killed by the taliban. that s according to us officials. 70 civilians and 13 american troops were killed when a bomber detonated his device among packed crowds as people tried to flee afghanistan, in august 2021. the officials did not reveal the name of the man, who was the leader of an islamic state cell. they said the leader died weeks ago, but it took time to confirm his death. us officials say intelligence gathering and monitoring of the region led them to conclude the leader had died, though they did not provide further details on how they learned that he was responsible for the bombing. the us began notifying families of the deceased troops about the death of the is leader on monday. live now to sethjones, senior vice president of the center for strategic and international studies. it to see you. what we know about what happened and who this leader of this is cell is? what us officials have talked about is that the taliban killed the leader of the islamic state cell tha
moment but now we can head to the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. there s a big game at the bottom of the premier league this evening as leicester city travel to elland road to take on leeds united. javi gracia s side have lost their last three games and conceded 13 goals in the process sliding down the table and now sitting just a point above tonight s opponents. leicester picked up their first win under new manager dean smith at the weekend. he is hoping thatjamie vardy, harvey barnes and james maddison will be available. they have had a struggle so far, a bit like us, they have been on the back of a couple of heavy defeats at home. but i m sure they will see this game as a big one to try and pull away from the position they are in, like ourselves. all of the remaining games are important and you never know where you will be able to get points. but of course playing at home is the next game and we have to be focused on this game, knowing we are playing against leice
in coming up on bbc news, know that novak djokovic on course to defend his french open title and through to the third round after being roberto in straight sets. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was until last night the conservative mp for bolton north east in greater manchester has joined the labour party. mark logan is not standing at the general election but he says he is now backing sir keir starmer as the next prime minister. this afternoon he told the bbc the conservative party was unrecognisable from the party hejoined a decade ago. it comes amid continuing confusion and division over the fate of one of labour s longest serving and best known mps, diane abbott. she says she s being banned from standing next month. keir starmer has been saying no decision has been taken. but today labour s deputy leader angela rayner said she sees no reason why she shouldn t be allowed to stand again for her seat in east london. our political editor chris mas