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 muc
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The white house says President Trump will make a major statement at the white house on sunday, following a tweet from the president saying something very big had just happened. No details have been given of what mr trump was referring to, but theres speculation that it could concern the leader of the Islamic State militant group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Us media reports suggest he was the target of a Us Special Forces operation in the syrian province of idlib on saturday. With me is our News Reporter gareth barlow. What more do we know . With regard to the Us Government and donald trump, very little. Late on saturday night he tweeted, very simply, something very because happen. No further detail and explanation. Over an hour later the white house put out a little bit more expansive comment saying the president of the United States would be making a major statement tomorrow. That is sunday morning from the white house but again no further detail or explanati
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 o
British final. An early renaissance painting by the italian master cimabue is to be auctioned today, just weeks after the rare work was discovered in an unsuspecting elderly frenchwomans kitchen. 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 unconfirmed reports he will announce the groups leader 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 his death has 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. Mark lowen reports. A night time strike
Incident map. All the areas in purpose under mandatory evacuations. The Santa Rosa County is telling people in northeastern santa rosa to leave immediately as well. But Santa Rosa Police say thats just not the case yet. In any case, a little confusion there which well try to sort out for you. The situation is obviously changing rapidly. Obviously all of this is playing out in darkness. Most of the bay area left without power. This morning, nearly pg e customers across the bay area have no electricity. Businesses forced to work by flashlights so they could get their food moved to backup refrigeration trucks overnight. Im kate larson. Im kristen sze. The winds we were talking about are here driving into San Francisco, we noticed that winds are howling at this hour. Hearing more and more from officials in the north bay and meteorologist lisa argen joins us this morning. You were tracking the winds which have picked up in the last few hours. These are the upper elevation winds. Knoxville c