teresa vo, al jazeera, buenos aires. >> the u.s. space agency nasa has released some encouraging news, ice is increasing, ra thousands of years of accumulated snow is outweighing the shrinkage from glaciers. antarctica is not contributing to rising sea levels. >>> celebrating the 15th anniversary of continuous residency at the international space station. six men are currently aboard the space station, the american, russian and japanese crew plan a special dinner to mark the occasion. 220 people have lived on the station, since 2000. nasa says 26,500 meals have been served and the complex has grown from three to 30 rooms. >>> you can find out much more about the stories that we're following on our website, that is www.aljazeera.com. why not take a look. >>> hello, i'm richard gizbert, and you are at "the listening post", these are some of the media stories this week. we are focussing on north america. starting in the u.s. with the trump campaign. is it a media mirage made in media heaven. canada promise new life in c.b.c. turkey wit

. >> let's go live to buenos aires and teresa vo. what for reaction have we this to macri's victory? >> well, macri has said that he wants to build consensus, that he wants to rule for everyone. and he asks people to forget about the political confrontations that have existed in this country for last 12 years. macri also said, but even though well financial markets have said and expressed their relief in a way about this change that is coming to argentina, some human rights groups have expressed a worry about what will happen with a macri government with human rights trial, with people tried for human rights abuses during the political dictator ship. there was an editorial asking for end of revenge. seeking revenge of those involved in human rights abuse he. macri said that the trials will continue that the judiciary is going to be independent so that there is not going to be impoount. so people -- this is one of the things that -- impunity. this is people, within the party, the way it balances out is going to say a lot about his gov

teresa vo, al jazeera, buenos aires. >> on his first day as president elect of argentina, macri has calledor withdrawal from the macri soeur. at his victory celebration macri are brought onto the stage the wife of leopoldo lopez, polls though a significant lead in december's election which along with argentina can shift to the right in politics. joins us from buenos aires flit the founder of the bubble, a news website. arian good to see you. this was the first runoff election in argentina raps history and not only was the runoff expected, before the first round of voting few thought it could possibly happen. it was a tight vote but still sends a strong message reflecting the socialist viewpoint of rch c cristina kirr and her husband who preceded her. >> yes it does shows that argentina continues to be a highly polarized country. macri in fact did defeat scioli, you about three points. this shows that he may be naughted on december 10, he will binaugurated on december 10th, but it is going to be hard. kirchnerism is not going away, the party is still there. so he's going to have to reach ac

. >> let's go live to bueno buenos and al jazeera's teresa vo. how are the people reacting? >> macri asked everyone to forget they were once confronted. referring to the political situations that have existed in argentina in the last decade. argentina will be changing pace here. human rights groups have expressed worry about what macri's policy is going to be regarding human rights trials about people who have been convictor being investigatefor human rights abuses during the dictatorship. this monday a conservative newspaper had an editorial that was called no revenge in which it accused the deposit of cristina kirchner of revenge for those involved in the dictatorship. mauricio macri said, complete independence to continue with this trial so there is no impunity and this shows a little bit of that an macri is going to face here in argentina. also within his party from the right, within his party are going to be asking him to undue the policies that are signature of the government ever cristina kirchner and we're going to see how macri is going to rule, so there is no confr

teresa vo found out. >> kilos of red and processed meat in this barbecue in buenos aires.laudio corranzo says he loves his sausage sandwiches and not terribly worried about the warning. >> one should take care and take a look at all this food and this aplaysing sausage sandwich, you cannot leave this life without eating this. >> reporter: according to the world health organization processed meat increases the chance of getting cancer and red meat could probably be a cause, too. argentinians eat, kidneys and red meat, barbecues like this one can be seen all around the country and people here said that never minding the risk, they won't stop coming. argentina is famous for football, tango and beef. the first cattle was introduced by the spanish in the 1600s and they became a tradition on the plains. the cattle herders once worked at the time grasslands of central argentina. >> here in latin america, we heat eata lot of meat. but i believe illness is caused by stress. >> in argentina, breast cancer is the number 1 cause of death of women. diego says they are trying raise awar

. >> that's teresa vo, reporting from buenos aires. >> the boards of pfizer and allergan, are merging. could help pfizer lower its american taxes. allergan is headquartered in ireland which has a lower corporate rate. >>> police killed a boy carrying a toy gun a year ago. >>> communities call for action, a live report next. plus a gunman aims his gun at the head of a good samaritan trying to stop a robbery. the gun misfires and the med student survives. survives. >> at least ten people were hit by gun fire in new orleans. at least 16 folks were taken to area hospitals. they were headed to a park in the 10th ward, one group had walked there after a neighborhood parade. the other was said to be illegally videoing a music show. so far no word of fatalities. also in new orleans. the shooting of a good samaritan all of it caught on surveillance camera. 21-year-old urick kane who police said, dragged a woman down the street, when a university of tulane stopped to help, he was shot, pulls the trigger twice but the gun jams. the student's friends call him a hero tonight. >> anybody that would

teresa vo reports. >> two presidential candidates debating here at the university of buenos aires.stina kirchner's hand pick successor and his rival, daniel ciolio scioli seemed a little bit unconvinced, and mauricio macri, and people not liking cristina kirchner's confrontational style. back in time to the 1990s where many state companies were privatized and that led to the economic crash in 2001. in six more days argentinians will be heading to the polls and three will be deciding between continuity or change. >>> a step towards normalizin ng the ties between the u.s. and cuba. a marathon. >> they came to run. the start of the island's biggest race, most just want to take part, but finished third. >> my goal is to improve my best time between 1 hour 9 and 1 hour 10 minutes and to finish in second place. >> cuban athletes face various obstacles. >> the main reason why running is not more popular in cuba is because of the shoes. the shoes need to be better. the runner depends on his tread, it needs to be reliable. they can only admire the shoes used by visitors. >> i'm running a ra

teresa vo has the lateliest from buenos aires. >> mauricio macri says he wants to put an end to the confrontation that has existed in the country for the last 12 years. macri spoke on monday in buenos aires. the economy is one of the first priorities of his government dealing with inflation, deficit and anti-liquid reserves. what he plans to do with argentina and its foreign relations. macri has said he is hoping to build brdge bridges between arnd the rest of the world, with th the -- argentina and the rest of the world. he has been very clear with venezuela. he is going to ask that venezuela is suspended from you the trade block because of its treatment of political prisoners. >> areplied tails oamid tails on either side of the austria slovenia border they know themselves what the refugees have gone through. he sends us this report from the slovenian town of retgena. there church bells are the only thing you can hear. the river marks the border between slovenia and austria, its location has helped define its past and present. in 1991, when the yugoslavia was falling apart, the church tower was