katy watson, bbc news.tion of leonardo da vinci's works in the paris louvre is offering new scientific ways of looking at his most famous paintings. a historic moment that many of his victims have waited for for decades. the former dictator in the dock, older, slimmer, and, as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside korem, it lights up a biblicalfamine, now, in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion, in argentina today, it is actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies in the past with great britain. but as good friends, we've always found a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style. after almost three decades in service, an aircraft that enthralled its many admirers for so long, taxis home one last time. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: british police launch a murder investigation after they find 39 bodies in the back of a lorry that came over from europe. republican members

here is katy watson. katy: argentina', new preside i meant who was promised new political direction for this struggling nation. >> we are going to rebuild the egalitarian suppo of argentina we all dreamed of. are in four years time may be aware of what they have left us and help us rebuild the country from the t ashesy left behind. ka: as argentinians went to the polls on sunday, it was clear e economy was the biggest issue at stake. unemployment is rising, inflation is at 50%. when the three people lives in the past two yearsave been tough. many blame mr. macri, who promised to fix argentina's cycles of crisis and wanted a second term. buin the eyes of many here, he failed. alberto fernandez is a centerleft polician who was until recently relatively unheard. more famous is his vice stpresident, ca fernandez de kirchner, a former leader and controversial one. on monday -- a modern day eva peron to some, and are tresponsible politiciano others. judging by the celebration on the street, there is plenty of ho

katy watson, bbc news, when osiris. -- buenos aires. laura: lawmaker katie hill was a rising star in the democratic party, but she is resigning from after admitting to relatilaship with a campaign affer. thefirst-term representativ from california was under investigation by the house ethics committee. mistakes, blaming scandal on abusive soon-to-be ex-husband bridget bowman is a political reporter for "roll call" and she joined md earlier. why tie hill feel she had no choice but to resign? bridget: a there a couple things to understand about the allegations against congresswoman hill. a little over a week ago a conservative news outlet published a story that had two allegations. the first is that hilled a relationship with her now-estrged husband with a female campaign staffer. hill is openly bisexual. the second allegation alleged that hill entetid into a relaship with a campaign staffer who is now her legislative director. in the official code of conduct for the housers it embers of congress from having relationships with staffers. tha

katy watson reporting there.from the wildfires in california. well, firefighters are continuing to battle the raging fires as powerful winds threaten to make the situation worse. a new blaze in southern california is burning dangerously close to the ronald reagan presidential library. thousands have been evacuated, as the wildfires threaten the bbc‘s sophie long has more. another day, another fire. california continues to burn, as the hot dry weather delivers the fires forecasters feared it would. this time, the strong santa ana winds whipped flames through the simi valley. among the buildings evacuated is the ronald reagan presidential library, home to millions of historical documents and the resting place of the former president and first lady. they're calling this the ‘easy fire'. putting it out is proving anything but. we're on the hill by the presidential library, where there's a massive effort to get this under control. they're fighting it from the air and from the ground, but the wind is blowing very stron

katy watson, bbc news, in buenos aires.an, leaving at least ten people dead. thousands have been forced to spend the night in tokyo's narita airport. eastern coastal areas are the worst hit. the prime minister, shinzo abe, has said everything is being done to help those affected. around 200,000 people have joined a gay pride march in taiwan — the first since the island legalised same—sex marriages. taiwan is the first place in asia to allow gay people to marry. rachel stanton reports. music. celebrating in style. the island has long hosted the region's largest pride marches, but this year, there is a difference. music. taiwan will now allow same—sex couples to get married. it is a first for asia, as same—sex marriages are not legal in other parts of the region. since the law was changed in may, more than 2000 couples have taken advantage of this. translation: we hope everybody can understand that gay people are around them. they are your neighbours, families and friends. we can all be good neighbours and march together. des

we're joined now by our south america correspondent, katy watson.mmit, one where the us and china were reportedly considering signing their trade agreement, a trade deal there, was this the right decision for chile? how did it get there?|j was this the right decision for chile? how did it get there? i think given that the protests are showing no signs of stopping, the president thought this was the only way to be able to focus on his problems back home. he likened his problems to a pa re nt home. he likened his problems to a parent who is struggling with family problems, and the family comes first. he says the chilean people come first, and he needs to resolve issues closer to home, but he is... he is easing the protest, he is trying to increase wages, pensions, change the cabinet, but certainly chilean protesters are saying, you know, it is not enough. sorry for the sound break there. katy, we were talking about the common themes, jeremy was outlining those familiar to the middle east. if you want to look at hong kong on the way that went on, and w

