Turkey Prepares for Elections

Newshour's Razia Iqbal is in Turkey, ahead of crucial elections there this weekend that will determine the future of the country's increasingly powerful president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Also in the programme: How the war against Islamist extremists in Mali never went away; and James Coomarasamy reports from a make-shift rubbish tip outside of of Moscow, that's solving problems for the capital -- but causing headaches in the countryside.

(Photo: Supporters of Turkey"s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cheer and chant slogans ahead of a campaign rally on 17 June, 2018, in Istanbul. Credit: Getty Images)