Of the papers is at 9. 30 five this mornings reviewers are the sunday times rosamund urwin, and john crowley from first draft, which tackles online mis information. Us media are reporting the military has conducted an operation against the leader of the so called Islamic State group. The white house says President Trump will make a statement later today. There are reports he will announce Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed during a us led raid yesterday. The is leader has been described as the worlds most wanted man. In 2011 the us officially designated him a terrorist and offered a reward of ten Million Dollars for information leading to his capture or death. He emerged in 2010 as the leader of alqaeda in iraq, one of the groups that merged with is, and rose to prominence during the attempted merger with the al nusra front in syria. A night time strike on the highest of targets. This unverified footage is said to show commanders attacking the hideout of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group. American media and Iraqi Security sources suggest he was killed. This is said to have been the aftermath of the attack in a glib province near the turkish border. There are reports that he and others detonated suicide vests as the us moved in. If confirmed, one of the words most wanted has been wiped out. His only public appearance was in 2014 at a mosque where he declared the so called caliphate of is, an area at its height the size of britain from where its group waged its terror. Under his menacing black flag his jihadists took over swathes of syria and iraq, massacring, enslaving and raping. They plotted attacks across the world, attacking brainwashed bombers everywhere from the us to france, turkey to indonesia, britain to australia. Thousands were killed in the hateful name of the Islamic State, exporting its extremism. Westerners who strayed into the caliphate were captured, imprisoned and often beheaded. The a. S. Propaganda machine filming the gruesome details and posting them online. A twisted badge of honour. The Us Led Coalition has attacked is for five years, pummelling the Us Led Coalition has attacked is forfive years, pummelling its territory. Earlier this year the groups final patch of land in Eastern Syria fell. The physical caliphate was wiped out but Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was still at large. And this was his last video. A call to arms to the remaining is fighters. A refusal to give in. He was the author of a vicious ideology, a terror group that waged war against the enemies ofjihad. If he has been eliminated it is seismic but his ideology and thousands of his ardent followers remain. Lets get some analysis. If Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is dead what would be the significance of that . It would be significant. There is in the short term and the long term. He provides inspiration, he provides motivation and he also provides motivation and he also provides guidance not only to thousands of active combatants in syria and beyond but to also follow and supporters worldwide. So symbolically and operationally, i think his death if the reports are accurate, this would be very significant. I think it will be premature to plan the obituary of isis. Isis is still very resilient. It has mutated into a potent insurgency. The organisation has been preparing for this day for two yea rs. Been preparing for this day for two years. Most of the basically people in charge now are local tenants who ta ke in charge now are local tenants who take action into their own hands. So even though Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is important, now the real decisions have been given to various tenants in syria and iraq and libya and afghanistan and elsewhere. Just tell us about Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi about who he is and who he was. It is amazing. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi really, no one took him seriously. When the americans captured Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi in 2004 they basically did not even know who he was or what he stood for. Suddenly his name was the father. He became in charge in 2010 of the alqaeda affiliate in iraq. It was the aftermath of the american led invasion so between 2010 and 2013 this unknown figure, spent about a year in american prisons in iraq and was able to restructure alqaeda in iraq and dealt the military. He was visionary in the sense that he turned almost a defeated organisation, alqaeda in iraq, that was repeated after the americans r 2010, 2011, into one of the most potent terror organisations. So from 2010 to 2015 he restructured the organisation, he rebuilt the ranks of alqaeda in iraq and when the fighting started in syria and iraq he was there. He basically became the kingmaker, both alqaeda and the new organisation that he caught isis in syria and iraq and now it is now then as isil of the so called Islamic State. Thank you very much for all of that. We will be getting a statement from President Trump a little bit later. Police say they are working to identify them all. A lorry driver from Northern Ireland will appear in Court Tomorrow charged with manslaughter. This man said 25 of them were from his home town. Police in the uk said they were investigating a wider conspiracy after claims in vietnam that there were three lorries in convoy carrying more than 100 people. Some have made it to the uk but others did not. Translation when they went about their parents had to sell or pawn their parents had to sell or pawn their houses to the bank to pay for their houses to the bank to pay for the trip. The young people left the country to earn a decent living but 110w country to earn a decent living but now they are dead in a strange country far away. After suffering horribly. 