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By families who fear their loved his brutal self proclaimed ones are among the 39 people found caliphate lasted five years and attracted thousands ofjihadists from around the world. Dead in a lorry in essex. The Government Presses ahead with attempts to get a december general election. Ministers will put a vote before wales are out of parliament tomorrow. The Rugby World Cup, after losing to south africa vigils are held in vietnam by families who fear their loved in the semi final and in half an hour, disclosure reporter Chris Clements returns to his home town of wishaw to ask why suicide in scotland is at a five year high. President trump says the leader of the so called Islamic State group, abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, has been killed during an operation by Us Special Forces. The is leader had 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 his death had been wrongly reported on several occasions. To his capture or death his death had been wrongly reported on several occasions. 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. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville reports, the ferocious sound of the firefight was held from. The ferocious sound of the firefight was heard for miles. Us forces dropped from helicopters and surrounded a compound. A brutal killer who has caused so much violence and death has been violently been eliminated. He died like a child. He died like a coward. The world is a much safer place. This man told the bbc what he saw. At around 11 oclock they started shooting the house. The house was com pletely completely destroyed. He had a guest. The house was completely destroyed. We recovered seven bodies from under the rubble, and two others on the main street. Its thought that the guest was the worlds most wanted man, abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group. He was last seen earlier this year in a rare video, very much still in command of is. Its been a terrible yearfor the group. Their last remaining territory was lost in a bloody battle in the spring, leading to the capture of thousands of its supporters and their families. But the leadership of is fled before the attack began. Leading to the capture of thousands of its supporters and their families. This telling brings to an end the reign of a man whose reign of terror clawed across the middle east. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was an icon for the organisation, inspiring attacks and motivating trips. Without a doubt this is a black day for the Islamic State movement. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi we start to be far from here, possibly from the enright but it was here in these olive groves one of the most notorious and successful terrorists met his end. 0ur washington correspondent Chris Buckler explained that al baghdadis death was being seen as a hugely significant achievement by the administration. President transport for almost an hour and president transport for almost an hourand a semi president transport for almost an hour and a semi like a victory speech, there was triumphalist language used throughout and there is no doubt in regard this as something extremely significant. At one stage he saw this as a Top National Security Priority Office administration to find, capture or to kill abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Administration to find, capture or to killabu bakral baghdadi. He says as far as hes concerned is commander he has directed the obliteration of the caliphate. It gives you the sense that president john is trying to sell this as a huge moment. And to some extent he has to because this time it might Foreign Policy has been under threat in recent weeks. Following turkey to invade Northern Syria which meant a lot of the Kurdish Forces which fought along the outer space to feel abandoned and betrayed. And in washington they struggle to understand what the white house policy for the middle east is at the moment. So this is President Trump essentially saying he has a huge moment here, that this has been something that is really ended Islamic State. But of course that is a question in itself. Even during that speech acknowledged there were su ccesses that speech acknowledged there were successes lined up after abu Bakr Al Baghdadi although he did say america had them in their sites. Tom batemen is at the turkey syria border. He gave us this analysis of what baghdadis death means for the region. We certainly got an extremely vivid account from President Trump of that special forces operation flying over territory which she repeatedly referred to as the most dangerous part of the operation because he said they had to fly over swathes of territory in syria which included that controlled by russian forces, by turkish forces, repeatedly talking about the strength of firepower that those Airborne Troops had to potentially come into contact with. He said that they didnt apart from some limited fire but he believed that not to be from any of the main players. He described it as just individuals who dont like helicopters flying over them. But he said the eliminated or terminated that fire. As for cooperation, he again repeatedly talked about the Different Countries and actors that they had to coordinate with and specifically thanked people. I thought it was really noticeable that you had an american president thanking syria, thanking russia, thanking other countries with which there has been not exactly a great deal of cooperation and coordination of the many other things. Over many other things. But when it came to this operation he was at pains to do that. And then he also spoke about the Syrian Kurdish people. He said they had been involved not militarily but it helped the americans. The kurdish militant fighters were active in