Dead in a lorry in essex. And in half an hour, sportsday has all the latest reaction, as wales crash out of the Rugby World Cup, losing to south africa in the semifinal. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. Donald trump says the leader of the so called Islamic State group, abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, has died after a military operation, conducted by Us Special Forces. Hed been described as the worlds most wanted man, and mrtrump said capturing or killing him, had been the Top National Security priority of his administation. Al baghdadi had been under surveillance in Northern Syria for weeks, and was eventually cornered, in the village of barisha. Hes said to have detonated an explosive vest, as his compound came under attack. Heres our middle east correspondent, quentin somerville. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi died in the dark in Northern Syria. The ferocious sound of the firefight was heard for miles. Pictures of donald trump watching the operation live have now been released by the white house. He later described how baghdadi he had fled into a tunnel wearing a suicide vest, taking three of his children with him. He reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down. He ignited his vest, killing himself and the three children. A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. He will never again harm another 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. Donald trump thanked russia, turkey and the syrian kurds, but said only americans were involved in the raid. A neighbour told the bbc what he saw. Translation around 11pm, they started shooting the house of abu mohammad. The house was completely destroyed. We recovered seven bodies from under the rubble and two others on 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. 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. This killing 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 crowed earlier ths year, when he appeared alive in a propaganda video. Today, theyre mostly silent. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was thought to be far from here, possibly in iraq. But it was in these olive groves that one of the most brutal and successful extremists of modern times met his end. Quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. Our International Correspondent orla guerrin sent this update from the turkey syria border, just a few miles from where al baghdadi died. The night time raid, which donald trump has described as a daring mission, took place very close to where we are now. Clearly there were a lot of moving parts. It looks like the syrian kurds may have played a key role, and theyre certainly an irony in that. Today, donald trump was thinking them three weeks ago, he was clearing the way for a massive turkish assault against them. The syrian kurds are claiming there were five months of joint effort before this raid, and that they were tracking al baghdadis whereabouts. All this led to donald trump to claim a symbolic victory, to snatch that victory from a potential Foreign Policy disaster. It doesnt change the dynamics in this region. Most us troops have been pulled out of syria, which means most cooperation and information sharing will be difficult. Islamic state cells remain in the region. Few believe that the death of al baghdadi means the end of the murderous is or the threat it represents. Our correspondent in washington, chris buckler, gave us the view from there. This was timed for the political programmes that go out on a sunday morning here in washington. And donald trump spoke for an hour, he really delivered what sounded like a victory speech. But the fact that he has gone ahead with this will not detract from the criticism that ultimately, he allowed some chaos in that region by allowing turkey to invade Northern Syria. Still we have those questions that democrats will raise time and time again about his Long Term Strategy in the middle east. We just heard orla talk about it, the fact is he wants troops out and nothing to do with the region. In fact, he suggested during the speech he gave earlier that as far as he was concerned, they were only there to protect oil. And there will be people who are saying, as far as donald trump is concerned, that he has not worked out what to do in the region if conflict emerges again. And there are dangers, of course, in the months ahead. Beyond that, democrats are also a little upset that frankly, their leadership were not told that this raid was taking place. It seems that some republican members of congress were told that the raid was happening, but not democrats. And they wont be happy with Donald Trumps reasoning for that he said as far as he was concerned, there was always a danger of leaks if people in washington were told, that leaks happened in washington. But fundamentally, donald trump will use this as a campaigning tool. An election is just a year away, and as commander in chief, hes notjust claiming victory but personal credit for this. You listened to the language it was personal and vivid, and you could argue it was triumphalist. He talked, for example, about al baghdadi crying and whimpering in a state of panic, dying like a dog, and a coward. That is language we are not used to from an american president well, at least until this administration. And with an election coming forward, you can imagine trump will be saying time and time again that he has been responsible for killing the worlds most wanted terrorist leader. Our security correspondent, frank gardner, explained how al baghdadi was able to establish a caliphate in areas of iraq and syria back in 2014. The shiah government had adopted a very discriminatory policy against the sunnis. Al baghdadi capitalised on that and said, we are your champions, and they swept into mosul, the second city, and took it over with just a few hundred soldiers. The iraqi army fled, leading to mass executions. They were able to establish this caliphate that has covered 88 km2, 80 