this is bbc world news today. i'm tim willcox. our top stories. bolivia's president evo morales announces his resignation amid ongoing protests in the country, we'll have the latest on this breaking story. partial results in spain's general election suggest the socialists will remain the biggest party, but won't have a majority. the right—wing populist vox party could make major gains. firefighters in australia are warning that bushfires could pose a "catastrophic" threat to the sydney area in the coming days. we are not out of this yet. there's still a long way to go and tuesdays looking a lot more difficult. and coming up, us regulators investigate apple's credit card after complaints it's sexist and offering credit limits based on gender.

hello, and welcome to world news today. we start with some breaking news. in the last few minutes, the president of bolivia evo morales has announced his resignation. it comes after the armed forces called on him to step down. earlier mr morales announced new elections after serious irregularities were found in the previous poll. katy watson, who was in bolivia for that contested election, joins us live. do we know where he is now? know, the argentinian press are saying rumours that he left la paz and went to the heartland of his support and there are rumours swirling that he

may be asking for refuge in argentina of course in argentina they just elected a argentina of course in argentina theyjust elected a leftist president alberto fernandez who is one of his allies in the region. but this has moved at an exceptional paste just in the last few hours. an organisation of american states saying that these elections should bea saying that these elections should be a well —— and all. you had evo morales saying let's call for new elections, people sceptical about that an opposition saying no he needs to go and within the last hour so needs to go and within the last hour so the armed forces saying he did need to go. this has been a germanic fall from grace for a president who did change bolivia quite... —— hr magic —— tremendous fall... did change bolivia quite... —— hr magic -- tremendous fall... he was the first indigenous leader and wildly popular in the early days of his 1a year rule. wildly popular in the early days of his 14 year rule. absolutely, he was

a man what he liked evo morales or not, he kept the economy going very steadily. he also brought social inclusion to a country where they we re inclusion to a country where they were huge divisions and when i was there, there was a lot of comment about that saying actually people felt proud to be bolivian for the first time in a long while. those we re first time in a long while. those were his gains but even people who had supported him previously said enough is enough. he held a referendum a few years ago to try and stay for an extra term. he lost that term and then went to a higher court who ruled it was against human rights to not allow him to run. that allowed people to say this is a man who perhaps is not following the rules of democracy in bolivia and his time was up and that's what we saw with these elections contested from the very beginning and now of course with his resignation. we are watching life pictures i think inside the presidential palace. it is not quite clear where they are.

army members, members of the army walking around there, i'm not sure who this spokesman is at the moment. in terms of allegations of corruption against mr morale is, those have surfaced recently as well, haven't they? absolutely. this is the concern. it's corruption, the fighting the rules of democracy, a man who wanted to stay in power for as long as possible and that unnerved a lot of people even though bolivia has done exceptionally well in the past few years. other people would compare it with venezuela with president maduro who is an ally of evo morales and i think they —— there are big differences. the economy for a start. bolivia has been much more successful. but certainly question marks in the way the country is lead and the decline if you like of the rule of law and the democratic respect of democracy

in bolivia. i think that's the big concern. now when in bolivia. i think that's the big concern. now when we in bolivia. i think that's the big concern. now when we have the armed forces telling the president to resign, now what happens? because they have called for fresh elections but we have heard the army now saying he needs to go. this makes the next few days, few weeks very uncertain ina the next few days, few weeks very uncertain in a country that is very poon uncertain in a country that is very poor, very divided, especially now with what's happening. and i think there are a lot of question mark as to what that means for the stability of bolivia. katy watson with the latest was i think you very much. early results from spain's general election suggest the socialist party of the acting prime minister, pedro sanchez, is on course to remain the largest party — but he won't have a parliamentary majority — just as in april's poll. but with 80% of the vote counted, there's big gains both the conservative popular party expected to come second with the right—wing populist vox

party surging to third. guy hedgecoe joins us from madrid. a huge surge for vox party. what does mean because nobody will have a majority at the moment? that's right andi majority at the moment? that's right and i think that result from vox is the most eye—catching result of the night so far. more than doubled its seats and appears to have set to double morbid seats from april selection. so to say it is the third force in spanish politics at the moment as these results are borne out. it does look as if that stalemate continues because the two parted to use on the left, socialists and put their most, don't have a majority. if they put things together as things stands in the three parties on the right, that is the popular party and vox, nor do they have a majority if they put