syria of course and were so instrumental in eliminating the last territory of isis and so instrumental in removing Islamic State forces from Northern Iraq and syria. He thanked those as well. They have been saying, the leader has been saying, talking about what he described as a historic operation you have on the one hand the kurds and the americans paying tribute to each other over this operation. And then turkey here now into its third week of an operation across this border here which they are trying to clear what they see as a terrorist organisation. And we now have a situation in which there has been a ceasefire which has been for the most part holding. But i think this proves turkeyy and the americans and the kurdish militants across its border in a new realignment, a new phase of this relationship. Lets get some perspective on this. Vali nasr is a former Senior State Department adviser and professor atjohn hopkins university. How important was abu Bakr Al Baghdadi being regarded . How important was Abu Bakr Albaghdadi being regarded . He was very well recognised leader of isis and his killing in this manner by american forces, american led forces isa american forces, american led forces is a massive psychological blow to the entire jeopardy is a massive psychological blow to the entirejeopardy enterprise and to isis. This is a significant defeat can isis regardless of the capacity they have on the ground. I think decapitation is very important. This is a massive psychological boost for President Trump and in a way takes a lot of the pressure off his decision to abandon syria stop jeff hardy enterprise. Jihadi. Abandon syria stop jeff hardy enterprise. Jihadi. Some will say this is remarkably convenient given the president position on syria. But the president position on syria. But the tone could be entirely coincidental. What is its significance when you compare it against for example the elimination of 0sama bin laden when president barack 0bama of 0sama bin laden when president ba rack 0bama was of 0sama bin laden when president barack 0bama was in office. It is abu Bakr Al Baghdadi more or less significant . In terms as iconic image in the eyes of americans he is not as large a figure as 0sama bin laden because isis, as large as threat as it was did not carry something un american soil on the scale of the 11th of september. But this is about to leave. The war on terrorism is important to americans and we are looking for signature victories and the killing of 0sama bin laden and the killing of abu Bakr Al Baghdadi our important milestones in this fight. The present war to claim. His critics will question the timing and mr chubb will try to downplay the achievement of president barack 0bama and im sure his critics will try to downplay this but there is no question this is a big political went. This is widely much like president barack 0bama is basking in this moment. It is an important moment that is been reported and will fill the new channels of the night is theirs for new channel tomorrow and people will talk about it. When all is said and done this isa man it. When all is said and done this is a man whod only appeared in public twice and had not been heard for several months. This is absence affect the capacity of Islamic State operatives on the ground in iraq and syria where they are still killing people . Yes it does because when you decapitate the head of an organisation like this there are issues of succession and it demoralises a lot of the fighters. It puts the question, the myth they propagate internally that they are resilient and americans cannot do anything to them. This is a momentary setback and they can get back on the front foot again. We saw the killing of 0sama bin laden actually weakened alqaeda sufficiently not for isis to come and take over. Something like this may happen. So the killing of abu Bakr Al Baghdadi does not make every terrorist in every operation in syria underwrite norway but this is a major setback particularly because a major setback particularly because a lot of the hold of isis on young people and their own fighters for recruitment and giving them engaged psychological. It is about the myth of invincibility, that history and religion and destinies on their side. In Something Like the killing of abu Bakr Al Baghdadi punctures a huge not met. Is this group exist 110w huge not met. Is this group exist now territory. Does it remain a threat. It does but you have to see how much of a threat . What carry out killings and potentially carry out operations in the west can significantly impact on the strategic landscape in the western amid all this . I do not think they can at this moment. The critics of President Trump very focused on isis because of his decision to withdraw from north east syria. Because of his decision to withdraw from northeast syria. But in reality isis doesnt really matter any more to the future of syria. It is the Kurdish People and turkey and russia and iran and the president Assad Government that are fighting for the future of syria. Isis is a marginal player in landscape landscape people use as an excuse for political issues. They dont really mutter about where things will settle in the end. Dont really matter. Lets talk to eric bolling, hes a former fox news host, and anchor of america this week. Hes also a friend of the president , in fact they had dinner on friday. I think it is the highlight of his presidency so far and clearly i think this is a major went from not only the United States but for the administration of President Trump but also the world. We have eliminated probably the most dangerous terrorist on the face of the earth. A lot of coaches will benefit from this. I hear a lot of the analysis going on. Matt countries will benefit from this. I see the Mainstream Media here and the states very much against President Trump tried to figure out a dark side and for me there isnt one. Seems to me this is a winner across the board. I would say if you listen to a speech very carefully hes been hearing Something Like this, you belong to we have been onto abu Bakr Al Baghdadi a couple of weeks. It was a very good chance he knew we were maybe just days away from eliminating abu Bakr Al Baghdadi and decided to pull the chip to from syria because we dont need to be there. He said at the end of the speech there is no reason to be there for 200 years, mitigating a war between syria and turkey. Let them fight them and less get un American People at stop lets get our American People out. I think it is good timing taking up a little of the caliphate. We do not be better to wait and we were certain he was eliminated before pulling up the chips . If there is a kind of linkage . 