:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News, broadcasting in the UK
:00:00. > :00:14.Yes campaigners in Turkey celebrate as they claim
:00:15. > :00:21.President Erdogan says changes to the constitution will now go ahead.
:00:22. > :00:23.TRANSLATION: Today, a decision made by the Turkish public
:00:24. > :00:30.This is not an ordinary decision, it is not an ordinary day.
:00:31. > :00:32.Just over 51% of voters agreed to sweeping new powers
:00:33. > :00:39.The main opposition party says it will challenge the result.
:00:40. > :00:42.The Trump administration has restated its determination to take
:00:43. > :00:47.action against North Korea after it carries out another missile test.
:00:48. > :00:50.68 children are amongst the dead in Syria after Saturday's bomb
:00:51. > :00:59.attack on buses carrying evacuees from besieged towns.
:01:00. > :01:05.The Premier League title race takes a twist, I lost to Manchester United
:01:06. > :01:21.cuts Chelsea's lead to just four points.
:01:22. > :01:24.Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming victory
:01:25. > :01:27.in the controversial referendum on expanding his powers.
:01:28. > :01:29.With almost all the votes counted, the Yes campaign has
:01:30. > :01:35.maintained a slim lead, with 51.3% in favour.
:01:36. > :01:38.But the opposition is disputing the result, complaining of massive
:01:39. > :01:43.Supporters of President Erdogan have been celebrating on the streets
:01:44. > :01:49.They believe he now has a mandate for the biggest political reform
:01:50. > :01:53.The President himself called it a historic move that'll make
:01:54. > :01:55.the country stronger, but acknowledged the split
:01:56. > :02:12.TRANSLATION: Today is really important, because we will now start
:02:13. > :02:18.to reconstruct Turkey from tomorrow. We do not need a necessary
:02:19. > :02:22.discussions, unnecessary talks and whatever, because it will not help
:02:23. > :02:27.or benefit our country. We just have to create projects, we just have to
:02:28. > :02:38.respect what the Turkish public have decided today, voted for today, and
:02:39. > :02:43.we just have to work harder, including our struggle against
:02:44. > :02:44.terror. We have to be stronger. We just have to wipe terror out of
:02:45. > :02:45.Turkey. But the two main opposition parties,
:02:46. > :02:47.the pro-Kurdish HDP and the Republican People's Party,
:02:48. > :02:50.or CHP, say they want a recount This is what the deputy
:02:51. > :02:54.chairman of the CHP TRANSLATION: There are problems
:02:55. > :03:01.in the way the votes have been cast. We think there are also
:03:02. > :03:03.problems with the way We are just trying to control
:03:04. > :03:08.the situation at the moment, because at the moment in Istanbul,
:03:09. > :03:15.Ankara, Izmir, the No vote is ahead. They are manipulating this
:03:16. > :03:17.and saying that the Yes vote In all of those big cities,
:03:18. > :03:24.the No campaign is ahead, but the public is being told
:03:25. > :03:28.that the Yes campaign is leading. They are preparing the way
:03:29. > :03:38.to steal the vote. Mark Lowen is outside the ruling
:03:39. > :03:54.party's headquarters. Quite euphoric celebrations among
:03:55. > :04:00.the President's supporters. This gives him more powers than any other
:04:01. > :04:04.Turkish president in modern history. Yes, they believe he has got the
:04:05. > :04:07.mandate to do that now. You could see the jubilant supporters behind
:04:08. > :04:13.me, streaming into the governing party headquarters, where the Prime
:04:14. > :04:17.Minister spoke about an hour ago. He claimed victory, he said it was a
:04:18. > :04:22.victory for all the citizens of this country, and the president spoke in
:04:23. > :04:29.Istanbul. His initial speech was muted, it was an indoor speech, he
:04:30. > :04:32.said that this was a vote that must be respected by Turkey's
:04:33. > :04:37.international partners and allies, and then he went on the balcony and
:04:38. > :04:41.spoke to his supporters, and he was in rousing mood, he spoke about
:04:42. > :04:46.bringing back the death penalty, he said they could be a referendum on
