Erstellt am: 2. 11. 2015 - 14:22 Uhr
Turkey
Turkey ... and what now?
The AK, or Justice and Development party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just under 50% of the votes and enough seats to form a government on its own. Analysts say voters were swayed by the AK slogan of stability after some of the worst bloodshed in Turkey in decades - with clashes between security forces and PKK Kurdish rebels and a massive suicide bombing the government blamed on Islamic State militants.
However Erdogan’s party has fallen just short of enough seats to call a referendum on its own on changing the constitution and increasing the powers of the president. The pro-Kurdish HDP saw its vote drop slightly, but it has crossed the 10% threshold needed to enter parliament. The centre right opposition CHP won around quarter of the vote and the nationalist MHP will also take seats in Ankara.
And as far as the AK is concerned, what provoked this amazing turnaround in the fortunes of Erdogan's party? For some thoughts on that, we turned to our correspondent in Istanbul, Dorian Jones.
Anti-immigrant rhetoric
A "flood", a "swarm" and an "invasion"; words used by some commentators to describe the current influx of refugees. Ruth Wodak, author of "The Politics of Fear", tells us about the current use of anti-immigrant language.
The Russian passenger plane
The Russian airline, MetroJet, has blamed what it calls "external activity" for Saturday's plane crash over the Sinai Peninsula which killed 224 people. The disaster happened shortly after the Airbus 3-21 took off from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. A senior executive of MetroJet., Alexander Smirnofff, has ruled out a technical fault or pilot error. The Kremlin is warning against speculation but says no theories should be ruled out. So how much of a challenge will it be to find answers as to the cause of this crash? We spoke with aviation expert David Learmont.
"My Nazi Legacy: What our Fathers Did"
Philippe Sands, professor of law at University College London, has made a film about the sons of two Nazis, which is being shown at the Viennale. What does it say about the psychological burdens handed down to families over generations?
2015, the International Year of Soil
Rather than just dirt beneath our feet, soil plays a key role in our ecosystem. We find out why soil is an important weapon in the fight against climate change with Professor Rattan Lal, who is delivering a lecture on the subject tonight at the Conference Centre in Laxenburg.
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