0k, fair enough, but that they have him and they have their eyes on him he cant go anywhere and maybe it is just a timing decision. Im notan maybe it is just a timing decision. Im not an actual policy decision. You are at the white house on friday night and saw the president. What it was ian . Was he looking like a man who had something he was desperate to tell you that just who had something he was desperate to tell you thatjust couldnt . No, he didnt look like that at all. I asked him. He was down in south carolina. Delivering a speech to an afg ha n carolina. Delivering a speech to an afghan american college. Might i ask them about syria and talk to him at length about the Oil Infrastructure i allowed him to explain what the filly was behind the tent in the aisle and he elaborated on it. It made a lot of sense that the girlish and isis make a lot of money by selling the stolen oil. Kurds. They were going to give it back to the kurds. End then detect isis. This morning he highlighted a big pa rt this morning he highlighted a big part of the decision, the policy, this all i was that it felt very much part of the strategic Long Term Plan more than we have finally found a guy and kill them. We protect the Oil Infrastructure so isis can gather hands on it again and take out the leader. I am baffled to see the anti donald trump crowd. The Mainstream Media over here im looking almost disappointed the start the Mainstream Media over here looking almost disappointed there is such a major victory for donald trump. With a comparison of the killing of 0sama bin laden, the timing of that do not been better for president barack 0bama who is facing the election. It was undoubtedly something they administration drew on heavily to say he is a strong commander in chief goes after people this was enemy number one because of the 11th of september attacks. Do you think this could be as viable to pertinent shop . The point of view of Many Americans abu Bakr Al Baghdadi had not made them fight some bin laden had made, not least because i have not been attacks on mainland america because he was such an elusive figure. That might as viable to President Trump . President barack 0bama takes the 0sama bin laden and the third year before it is about to President Trump takes down abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Whether time . I President Trump takes down abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Whethertime . I do President Trump takes down abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Whether time . I do not know. My friend but im not involved in any of his policy decisions. It could not be better timing in my opinion the right now going into the final push almost a year to the day to the next election in 2020. Perfectly timed on both the military and strategic but also president ial and strategic but also president ial and political schedule as well. Some politicians are lucky and others make their own luck. Thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. The headlines on bbc news. Preseident trump announces that Us Special Forces have killed the fugitive leader of the so called Islamic State group, abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. The us says al baghdadi died after detonating a suicide vest, killing three children in the process. His brutal self proclaimed is caliphate lasted five years and attracted thousands ofjihadists from around the world. Sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Huge disappointment for wales after they lost their semi final match in the Rugby World Cup south africa just edging past them with a score of 19 16. It means there wont be an all british final as england were waiting to meet the winner of their match. Wales head coach Warren Gatland says his players have worked so hard throughout the tournament. It was a tough physical match. Congratulations to south africa. They deserved to win today so i take my hat off to them and they were very good up front and defended exceptionally well but im really proud of our guys. We never gave up and got ourselves back into the game. Very tough encounter but i say well done South African good luck in the final. Ten man newcastle drew 1 1 with wolves at st jamess park, keeping them just above the relegation zone. Jamaal lascelles gave newcastle the lead just before half time with this header, jonny then equalised for wolves after an error from martin dubravka. But newcastle went down to ten men after Sean Longstaff was shown a straight red in the 82nd minute for this high tackle on ruben nevez, and despite a late barrage from wolves, steve bruces side held on for a point. Three other games this afternoon all kick off at half past four. Norwich host manchester united, arsenal and Crystal Palace play at the emirates. But arguably the pick of the games is Liverpool V Tottenham at anfield. The teams are warming up ahead of the game. Liverpool will look to reclaim their six point lead at the top of the table. Tottenham on the other hand are thirteen