andy gill, bbc news.president as the country faces the prospect of economic collapse. the frontrunner is javier milei, a libertarian economist who says that adopting the us dollar as the official currency is the best solution to tackle the prospect of hyperinflation. our south america correspondent katy watson is in buenos aires with the latest. the polls have closed here in argentina, and behind me the headquarters where there will be watching the results come in. he has turned these elections upside down. he's an outsider, he came to lead the primary as a couple months ago. the economy minister from the... party. but he really was really a different candidate in this race. a man who touts himself as an outsider, who has said he wants to slash costs here in the government, he wants to destroy the central bank, he wants to introduce the us dollar as official currency, but he also wants to restrict abortion rights, he wants to loosen conditions rules around carrying weapons and has also said some quite con

andy gill reports. parts of retford are already suffering the aftermath of storm babet.ronment agency says the situation is no longer severe enough to be a threat to life, but it's already affecting people's homes. water splashing. it flooded in 2007 here after quite torrential rain. the council and the water board blamed it on the fact that the rivers haven't been dredged or anything. they've since dredged them, but it seems to have just completely happened again. but this time it's worse. some residents have already left. this morning when i came home. obviously there was all this. so everyone's been asked to evacuate. i've tried to get as much as possible upstairs and out the way, but yeah, it'sjust horrible. but not everyone wanted to go. alan stayed behind to look after his sick wife and his dog. the garden flooded, sheds're flooded and just waiting - for the house to get flooded. naught we can do about it. those who do choose to leave are being offered shelter in a local leisure centre. the absolutely unprecedented rainfall has created so much water. this hasn't ha

andy gill, bbc news.ident as the country faces the prospect of economic collapse. the frontrunner is javier milei, a libertarian economist who says that adopting the us dollar as the official currency is the best solution to tackle the prospect of hyperinflation. manchester united legend sir bobby charlton passed away on saturday at the age of 86 and since the news came in, fans have been travelling to old trafford all day to sign a book of condolence. ben croucher reports. sunday at old trafford. the sun still shines but it is a darker day. the fans came to sign a book of condolence and remember a great. somebody who was selfless, who just played for the love of the game and the club. he even called the name, theatre of dreams. i've witnessed dreams here. some sadness, some glory. and that's what made me come. for sir bobby charlton, representing manchester united was a dream come true. playing for the first time, i was in heaven, i was in heaven. i couldn't have felt any better. he was a player who tran

andy gill reports.d by the severe flood warning. that means there's a threat to life. the water is already in liam's home. it peaked at around 3am, that's when we first noticed all the water had come in. the fire service came round this morning and told us that at 8pm tonight, it will rise by a further 30—35 centimetres, so we are going to be really, really hit by it. some residents have already left. this morning, when i came home, obviously, there was all this. so everyone's been asked to evacuate. i've tried to get as much as possible upstairs and out of the way but, yeah, it'sjust horrible. the nottinghamshire resilience forum says that although no more significant rainfall is forecast, they expect river levels to keep on rising, and they could be a threat to life until tuesday. some of those evacuated are going to a local leisure centre. the absolutely unprecedented rainfall has created so much water. some of those evacuated are going to a local leisure centre. the absolutely unprecedented rainfall

andy gill, bbc news. been killed and another 17 wounded after a missile strike on a mail depot in the east of the country. ukraine has blamed russia for the attack on the sorting office on the outskirts of kharkiv — so far there's been no comment from the russian authorites. 0ur correspondentjenny hill has been to kharkiv — a warning her report starts with flashing images. this is the moment the missile struck. there were 30 people inside at the time, postal workers preparing parcels for delivery. these pictures recorded just seconds before the archives. the rescue teams, a familiar routine, save the survivors, recover the dead. translation: we were working. there was an explosion. everyone started running away. i helped free people. i did what i could as much as i could. daylight revealed the scale of the damage. this depot was part of an important and well—loved ukrainian postal service. nova scotia has kept deliveries going throughout the war. when we reached the site, an official day of mourning was a

