In the premier league. The gap is down to three points after a 3 0 win over aston villa. Good morning. We are heading for a sparkling sunday, a much better day than yesterday, right across the country. Lots of sunshine to be hard, but it is also going to feel colder. All the details coming up shortly. Its sunday, the 27th of october. Our top story the white house says President Trump will make a major statement later, following reports of a Us Special Forces operation against the leader of the Islamic State group. Mr trump himself tweeted that something very big had just happened, although he gave no details. Us media say mr trump authorised the operation targetting Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi in the syrian province of idlib on saturday. We can speak now to our middle east correspondent tom bateman, who joins us from the turkey syria border. Tom, whats the latest . Well, i think the fact president has made the tweet you talked about there, and also does the white house is saying a major state
With cigarette burns, so it is easily identified because of the stains and burns and he wore it at a most important performance in my opinion so it is a holy grail of clothing that can come up for auction. The papers are coming up and just the moments. That is after the latest headlines and of course the latest headlines and of course the latest on the rugby with the sports needs. Now though, and to out the weather. A quiet settled story over the next couple of days. The reason being an area of High Pressure that are starting to build on from the atlantic. We still have this nuisance by the front enhancing some showers in scotland, accompanied by a keen northerly breeze. They went. To ease a little into the afternoon, but we keep some showers here. One or two cropping up in south west scotla nd or two cropping up in south west scotland and northern ireland. Elsewhere, clear skies and lots of afternoon autumn sunshine, but cold at there. Temperatures peaking at 8013 celsius. The weather
Wales are out of the Rugby World Cup, after losing to south africa in the semi final. And in half an hour, well take a more in depth look at some of the weeks stories in dateline london. 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 on the
Wales are out of the Rugby World Cup, after losing to south africa in the semifinal. We got ourselves back in that game tonight, a really close contest, so congratulations, they deserved to win tonight. An early renaissance painting by an italian master is to be auctioned today, just weeks after it was was discovered in an elderly french womans kitchen. And in half an hour click will mark the 50th aniversay of the internet by speaking to vint cerf, who co invented it. 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 dea
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. Wales are out of the Rugby World Cup, after losing to south africa in the semi final. 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 oper