points adrift. But liverpool managerjurgen klopp says, despite spurs patchy season in the league they wont be complacent. It isa it is a Football Game between two very good teams and the situation i will not make a very big difference. We will not be that confident nothing could happen to us whatever and they will not play like a team with the points tally they have. They are a top side in the premier league and they will be a top side in the whole season in the premier league and we have to respect that and play the best football we can play. In the womens game the defending wsl champions arsenal are beating Manchester City 1 0 with a goal from vivienne miedema. Its now gone full time. In the other results. Manchester united beat reading 2 0; and everton also beat brighton 2 0. In the london derby its currently 0 0 between chelsea and west ham. Rangers are currently in action in the scottish premiership. Theyre looking to go back level on points with celtic at the top of the table. Thats after the champions easily beat aberdeen 4 0 at pittodrie. Its celtics biggest win over aberdeen in 11 years. Four different goal scorers in the first half for neil lennons rangers currently level with motherwell at 1 1. Staying with scotland and boxerjosh taylor is now the unified ibf and wba super light weight champion after beating the undefeated american Regis Prograis at londons 02. It was an incredible display from both boxers over 12 rounds, but the scottish southpaw fought through to beat prograis on points. Thats despite his right eye being swollen shut. Taylor is now undefeated in 16 fights. With the mexican grand prix, its on bbc radio 5 live just a quick reminder if you want to keep up to date with the mexican grand prix, its on bbc radio 5 live and on our website. Remember Max Verstappen stripped of pole position Lewis Hamilton starts in third now he could secure his sixth world championship. Coverage from 7pm. That is all the sport for now. The government says it will press ahead with efforts tomorrow to call for a general election tomorrow, but hasnt ruled out working with opposition parties to get one if that fails. It follows an attempt by the liberal democrats and the Scottish National party to get a election however the liberal democrats and snp want to introduce a bill that allows for an earlier election, if a no deal brexit is categorically ruled out by borisjohnson, with an extension for the uk to leave the european union, lasting until january sist. Lasting until january heres tom barton. Lasting until january it might feel like youve done this quite a lot recently. At the referendum in 2016, at the election in 2017. But could you be doing it again before the end of 2019 . Today the lib dems and the snp offered to help borisjohnson to get an election, proposing a new law allowing him to get around rules saying a snap election needs the support of two thirds of mps. But it would also fix the date of an election, taking control of that away from the prime minister. If he is serious about wanting an election, and if he is genuine that its about having an election before christmas, then he can back this bill, because the other problem with his plan is that it leaves the ability to set the date of the election down to the prime minister. Now, he says the 12th of december, but, i mean, this is a man that is prepared to say anything. Asked about the proposals this morning, the conservative Party Chairman dismissed them as a stunt. The lib dem snp bill is clearly a gimmick, their bill moves the election date by three days, takes the Withdrawal Agreement completely off the table. And if really they want to vote for an election, they can vote for the bill that will be put forward. But later number 10 said that if it didnt manage to get an election agreed by parliament tomorrow, it would consider working with the snp and liberal democrats. The big question is whether labour will now back a december election. I think its a bit of a stunt by the lib dems and the snp. The reality is weve got to have no deal completely off the table. And that whole threat removed before anything else, because of the danger to our economy, tojobs, to trade, to medicine supplies, and i thinkjohnson is playing with fire here. Theres lots of work to be done by local councils if they are to be ready to count your votes before the end of the year. But before any of that can happen, mps need to decide whether or not they want that election. Tom barton, bbc news. Three people arrested in connection with the investigation into the deaths of the 39 people whose bodies were found in a refridgerated container lorry in essex have been released on bail. The 25 year old lorry driver Maurice Robinson is due to appear in Court Tomorrow charged with manslaughter. Meanwhile familes in vietman have been holding vigils and ceremonies for loved ones they fear died in the lorry as mark lowen reports. In vietnam, a shattered community is trying to keep faith. Not yet knowing but fearing that their childrens journey across the world for a betterfuture has ended in tragedy. Most of the 39 lorry victims are thought to be vietnamese, and this nation is grieving. Translation we are hoping that our children will have the same life that people have over there, and now things have turned out like this. An unbearable weight, for news of this mans son, the father of a little boy, too young to understand. He last heard from his son one week ago, on facebook. Im about to board a car to britain, he wrote, i will contact the family when i arrive in england, dad. Translation i have no hope any more and i am very anxious. I have thought a lot about my son, and every time i think of him, i cried. Families are mourning, afraid of the worst, but they are providing hair and dna samples as police try to identify victims in essex. 