:04:47. > :04:49.capital punishment, which gets support among his supporters, horror
:04:50. > :04:57.among his opponents. He was in campaign mood again. After a much
:04:58. > :05:02.more muted initial response. Huge euphoria here, but the opposition
:05:03. > :05:05.believes it is not over. They say there are massive irregularities in
:05:06. > :05:14.the voting process, that 1.5 million votes that were invalid were given
:05:15. > :05:17.to the yes side. Some of the election observers were blocked from
:05:18. > :05:21.Pollock stations in the south-east. They say they will challenge the
:05:22. > :05:26.result at the supreme election board. We are in an unprecedented
:05:27. > :05:29.situation. This side of the country believe they have won resoundingly,
:05:30. > :05:33.the other side says it will not accept the result. In terms of the
:05:34. > :05:39.country's stability, this is the worst possible result. If you can
:05:40. > :05:51.hear me, what are the next steps from here? The opposition Republican
:05:52. > :05:54.Party, the pro-Kurdish party, and the leader of the no campaign said
:05:55. > :05:59.they would challenge it to the Supreme Court. They would try to
:06:00. > :06:03.file complaints. But it will be an uphill struggle, because the state
:06:04. > :06:08.machinery is so completely overwhelmingly dominated by the
:06:09. > :06:12.governing party, the media is 80 or 90% pro-government, so they are
:06:13. > :06:19.disability pitch headlines claiming victory will stop --. The opposition
:06:20. > :06:24.believes they still have mileage. Whether or not they can push it, we
:06:25. > :06:29.will see. The question will be whether Erdogan will have
:06:30. > :06:34.legitimacy. In the eyes of half of the country, the answer is no. But
:06:35. > :06:36.for him, getting more than 50% was enough to shoot the biggest
:06:37. > :06:40.political change in modern medical history.
:06:41. > :06:50.I'm joined by Irem Koker from the BBC's Turkish Service.
:06:51. > :06:57.We heard the president talking about this not being an ordinary decision,
:06:58. > :07:00.not being an ordinary day. He went on to address crowds outside after
:07:01. > :07:12.the formal press statement that he gave. Yes, he went back to his more
:07:13. > :07:17.euphoric and tough stance when he was speaking to his supporters
:07:18. > :07:20.outside his residence in Istanbul. He said, this marks the beginning of
:07:21. > :07:28.a new chapter in the Turkish history. This referendum ended a 200
:07:29. > :07:32.year debate about how the country should be governed. Also, he
:07:33. > :07:37.promised he would be taking the death penalty issue back to the
:07:38. > :07:45.agenda, which is another promise he made during the campaign. He is
:07:46. > :07:52.going back to his business as usual, and he will be pushing his own
:07:53. > :07:56.agenda afterwards. Reminders, the extent of the powers that this
:07:57. > :08:03.result now gives him as president. As a president, after this
:08:04. > :08:07.referendum, the office of Prime Minister will be abolished. The
:08:08. > :08:12.Cabinet ministers will be picked by the president himself. He will be
:08:13. > :08:20.appointing some key Government officials. Also, he will be able to
:08:21. > :08:24.call early elections, which will result in the dissolution of the
:08:25. > :08:29.parliament. He will be able to decide on the budget as well. And he
:08:30. > :08:36.will be appointing the dippy president, and the law does not say
:08:37. > :08:40.how many deputies will be there. It gives sweeping powers to the
:08:41. > :08:44.president was Mac office. When you look at the result and how close it
:08:45. > :08:56.was, it just gives a flavour of how divided Turkey is. That is correct.
:08:57. > :09:03.We saw a similar Turkey map with the previous elections in the past. The
:09:04. > :09:08.coastal areas, the people are more educated and have higher income,
:09:09. > :09:13.they voted for no, and the heartland, where more Conservative
:09:14. > :09:20.people live, voted for yes. But what is more interesting is that for the
:09:21. > :09:25.first time Erdogan and his party lost Ankara and Istanbul, which is
:09:26. > :09:31.significant. That affected the low margin between yes and no.
