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. 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. Heres President Trump making the announcement earlier today. Last night, the United States brought the worlds number one terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is dead. He was the founder and leader of isis, the most ruthless and violent Terror Organisation anywhere in the world. The United States has been searching for al baghdadi for many years. Capturing or killing al baghdadi has been the
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Natasha going to. Baghdad. Still ahead on aljazeera go up into the remote mountains of central asia to see how wildlife is making a comeback such as these Snow Leopards. Hello its still remarkably wet in the South China Sea even a potential development of a tropical disturbance here on the coast of vietnam now this on the you would expect the main rain belt to me moving south and we certainly have seen some showers in java and there in the forecast but thats not where most of the race is still further north borneo thailand yet now indeed the philippines are all looking relatively wet and should have caused by the time to dry up showing no immediate signs of that this is choose dates even more concentrated around the coast of vietnam and through central and Southern Thailand and miramar is just a mass of green which is our way of forecasting that rain south of all this active weather at australia still and this is this cultural pair there always produced sandstorms of course on the way
Over the weekend. For many there will be some sunny spells but i have the black wind arrows on here to give you an idea that it is unusually windy, guts potentially up to 50 mph, particularly on sunday. Goodbye. Hello, this is business live from bbc news with victoria fritz and sally bundock. Retail titans alibaba and walmart get ready to unveil their their latest numbers amid the shadow of the trade showdown between us and china. Live from london, thats our top story on thursday the 15th of august. Are the titans feeling the burn . Retail giants alibaba and walmart get set to reveal the fortunes of retailing in china and the us. Also in the programme. Market turmoil recession fears spark a big sell off on wall street but asia pares back earlier losses. This is what we are looking at the start of the trading day in europe. You can see it is pretty flat but equity sliding a little the red. Into the red. Also, the street food explosion vendors and food trucks are one of the trendiest way
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