25 year old Maurice Robinson from Northern Ireland has been charged with counts including manslaughter and people trafficking, three others held by police have been released on bail. Officers say that they are investigating a wider conspiracy amid reports of a convoy of three vehicles carrying 100 people. In the vietnamese village from where one lady set out on herjourney, hope is fading fast. It is not going well, she told a friend, but then, using slang to mean she was reaching her it is not going well, she told a friend, but then, using slang to mean she was reaching her destination, she wrote, it is almost spring. Power has been cut to almost a million homes and businesses in california in an attempt to stop damaged cables starting more wildfires. Damaged cables starting more than two million home are expecting to lose their electricity over the next few hours in the biggest blackout in the states history. Theres a warning that fires which have already seen 90,000 people moved from their homes could spread with winds of up to 80 miles an hour forecast. 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. Its the latest in a series of sometimes violent confrontations, the platform they were on, suspended bya the platform they were on, suspended by a crane swung violently away from the building. It then crashed into windows on the fifth floor several times and one of the workers was left hanging by their harness in midair. Edmonton fire and rescue said both workers were helped down to safety. No one was injured. If there is good news i guess it is a few less windows to clean. Lets ta ke few less windows to clean. Lets take a look at the weather. Part two of the weekend are certainly better than part one. It was extremely wet across england and wales with a number of flood warnings in force and these will abate over the next few days. Why . Because we have High Pressure dominating the scene. Dry and sunny weather but it will be colder with overnight frosts. High pressure has been pushing in from the atlantic to the course of sunday. Fairly windy conditions across scotland and the Northern Isles and some showers easing away as low pressure pushes off toward scandinavia and High Pressure continues to build in but for most it has been a fine afternoon. It is going to be a finer night as well with clear skies, light winds and showers clearing away from the north east of scotland are easing down. It is going to be a cold one. Look at the blues appearing which means a widespread frost expected. Dont be surprised to wake up to scenes like this on monday morning. Blue sky but cold and crisp with frost around. It will be a lovely sunny day and will stay dry and bright for most of us. A breeze again. Showerfor the north of scotla nd again. Showerfor the north of scotland but one species cloud building in across the west and area of low pressure will send as well affronting. Temperatures 9 12. Perhaps a few degrees cooler in fact from what we had on sunday. High pressure continues to dominate as we head on into tuesday. You will notice the weather fronts associated with this low pressure continued to plague the south west corner so it will stay breezy here. More cloud and perhaps a few showers pushing in to the Channel Islands, cornwall and devon. Elsewhere it should be another dry day after a cold and frosty start. Plenty of sunshine around. Just a bit of cloud affecting some north sea coasts because we will have an onshore breeze here. Temperature wise again, 912d. 12 breeze here. Temperature wise again, 9 12d. 12 or breeze here. Temperature wise again, 912d. 12 or 13 breeze here. Temperature wise again, 9 12d. 12 or 13 across the far south west. Mid week onwards we start to see subtle changes. That area of low pressure in coaches for then could bring wet and windy weather to the west of the uk. Still dry in chilly with some sunshine in the east and then by thursday and friday looks like low pressure winds out to been cold and rain. More of a breeze and it will turn milder. The us says its forces have killed the leader of the so called Islamic State group, abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, often described as the worlds most wanted man. The us says al baghdadi blew himself up with a suicide vest, after being cornered by special forces in Idlib Province in north west syria. He will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. He died likea innocent man, woman or child. He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place. What does his death mean for the future of Islamic State . Also on the programme. Praying for the victims of the essex lorry tragedy. Families mourn their loss. The Government Presses ahead with attempts to get a general election. Ministers will get a vote before parliament tomorrow. And it was not to be for wales. Na rrowly and it was not to be for wales. Narrowly beaten on the world cup semifinals by south africa. Good evening. Donald trump said the leader of the so called Islamic State group abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has died after a military operation conducted by Us Special Forces. Has died after a military operation conducted by us specialforces. He had been described as the words most had been described as the words m ost wa nted had been described as the words most wanted man and mister trump said capturing or killing him had been the Top National Security priority of his administration. