There are often bars on the ground and first floor windows in buildings in Istanbul.

This can trap people during a fire... or earthquake.

I can't tell if the building where the fire has happened had them, but it may have.

EU's foreign affairs chief

The team was in a ‘deconflicted zone in two armored cars branded with the WCK logo and a soft skin vehicle.’ They had shared their co-ordinates and route with the Israeli military and had just left the Deir al-Bala warehouse loaded with aid wck.org/news/gaza-team…

Erdogan's balcony speech after today's nationwide local elections.

Istanbul opposition mayor's 'victory speech'. He says he's ahead by a million votes.

The race was expected to be tight. So if numbers hold at about a 10 percent lead, it will be a stunning win.

Opposition strongly holding lead in mayoral election in Turkey.

They surprisingly won four years ago but this was expected to be a close race.

Early numbers show incumbent opposition mayors ahead in Turkey's 3 largest cities.

Istanbul is seen as the closest race. Opposition is acting confident in the results.

Imamoglu speaking to the press in about 10 minutes.

Opposition mayor of Istanbul is fighting for re-election today. Will impact opposition's position in Turkey for the next four years.

The fate of Turkey's opposition for awhile is decided today.

2 hours since polls closed in Istanbul for mayoral election, which the opposition surprisingly won last time.

No news yet, which some are taking as good news for the opposition.

Nationwide local elections in Turkey tomorrow will set the mood for the next 4 years.

The opposition will feel they have a chance in the next presidential election or deplete them even more.

Feel less bad about judging inflation based on the price of chips.

Also, they are advertised as 'everyday essentials'...

This is the best kind of journalism, not the pieces that win prizes, not those that get the most clicks, but those that bring justice to those who most need it. Bravo to Jake Tapper, whose journalism just led to the release from prison of an innocent man: cnn.com/videos/justice…

Ahead of the Beslan school attack, authorities had information that there could be an attack at a school in the area but they didn't warn the public, ECHR found.

#Moscow

Kate, Princess of Wales, says she has cancer and will go through chemotherapy.

She's 42 years old.

Shows the importance of getting your symptoms checked even if you're relatively young. #Kate