andy gill, bbc news.s in scotland that experienced power cuts have now been reconnected. alexandra mackenzie reports from brechin. so, this is where all the damage... yeah. ..has been. it's just devastating. christine and her partner davey are trying to salvage some of her belongings. ijust can't get my head around it. so, what's the worst thing for you, do you think, about what's happened? losing everything. i've got to start again. for people that doesn't have the money, how can they start again? it doesn't feel like home now. like many others in brechin, christine has no insurance. she said it was just too expensive because she lives so close to the river. we'll do what we can, obviously, help her out and things like that, because she got told she couldn't have insurance here. a lot of companies wouldn't even look at her because it's such a high risk area. the flooding has subsided in brechin, and this family has started on the clear up. we've been in this house 60 years, and i've never seen it as high

our correspondent andy gill updated us on the situation in retford.police have closed this road off to stop people from coming through. 500 homes are potentially affected by this severe flood warning. a severe flood warning is the most serious you can get. it means there is a threat to life, a risk to injury. the problem is flooding on the river idle in this part of nottinghamshire and the communities potentially affected are retford itself eton, gaston, 0rdsall and west retford. now, even though there's no significant rainfall expected now. the authorities say that the water levels are still rising and they could reach record levels. the nottinghamshire county council and the local resilience forum have declared a major incident and the county council leader, who's also the local mp here, has urged people to cooperate with the emergency authorities if people are asked to leave their homes. elsewhere across england, there are nearly 200 serious flood warnings in place. that's not quite as bad as severe also, and 150 flood alerts in place. again, a sli

live now to our correspondent andy gill, who's in the village of catcliffe in south yorkshire.ting of the local flood group tonight and no problems were anticipated but that changed after 2am this morning when the flood defences for the river failed and this is the result. joining us is the chairman of the parish council here. pete, you live down there stop what happened in the early hours of the morning? the first thing we — early hours of the morning? the first thing we noticed was a split in the _ first thing we noticed was a split in the flood wall and the water started — in the flood wall and the water started pouring in out of the river. the river— started pouring in out of the river. the river was high but it was not coming — the river was high but it was not coming over the top of that time. since _ coming over the top of that time. since then— coming over the top of that time. since then i've not been down but apparently— since then i've not been down but apparently did come over the top as well and _ apparently did come over the top as well and it— apparently did come

andy gill is in cat cliff. this is the main street.ning when the flood defences for the river rather failed and this is the result. joining us is the chairman of the parish council. you live down there. what happened this morning? the first thin what happened this morning? he first thing we what happened this morning? tie: first thing we noticed was that there was a split in the flood wall. the water just started there was a split in the flood wall. the waterjust started pouring in out of the river. the river was high but it wasn't coming at the top at that time. since then, i have not been down, but apparently it did come over the top as well. it has just completely engulfed all that part of the village. did just completely engulfed all that part of the village.— part of the village. did it go into our part of the village. did it go into your house _ part of the village. did it go into your house and _ part of the village. did it go into your house and other— part of the village. did it go into your house and other people's l part of

let's cross live now to our correspondent andy gill, who is in retford.situation could become there. well. situation could become there. well, ou can situation could become there. well, you can see — situation could become there. well, you can see the _ situation could become there. well, you can see the floodwater- situation could become there. vii you can see the floodwater behind me and the police have closed this road to stop people coming through. as you say, 500 homes potentially affected by this severe flood warning. a severe flood warning is the most serious you can get. it means there is a threat to life. it means there is a threat to life. it means there is a threat to life. it means there is a risk to injury. the problem is flooding on the river idle in this part of nottinghamshire. the community potentially affected include macro in itself, and west retford. even though there is no significant rainfall expected, authorities say water levels are still rising and they could reach record levels. the nottinghamshire county council and the local re