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi had been under surveillance in Northern Syria for weeks and was eventually cornered in a village. He is said to have detonated a explosive vest as his compound came under attack. Here is a correspondent. He died in the dark, in Northern Syria. The ferocious sound of the firefight was heard for miles. He had fled wearing a suicide vest. He had fled wearing a suicide vest. He reached the end of the tunnel as a dog chased him down. He ignited his best, killing himself and the three children. A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death has violently been eliminated. You will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. He died likea innocent man, woman or child. He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place. This was the scene this morning. President trump thanked russia, turkey and the syrian kurds visit only americans were involved in the raid. A neighbour told the bbc what he saw. Translation around 11 oclock they started shooting the house. The house was completely destroyed. We recovered seven bodies from under the rubble and to others in the main street. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was last seen earlier this year in a rare propaganda video. Very much still in command of is. A number of his followers and two wives were also killed in the raid. This caps a terrible year for the group he commanded. The last remaining territory was lost in a bloody battle in the spring, leading to the ca ptu re battle in the spring, leading to the capture of thousands of supporters and their families. This capture of thousands of supporters and theirfamilies. This killing bill brings an end to the reign of a man whose empire of terror stretched across the middle east and clawed at the capitals of europe. His followers crowd earlier this year when he appeared alive in a propaganda video. Today they are mostly silent. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was thought to be far from here, possibly in a rock. But it wasnt these olive groves that one of the most brutal and successful extremists of modern times met his end. Lets talk to our correspondent on the turkey syria border. Just a few miles from where abu Bakr Al Baghdadi died. And chris in washington. What impact do you think his death will have on the region . That operation, the night time raid took place less than four miles from where i am standing just across the border in syria. Clearly, there were a lot of moving parts but it looks like the syrian kurds may have played a key role and there is certainly an irony in that. Today President Trump is banking them. Three weeks ago he was clearing the way for a massive turkish assault against them. The syrian kurds are claiming that there was five months joint effort before this raid and that they were tracking back abu Bakr Al Baghdadis whereabouts. President trump claims he snatched that victory from the jaws of a Foreign Policy disaster but it does not change the politics in the region. Most us troops have been pulled out of syria which means intelligence gathering and cooperation met will be far more difficult and sleeper cells remain in the region and beyond. Few here would imagine that the death of abu Bakr Al Baghdadi would mean an end of the murderous ideology of is of the threat it represents. What should be be reading into the weight President Trump made this announcement . Donald trump spoke for almost an hour and delivered what was basically a victory speech. For which he has been criticised for allowing that turkish invasion of Northern Syria and the white house has struggled to articulate its strategy in the middle east. Now mr trump can claim a success. As commander in chief he certainly took personal credit and talked about abu Bakr Al Baghdadi crying and whimpering. And dying like a dog, like a coward. Language that until this administration we had not been used to from the president of the United States and it is probably worth remembering that an election is exactly one year away. I doubt this is the last year that we will hear this is the last year that we will heaertrump say he this is the last year that we will hear mr trump say he has been responsible for killing the number one most wanted terrorist leader. The families of those feared dead have been holding ceremonies back in vietnam. A community overwhelmed by shock and despair. They have not heard from sons and daughters en route to britain four days. And they will fear the worst. Earlier this year, this man left vietnam to seek his fortune in europe. Since he left his wife has given birth to their second child. She was the great hope of this family. The news from britain has left them stunned. His wife cant eat or speak. His father is inconsolable, constantly hugging his eldest grandchild. He is lost not just his son but his livelihood as well. He mortgaged all his land to borrow the money he paid for the journey. Translation the debt he left as a huge, said. We dont know when we can pay it back. Im too old now and my health is poor. Its been a day of prayer here and of neighbours doing what they can to offer comfort. Theyre used in this part of vietnam to saying goodbye to their young men and women. Remittances are important to the local economy but not loss on this scale. 19 year old, is another one who dreams of something better. Certain she was inside the ill fated container. Saving and borrowing to send their young folk overseas has become a routine practice in these villages. It has also become a richly profitable business for the traffickers, a pitiless and a dangerous one. Few people he realised, as they surely do now, just how dangerous it could be. The government says it will press ahead tomorrow with efforts to call for a general election, but hasnt ruled out working with opposition parties to get one if that fails. 