Plus, so that is a little bit of a lift that is maybe not identified within the euronext. Go, Kevin Cirilli could not sleep this weekend. This is exciting. Ranting cap it is exciting. I have been excited for the last two weeks before this because it is the polls, it is the final stretch. How much campaigning are joe biden and donald trump doing in the next two weeks . Tom it is going to be huge. These guys are in the final stretch. Money is an issue. We will talk a lot about that. Martin schenker joining us in the next hour. What is exciting about this is it gets back to basics. President trump is out there in nevada this weekend. He is in arizona today. Francine there are very few undecided voters from what i understand, and several people have already gotten out the vote. 52 of those are women. Lets get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. In china, economic recovery from the pandemic continued in the third quarter. Ago,ose 4. 9 from a year less than expected bu
we think they re the right plans because those plans make our economy competitive. and european countries scramble to protect key infrastructure, following the suspected sabotage of two critical gas pipelines. we start in florida where hurricane ian, a powerful category four storm, is right now making landfall, bringing with it winds of almost 250 kilometres per hour. heavy rain is lashing the west coast. millions of people are braced for catastrophic damage and life threatening storm surges which could be nearly two metres high this is the scene right now in punta gorda. brutal conditions. it s under a state of emergency. the storm had been stregnthening as it hit florida. these are the latest pictures from marco island in florida. and here s the state governor speaking in the last hour. ian will produce hurricane stren-th ian will produce hurricane strength winds and massive floodin-, not ust winds and massive flooding, notjust where it makes the initial landfall but throu
of living crisis bites? the most successful female golfer of all time, kathy whitworth, has died at the age of 83. she won a record 88 ladies professional golf association titles. hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targeted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base is host to long range russian strategic bombers, the type of which have launched numerous missiles strikes on ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. caught on cctv. an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down at ukrainian drone and three russian soldiers were killed. engels is deep inside russian territory. hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long
good morning. it s monday, the 17th ofjune. england fans are celebrating a successful start to their team s euro 2024 campaign, after a 1 0 win over serbia. tens of thousands of supporters descended on the german city of gelsenkirchen to watch the three lions opening match. and john watson is in nearby essen for us this morning. morning. good morning. yes, welcome to airl morning. good morning. yes, welcome to girl where morning. good morning. yes, welcome to girl where england morning. good morning. yes, welcome to girl where england made morning. good morning. yes, welcome to girl where england made that - to girl where england made that winning start last night against serbia. gareth southgate says winning start last night against serbia. gareth southgate sastude bellingham is writing his own scripts after his goal gave england a 31-0 scripts after his goal gave england a 31 0 victory. such was his presence and performance, he was instrumental in that victory, with