this is data really news live from berlin voting for change in argentina the center left candidate albert just announced as has won the country's presidential election in the 1st round he's unseated incumbent theresa machree who was punished at the polls for his handling of the country's economic crisis also coming out germany's left party talks the polls in a state election in the east of the country with the far right alternative to germany surging into 2nd place the results are a bruising to think that chancellor angela merkel's conservatives. plus lewis

hamilton slices through the formula one field in mexico is a driving master class from the englishman putting him in touching distance of the 6 driver's time so as ferrari is left in the pits. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program it was an l.n. dominated by one issue a biting economic crisis and now voters in argentina have spoken electing center left challenger alberto finance as the country's next president the 1st official results show fernandez with over 47 percent of the votes more than he needs for an outright victory over incumbent craig who's trailing at around 41 percent machree has already conceded defeat and promised to work with bananas on an orderly transition of power up. short while ago i spoke today to correspond. nicole perlis

in one osiris i often tell us a bit more about the relatively unknown president elect but as you pointed out he was a rather unknown figure and so it was tossed into the presidential race by his running mate cristina fernandez de kirchner he was chief of cabinet with her husband next and for her say later parted ways after only a couple of months of working together he's known as a more * bipartisan as occurred negotiator which will certainly come in handy because starting tomorrow he'll have to find a way to restructure the country's massive debt negotiating with another coarsely difficult counterpart the i.m.f. . why a vote of candor why for max trade incumbent. why was he who brought in those despised i am and. the i.m.f. ended up giving argentina the biggest credit history which then led to have the

austerity measures here in the country he was the one under under his leadership the country tumbled into this devastating crisis that the country's going to and a lot of people associate the situation there in the dire situation that they're going through with have the crisis hit the middle class hardest and that is also. well cristina fernandez the way i feel so they responded to the crisis by turning their back on the president who they think brought it upon them. no al good person on the running mate was former president cristina cash not what role did she play in the outcome. she was the one who picked him in the 1st place which is an odd consolation for the vice president picking the presidential candidate she did so many analysts believe to make her candidacy

viable because she's a very divisive figure here in argentina a lot of people wouldn't have voted for the for them to the party had she been the the presidential candidate so she was looking for someone to make her candidacy viable to make her party vote of all and that is why she opted for a more moderate candidate to lead the ticket he is being investigated in several corruption cases which is why some people are also saying that she wanted to see the fine president so she could fall back on a presidential pardon should things turn sour for her. she is as are any time pointed out. a lot more radical than offered a fernandez and. it's only a matter of time until the 2 of them clash as they have parted ways before rebecca

nichols relish covering those elections for us from one of the areas thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. argentina's navy you're in why has also been going to the polls early results suggest the leftist ruling coalitions presidential candidate daniel martin is ahead but well short of an outright majority he looks set for a runoff against the center right candidate newest like a a poll on november 24th. voters in colombia's capital bogota have elected a woman as mayor for the 1st time claudia lopez who is also openly gay won about 35 percent of the vote the position of bogota mayor is widely considered to be the 2nd most important political post after the presidency. aboriginal communities from the central australian desert region celebrated the official closure in a room as a tourist site on sunday visitors will no longer be able to climb onto the sacred

rock after the national park board voted to abolish the practice on spiritual safety and environmental grounds. us president donald trump has announced that the leader of the so-called islamic state abu bakr al baghdadi is dead trump said baghdadi blew himself up as american special forces stormed his hideout in italy a province in northwestern syria trump thanked russia syria turkey and iran for cooperating with the operation leaders from around the world of welcome the news but warned that the islamic state remains a threat donald trump said american special forces blew open a wall and moved in quickly cornering al baghdadi in a tunnel where he had taken 3 of his children he didn't supposedly blew himself up along with his children the u.s. says he quickly carried out d.n.a. tests confirmed his identity. the american president said he had been after baghdad he since he took office and explained why

the u.s. chose to go in because this is the one that built isis and beyond and was looking to rebuild it again very very strongly looking debility and that's why he went to this province this way he went to this area president trump also said the mission was so top secret that only a few officials knew about it even keeping his allies in the dark al baghdadi had started a reign of terror this decade he's believed to have become radicalized while being imprisoned by u.s. forces in iraq in 2004 he then became leader of isis in 2010 he made only one public appearance in 2014 in mosul iraq where he declared himself the colleague and announced the establishment of the islamic state as well as declaring a holy war in pencil president trump said the u.s. still has other people there after today's events are another reminder that we will continue to pursue the remaining isis terrorists to their