their seats together. so it looks as if there will not be an immediate solution to this political impasse. u nless solution to this political impasse. unless there is some way that the so shoeless can reach out across the board will divide for example to the conservative popular party. and the cata la n conservative popular party. and the catalan issue overshadowing the selection as it did back in april. would that be behind the surge for the ultranationalist would that be behind the surge for the ultra nationalist right? would that be behind the surge for the ultranationalist right? that certainly seems to be the case. they campaigned very hard on the catalan issue. they called on prime minister sanchez to take a much tougher line on catalonia than he has done. and they called on him to declare a state of emergency in the catalan region for example. and overall, that tough line on catalonia seems to have benefited fox a lot. they really focus on that issue and talked about other issues as well. illegal immigration being the obvious one. but the thing it is

catalonia above all which as we benefited them. it turns out i think it is slightly down three or 4% of what it was six months ago. people are fed up with this political paralysis would there be pressure on mr sanchez do you think from within his party and the left in general to try and bash some head together and form a government? i think there is so form a government? i think there is so much form a government? i think there is so much pressure now form a government? i think there is so much pressure now because the prospect of a third election is just unbearable, that has never happened before in spain. if you go back to 2015, there was an inconclusive election much like the one we had backin election much like the one we had back in april of this year. that led toa back in april of this year. that led to a repeat election about six months later as we have had this year again. but months later as we have had this yearagain. but in months later as we have had this year again. but in the wake of that second election, they managed to sort things out and form a new government. the question is can they do that again now and arguably, the political landscape is even more fragmented now than it was back then

in 2015-16. fragmented now than it was back then in 2015—16. you have five different parties vying for the mainstream. back then, it was for. things are more difficult now but i think the pressure is greater now and the cata la n pressure is greater now and the catalan issue makes it much more urgent for the parties to try and reach some kind of agreement. met with three in madrid, thank you very much indeed. —— guy hedgecoe. in australia, fire chiefs are warning of catastrophic bushfire conditions in the coming days. at least three people have been killed so far and authorities fear that number will rise. in the state of new south wales, the greater sydney area and hunter valley areas are within the high risk zone. catastrophic danger is the highest level of fire warning. seventy two fires are burning across the state. in queensland, there are 51 fires, and emergency warnings are in place north of rockhampton on the central coast. helena wilkinson has the latest.

the scale and ferocity of these fires is clear. this is new south wales on the east coast of australia, being ravaged by the flames. three days since the wildfires began, they're still burning and spreading. more than 1,000 firefighters are working across this state in queensland to try and contain them, but conditions are difficult. it's just the worst thing i've ever seen, honestly. the fire front is coming at us. there's nothing you could do about it. lost a few friends in the fire, lost all my possessions. possessions are nothing. it's the people that count, eh. the devastating power of these fires is clear to see. this used to be what someone called home. now there's nothing left. 150 homes have so far been destroyed and thousands of people have had to evacuate. australia's prime minister says he's proud of how people have helped each other.

people have reached out, got people out of homes, made sure they got to safety, looked after each other‘s livestock and animals, talking to each other, putting themselves in harm's way for each other. i've got to tell you, as a prime minister, i'm never more proud of australians than in moments like this. as the fires continue, officials say things are likely to get worse. extreme warnings for large parts of the new south wales coast are likely to be issued this week, with areas around sydney especially at risk. helena wilkinson, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. turkey says a bomb attack has killed eight people in northern syria, in an area under the control of turkish forces and their syrian militia. the turkish ministry of defence said the attackers detonated a car bomb in a village south of the town of tel abyad, near the border. they blame the kurdish ypg militia for the attack. iran says a new oil field containing

more than 50 billion barrels of crude has been found in khuzestan. oil revenue in iran could be boosted by tens of billions of dollars. iran is currently struggling to export its crude because of us sanctions. a prominent russian historian who was awarded france's highest civil honour, the legion d'honneur, for his work on the napoleonic era has confessed to murdering his young lover and dismembering her body. a lawyer for oleg sokolov said he had "admitted his guilt" over the killing, after the st petersburg state university professor was found in a river, with a backpack containing a woman's arms. at least 13 people have been killed after cyclone bulbul struck the coasts of india and bangladesh. seven people died in india's west bengal province, and six in bangladesh mainly because of falling trees. parvin kumar ramchurn reports. the cyclone has caused widespread damage to coastal areas in bangladesh.

officials say at least 6000 homes have been partially or fully destroyed. prompt evacuations are thought to have saved many lives. as many as 2 million people left their homes and sought protection in emergency shelters. but not everybody was able to get out before the cyclone made landfall. translation: we didn't go to the cyclone shelter because my mother is an elderly women and we couldn't move her. allah saved us. when we returned from the cyclone shelter we found our cattle were squashed under the fallen house and everything is ruined. the true extent of the disaster is still emerging. the authorities say they're concerned about fishing boats that went out during bad weather and failed to make contact. at its peak, the cyclone recorded wind speeds of 120 kilometres an hour. it is expected to weaken as it travels north over sundarba ns, the world's largest mangrove forest. services at many airports and sea ports in the region

have also been affected. in neighbouring india, the military has been put on standby to help with emergencies. parvin kumar ramchurn, bbc news. just to take you off to bolivia. this is tv. this is being broadcast live but it is unclear whether the president who has announced his regulation is that's resignation is speaking lie. some local principles from argentina rcjessen that after some local principles from argentina rc jessen that after announcing some local principles from argentina rcjessen that after announcing his resignation, he was not in route to argentina. about 20 minutes ago, we heard that evo morales announced his resignation after the military suggested he stepped down and his allies resigned. that follows the disputed election last month. his vice president has gone as well.