0ne country far away. After suffering horribly. One of those missing is this woman who had to get a job in a nail bar. She was in contact with a friend by text. How is it going, she was asked. Not good, she replied. Herfamily are in mourning now. Just one in many in this one town. 0ur reporter Greg Mckenzie is at grays in essex. What is the latest on the Police Investigation . Good morning. The latest is a 25 year old lorry driver who was arrested shortly after the discovery of the 39 bodies in the early hours of wednesday morning has been charged with a number of offences. 39 counts of manslaughter. Conspiracy to traffic people. Conspiracy to traffic people. Conspiracy to traffic people. Conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering. Now, he will appear before magistrates tomorrow at Chelmsford Magistrates Court to answer to those charges and the police here in essex have also made a number of arrests. A 38 to old woman and a 38 year old man in relation to this investigation whilst in Northern Ireland a 48 year old man has also been arrested. Now, in terms of the investigation, essex police here say this is one of the largest investigations of its kind. Theyve already obtained more than 500 items of individual pieces of evidence from inside the lorry. Now, that consist of mobile phones and other belongings belonging to these victims. Now, the police are trying to look through the mobile phones to determine the identities of these individuals. Signs will also play a pa rt individuals. Signs will also play a part in determining the identification. They are looking at scarring, possible skiving or tatty use of these individuals to really try and identify them of course it dna will be extracted and dental records to identify these individuals and they are really asking for help in terms of identifying the 39 individuals that we re identifying the 39 individuals that were discovered in this lorry on wednesday. Thank you very much. The white house says President Trump will make a statement later today. There are reports he will announce that the leader of the so called Islamic State, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been killed during a us led raid. The president earlier tweeted something very big has just happened, though mr trump gave no further details. Reports suggest he was the target of a Us Special Forces operation in the syrian province of idlib yesterday. The reclusive leader has only been seen in public once and his death has been wrongly reported on several occasions in the past. 0ur middle east correspondent sent this update. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman is in sanliurfa, not far from the turkey syria border. What more are you hearing about the persistent reports that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been killed . What we do know is that there was a significant military activity in that particular area of the province. We spoke to one resident close to a nearby town said that late last night they saw and heard helicopter gunships. There were jets, and also they reported some troop presence on the ground. Now, this is the precise area where us media has reported that American Special forces to took place in an operation. They reported he was killed. We have no independent confirmation of that other than to say, of course, President Trump with that tweet last night saying something very big it happened and the news that the white house said it will make a major statement later today but of course if those reports are confirmed this would amount to a hugely significant blow to iis after having lost the last remaining stronghold in syria early this year. How big a deal would it be if he was dead . Although he is clearly the leader of Islamic State it sometimes works autonomously, as we were hearing a little bit earlier run from one of our experts, saying that there are iis left tenants all over there are iis left tenants all over the place that carry out operations. Thats right. And of course we have seen many thats right. And of course we have seen many attacks in which people have later said that they affiliated themselves effectively with iis or at least with its ideology but i think the point about Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is ever since he declared a self styled islamic caliphate in the city of mosul in 2014 he has been the ideologicalfigurehead, the propaganda centrepiece for the organisation. It was just last month that a 30 minute audio tape emerged in which he called for women to break out and to be helped to flee camps in syria. Those cams that are holding the relatives of iis fighters. You are still having a significant propaganda or Information Impact on people so i think from that perspective it would deal the group a significant blow. Wales are playing south africa in the Rugby World Cup semi final this morning, hoping to create an all british final. If they win theyll face england in the first final between two teams from the northern hemisphere. The match kicked off injapans second city, yokohama, at nine oclock. Our sports news correspondent andy swiss spoke to two fans who went to school with waless aaron wainwight, to find out how they are feeling about his chances in the semi final. It is amazing to see, yeah. He is playing really well. How fast were you when you first got to know him . From school. He is to live. He has lived in wales. What is this girl going to be . 100o to girl going to be . 100 0 to wales. Iam going 100 0 to wales. I am going to say wales by four. Currently it is nil nil. Quite a lot of pushing and shoving going on in that game. No tries our penalties or points for either side at the moment. Lets cross to fiona. Lets cross to fiona. Lets cross to our correspondent fiona lamdin, who is at a rugby club in swansea. What is the atmosphere there . Yes, i think i might struggle to get people to pay any attention to my questions. They are absolutely focused on the screen. I am at his former club, this is where he played asa former club, this is where he played as a teenagerfrom former club, this is where he played as a teenager from the age of 14 to 16. Many of the people behind me played with him. They watched him rise through the ranks and they are immensely proud of him. Letsjust see if we can get a couple of words and see how they think the match is going so far. We are just coming