katy watson, bbc news, santiago.ding to a report from mps. the education select committee has strongly criticised the implementation of reforms brought in five years ago in england, designed to improve support available for families. if i hadn't found here, then i wouldn't have known where to start. whether it is just a cup of tea, a chance to meet others in a similar situation or an offer of legal advice, this group of parents all have children with special educational needs to get together every week. how are you coping? i don't, most days. i get up and get dressed in the hope that one of them might say, "i'm going to go to school today, mum," in the hope it might happens, but it doesn't. we've been discharged from speech therapist services three times, and his 50 now and he still selectively mute. i have a 13—year—old with autism. i couldn't get any social care for him, we had one assessment for him after three years of asking. it's torture and people's attitudes towards children with disability is a real shame. f

from buenos aires, our south america correspondent, katy watson, now reports. week at this queue gets longer and longer. my people relying on charity to get through the week. waiting in line at soup kitchens like this, to feed her and her little boy. translation: like this, to feed her and her little boy. translationzlj like this, to feed her and her little boy. translation: i pick up my son from school every day and queue up for food. before my son from school every day and queue up forfood. before i had a cleaning job but they let me go. this is my last resort. for me and lots of people. this is not the only one, there are lots of places where people give food. people get into fight with that. this man likes that street every day looking for work and picking up onjobs that he can. i have to pay rent, i have no meant to pay for food. he says. politicians need to do something about it. the biggest issue on voters mind is economy. inflation is around 50% and one in three people here live in poverty. the question is, which candidate is going to pull the country o

the bbc‘s katy watson has more on this.the fact the protests are ongoing. it would be hard to see world leaders coming to santiago whilst people are on the streets every day in chile. now, this was meant to be chile's moment. apec, the asia—pacific summit, was going to see trump, with the chinese leader, sign phase one of a big trade deal, and december the un climate conference, which is a massive date in the calendar. but the fact is pinera has to focus on problems at home. he called this a painful decision but one that made commonsense. he likened the decision—making to that of a parent — that if there were problems in the family, the family came first. likewise for a president, his people are more important than anyone else. emotive words, but lots of chileans might struggle to understand them because since these protests began, sebastian pinera has struggled to find a resolution and put a stop to these protests. he came across quite aggressively when they started, talking about the fact this was a war with enemies, and

who has been blamed for worsening the country's economic crisis. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watsonof crisis. every week, this queue gets longer and longer. more people relying on charity to get themselves through the week. every day, single mother antonella waited soup kitchens like these to feed her and her little boy. translation: i pick up my son from school every day and cure for food. before i had a cleaning job but they let go and this is my last resort. for me and lots of people, this isn't the only one. there are loads of places where people get given food. people get into fights for it. ariel walks the streets every day looking for work and picking up odd jobs that he can. i have to pay rent but have no means to buy food, he says, so it's no coincidence they are queueing up outside congress. 0rganisers are making a point. politicians need to do something about it. the biggest issue on voters minds is the economy. inflation is around 50%. 0ne economy. inflation is around 50%. one in three people here now live in poverty. the question is, which candidate is going to pull the

bbc south america correspondent katy watson joins us for more on this. it was around 83% of the votes being counted. evo morales had a0 5% of the vote and carlos messer, his closest rival, had 38%. —— a5%. —— carlos mesa row. in the last hour, the international observer had said that they had asked the electoral body to explain why the count had stopped. audio breaks up. carlos mesa has also said that what is happening is very serious. some question marks about why it has stopped and what that might mean for an eventual run—off. stopped and what that might mean for an eventual run-off. your line did jump an eventual run-off. your line did jumpa an eventual run-off. your line did jump a little bit but we did catch you saying the vote had stopped. is it potentially a stand—off at the moment? well, certainly it is a? as to what this means for a run—off. at the moment, the vote count had stopped at just the moment, the vote count had stopped atjust over 83% though obviously the remaining vote could change. evo morales is very confident but carlos mesa has co

katy watson reports from buenos aires. people here are celebrating hard. austerity and economic crisis which has heat millions of argentina ‘s. mauricio macri came to powerfour years millions of argentina ‘s. mauricio macri came to power four years ago and promised big things stop for yea rs and promised big things stop for years on, one in three argentinians we re years on, one in three argentinians were in poverty. alberto fernandez now has a big job on his hands. there are critics who do not believe he can turn the economy around. again, lots more details on our website. let's move on to brexit, dare i say it. european union countries have drawn up proposals to grant britain a further brexit extension. after a weekend of discussions in brussels, it's emerged that ambassadors of the other 27 eu countries have produced what's called a "flex—tension". this sets an end date of january the 31st but allows britain to leave earlier, if and when the withdrawal agreement is finally approved by parliament. meanwhile here in london parliament will vote on whether