8000 km2. About eight Million People were underneath that, they made their money from oil wells, extortion, wheat fields, from bribery and so on. The policy of actually having a physical caliphate is quite controversial. So osama Osama Bin Laden, before he was killed in 2011, said his advice to jihadists in the syria own iraq was, now is not the time. The time will day, maybe years ahead. But now is not the time because you present a target to your enemies. And sure enough, that is exactly what happened. Al baghdadi overreached himself, making two big fundamental errors. They advanced eastwards towards the kurdish capital, where theres a lot of oil and us interests. So they enslaved the yazidis, horrifying the whole world, and they beheaded western aid workers and journalists in those horrific snuff videos. And that basically led to a five year military campaign that saw the end of their caliphate. Lets speak now to dr karin von hippel who is director general of the Royal United Services institute, an independent think tank on International Defence and security. She served in the Us Department of state as a Senior Adviser in the bureau of counterterrorism. And we can also speak to Christine Wormuth in washington. Christine is director of the International Security and Defence Policy centre at us think tank rand. She was under secretary of defence for policy at the Us Department of defence between 2014 2016. Welcome to you both, thank you so much forjoining us here. First of all, what sort of impact will the death of al baghdadi really have on the Islamic State group . |j death of al baghdadi really have on the Islamic State group . I think it is an important milestone, but it is certainly not the end of the organisation. They would have been planning for his succession for some time, andi planning for his succession for some time, and i think once the fighting really started in late 2014, there probably were numerous number twos that were killed, as well. So they would have been planning for this contingency. I think they will go underground for a while before they declared the new leader. And this will make it a bit more difficult, but it is not the end of the organisation. They have affiliates in many parts of the world, and they will continue to regroup and plan attacks on western targets. What sort of characteristics to these leaders tend to have . Well, often these organisations look for leaders that have some sort of legitimacy whether it be their religious education or whether it is their battlefield credentials. So for example, 0sama battlefield credentials. So for example, Osama Bin Laden had battlefield credentials from fighting in afghanistan in the late 19805. Fighting in afghanistan in the late 1980s. Al baghdadi was fighting in afghanistan in the late 1980s. Al baghdadi was seen as a religious figure who had quite a bit of religious background, so i think a future leader, they will want to prime someone who has some sort of connection to al baghdadi prime someone who has some sort of connection to al baghdadi or any other kind of credentials that will give him credibility with isis sympathizers give him credibility with isis sympathize rs and followers. Give him credibility with isis sympathizers and followers. What sort of changes happened within a group when a leader dies . Alqaeda was affected in some way, surely, when 0sama was affected in some way, surely, when Osama Bin Laden was killed . Wright, and the man who took over, the egyptian doctor, is not as charismatic as he is. He is an older gentleman, a geriatric. They were grooming bin laden paused maxon to ta ke grooming bin laden paused maxon to take over and he was killed. I think the concern that i have is that both alqaeda and isil split from each other in 2016, there were disagreements. And im worried that they might try to come back together and unite to be one far more lethal terrorist organisation. So that is something that we really need to be looking out for, even though in many respects, alqaeda and isil have been tepidly cooperating and other theatres and other parts of the world. But in the iraq syria area, they were not working together. How concerned should the United States and its allies be about reprisal attacks either from is or any other factions which emerged along the lines that karen just described . think its possible that isil will try to have some sort of retaliatory attacks. But i think it is a real question of what kind of capability, at this point, do they have to strike out . I think one of the things to be concerned about is that with donald trump is back decision to withdraw most us troops from syria and with the Syrian Democratic forces having to be displaced, there isa forces having to be displaced, there is a good number of very seasoned isil fighters, is a good number of very seasoned isilfighters, particularly is a good number of very seasoned isil fighters, particularly foreign fighters, who have escaped from the various prisons and detention camps. So some of them were seasoned and perhaps more skilled fighters, if they are among those who escaped those would be the ones that i think could potentially retaliate. But i dont think you will necessarily see something on anything like a spectacular scale, particularly since while this operation seems to have been in planning for some weeks, it is presumably coming as a surprise to isil as an organisation. How much of a Foreign Policy success can donald trump really claim the death of al baghdadi to be, given that he has made it very clear he doesnt want to have any involvement in this part of the world and is keen to get troops out of places like syria as fast as possible . mean, in many ways it is a success. But in the long term, it is not clear to me that he has a strategy for countering these terrorist groups. Especially from my understanding, theyve had to accelerate and move this earlier because they were worried about losing intelligence once more troops leave the region. And while donald trump has claimed