has moved from part of parliamentary system to an executive presidency so how powerful does this make. well he's extremely powerful now he can rule by to create with the force of the law he also has extended control of the appointment of turkey's top judges and he also chooses who the ministers are who will report directly to him the role of parliament is significantly diminished and the post of prime minister now no longer exists the president heard one now has literally no checks to his power no one inch in the leader of the main opposition party the c.h.p. has conceded defeat but he warned that turkey is heading towards what he called a one man regime now ahead of this election the opposition was gaining momentum why did she have to get the votes it was hoping for despite the high voter turnout while more arming has been speaking at a press conference and he claims that he has done well in fact he points out to the fact that for the first time his party is secured over

will do that will you correspondent dorian jones joins us now on the line from is time cool down dorian this is being called turkey's most significant election in decades oh i'm hearing that we don't have our correspondent in istanbul do we have him on the line or not all right so unfortunately we will try to get our istanbul correspondent later in the program but for now we move on to some of the other stories making news around the world. you'll be a hose. what you hear is the sound of a grenade exploding at a rally in ethiopia as capital addis ababa where one person is dead and dozens have been injured the rally was in support of prime minister abi aman seen here being removed by security since taking office in april abi has introduced a flurry of reforms including the lifting of a draconian state of emergency. u.s. president donald trump has a brand new to sanctions against north korea for one year saying the country still poses a quote extraordinary threat this comes just days after the u.s. announced it would suspend a large scale military exercise with south korea the joint war g

jones in istanbul covering a potentially watershed election for turkey thank you very much leaders of sixteen you countries have stressed their willingness to find a solution to the blocs longstanding migration debate they ended a last minute emergency meeting in brussels on sunday without any concrete decisions in full e.u. wide summit is coming up on thursday german chancellor angela merkel is seeking short term deals with other e.u. member states to cope with the migration crisis german chancellor angela merkel who's in brussels looking to her fellow e.u. leaders backing on migration austria's chancellor sebastian coolidge takes a more hardline approach but there is some common ground between merkel and french president emmanuel calm. the era of open borders across the whole of the e.u. seems to be over more and more member states are demanding more rigorous security like here on the boat garion turkish border the leaders are united on strengthening libya's coast guard so that migrants can no longer travel to europe by sea and hardliners want to create more reception centers like t

and for more let's go now to turkey and our correspondent dorian jones who is standing by with the latest from istanbul and dorian as we saw there early voting in the snap election now currently under way give us a sense of how crucial these overseas votes will be particularly those from germany . what it's about three million overseas voters of which germany accounts for about a hof of those votes now that's about seven percent of the fifty five million electorate and now those votes could be key to the outcome of the june polls because the presidential and parliamentary elections are becoming increasingly too close to call the president will be looking for a very high turnout among overseas voters because in the past they have strongly backed him and his ruling a k party. but turkish politicians for their part as that you know they have been campaigning they were actually banned from doing so in germany and in other parts of europe have tensions with the e.u. played a role in the campaigning there where you are in the country. what if your last year's referendum to extend the country's

jones he's standing by in istanbul jordan this knap election is effectively now underway how creepy crucial will these overseas votes be particularly those from germany now these overseas voters account for around seven percent of the fifty five million turkish electorate of which over majority of which are ethnic kirks living in germany and i thought relatively small amount but given the fact that this presidential and parliamentary elections are proving to be increasingly competitive both both could prove to the outcome and president heard one of his ruling a k party all looking for those votes to be out the five to factor given that usually overseas both as to favor of the president and his ruling party. politicians were banned from campaigning in germany and other parts of europe have tensions with the e.u. played a role in the campaigning that. well certainly in last year's referendum similar restrictions will put on campaigning in europe particularly against the president heard one in his ruling a party and heard one did make that authentic piece of a very close referendum and