katy watson, bbc news, santiago.ional needs are being let down day after day according to a report from mps. the education select committee as a strongly criticised the implementation of reforms brought in five years ago in england and our education correspondent thanked him a timely if i hadn't found the group here, then i wouldn't have known where to start. whether it's just a cup of tea, a chance to meet others in a similar situation or an offer of legal advice, this group of parents, who all have children with special educational needs, get together every week. how are you coping? i don't, most days. i get up and i get dressed in the hope that at least one of them might say, "i'm going to go to school today, mum," but it never happens. but you just keep going. we found we were discharged from speech therapist services three times at least, by the time he'd finished reception. and he's 15 now and he's still selectively mute. i have a 13—year—old with autism. i couldn't get any social care assessment for him. we've

the bbc‘s katy watson has more on this.derstandable with the fact the protests are ongoing. it would be hard to see world leaders coming to santiago whilst people are on the streets every day in chile. now, this was meant to be chile's moment. apec, the asia—pacific summit, was going to see trump, with the chinese leader, sign phase one of a big trade deal, and december the un climate conference, which is a massive date in the calendar. but the fact is pinera has to focus on problems at home. he called this a painful decision but one that made commonsense. he likened the decision—making to that of a parent — that if there were problems in the family, the family came first. likewise for a president, his people are more important than anyone else. emotive words, but lots of chileans might struggle to understand them because since these protests began, sebastian pinera has struggled to find a resolution and put a stop to these protests. he came across quite aggressively when they started, talking about the fact this was a war

katy watson is in sao paulo in brazil. a scale that chile would have to give up these big moments in the international spotlight? certainly the dates are looming and just a few weeks before never one you wondered how quickly these protests would calm down and whether chile would be ready to host them. i cannot see how world leaders would come to chile and come with the protest getting more intense every day. the decision is momentous ina every day. the decision is momentous in a massive deal but i can see how he is wanting to focus on events back at home and trying to solve those problems before dealing with big international events, ithink chileans are feeling exec the same thing that any sort of problems out at home before he deals with becoming, inviting world leaders to santiago. he has turned 10096 of this crisis but what in practical terms but he built off of the protesters in order to calm theirfury? but he built off of the protesters in order to calm their fury?” but he built off of the protesters in order to calm

this is being seen as a vote against austerity, as katy watson reports from buenos aires.ll dreams of, thatis argentina we have all dreams of, that is our commitment, and hopefully whoever our opponents are infour hopefully whoever our opponents are in four years hopefully whoever our opponents are infouryears time, hopefully whoever our opponents are in four years time, may they be aware of what they have left us and help us rebuild the country from the ashes they have left behind. and for his supporters who came out to watch his supporters who came out to watch his win, that couldn't come soon enough. translation: immense happiness, i can't believe this moment has come. we have returned, we are putting an end to the torture. it has been awful. it is pure happiness, the people have spoken. as argentinians went to the polls on sunday, it was clear the economy was the biggest issue at sta ke. economy was the biggest issue at stake. unemployment is rising, inflation is at 50%. one in three people lived in poverty. these past three years have been tough. and many blame mr mac

katy watson is in santiago.he issue. there are so many criticisms, whether that's about health care, education, out of touch political elites, and as you said, the protests this time were sparked by a rise in metro fares. they have come to represent a much bigger issue of any quality, austerity, in this country, which is one of the most wealthy countries in the region. but in terms of equality, it has one of the largest gaps. when you go out onto the streets here in santiago, everybody is united in saying that they want the president to resign, they want the president to resign, they feel that the politicians are out of touch, structural change needs to happen. but everybody also has a very individual complaints, whether that's about education, health care, and general austerity in chile. inevitably the cameras focus on the violence and clashes we've seen, but how representative of that is of the demonstrations more broadly? the vast majority of protesters are protesting peacefully. there are families, different

this is being seen as a vote against austerity, as katy watson reports from buenos aires.e have all dreams of, that is our commitment, and hopefully whoever our opponents are in four years time, may they be aware of what they have left us and help us rebuild the country from the ashes they have left behind. and for his supporters who came out to watch his win, that couldn't come soon enough. translation: immense happiness, i can't believe this moment has come. we have returned, we are putting an end to the torture. it has been awful. it is pure happiness, the people have spoken. as argentinians went to the polls on sunday, it was clear the economy was the biggest issue at stake. unemployment is rising, inflation is at 50%. one in three people lived in poverty. these past three years have been tough. and many blame mr macri, he promised to fix argentina's cycles of crisis, he wanted a second term, but in the eyes of many here he failed. in one of buenos aires' poorest neighbourhoods villa 31, people queued up to vote on sunday. julio cesar runs a butcher opposite the voting