Boy fell into a well. The United States says it did everything it could to minimise civilian casualties during a raid in syria in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. The president said that Abu Ibrahim Al qurayshi, also known as Hajji Abdullah, blew himself up, along with four members of his family, as us specialforces approached the building. 13 people, including children, were killed, but no us casualties were reported. The bbc S State Department correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. In a corner of Northwest Syria where a forgotten conflict simmers, america reminded the Islamic State group that its leaders were still a target. The raid took place in the dead of night and lasted two hours. Us Special Forces landed in helicopters near the home of the is leader, Hajji Abdullah. Those close by described a night of terror. Translation when we got out of the house, we saw aircraft flying over our heads. And after ten minutes, we heard them shouting, give yourself u
Downing street insists borisjohnson is still in control, after another conservative mp called on him to go. The Prime Minister has also seen the resignation of a fifth senior adviser. Rescuers in morocco are reported to be getting closer to reaching a young boy trapped at the bottom of a well. The five year old, called rayan, fell down the 32 metre well on tuesday. At 10pm, Reeta Chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, its newscast. Confession time. Wed recorded tonights episode of newscast, and then i went to the pub to have. Ah . It turns out two thirds of a pint with a friend. Then, of course, my phone went mad because loads of developments happened in the Downing Street sacking saga. So, ive popped back, laura never left. Whats happened tonight . Well, as one mp said to me, its not a Downing Street nightmare, its a Downing Street meltdown and lets say, we are now recording this at 8 15. In the last couple of hours, the Prime Ministers policy chief has
Emergency Management Agency says the agency has already deployed an assistance team. 0ur Correspondent Peter Bowes is in la with the latest. We expect it to make landfall in the next few hours in a very remotely populated part of barger california in mexico. Tijuana, the border city in mexico. Baja california. Concerns it could cause some serious damage there. Before moving north into california as a Tropical Storm, and that is the unusual part of this, a hurricane come Tropical Storm would get to california. And its expected to continue moving north as opposed to west, which is what a hurricane would generally do and then dissipate over the ocean. So the likely consequences are going to be extremely heavy rain in california, some of the neighbouring states as well. To put that in perspective, palm springs, the desert resort, searing temperatures, a0 degrees plus, this time of year very dry, is expected to get maybe ten or 12 centimetres of rain over the next 12 hours. We are just not
Of the times, 1 Million People cite Mental Health battle, looking at the consequences of that for the economy. The daily telegraph, sickness benefits bill to rise by a third, a similar sort of thing. They also have a story about the uk to Cut Off Arms Supply to israel unless it lets aid into gaza. The guardian, us toughened stance to call for immediate ceasefire, that is a Un Resolution that is going through at the moment in new york. Thats all from us tonight. Simas in the chair tomorrow. Dojoin us. Good night. Breaking news from around the world, 24 Breaking News from around the world, 2a hours a day. This is bbc news. Thank you so much for that update. To haiti now. The head of the United Nations childrens agency, unicef, says it is unable to get enough aid into the country and that many, many people are suffering serious hunger and malnutrition. Our correspondent will grant is one of the only International Journalists on the ground. To describe some of the Living Conditions in Port
Jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. Youre very recently back from gaza. Were you shocked by what you saw . Profoundly, profoundly. I wasnt really prepared. Even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in southern gaza, in rafah. So i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. And i must say, its in 2024 and were allowing this to happen. It is beyond belief. You talk about the hopelessness of the People Living through that experience. What about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those Vulnerable People . Were not giving up. When i go to such places, i become enraged. Isee. I need to fight harder. I need to get more resources. I need to get more colleagues there. I need to help more peo