demonstrations and protesters have already burned down his sister's house. as i say though, he has announced his resignation and it is not clear where he is at the moment following those disputed elections which he claimed to have one last month. that is our developing story this hour. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come, liverpool beat manchester city 3—1 at anfield to go eight points clear at the top of the english premier league. all from the bbc‘s sport centre in a few minutes time.

this is bbc world news today. i'm tim willcox. the latest headlines.

partial results in spain's general election suggest the socialists will remain the biggest party, but won't have a majority. let's remind you of our main story, oui’ let's remind you of our main story, our main headline at this hour. apologies for technical glitch there. but our main headline is that president evo morales of bolivia has just announced his resignation after the army called for him to go. it follows those contested elections last monday which he claims that one within international report saying there in —— irregularities. there have been mass demonstrations in bolivia ever since those elections at the end of last month and in the last few minutes, former president evo morales has announced his resignation on national television. apple's credit card is being investigated by a us financial

regulator over claims men are receiving borrowing limits up to 20 times more than women. it follows complaints — including from apple's co—founder steve wozniak — that algorithms used to set limits might be inherently biased against women. new york's department of financial services has contacted goldman sachs, which runs the apple card, as any discrimination would "violate new york law". we were hoping to speak to somebody about that story. an effect we are. grateful drjoanna cox, the head of strategic engagement and policy at the institution of engineering and technology. how would this happen? ai, the auger them, is this because it is being programmed by humans, an ai glitch itself? —— the algorithm stop about

so itself? —— the algorithm stop about so what ai does is it it learns on historical data. it takes historical data sets and learning on that it will make decisions. the issues we have seen with al having predominantly —— have been proved dominantly due to the data fed into the system of the first place. if you train a voice recognition system predominately on male voices, they would generally recognise male voices better. if you train a facial recognition system on white faces, they will often fail to see black ones. this then leads to problems in... and prejudice... but this surely goes right to the core of the worry is that some people have about ai. can you hear me? your line is slightly breaking up. can you hear me now? i can hear you. right, i

will try once more. does this go to the heart of the criticism some people have about al? would this affect other companies and other areas not just affect other companies and other areas notjust apple now with its credit card? we note that the issues with al has been present in other systems. with google translate, it does have an issue with that system where if you put into google translate in and out of a non—gendered language, then it will read translate that back into a gender action associated with a particular type of activity that people were doing. this goes to the heart of why we need to have more women in technology and more diverse teams so that we make sure that we are training that al and data in a way which is not biased. people who

have organised the data to go into it in the first place did not try to deliberately try to make a biased data set. it was probably because prejudice wasn't part of their live victories and did not go back and check whether the data was biased. but we have diverse teams who have more. . . but we have diverse teams who have more... more women intact, that would be helpful. doctorjoanna cox. thank you. sorry for the techno problems. gavin ramjaun has all the sport. thank you, gavin. hello and thanks forjoining us. liverpool are firmly in control of the title race in the english premier league after their convincing 3—1 victory over champions manchester city at anfield. liverpool struck early. fabinho with an absolute rocket five minutes into the match, to put them one up. they were two soon after, mo salah heading home from andy robertson's cross. sadio mane effectively killed the game off with livepool‘s third, early in the second half, before bernardo silva pulled a late consolation back for city. the intensity of the game was incredible. it was pretty wild.

for us, not too unusual for the games to get wild. city, usually, in control of the game, but they were good. we had to defend with all we have. and that is called incredible. i think we played 90 minutes and there were moments were they crossed us there were moments were they crossed us and arrived less than usual and it is not easy after being 2—0 down. after what happened, and the way we reacted, and that is why it... it was honestly was one of the best performances i've ever seen in my team playing in a difficult place like today. that is the step we needed. hopefully we can continue there and play in the bigger stages that way.