0ur Political Correspondent Jessica Parker is at westminster. Could they really strike a deal with the government, do you think . There is something of a political wrestling match going on over terms, conditions and baits. The government still wa nts conditions and baits. The government still wants to at least try and get expects a deal to parliament before having a snap election on december 12. The snp and the lib dems want to secure a three month delay to brexit before going to the country on december nine. And labour are saying they are up for an election once no deal is unequivocally taken of the table. So, cant enough mps meet somewhere in the middle in order to have a snap election . Possibly. Downing street is signalling that if they dont get their way tomorrow, and it looks like they went, they are at least open to the possibility ofa are at least open to the possibility of a plan b. However, time is tight. There are a lot of politics in play and to some extent this is all the other academic until know exactly what kind of extension the eu might offer. Thank you. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of barcelona, in support of spanish unity. Marchers carried banners bearing the slogan enough . It follows protests by supporters of Catalan Independence yesterday, that ended in violent clashes with police. Heres sarah rainsford. Today they raised the Spanish National flag today they raised the Spanish Nationalflag in barcelona. Alongside the catalan colours. Unity was the message. Catalan to insist that they are spanish, two, and will stay that way. But two years on from an independence vote and with nine of its leaders imprisoned for sedition, this is a society deeply divided. Some have even lost friends over the issue. We feel like you are against catalonian we are not against catalonia. We love spain. Crowds have not been out on the streets in these numbers since the referendum and they say they want to be here to make sure their voices heard and to make it clear that not everyone here in catalonia wants independence. But last night the same street was in flames. After a crowd of independent supporters were charged by police. They fired rubber bullets to scatter the crowd after being pelted with paint and bottles. There we re pelted with paint and bottles. There were ugly pelted with paint and bottles. There were ugly scenes pelted with paint and bottles. There were ugly scenes after much bigger and peaceful rally. Hundreds of thousands on the streets insisting on the right to split from spain and calling for those they call Political Prisoners to be freed. Passions are heated on both sides. Todays pro unity valley called for healing the divide but no one can agree here how to do that. Pro unity rally. Pro unity rally. Thanks very much. Good evening. There was heartbreak for wales at the Rugby World Cup. They lost 19 16 in the semifinal to south africa, who will now play england in the final next weekend. Andy swiss reports from yokohama. The anticipation was deafening. Wales fa ns the anticipation was deafening. Wales fans hoping for history. Could theyjoin England Wales fans hoping for history. Could they join england in wales fans hoping for history. Could theyjoin england in the World Cup Final . Well, their passion was obvious. But they need poison as well. A scrappy first half wont have revealed much to watching england coach eddie jones have revealed much to watching england coach eddiejones for the springboks edged it. Pollard between them 9 6 ahead at the break. And after it, waless task got even harder. The sprayer builders to put south africa in command. Wales are a side of remarkable resilience and back they came. Josh adams giving theirfans back they came. Josh adams giving their fans fresh hope. Back they came. Josh adams giving theirfans fresh hope. Suddenly it was 16 all. What drama. With less than five minutes left, though, a penalty to south africa and under the fiercest pressure, pollard held his nerve. It had not been pretty from the springboks but it was enough and while they celebrated, for wales that the dream was once dashed. A third world cup semifinal defeat and desperate disappointment. We went 16 all but obviously we probably piggybacked the penalties and south africa took advantage so congratulations to them. Really proud of these guys was that they have given 100 and they continue to do so. We got ourselves back in that game. A contest. Absolutely gutted. It could have gone either way. How close was it . Football heroes in lyon and we lost and that is well thought out fingers crossed one day we will get there. Agonisingly close then for wales but for theirfans here agonisingly close then for wales but for their fans here that wont be much consolation. Instead, to south africa who will face england here next weekend in the World Cup Final. Celtic pulled clear of rangers at the top of the scottish premiership after thrashing aberdeen. They won 4 0 at pittodrie, boosting their goal advantage to stay above rangers, who are on the verge of drawing 1 1 at home to motherwell if it stays like that, celtic will be two points clear at the top of the table. The big game in the premier league has been going around a quarter of an hour leaders liverpool are a goal down to tottenham. Earlier wolves drew 1 1 at newcastle. Jonny castro 0tto making the most of a goal keeping error to score the second half equalizer before newcastle had a player sent off. Its a busy day in the Womens Super League with all 12 sides in action. Champions arsenal beat Manchester City to overtake them at the top of the table. Earlier Manchester Uniteds strong start to their debut wsl season continued with a comfotable 2 nil victory over reading. Josh taylor has become britains only unified world boxing champion. The scot beat americas Regis Prograis in london to hold both the ibf and wba super lightweight titles. Taylor won with a majority decision from the judges, despite hardly being able to see out of his right eye for the last three rounds. Thank you for that. That is it. I will be back with the ladies at ten p will be back with the ladies at ten pm. Will be back with the ladies at ten p m. Time for the news where you are. Goodbye for now. I will be back with the news at 10pm. I will be cutting through the cares and confusion of british politics with