jones in istanbul covering a potentially watershed election for turkey thank you very much the leaders of sixteen you countries have stressed a willingness to find a solution to the blocs longstanding migration debate and a last minute emergency meeting in brussels on sunday without any concrete decisions for e.u. wide summit is coming up on thursday german chancellor angela merkel is seeking short term deals with other e.u. member states to cope with the migration crisis german chancellor angela merkel who's in brussels looking to. leaders back you know migration history as chancellor sebastian could stake some more hardline approach but there is some common ground between merkel and french president emmanuel calm. the era of open borders across the whole of the e.u. seems to be over more and more member states are demanding more rigorous security like here on the belgariad in turkish border the leaders are united on strengthening libya's coast guard so that migrants can no longer travel to europe by sea and hardliners want to create more reception centers like this one in libya far f

s istanbul correspondent dorian jones he says tension was high in the final hours of voting. well voters have been streaming into the voting station since it opened at eight in the morning the old the and there really is a surge of votes who have been going through this station until he does have a long tradition of a very high voter participation over eighty percent the highest in the world but that level could be supposed because both sides see this election as probably the most important in the country's history whoever wins the presidency will inherit sweeping powers. to curry greater control over the judiciary and the most reduced power of parliament even the position of a prime minister is a balazs now another one supporters insist that is necessary to take this country forward to meet the challenges of the opponents the opposition is tantamount to an electorate dictatorship and they say that the more proceed cell is on the ballot a lot of tension ahead of this vote now given the high stakes. all right has soccer world cup news now and pablo fully ileus is here in the s

jones in istanbul thank you for that update. and to some of the other stories making news around the world. women in saudi arabia took to the roads for the first time in decades as the world's only ban on women motorists was lifted made nice the overwhelming majority of saudi women still don't have driver's licenses and there are long waiting lists for. an explosion at a rally in the said bob wayne city of when a whale has injured the country's vice president the president emerson man and god has said this on her has been on her brother and in god what was addressing his supporters stadium ahead of nationwide elections in july power at last remember after zimbabwe's long time leader robert mugabe was. tens of thousands of supporters of the european union have gathered in central london to call for a final vote on the terms of brightness the rally comes exactly two years to the day that britain held its referendum on leaving the e.u. marj organization organizers say that the public deserves the final word and he brags that dia. a

but i detail you correspondent dorian jones is with us now from the polling center in istanbul dorrian can you give us a sense of how voting has been going so far. but it's been a said the stream of voters cars bringing the old infirmed into this voting station and those numbers are expected to ramp up in the last few hours total traditionally do vote late has one of the highest voting participation rates in the world over eighty percent normally vote in elections but that will be surpassed with the opposition galvanized into bringing their supporters out we have reports from many of turkey's see results orienteers turks have abandoned their holidays to come here and to their homes all across the country the costs but on the other side of the earth once campaign have been voicing concerns about their voter turnout in fact heard one in the last day of campaigning yesterday. stronghold of his photos with the message you have to come out and vote and how that call is heeded could be a key factor into terminal what is expected be an extremely closely fought campaign . as they mentioned thi

jones in example thank you very much for the history. and we will have much more on what's at stake in turkey's elections you can find us on our web site on the w dot com also follow us on twitter for updates that nice of the other stories making news around the world. in ethiopia as capital. the officials say several people are dead and dozens are injured after a grenade went off during a pro-government rally in central mescal square prime minister i'll be ahmed was attending this footage shows him being taken away by his security took office in april and this was his first rally since becoming prime minister. u.s. president donald trump has renewed sanctions against north korea for one year saying that the country still poses quote an extraordinary trash this comes just days after the u.s. announced it would suspend a large scale military exercise with south korea joint war games angered to the north. u.s. president donald trump has extended sanctions on north korea here saying they do. extraordinary trash that announcement calls up to

jones in istanbul says the opposition is galvanized and the ruling party nervous on election day he's speaking to us from a polling station. but it's been a save the stream of voters cars bringing the old infirmed into this voting station and those numbers are expected to ramp up in the last few hours total traditionally do vote late has one of the highest voting participation rates in the world over eighty percent normally vote in elections but that figure could well be surpassed with the opposition galvanized into bringing their supporters out of proportion many of turkey see results orienteers turks have abandoned their holidays to come here and to their homes all across the country to cast their votes but on the other side of the earth once campaigns have been voicing concerns about their voter turnout in fact heard one in the last day of campaigning yesterday toured istanbul stronghold of his photos with a message you have to come out and vote and how that call is heeded could be a key factor into terminal what is expected be an extremely closely fought campaign and just a remind