brutal end that also goes for other terrorist organizations they are likewise in our sights baghdadi and the losers who work for him. and losers they are they had no idea what they were getting into the president also defended his decision to pull out u.s. forces from syria saying he didn't want his country mired in the disputes of others but he did say some u.s. forces will stay to protect the oil there. and data viz washington correspondent pavlo foley ileus says the announcement of baghdad his death is welcome news for president trump as he faces an impeachment investigation the death of the fugitive leader of the so-called islamic state. is being seen by president trump as a major win for him and his administration that this comes after the harsh criticism that he received from democrats and republicans over the rather of broke

decision to pull u.s. forces from syria and abandon their longstanding kurdish allies and critics have said that the pullout would allow isis to strengthen and once again become a serious threat to the united states and other countries but president trump ordered the return of 1000 u.s. troops now he and the u.s. defense secretary mark esper said soames would stay in syria to secure oil fields there and we mustn't forget that syrian oil in the past had been a source of revenue for the terror group that what we do or what we don't know is how many u.s. troops will in fact be needed and the president has been pushing for an end to what he calls the u.s. is involvement in endless wars and live up to a promise he made of bringing the troops home now for now trump is focusing on what he believes is very positive news that's the death of one of the most sought after people on the planet and shift the focus away from the ongoing and fast moving

impeachment inquiry into him here in the united states. german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives have suffered a crushing defeat in the eastern state of 3 according to the preliminary official results her say to you gets 21.8 percent of the votes as a drop of more than 11 percentage points the left party is at 31 percent their best showing in ever in the state the social democrats dropped to 8.2 percent the far right alternative for germany has more than doubled its share of the votes to 23.4 percent the greens are at 5.2 and they pro-business free democrats are hovering at the 5 percent threshold needed to enter the state parliament we have this report with reactions from the state capital effort the. scenes of jubilation at the left party headquarters the socialists achieved their best result ever topping a state election for the 1st time this stuff really

a strong left party is simply the best thing for this state it was a good result for the far left party led by popular premier board obama lol but a family's current governing coalition an alliance with the social democrat s.p.v. party and the greens can't continue as it is the other 2 parties center of left lost considerable ground and other big when it was the alternative for germany party or a f.t. the far right party is considered particularly radical and. the parties the ranger leader in hooker struck a particularly nationalist tone which won the party 2nd place. in the stuffy old system is now being swept away my friends we're now going to take back our country. that was disappointment for the conservatives or c.d.u. party chancellor angela merkel's party came in behind the a.f.p.

and 3rd place. dog food it's a bitter day for the c.d.u. in 3 and a bitter day for the c.d.u. in germany we fight together we win together and just like today we also lose together. mike mortaring cd use the leader has already ruled out the idea of forming a coalition with either the far right or the far left this means forming a regional government will most likely be an extremely complicated task. well thousands of relative revelers in mexico city have been on the streets for the annual day of the dead celebrations people paraded wearing costumes and face paint with many dressed as a skill a tall figure known as la 3 now the character was created by a mexican illustrator more than 100 years ago the colorful festivities take place ahead of mexico's 2 day holiday to honor the dead which traditionally begins on november 1st.

in the formula one lewis hamilton is closer to winning his 6th drivers' title after claiming victory at the mexican grown prayed the briton laid the standings by a massive margin and could wrap up the championship at the next race in the usa. the ferrari front row made life difficult for lewis hamilton at the start of this race pushed wide on to the grass by sebastian fratto and straight into a tangle with red bulls max to stop and a couple of corners later the british driver came out of that scrap the better and the same could be said of the pit stops after striking through the field with seemingly lists or effort hamilton went in for his tires early so he could get ahead of the ferrari's after that stops that strategy cooked up by the miss a these team works and it was helped in part by some mistakes in the ferrari carriage then leader charlotte clare had already made one stop when this happens

a problem putting on his rear tire i think they knew they'd blown it and it was then just left to hamilton to nurse his car over the line. a well earned victory for him in mexico i mean credibly humbled by today's opportunity for the car pulled together as it did in the team's being so sufficient and executed the best tragedy . for 6 world title will have to wait for now but it's. surely just a matter of time. and coming up next if the bundesliga club well looking to get back to the top of the table when they hosted frankfurt did they manage it well chris harrington and his guests will have that on a complete wrap of the weekend in just a few moments in the bundesliga. you're watching date of the news from berlin more news coming at the top of the hour so if you get you can get all the latest information around the clock on our website that state of any dot com i'm rebecca

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