:09:32. > :09:36.Furthermore, Turkey is highly polarised, we will see the leader of
:09:37. > :09:41.the main opposition party talking about irregularities and how they
:09:42. > :09:49.will react from this point on. We will see how's what he will say. We
:09:50. > :09:56.have reports of protests in Istanbul and Ankara.
:09:57. > :10:00.We will come back to that story later in the programme.
:10:01. > :10:02.The Trump administration has reiterated its determination to take
:10:03. > :10:05.action against North Korea amid rising tensions over
:10:06. > :10:08.The US National Security Advisor General HR McMaster says
:10:09. > :10:12.the President is working on a "range of options" with America's
:10:13. > :10:17.North Korea's latest test resulted in what's thought to be
:10:18. > :10:20.a medium-range missile, blowing up shortly after take-off.
:10:21. > :10:23.It was launched from the east-coast port of Shinpo,
:10:24. > :10:27.On his arrival in Seoul shortly afterwards, the US
:10:28. > :10:31.Vice President Mike Pence described the test as a provocation
:10:32. > :10:34.and told his hosts that America's commitment to South Korea had
:10:35. > :10:46.This flower show, like almost everything else in North Korea,
:10:47. > :10:53.This is the stand of National Defence...
:10:54. > :10:59.And this display is in honour of their abiding
:11:00. > :11:03.Is it a little strange to have rockets and missiles
:11:04. > :11:12.There are reports that there was a missile test this morning.
:11:13. > :11:15.And some suggestions that it failed, have you heard these reports?
:11:16. > :11:21.We will win and we will have greater successes in the future.
:11:22. > :11:27.There has so far been no mention of the missile on North Korean TV.
:11:28. > :11:31.Every launch, failure or not, takes the military one
:11:32. > :11:37.The timing of the latest missile test is significant,
:11:38. > :11:41.coming just a few hours before the US Vice President Mike Pence
:11:42. > :11:45.arrived in the South Korean capital, Seoul.
:11:46. > :11:48.It's a message of defiance from here in Pyongyang.
:11:49. > :11:55.Its quest to become a fully-fledged nuclear power continues.
:11:56. > :11:59.At its big military parade yesterday, it put some of its newest
:12:00. > :12:06.The decades of threats and sanctions against North Korea have clearly
:12:07. > :12:14.Mr Pence's talks will focus on trying to find something that
:12:15. > :12:19.will work, including military options, according to officials.
:12:20. > :12:24.Our commitment to this historic alliance with the courageous people
:12:25. > :12:29.of South Korea has never been stronger and with your help
:12:30. > :12:35.and with God's help, freedom will ever prevail.
:12:36. > :12:41.At Pyongyang Zoo today there was a relaxed holiday atmosphere.
:12:42. > :12:47.The looming crisis seems far from anyone's mind.
:12:48. > :12:51.North Korea appears confident that President Trump's threats will turn
:12:52. > :12:56.out to be hollow and that he'll conclude, like others before him,
:12:57. > :13:19.Pope Francis celebrate Easter with a mass in front of people in St
:13:20. > :14:44.Peter's Square. Yes campaigners in Turkey celebrate
:14:45. > :14:48.as they claim victory in the referendum. The president says
:14:49. > :14:52.changes to the court situation will go ahead.
:14:53. > :14:57.Just over 51% of the voters agreed to new powers for the president. The
:14:58. > :15:05.main opposition party says it will challenge the result.
:15:06. > :15:06.Let's stay with the top scoring -- story.
:15:07. > :15:10.Baybars Orsek joins us from our studio in Istanbul.