around here. How do you think wales are playing so how do you think wales are playing so far . Amazingly. We had a stronger forward side. My stronger forward side. We are doing well on the defence. The attack. We have got more ball. Moriarty has been outstanding. North has been outstanding. Go, wales estimation much less when this . Can they win this . Definitely. Brilliantly. We will let you concentrate. We will go to stuart who is one of the coaches and he has played with alan the whole way through. Tell us a little bit about allen. Did you always know that he was going to rise to such promise . Probably not, no. He first came he was a bit overweight and kind of stuff. But when he was 15 years old you could see then he had a little bit about him. How do you feel it is going so far . I thought we started well. I think we will be all right. Fingers crossed. It feels quite tense in here, i have to say. But a couple of scores under our belt now it will hopefully give a bit of tension. What would it mean to have a normal uk final . Incredible for wales and hopefully we could beat the english in the final. Good luck. I think there is no one else who really wants to speak to me now because they alljust else who really wants to speak to me now because they all just want to watch the match. Thank you very much indeed. 30 3 0 south africa at the moment. We will keep you posted. We will keep you posted. Borisjohnson has accused mps of holding the country hostage by refusing to give him the general election he wants on december the twelfth. The liberal democrats and the snp have joined forces in an attempt to trigger an earlier poll. 0ur Political Correspondent tom barton is here. We have had enough a lot in recent weeks about the opposition parties to Work Together to stop Boris Johnson from doing things and this looks like a plan from the lib dems and the snp to try to help him get the election that he once even if labour, as it looks like they might, decide not to back it. This is because the law as it stands mean that you need a two thirds majority in parliament for a snap election like the one borisjohnson wants to be called. That needs the support of labour mps be called. That needs the support of labourmps are be called. That needs the support of labour mps are bidders going to go over the line. This proposal would essentially see the party is changing the law, changing the fixed term parliaments act to hold an election slightly earlier than borisjohnson an election slightly earlier than Boris Johnson wanted. He an election slightly earlier than borisjohnson wanted. He wanted one december 12 and this would be monday the 9th of december. Because it is a change of the law it would only need half of mps wish they could do without the support of any one in the labour party. They will only do this if they get an extension beyond the end of the year from the european union. We are expecting to hear from them tomorrow or tuesday. Now it might sound like a route to an election for borisjohnson, something that could give him what he wanted but speaking a few minutes ago on sky news nicky morgan did not sound terribly enthusiastic. What is different about the offer of the stunt by the snp and the lib dems as they made it clear they have no intention of wanting brexit to be done, no intention of wanting to withdraw the bill which did get a second reading approved last week. To be considered by parliament. They are saying go for an election. That well be that an election obviously is going to happen. If they want an election they have a chance to vote for one as quickly as tomorrow when the governments motion is voted on. We will see whether they are in or not. We have not yet heard from the main parties officially on some of theirs but we have had from borisjohnson this morning. He has reiterated his call for a general election, saying that parliament has, this parliament has run its course and telling mps that they cannot hold country hostage any more. That they cannot hold country hostage any more. the archbishop of canterbury has warned borisjohnson to avoid using inflammatory language as the country prepares for a possible general election. In an interview a few weeks ago he used the word humbug in response to an mp receiving death threats. Justin welby saying he was shocked to hear that premise to use that language. So controversial footage of the intervention again from the archbishop of canterbury which is not the first time hes got involved in politics recently. I know you are a welsh rugby fan and it is wales three now, south africa three. I know you would rather be watching the rugby then talking to me so i will let you go. Hundreds of thousands of catalans have marched through barcelona calling on the madrid government to free jailed separatist leaders. Most of the demonstrations have been peaceful, although militant protesters have clashed with police in one part of central barcelona. Alison ribeiro de menezes is a professor of hispanic studies at the university of warwick, shejoins me now. Thanks very much for being with us. Just put into context what is going on there in barcelona at the moment. This weekend you have two protests marches. Yesterday we had the Pro Independence with 350,000 people in the street and today there will bea in the street and today there will be a march by those who believe in remaining within spain, if you will. A Civil Society organisation will organise a corresponding protest this afternoon to support that. And all this of course is taking place in the wider context of the upcoming spanish election which is adding a further level of complexity to the exchanges within the catalan and the two sides in the catalan debate. And these jail sentences really appear to have inflamed passions, dont they . Among catalan protesters. Yes, very much so. I think it would be fair to say that there is a small minority, as you said, of militants who have resorted to violence and that is the new element this week because cata la n new element this week because catalan nationalism has never been violent. Throughout its history. But the vast majority of those who support independence do not support violence so there is a tension there. I think possibly to do with shifting plates within the context of the elections. Do you think there is a feeling in spain amongst mainstream voters that perhaps these very strong jail sentences where a mistake in the sense that they have inflamed passions so much . Yes, well, the jail sentences seem very harsh. 