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The president's grip on power looks set to tighten after a narrow win - but the opposition wants a recount over "illegal acts". Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned opponents not to "belittle" his narrow victory in a referendum that will grant him sweeping new powers. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, he said results showed a winning margin of 1.3 million votes in what he described as a "historic decision". Striking a conciliatory tone following the bitter contest, Mr Erdogan called on foreign powers to respect the outcome - which will mean 18 constitutional changes - as he thanked the Turkish people. He said: "April 16 is the victory of all who said yes or no, of the whole 80 million, of the whole of Turkey of 780,000 square kilometres. "We would like other countries and institutions to show respect to the decision of the nation." But as he addressed thousands of flag-waving supporters in Istanbul a sh...

Local media has named the man as Briton Christopher Laidler, who fell from the third floor of a guest house and died in hospital. A British man who reportedly fell from the third floor of a guesthouse in Thailand has died, the Foreign Office has confirmed. The man, believed to be Christopher Laidler, 31, was naked when he fell from the Sweet Heart guesthouse in Pattaya, according to the Bangkok Post. The paper said he was pronounced dead after being rushed to Pattaya Memorial Hospital. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are providing assistance to the family of a British national who has sadly died in Thailand." The Bangkok Post added that police had found no traces of a struggle in Mr Laidler's room, while his belongings had not been touched. News Credit to SkyNews

The victims were stranded on buses near Aleppo after a transfer of people between pro-government and rebel held areas stalled. The United Nations has demanded that those responsible for a bombing which killed more than 100 Syrians be brought to justice. On Saturday a suicide car bomber targeted stranded buses holding thousands of evacuees on a road near Aleppo. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 112 people were killed in the blast UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the attack and called on all parties "to ensure the safety and security of those waiting to be evacuated." The blast came as thousands of people were left stranded in two separate convoys on the edge of Aleppo city for more than 30 hours. Residents from pro-government areas including Foua and Kfraya were involved in a "transfer" with those from rebel held areas like Madaya and Zabadani. The buses had been held up by a disagreement between the two sid...

Police are trying to trace the occupants of a blue Volkswagen Golf and white Vauxhall Astra van following the crash in Blackburn. A two-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl are seriously injured in hospital following a hit-and-run crash. Police are appealing for information following the collision, which happened when a blue Volkswagen Golf lost control in Harwood Street in Blackburn, Lancashire, hitting a red Volkswagen Golf travelling in the opposite direction. Officers said the occupants of the blue car got out of the vehicle. A white Vauxhall Astra van arrived at the scene a short time later. One of the occupants then got into the boot of the van before it drove off towards Eanam, police said. The two girls, both passengers in the red Golf, are being treated at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. The 12-year-old suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries, while the two-year-old suffered head and neck injur...

China’s flag carrier, Air China, will no longer fly to Pyongyang as fears of a war between North Korea and the US rise. North Korea’s northern neighbour is it’s closest ally and the last flight to Beijing arrived Friday. It comes as major players have condemned the sabre-rattling between Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. The hermit nation is planning celebration for Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung, despite having died in 1994, this Sunday. Many observers have linked these celebrations with a possible nuclear weapons test. China has repeatedly condemned North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme. However the proximity, politically and geographically, means that many suspect China would have advance warning of a nuclear weapons’ test. He has said if China does not reign their ally’s neighbour in he will involve America and has recently sent a U.S. aircraft carrier group to the region. Yet war would bring ‘no winners’ according to Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi. ...

North Korean soldiers are facing the death penalty for spreading a very unwise joke about Kim Jong-un.  Soldiers from the second army corps were arrested after they mocked the North Korean leader and compared him to a mentally ill patient, according to Radio Free Asia. A source told the channel: ‘News of cadres of the second army corps slandering Kim Jong-un reached all the way to the People’s Army’s General Political Bureau, and the arrested cadres are to be severely punished.’ It comes as Kim Jong-un threatened a nuclear attack during the Day of the Sun parades in the country. North Korea is accusing the US of provoking his nation after Trump sent the USS Carl Vinson to the Korean peninsula. Late last night, the secretive state launched what was considered to be one of their new ‘game-changer’ intercontinental ballistic missiles in Singpo, where North Korea’s biggest submarine base is located. However, it was an embarrassing failure as the ‘ballisti...