:15:11. > :15:21.When you look at the stats from the outcome of this vote and the
:15:22. > :15:29.breakdown, what is your take on it? It is a narrow victory for the
:15:30. > :15:32.campaign. It looks like he thought about the nature and the healthiness
:15:33. > :15:37.of this referendum will be on the table for a while. It is one of the
:15:38. > :15:40.most important referendums in the Turkish history, and we will see the
:15:41. > :15:47.implications in the coming days. When you were assessing the claims
:15:48. > :15:53.by politicians during the referendum campaign, what was your good
:15:54. > :15:58.illusion? -- conclusion? We have been fact checking the statements of
:15:59. > :16:04.politicians for the last three years, this cycle has been a similar
:16:05. > :16:08.effort from our side. We have checked more than 100 statements in
:16:09. > :16:13.the referendum topics in this Constitution, and what we saw was
:16:14. > :16:19.nothing different than the previous election cycles will stop the
:16:20. > :16:27.truthfulness of the statements were something between 25% and 30%. It is
:16:28. > :16:31.weird when it comes to the importance of informing the public,
:16:32. > :16:39.especially before this kind of important public vote. You look at
:16:40. > :16:46.fact checking around the world, how does Turkey compare on that front?
:16:47. > :16:52.We are a part of the international fact checking network, and on
:16:53. > :16:58.Branagh organisation. What we see, there is some sort of similarity in
:16:59. > :17:01.terms of the scores of politicians, especially during the election
:17:02. > :17:07.cycles. This is one of the highly debated topics in the American
:17:08. > :17:11.elections as well. It is not surprising that people are still
:17:12. > :17:17.voting based on their ideological and party based affiliations,
:17:18. > :17:23.greater than sticking to the truth. This is one of the main challenges
:17:24. > :17:29.of fact checking organisations, we are trying to tackle it. In terms of
:17:30. > :17:35.this particular campaign, the referendum result has given sweeping
:17:36. > :17:39.new powers to the Turkish president. Are you satisfied that the claims
:17:40. > :17:45.that were made during the campaign led to people making an informed
:17:46. > :17:50.decision about what they were doing? Especially in this referendum, we
:17:51. > :17:58.saw lots of references to the concept of truth and lying from
:17:59. > :18:00.different political actors, including the president, the Prime
:18:01. > :18:08.Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and other representatives
:18:09. > :18:13.of both sides. The leaders try to convince the constituencies by
:18:14. > :18:19.blaming the opponent parties as people who are not seeking the truth
:18:20. > :18:22.and misinforming the public. This has been one of the decisive factors
:18:23. > :18:26.in terms of making people's opinions.
:18:27. > :18:29.More than 100 people, more than half of them children,
:18:30. > :18:31.are now thought to have died in Saturday's suicide-bomb
:18:32. > :18:34.A convoy of coaches packed with evacuees in a pre-arranged
:18:35. > :18:37.exchange between the Syrian government and a number of rebel
:18:38. > :18:40.groups was targeted with the car bomb on the outskirts of Aleppo.
:18:41. > :18:42.This report from our diplomatic correspondent James Landale contains
:18:43. > :18:46.They were heading for what they thought was safety,
:18:47. > :18:49.thousands of civilians from government-held villages had
:18:50. > :18:52.been under siege by rebel forces for two years.
:18:53. > :18:58.Just a short bus ride from Aleppo and a better life.
:18:59. > :19:06.A vehicle supposedly carrying food, packed instead with explosives.
:19:07. > :19:10.Devastating the convoy, buses and cars.
:19:11. > :19:15.A potato truck, as they were hungry, comes and offers for the kids
:19:16. > :19:21.So the kids who were very hungry, some of them left the buses,
:19:22. > :19:23.went to the truck, and as soon as they approached
:19:24. > :19:33.That's where it emerged today that among the 126 dead were 68 children.
:19:34. > :19:37.According to British-based activists who monitor the conflict.
:19:38. > :19:40.Hundreds of others injured in the attack were rushed
:19:41. > :19:44.It is still not clear who was responsible for the attack
:19:45. > :19:50.although local Islamist rebel groups have denied any involvement.