he has a very good cover, he will bite these guys from the face of the earth, etc, it is not clear he has a Long Term Strategy. Everything is done in a very ad hoc way. In the long term you will see the resurgence of iran in the area, may be a resurgence of these isil like cells, as christine was saying. Many people have escaped from prison, but there are other still being detained who can also escape. And they grow on grievances, and the region is full of grievances. So its not the end of the group, it is a short term technical success, but certainly not a longer term success given that there is no real Clear Strategy ive seen that the Us Government has put out to counter this group. So how does the United States keep itself safe, whether it is from the Homeland Security perspective or one thatis Homeland Security perspective or one that is more focused on Foreign Policy if, as you are both saying, they have less of a presence and less intelligence to be gathered on the ground in the middle east . Well, it will be a challenge, clearly. I think for one, it is a positive thing that donald trump has apparently decided to keep at least some small number of us troops in syria. That will allow us to do some sort of monitoring of the situation and do some sort of intelligence collection. Clearly our Intelligence Community will have to work very closely with the intelligence communities of our allies and friends. This operation was significantly assisted from tips by the iraqis and the kurds, and we have to keep that intelligence cooperation going. In our Intelligence Community has done a very significant job keeping Intelligence Community has done a very significantjob keeping the United States homeland safe. We havent had a major external attack on the United States since the original september 11 attacks. It will be more difficult if we have fewer eyes and ears in the region. Whoever is from the rand think tank, think you both very much forjoining us. The headlines on bbc news. Donald 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 detonated an explosives vest, after being cornered in a compound, in North Western syria. The Government Presses ahead with attempts to get a december general election. Ministers will put a vote before parliament tomorrow. The government says it will press ahead with efforts 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 on 9 december. 0ur Political CorrespondentJessica Parker is here with me now. 912 9 12 december . What is three days between friends or foes . Indeed, it sounds rather funny, but between friends or foes . Indeed, it sounds ratherfunny, but is between friends or foes . Indeed, it sounds rather funny, but is the difference . As you are staying there, the government will try to press ahead with this idea of getting an election on 12 december tomorrow. It doesnt look likely that they will succeed, because under the rules, Boris Johnson that they will succeed, because under the rules, borisjohnson would need two thirds of mps to get that and it doesnt look like he has it. The lib dems and s and pete meanwhile have cooked up this idea ofan meanwhile have cooked up this idea of an election on nine december. Sand p. Of an election on nine december. S and p. Both parties think they could do quite well out of an early general election, there are also against brexiteers are worried that the eu might be looking at the uk and think if they give them the long extension, will they do anything with that . And the lib dems and snp wrote to donald tusk saying they wa nt wrote to donald tusk saying they want the early election. The one reason ive heard it might be the ninth rather than the 12th is because the lib dems think there will be a few more students kicking around those three days beforehand, and of course they tend to do quite well traditionally out of the student vote. I also think more broadly, they dont want to be seen dancing to borisjohnsons to them. So to get a nine december election, 01 so to get a nine december election, oran so to get a nine december election, or an election if its not with a two thirds majority, what is the way to get those . The lib dems have drafted a bill which they would need the government to shepherd through parliament. Because unless opposition parties can seize control of the order paper, it is the government that has the right to actually introduce legislation. So thatis actually introduce legislation. So that is why it is interesting that downing street are quite ruling it out, may be adopting the lib dem bill. And that bill will have to travel through the house of commons, but crucially they would only need a simple majority, not two thirds. And you can achieve that with conservative mps plus the lib dems, plus the snp. Which ever date they pick, it is not very far away. Yes, and it is important to say that none of this is guaranteed for a variety of this is guaranteed for a variety of reasons, but not least of all, time is tight. So the rules state that on polling day, you need to have 25 working days for the dissolution of parliament up till polling day. That is why the lib dem bill would probably need to be getting through parliament basically by the end of this week in order to have that nine december election. Jessica, thank you very much. Three people arrested, after the discovery of 39 bodies in a refridgerated container lorry in essex, have been released on bail. The driver, maurice robinson, whos 25, is due to appear in Court Tomorrow charged with manslaughter. Meanwhile the families of those feared dead, have been holding vigils and ceremonies back in vietnam. Many are thought to have come from the village of yen thanh, from wherejonathan head has sent us this report. Singing. A community overwhelmed by shock and despair. They havent heard from sons and daughters who were en route to britain for days, and they all fear the worst. Earlier this year, a relative left vietnam to seek his fortune in europe. Since he left, his wife has given birth to their second child. He was the