Has had to say about that. Hong kongs Pro Democracy Movement delivered a landslide victory in local elections this weekend. Across hong kong, turnout was over 70 thats a record. Nearly three Million People voted, and they voted overwhelmingly for pro democracy candidates. Just have a look at this. This is the electoral map. The yellow shows us the electoral map. The yellow shows us the progress made by pro democracy politicians. They took 17 out of the 18 districts. Compare that to 2015, when all 18 were controlled by pro beijing groups. Weve also seen some of the territorys best known politicians defeated by young inexperienced pro democracy candidates. And of course, the context for all of this is that pro democracy anti beijing protests have been going on for over five months. And these results represent yet another blow to the authority of hong kongs chief executive carrie lam. Shes said. And while shes reflecting, the protests go on. Jonathon head is there. Today, Office Workers i
Charged with manslaughter, Money Laundering and people trafficking, after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex. World leaders warn the fight against the Islamic State group is not over, despite the death of its leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Instagram introduces tougher controls after 14 year old Molly Russell took her own life after viewing images of self harm online. And in sport, england fans scrabble for Rugby World Cup final tickets. But its heartbreak for wales, who miss out after losing to south africa. And after hanging on a kitchen wall for years, a long lost painting by an italian rennaisance master is sold for more than 26 million. Good morning from westminster, where mps will vote later on borisjohnsons proposals for an early general election. Already this morning, the eu has agreed to extend the brexit deadline until 31st january 2020. The uk was due to leave the eu on thursday. The Prime Minister has repeatedly said, we would leave on the 31st of october do or die
Has barned 54,000 acres, containment has dropped to 5 . Another 80,000 homes are threatened by flames. Firefighters believe it will take until november 7th to contain the fire. Schools are closed because of the smoke and ongoing Power Outages. We have a full list on nbcbayarea. Com and running them on the bottom of the screen all morning. And tracking new evacuation orders overnight into. Sharon katsuda is live at the frontlines. Firefighters are still on the scene there . Reporter that is right. And we just moved from a decision location so were now here right along spot road in the heart of this evacuation area and you could see behind me there are fire engines here. They saved this home. Im told that the flames came right up to the back side of this home so very good use here but the fire has moved on closer towards santa rosa. That is what im hearing. Now lets take a look at video of the flames. We shot this about 3 00 this morning just off the road here. Got very close to structur
Wildfires whipped up by fierce winds continue to sweep california the authorities declare a statewide emergency more to come if you thought englands performance couldnt get any better at the world cup coach eddiejones says, yes, it will and coming up on bbc news, booed by his own fans and now criticised for his reaction, arsenal capital granit xhaka is asked to apologise for his behaviour during the draw with crystal palace. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The eu has extended the deadline for brexit meaning the uk will not now leave this thursday, as promised repeatedly by the Prime Minister. Eu leaders have put forward a flextension making the new deadline the end of january 2020 but meaning that brexit could happen before then if Parliament Approves a deal. Mps will vote later on Boris Johnsons plan for a general election on december 12 with opposition parties proposing one on december 9th. Lets go over now to simon mccoy, whos in westminster. Thanks reeta yes, so
The week. Right now there are more than a dozen fires across the state. The largest is the kincade fire in the north bay. And here is the latest numbers. We know the fire has burned more than 54,000 acres. Containment has dropped to 5 . 94 buildings have been destroyed and another 80,000 are threatened by flames. Firefighters now believe it will take at least until november 7th to contain the fire. Thousands of schools are closed today because of smoke and the ongoing Power Outages. In fact we have a full list on nbcbayarea. Com and also run those on the bottom of your screen right now. And we are tracking new evacuations overnight in Sonoma County as the fire continues to spread, today in the bay Sharon Katsuda is near windsor and giving us different vantage points all morning long. What do you see now . Reporter that is right, laura and marcus, were here off of pleasant avenue new thought road where there was an active fire a couple of hours ago and behind me there are still some fla