:19:51. > :19:53.The people travelling in these buses were part of a deal
:19:54. > :19:55.between government and opposition forces to evacuate civilians
:19:56. > :20:00.They were attacked as they waited for another convoy to go
:20:01. > :20:06.in the south, evacuating civilians from rebel-held areas.
:20:07. > :20:09.But an attack like this that left so many dead will raise doubts
:20:10. > :20:15.about whether there will be more evacuation deals in the future.
:20:16. > :20:17.The remaining survivors in the convoy continued
:20:18. > :20:20.their journey to Aleppo in relative safety.
:20:21. > :20:23.The United Nations condemned the attack and urged all sides
:20:24. > :20:30.But there are already fears that civilians in rebel-held areas may
:20:31. > :20:44.The English Premier League title race has taken another twist
:20:45. > :20:46.after Manchester United beat league leaders Chelsea 2-0 at Old Trafford.
:20:47. > :20:49.Marcus Rashford put the hosts ahead after seven minutes before
:20:50. > :20:52.Ander Herrera doubled that lead just after half-time with a deflected
:20:53. > :20:56.shot for his first league goal in 14 months, cutting Chelsea's lead
:20:57. > :21:02.at the top to just four points, with six games remaining.
:21:03. > :21:04.Liverpool have moved back up to third after beating
:21:05. > :21:08.Roberto Firmino with his third goal in six games on the stroke
:21:09. > :21:15.of half-time decided the outcome at the Hawthorns.
:21:16. > :21:18.A match between French Ligue Un sides Bastia and Lyon was abandoned
:21:19. > :21:20.after home fans invaded the pitch in Corsica.
:21:21. > :21:23.Kick-off was delayed by 55 minutes as Bastia fans tried to attack
:21:24. > :21:25.visiting Lyon players during their warm-up, and was then
:21:26. > :21:39.Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel has won the Bahrain Grand Prix,
:21:40. > :21:42.as Lewis Hamilton's hopes were hit by a penalty for gamesmanship.
:21:43. > :21:46.The Brit was penalised five seconds for driving deliberately slowly
:21:47. > :21:49.on pit entry and holding up Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
:21:50. > :21:51.He was unable to claw back the deficit.
:21:52. > :21:54.Vettel's win giving him a seven-point lead over Hamilton
:21:55. > :21:56.in the championship, while his Mercedes team
:21:57. > :22:00.mate Valterri Bottas completed the podium.
:22:01. > :22:02.Five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has said
:22:03. > :22:05.he won't be bullied by World Snooker after winning his opening match
:22:06. > :22:09.The 41-year-old started the afternoon session
:22:10. > :22:15.He moved onto 7-5 with this break of 124, the highest
:22:16. > :22:20.Wilson didn't make life easy for O'Sullivan, but he's safely
:22:21. > :22:24.through to the second round, winning 10-7, although
:22:25. > :22:26.he was visibly shaken when talking after the match
:22:27. > :22:36.He has only replied to questions from the media by one or two word
:22:37. > :22:53.answers. I phoned Barry up for weeks ago and
:22:54. > :22:56.said, I have done with you and your board of people, I have a good
:22:57. > :23:03.friend who said, just my lawyers deal with it. I would get involved,
:23:04. > :23:07.I not being bullied I am not having people doing that to me ever again.
:23:08. > :23:13.I am fortunate I have a good friend who has very good lawyers, and they
:23:14. > :23:21.have got my back. I just want to play, I just want to have fun. I
:23:22. > :23:23.like Barry, but I am not being intimidated or bullied anymore.
:23:24. > :23:28.Pope Francis has celebrated Easter Mass in the Vatican.
:23:29. > :23:31.He called on the world's leaders to find the courage to end
:23:32. > :23:39.The Pope also delivered his traditional Urbi et Orbi message,
:23:40. > :23:44.the blessing to Rome and the world, from St Peter's Basilica.