0n the other hand the court found those guilty of sedition and not the original charge of rebellion which would have been twice as harsh. It is worth bearing in mind that spain has a relatively harsh penal code and there were clear efforts to carry out the show with transparency so they seem harsh. 0n the other hand, there is an argument that has been put on the right and of course we had the rise of saying if you break the law you have to be held accountable so you have to be held accountable so you have to be held accountable so you have to work within the system that exists at the time. It isa exists at the time. It is a difficult call for the prime minister. How do you see this unfolding now . What do you see it happening in the coming weeks and months . I think we will not see much change until we have had the general election. And it looks as if that election. And it looks as if that election will return a yet more complex parliament, National Parliament in madrid. Because sanchez has banked on increasing his number of seats but in fact it does not look as if he will be able to do that. The Popular Party is regaining ground again. And within catalonia i think the pressure will be actually on Regional Elections after the National Election because not only does the National Government not only have functioning majority but there is not necessarily a functioning government in catalonia either. Theyre working on a budget meant from two years ago enrolling others of the country really does need some political stability and direction both nationally and madrid but also within catalonia itself. I think but also within catalonia itself. Ithink in but also within catalonia itself. I think in order to resolve the situation. Thank you very much indeed for being with us. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your time. Riot police in hong kong have clashed again with protesters. Police have fired tear gas and pepper spray to try to break up the thousands of Anti Government protesters gathered illegally at the kowloon waterfront. Its the latest in a series of sometimes violent confrontations, in whats now been over more than four months of unrest. Officials in california are warning that historically strong winds expected this weekend are likely to fan the destructive wildfires that have taken hold. A state of emergency has already been declared in los angeles and sonoma counties. Chris buckler reports. In several parts of california, families have been forced to flee as wildfires have learned through thousands of acres of dry land and into residential areas. We get a knock on the door at 3am from the sheriffs telling us we needed to leave, and live now. The tick fire in Los Angeles County has already caused a huge amount of damage, but its dwarfed in size by the kincaid fire, which has spread across the Sonoma County wine region in Northern California and now threatens homes in the San Francisco bay area. 50,000 people there have been ordered to leave. Were evacuating because this fire is very dangerous. And it is expected to move towards healdsburg and windsor this evening. The winds that we are going to experience will be much like what we experienced in october of 2017. We already have a fire burning and we have advance notice now, and that is why we are taking these precautions. We want you to start evacuating now. Water is continually being dropped by planes as firefighters try to contain the blaze on the ground. But days of forecast strong, hot, dry winds are going to make theirjob much more difficult. We are potentially going to see a historical wind event, and it has us highly concerned that the vulnerable areas of california could see some explosive fire. So, thats why we are reiterating this kind of vigilance that were preaching to everybody. Power is expected to be cut to almost one million homes in the state as a precaution. There are concerns that sparks from electricity lines, combined with the extreme winds, could prove dangerous. But the Power Outages are causing their own problems. We believe that although the shutoffs are projected to be much shorter, everyone should be prepared for an extended shut off, that is the worst case scenario. That could be 5 7 days if they are not able to restore power right away due to challenges with inspection or with changes in the weather. Smoke is rising spreading across california, and by the strengthening wind. Its forecast theyll reach up to 70 miles an hour as so much of this states land is scorched once more. Chris buckler, bbc news. Celebrations will take place later to commemorate the introduction of a climbing ban on australias ancient site, uluru. The site, formerly known as ayres rock, is considered sacred to its indigenous custodians, the anangu people, who have called for an end to climbing the stone since they took back ownership more than 30 years ago. This weekend has seen huge crowds descend on the area for the final time. A cardigan described as one of the most famous sweaters in Music History has been sold for more than a quarter of a Million Pounds at auction. The olive green garment, which belonged to the late nirvana frontman, kurt cobain, features burn holes and stains and was worn in the bands famous mtv unplugged concert in 1993. It was bought for more than 334 thousand dollars, making it the most expensive sweater ever to go under the hammer. The cardigan hasnt been washed for 26 years. The auction house says all those stains have helped raise the price. Kurt created the grunge look and he didnt wear show clothes so this was a sweater he actually bought in a thrift shop. Made in the 1960s, heavily used with cigarette burns,
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