let's get the view from turkey that from dorian jones tombo welcome door and tell us about the importance of ex-pat votes to the outcome which is about three million voters of which germany accounts for just under a half of that and these three million votes is about seven percent of the total electorate going forward given the fact that this general and presidential elections are proving to be increasingly competitive the vote could be critical to turning outcome and that's why i heard one will be looking for a very high turnout given that in the polls overseas voters have predominately supported the president and his ruling party. turkish politicians were banned from campaigning here in germany and indeed in many other parts of europe have tensions with the played any role in campaigning. well if you recall in last year's referendum to extend the country's presidential powers similar restrictions world potong campaigning overseas by european union countries and president urged one did use that in his campaign provoking up crisis several e.u. member states including germany and with the

let's get more now on the selection from correspondent dorian jones who is standing by with the latest in istanbul and dorian as we just heard there this election very much being seen as part of turkey's transition from a parliamentary session to a presidential one with heir to expanding his power what is this likely to mean for the country. well it is seen is a major consolidation of president's powers he can now rule by decree which carries a power of law all the ministers now are appointed by the president and are accountable to him the role of parliament is significantly diminished even the position of prime minister no longer exists and the ones control and power over turkey's top judiciary is also further confirmed with him now having a say on the the appointment of nearly all members of turkey's constitutional court court that means there are virtually no checks to his power now he has an opposition the opposition parties which have raised doubts in fact about the accuracy of the results how strong is their challenge though. while in the early following the announcement of the r

jones in istanbul thank you. well president called this snap election eighteen months early a decision that is likely down to a fast approaching economic crisis that could throw a wrench into his plan to transition the country from a parliamentary democracy to an executive presidential system javi our get us has that side of the story thanks very much sara indeed those possible scenarios of an economic crisis are an important factor and we are seeing immediate actions by the government the turkish central bank has raised interest rates to seventeen point seven five percent that provoked a sharp jump in the value of the turkish currency less than three weeks ahead of the elections as we heard of the interest rate hike of over one percentage point had been widely expected and was quite urgent inflation has hit a six month high even higher prices for turks best month the president tie you to the announced his intention to exert more control over economic policy if he wins the election that's driven losses in the lir

jones in istanbul thank you. has. the president called this snap election eighteen months early a decision that is likely down to a fast approaching economic crisis that could throw a wrench into his plan to transition the country from a parliamentary democracy to an executive presidential system javi are a good us has that cited story thanks very much sara indeed those possible scenarios of an economic crisis are an important factor and we are seeing immediate actions by the government the turkish central bank has raised interest rates to seventeen point seven five percent that provoked a sharp jump in the value of the turkish currency less than three weeks ahead of the elections as we heard of the interest rate hike of over one percentage point have been widely expected and was quite urgent inflation has hit a six month high in higher prices for turks best month the president. of the announced his intention to exert more control over economic policy if he wins the election that's driven losses in the lira and p

let's get more now on the selection from correspondent dorian jones who is standing by with the latest in istanbul and dorian as we just heard there the selection very much being seen as part of turkey's transition from a parliamentary session to a presidential one with the heir to expanding his power what is this likely to mean for the country. well it is seen is a major consolidation of presidents powers he can now rule by decree which carries a power of law all the ministers now are appointed by the president and are accountable to him the role of parliament is significantly diminished even the position of prime minister no longer exists and the other one's control and power over turkey's top judiciary is also further confirmed with him now having a say on the appointment of nearly all members of turkey's constitutional court court that means there are virtually no checks to his power now he has a complete free hand to accelerate his programs both internally and externally. and of course he has his critics in this one of which is the opposition the opposition parties which have rais