the best analysis and the key political thinkers as we approach the brexit deadline. That is the and renewal show wednesday at 7pm on bbc two. This is bbc news. Lets get more now on President Trumps announcement that the leader of the so called Islamic State group, abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, has been killed during an operation by Us Special Forces. Earlier i spoke to nicolas henin, a journalist who was taken hostage by Islamic State for 9 months, who gave me his reaction to the news. My my reaction is relief. I would not say i am happy about the news because it is difficult to be happy about the death of anyone but i am definitely relieved and satisfied that this person who has done so much harm to so many people will not harm anyone any more. This is done and this is good news. It was an enemy. The chief of an enemy group and he has been removed from the battlefield. He was a man who had found a way to inspire a lot of people, many of them from europe. Of course, the group you captive, hostage, was a group you captive, hostage, was a group who was made up of british people who had travelled to the region to support Islamic State. How much in the time you were in captivity was he spoken of as an inspiration. Did you get any sense of him as a figure when you were held there . Well, the foreign fighters who were holding us, because our captivity was mainly manned by foreign fighters and mostly europeans. They spoke about him a couple of times andi spoke about him a couple of times and i dont know if i did encounter him or if we did encounter him. We received at some point to visit a very high banking leaders of the group but without knowing much about them. What did they say about him . You said you heard about him from them on occasion. Well, they were saying that he was the leader and that they were respecting him. It was not yet can leave at time because it was before the reinstallation of this pseudo caliphate that it was seen as a very inspirational leader by the isis fighters, obviously. It was a very sophisticated in some ways operated. They have their own media office. They were encouraging, on some occasions, journalist to go in and see how they were running this new caliphate. Do you think he was kind of a different order of leader of jihadi was kind of a different order of leader ofjihadi groups was kind of a different order of leader of jihadi groups than was kind of a different order of leader ofjihadi groups than some of the other equivalents . Because there are so many groups. Exactly. Well, i dont think that abu Bakr Al Baghdadi invented anything. But he was successful at, well, taking all the good tricks that worked before and optimising things. And terror tactics. So it did not invent anything. The major change, i think, did not invent anything. The major change, ithink, with did not invent anything. The major change, i think, with this group, with is, is a change in the proportions. Never in the past we had so many of our countrymen, well, westerners, actually involved into such a project. That was the journalist who was kidnapped and held for nine months by the group that calls itself Islamic State for two people talking to be from berlin a little over hour ago. Lets take a look at the weather prospects. Part two of the weekend are certainly better than pa rt weekend are certainly better than part one. It was extremely wet across england and wales. A number of flood warnings remaining in force. These over the next few days. Why . Because we have High Pressured dominating the scene. Dry and sunny weather but it will be colder with overnight frosts. High pressure has been pushing in from the atlantic to the course of sunday. Fairly windy conditions across scotland and the Northern Isles and some showers is about using their way as a low pressure pushes off to whats scandinavian low pressure continues to build and but for most it has been a fine afternoon and plenty of sunshine. It is going to be a finer night as well with clear skies, light winds. There were showers clearing away from the north east of scotla nd clearing away from the north east of scotland are easing down, i should say, by the end of the night. Its going to be a cold one. Notice the blues appearing across central and northern towards the west that means a widespread frost is expected so dont be surprised to be making up to scenes like this on monday morning. Blue sky but cold and crisp with some frost around. The first ship until it quite quickly to the morning as it will be a lovely sunny day and it will stay dry and bright for most of us. A bit more of a breeze again. The shower for the north of scotland but we will also see some cloud building and across the far south west put up an area of low pressure nearby here will send this weather front end. Temperatures 912d. A this weather front end. Temperatures 9 12d. A few degrees cooler in fact. High pressure continues to dominate as we head on into tuesday put up you will notice the weather front associated with this low pressure system continue to plague the south west corner so it will stay breezy here, more cloud, perhaps a few showers pushing into the Channel Islands and into cornwall and devon but elsewhere, there should be another dry day after a cold, frosty start. Plenty of sunshine around. Just a bit of cloud affecting some north sea coast because we will have a bit of an onshore breeze here. Temperature wise, again, 9 12d. Around 12 or 13 perhaps across the path south west. And mid week onwards subtle changes. That area of low pressure begins to encroaching further. Keeping wet and windy weather to the west of the uk put up trying to be with some sunshine to the east and by thursday and indeed friday looks like low pressure winds out to bring cloud and rain. More of 00 59 03,091 4294966103 13 29,430 a breeze and it will turn milder