great hope of this family. News from britain has left them stunned. His wife cant eat or speak. His father is inconsolable, constantly hugging his eldest grandchild. Hes lost notjust his son, but his livelihood, as well. He mortgaged all his land to borrow the money he paid for his sons journey. The debt he left us is huge, he said. We dont know when we can pay it back. I am too old now and my health is poor. It has been a day of prayer here, and of neighbours doing what they can to offer comfort. They are used to saying goodbye to their young men and women in this part of vietnam. Remittances are important to the local economy. But not loss on this scale. This 19 year old is another one who dreamed of something better. They are almost certain that she too 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 dangerous one. Few people here realised, as they surely do now, just how dangerous it could be. Jonathan head, bbc news, yen thanh, vietnam. 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 raise the spanish nationalflag in barcelona alongside the catalan colours. Unity was the message. Catalans who insist theyre spanish, too, and will stay that way. But two years on from an independence vote, and with nine of its leaders in prison for sedition, this is a society deeply divided. Some have even lost friends over the issue. They feel that you are against catalonia, and we are not against catalonia. We love catalonia but we love spain. This crowd has not been out on the streets in these numbers since the referendum, but they say they want to be here to make sure their voice is heard and to make it clear that not everyone here in catalonia wants independence. But last night, this same street was in flames after a crowd of independence supporters were charged by police. They fired rubber bullets to scatter the crowd after being pelted with paint and bottles. They were ugly scenes after a much bigger and peaceful rally. Hundreds of thousands in the street, insisting on their 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 rally called for healing the divide, but no one can agree here how to do that. Sarah rainsford, bbc news, barcelona. 0ur reporter sue beard, johnny was there. Now a place of peace, remembrance, and reflection. 12 months ago, a scene of carnage, shock, and devastation. Now a place of peace, remembrance, and reflection. A private multi faith ceremony for club staff and invited guests marked the opening of the Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha memorial garden. Supporters can come here and take solace maybe from their own lives, their own situations, as well as paying their respects to the reason why this garden is here. After the service, hundreds of people queued up outside the stadium to pay their respects. We were here on the night when it happened. Just here to pay our respects to a lovely, lovely man. I think what theyve done is amazing. Theyve captured everything about the history and what vichai was about. Many people can come here as a way to remember what vichai did for leicester. Absolutely stunning. Ijust cant believe it. Named in honour of the clubs former chairman, this garden features flowers and items of significance to his family. It also remembers the four others who died two members of staff and two pilots. Thousands of floral tributes left outside the stadium last year will be turned in the compost and used in this garden. Its the latest in a series of lasting tributes to a man who made so many dreams come true. Sumeer kalyani, bbc news, leicester. Exit polls suggest the far right alternative for Germany Party has more than doubled its vote in Regional Elections in one of germanys eastern states. In a sign of political polarisation, the far right party received about 24 of the vote in the state of thuringia, whilst exit polls suggest germanys far left party known simply as the left won with more than 29 of the vote. Chancellor Angela Merkels christian democrats, the Biggest Party last time, appear to have been pushed into third place. Now its time for a look at the weather. Hello there, part two of the week and certainly better than part one. We saw widespread sunshine across the uk, and indeed the next few days look dry and sunny, thanks to high pressure, but it will be cooled with frosty nights. Its been breezy with showers across scotland. This pressure building and by the end of the debt. The fairly breezy with 1 to showers across the far northeast. A bit of cloud in the extreme southwest with these weather fronts encroaching in, otherwise it will be a clear and cold night with light winds as temperatures plummet. Widespread frost developing through central and Northern Areas and cold in towns and cities. If youd cc like this monday morning, dont be surprise. A nice, crisp, sunny start. Plenty of sunshine for the most, we could see increasing breeze and a bit of cloud across a southwest of england. Thats really about it. Elsewhere dry and sunny, but a colder day on sunday with highs of 9 11dc. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines President Trump says the leader of the so called Islamic State group, abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, has died after a military operation, by Us Special Forces. A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. The us says al baghdadi detonated an explosives vest, after being cornered in a compound, in North Western syria. The Government Presses ahead with attempts to get a december general election. Ministers will put a vote before parliament, tomorrow. Vigils are held in vietnam by families who fear their loved ones are among the 39 people found dead in a lorry in essex. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im jane dougall. The dream is over for wales at the Rugby World Cup as south africa win in their semifinal by a narrow margin. Liverpool come from behind to take all three points in a thrilling game at anfield. And four goals for the bhoys. Celtics rout at pittodrie is the biggest in more than a decade