manchester united gained a valuable three points with a 3—1win over brighton. andreas perriera and davy propper‘s own goal put ole gunnar solskjaer‘s side two up by half time. lewis dunk pulled one back for brighton. but united hit back straightaway, marcus rashford restoring their two goal advantage. excellent performance by the lads. i thought they were right on the front foot attacking. when you see these boys going forward as they did today, it is a joy to watch. we need to keep on improving, winning games, and see where it takes us. so that result at anfield means manchester city manager pep guardiola has lost eight matches in all competitions againstjurgen klopp, three more than he has against any other manager. city now fourth. nine points behind leaders liverpool. leicester and chelsea make up the top four. and manchester united move up to seventh. the other sunday match saw wolverhampton wanderers rise to eighth after beating aston villa. the season—ending atp tour finals are under way. world number two novak djokovic made a winning start. he beats matteo berrettini of italy

in straight sets in just 49 minutes. roger federer is in action against dominic thiem. but the six time champion, lost the first set 5—7. it's currently 3—3 in the second set. the four player, djokovic, berretini, federer and thiem are in the same group, in the round robin phase of the competition. great britain's wheelchair racer hannah cockroft set a new world record to win her fifth consecutive t34100m title at the world pa ra—athletics championships. from dubai, our reporter kate grey rounds up sunday's action. the world records continue to fall here in dubai on day four of these championships and earlier today, we saw great britain's hannah break the record beating her team—mate who had beaten her at the european championships last year and also stole her world record. but she put that right today and was very

emotional and overwhelmed at the end of the race and is not very much looking forward to going again in tokyo. now, china have been very dominant at these chamfer chips so farand one of dominant at these chamfer chips so far and one of their top performance was in vt 37 long jump. she too broke the world record and beat it the rest of the field by 40 cm. china have been a top of the mental sta ble china have been a top of the mental stable since day one. they arty have nine golds, 24 metals in total and it been very hard to beat as he moved to the rest of the championships. that's all the sport for now. gavin think very much indeed. a reminder of the breaking news in the past 25 minutes and that is the former president of bolivia evo morales has announced his regulation. this is what is being broadcast live at the moment on bolivian tv that follows a call ever —— for the armed forces for him to stand down. weeks of protest following an election last month

which had irregularities and which was widely protested. that is it for us. was widely protested. that is it for us. thanks so much for watching. hello. more wet weather is moving into the uk from the west, so today, at least we took advantage of a rare dry day across the bulk of the uk. a good amount of sunshine and blue sky but that is about to change as these weather fronts move in, sweeping eastwards overnight. notjust rain but some snow as well to the higher parts of the pennines, southern uplands and more especially in scotland, north of the central belt. relatively moderate hills will see some accumulating snow into the morning, affecting some of the higher routes into the morning as well so don't be surprised by that. at least this wet weather is moving on through and not hanging around too long and any one particular place. as it moves through, there will be some quite gusty winds around as well, temperate is heading up a bit

of the night goes on after a chilly start. into tomorrow, the persistent rain clearing away from eastern england and then it is a case of showers tomorrow, very blustery showers coming in on this brisk north—westerly wind, showers, some heavy, thundery, wintry on hills, may be some do move east across the uk but relatively few the further south and east you are and it's going to be a rather cold feeling day were particularly because the went is feeling stronger, just a few spots to the south in double figures. as the showers keep on coming around low pressure through monday night and into tuesday morning, the rain totals will be mounting again into the peak district so may bring further concerns with flooding here so keep an eye on that. a chilly night going into tuesday and then on tuesday, it's dominated by low pressure, we will see another band of wet weather moving its way southwards. some sunshine to the south of that, further showers following on behind, the arrow is pointing from the north, that cold wind keeps on coming in and for the most part, temperatures are in single figures on tuesday. looking beyond that, we have a brief break between weather systems early wednesday with frost and a few

freezing fog patches, then low pressure comes on towards northern ireland, affecting parts of england and wales going into thursday and with a chance of seeing some more persistent rain on thursday. some of the areas seeing the worst of the flooding as well. this week, it will be wet at times, some hill snow because it is cold enough for that, some windy with low pressure close by, a chance of frost overnight as well. that is the forecast. of course, right now, the forecast right now, some parts of england and especially parts of south yorkshire derbyshire are dealing with significant flooding, there are flood warnings still in force, severe flood warnings and weather warnings from the met office as well, details on our website.

this is bbc world news. the headlines... bolivia's president, evo morales, has announced his resignation amid ongoing protests in the country. it's after the opposition rejected the results of last month's election as fraudulent. earlier the head of bolivia's armed forces also called for morales to step down. partial results in spain's general election suggest the socialists will remain the biggest party, but won't have a majority. the right—wing populist vox party could make major gains. firefighters in australia are warning that bushfires could pose a "catastrophic" threat to the sydney area in the coming days. there are warnings lives and homes could be at risk with no let up in the high temperatures. at least 13 people have been killed after cyclone bulbul struck the coasts of india and bangladesh.