Playing To The Crowd
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Turkey's presidential hopefuls, provocative Italian ministers, and masked Mexican wrestlers. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world: “He’s drawn vast crowds to his rallies, appearing at times like a comedy performer, breaking into traditional dances and using props to satirise Recep Tayyip Erdogan” Mark Lowen is on the trail of Muharrem Ince who wants to be the next President of Turkey. John Sweeney is in Calabria investigating the growing influence of Matteo Salvini - the populist Italian minister who has become a hero of the hard right and an enemy of the liberal left. Harriet Constable visits a project in South Africa which is helping women to reveal painful secrets they have kept for years and tell their children that they are HIV positive. In Kazakhstan, Stephen Sackur hears about big plans for its capital – casinos to rival Las Vegas and a financial centre to challenge Singapore - but what will happen when its long-serving present finally steps down? And in Mexico Sara Wheeler watches masked men fight while a crowd munches popcorn – she spends an evening at the Lucha Libre.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello. Today, big plans for a capital city, casinos to rival Las Vegas, a financial center to challenge Singapore in Kazakhstan, but will it happen when |
| 0:16.5 | its first and only president finally steps down? |
| 0:20.7 | How should a mother tell her young children that she's HIV positive, a question facing many women in South Africa? |
| 0:28.0 | In Italy, our correspondent examines the growing influence of Mateo Salvini, a populist, a provocateur, |
| 0:36.7 | hero of the hard right and enemy of the liberal left. |
| 0:40.5 | And in Mexico we watch masked men fight while a crowd bunches on popcorn, an evening at |
| 0:46.2 | Lüche-Lebra wrestling. |
| 0:50.2 | There are presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey tomorrow. |
| 0:54.1 | If Regep Ederwan wins, he plans to abolish the role of Prime Minister and become both head of state |
| 1:00.6 | and head of government. That would give him the power to directly |
| 1:04.6 | appoint vice presidents, ministers, many judges and bureaucrats and to draft the |
| 1:10.1 | national budget. First though he must win more than 50% of the votes which is |
| 1:15.8 | far from guaranteed. If no one attracts more than half of the ballots cast then |
| 1:21.7 | there'll be a second round runoff between the two most voted for |
| 1:24.9 | candidates. |
| 1:25.9 | Mark Lowens been on the trail of some of the challenges. |
| 1:30.0 | In t-shirt, shorts and flip-flops hosing down his rose garden, he looked like a regular village |
| 1:36.1 | resident enjoying some time at home. |
| 1:39.2 | Only this was a contender to be the next president of Turkey, and he'd come to his gate to scold us for disturbing |
| 1:46.4 | his morning off. |
| 1:47.4 | I've held dozens of rallies across the country, Muharam Inje toldad told us, adjusting his baseball cap. |
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