Does n not want, and a s snap election on december 12. Plus, wildfires ravaged Northern Californias wine country, turning homes and wineries into ashes. Brent i am brent goff, to our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. The left has returned to power in argentina on a promise to fix a broken economy, that victory could prove to be a poisoned chalice for president elect alberto fernandez. He now faces the daunting task of avoiding another damaging default. Reporter celebrations in the streets of buenos aires, with hope sweeping the crowd, supporting the vic three and vision of political outsider alberto fernandez. The people are waking up. We cannot stand the oppression of those who have more and do not give a care about us, the working poor, so i am happy because people still have this hope, and my daughter will have a better future. Reporter supporters believe fernandez can lift the country out of economic crisis. The law professor turned elect was a rela
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Officials in california are warning that historically strong winds expected this weekend are likely to fan the destructive wildfires that have taken hold. A state of emergency has already been declared in los angeles and sonoma counties. Millions of people in california face having their power cut as the Emergency Services continue to battle rapidly spreading wildfires. Chris buckler reports. In several parts of california, families have been forced to flee as wild flyers have learned through thousands of acres of dry land and into residential areas does make wild fires. We get a knock on the door at 3am from the sheriffs telling us to leave, and live now. The fire in Los Angeles County has already caused a huge amount of damage, but it is dwarfed in size by the kincaid fire, which has spread across the Sonoma County wine region in Northern California and now threatens homes in the San Francisco bay area. 50,000 people there have been ordered to leave. We
Elon musks tesla has stunned wall street with its Third Quarter results. Shares of the electric car maker gained over 20 in after hours trade after it revealed a profit of 143 million. Analysts had expected a loss for the Third Quarter. And margins were higher as well. The only fly in the ointment was a small drop in revenues. It looks like the electric revolution is finally here. Last year the number of electric vehicles on the worlds roads leapt to more than 5 million and thats up by 2 million on the year before. China is the biggest market in the world. Last year, more than 1 Million People there bought electric. Its no accident then, that tesla has invested 2 billion in a mammoth new factory there. Manufacturers like tesla have been working hard to deal with so called range anxiety where electric vehicle drivers worry about how far they can travel on a single charge, as for some it can be hard to find a convenient charging point. Chris jones is chief analyst for canalys and joins m
Hello and welcome to world news today. President trump has announced that us forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group, abu bakral baghdadi, in syria. He said that he had watched images of the operation as it unfolded from the white house. The is leader had been described as the worlds most wanted man. In 2011, the us officially designated him a terrorist and offered a reward of 10 million for information leading to his capture or death his death had been wrongly reported on several occasions. He emerged in 2010 as the leader of alqaeda in iraq, one of the groups that merged with is, and rose to prominence during the attempted merger with the al nusra front in syria. Heres our middle east correspondent, quentin somerville. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi died in the dark in northern syria. The ferocious sound of the firefight was heard for miles. Pictures of donald trump watching the operation live have now been released by the white house. He later described how baghdadi he had fl
Plus financial secretary. Were standing by for Election Results in argentina. The president is under pressure there. We will have the latest. Paul lets take a look at how things are shaping up in the market today. The straily just up and one minute ago. In as are coming online order in australia. Not a lot of action. Futures were indicating pickup of about a third of 1 . Futures for the nikkei traded out of chicago. They are looking slack right now. U. S. Equity markets are also pointing higher. Sytock global stocks back to the highest levels seen this year. Lets check in on the first word news. Su we begin with the california fires. Workingters are to contain blazes across northern california. This has forced the evacuation of 200,000 people. Homes have burned to the ground. This is driven by a windstorm packing 90 mileperhour gusts. Gavin newsom has declared a state of emergency with nearly 3 Million People without power as of sunday. The result of argentinas election is expected in