:23:45. > :23:47.Rain didn't dampen the Easter message in Rome, where thousands
:23:48. > :23:51.of pilgrims gathered to see Pope Francis celebrate Easter Mass
:23:52. > :23:59.and lead the blessings in St Peter's Square in the Vatican.
:24:00. > :24:03.Mass took place amidst tight security, a week after attacks
:24:04. > :24:09.on two Coptic churches in Egypt left more than 40 people dead.
:24:10. > :24:12.Pope Francis used his message to also condemn yesterday's bomb
:24:13. > :24:15.attack on a crowded Syrian bus convoy that killed
:24:16. > :24:24.TRANSLATION: May he sustain the efforts of all who are actively
:24:25. > :24:26.engaged in bringing comfort and relief to the civil
:24:27. > :24:31.population in Syria, prey to a war that continues to sow
:24:32. > :24:35.horror and death, and yesterday the latest horrible attack
:24:36. > :24:41.on refugees, which provoked many deaths and many wounded.
:24:42. > :24:44.May he grant peace to the entire Middle East.
:24:45. > :24:47.As the skies cleared, the Pope's message resonated
:24:48. > :24:50.with the thousands who travelled from far and wide for
:24:51. > :24:56.The Archbishop of Canterbury delivered his Easter message
:24:57. > :25:01.He said today's terror, pain and despair should not
:25:02. > :25:08.The Royal Family gathered at St George's Chapel in Windsor.
:25:09. > :25:11.The Queen, who wore a spring-like shade of turquoise, was joined
:25:12. > :25:13.by the Duke of Edinburgh and her children and
:25:14. > :25:23.grandchildren for a traditional Easter Sunday service.
:25:24. > :25:35.The referendum in Turkey. These are life pictures from Istanbul, where
:25:36. > :25:40.crowds celebrating. Supporters of the result, those who voted yes to
:25:41. > :25:49.giving the president sweeping new powers. According to the latest
:25:50. > :25:54.figures, more than 51%, just over 51%, voting yes to the changes. The
:25:55. > :26:00.main opposition parties say they will challenge the result, raising
:26:01. > :26:08.doubts about 60% of the votes cast. More as we get it on BBC World News.
:26:09. > :26:15.Expecting a bit more sunshine for Easter Monday. The is coming from
:26:16. > :26:20.the north. Clear skies between the cloud. Unlike today. The thicker
:26:21. > :26:29.cloud continues to move away through tonight. A bit of rain for East
:26:30. > :26:37.Anglia and the south-east. It becomes dry, clear skies. The
:26:38. > :26:41.temperatures could be low enough for a touch of Frost. High pressure to
:26:42. > :26:48.the West will play a big part through this week. Low pressure to
:26:49. > :26:55.the east, pulling in colder air. It leads to a cold start. Quite a bit
:26:56. > :26:59.of sunshine around northern England, increasingly into Northern Ireland.
:27:00. > :27:09.Sunny spells. Land, but showers pushing southwards. Sleek and hail
:27:10. > :27:16.to lower levels. Northern England, the showers get going. We start with
:27:17. > :27:22.cloud. Any rain will be light and patchy, most places will have a dry
:27:23. > :27:29.day. More sunshine developing as we go through the day and into the
:27:30. > :27:36.afternoon. Temperatures held back across the north-east. More sunshine
:27:37. > :27:40.to the south West, lighter wind, it should feel pleasant. We finished
:27:41. > :27:44.the evening with showers in northern England.
:27:45. > :27:52.There could be an ice risk to go into Tuesday morning. You might
:27:53. > :27:57.avoid a frost in East Anglia and the south-east. More trees, which could
:27:58. > :28:03.shepherd in one or two isolated showers. The thickening cloud in the
:28:04. > :28:08.Hebrides, but for most it will be dry and sunny. The temperatures
:28:09. > :28:13.struggling after the cold start, but the sunshine should convert saved.
:28:14. > :28:17.The weather fronts will skirt the North. High pressure dominates
:28:18. > :28:23.foremost.