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
Across the west. We will see a bit of patchy cloud in scotland, but the temperatures will continue climb and they will be widely into the mid to high 20s. Maybe a shower into wales and Northern Ireland later, but then it is all change, can you believe it, thursday night into the early hours of friday morning. A cold front is going to bring some showery outbreaks of rain, some of it quite heavy into the far north of scotland. And it will linger over there for much of friday, im afraid. So some wet weather for scotland. Not too bad for england and wales. A more breezy day, a south westerly flow. Sunny spells and a few scattered, sharp showers, but temperatures will still be on the one side, particularly if you keep the sunshine. And as we go into the weekend, that cooler, more unsettled theme is back, unfortunately. Unsettled theme is back, unfortunatel. ,. , unfortunately. That is tonightsbbc news at six, unfortunately. That is tonightsbbc news at six, but unfortunately. That is tonight
Quarter final against colombia, keira walsh speaks to us about her injury and quick recovery at the womens world cup. Good evening. We go to Great Lengths to hide what we do, even from our children. The words of a Serving Officer in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, where there is shock and anger about the safety of staff after details such as the name, role and work location of every individual were accidentally published online. More than 300 Police Officers were murdered in Northern Ireland during the 30 years of violence known as the troubles, and officers fear that republican paramilitaries might use the details to plot new attacks against them. The psni has apologised and blamed human error for the leak. And tonight a second data breach involving the theft of a laptop and documents has emerged. Our ireland correspondent chris page reports. Police everywhere deal with danger. In this part of the uk, the risks are especially stark. Members of the Police Service of Northern Ir
The new campaign is on monday against Manchester United. It boosted gary oneills standing in the game and i think wolves have decided thats the way to go. Its interesting because in recent times, we especially samco, wolves have gone down the managerial group. Santo. Now theyre finally going to have an english guy in charge which will be interesting to see how it goes. So, wolves have been quiet in the transfer market, but it appears that west ham are the opposite today. Theyve agreed fees for both southampton captainjames ward prowse and Manchester United defender harry maguire. The England International had slipped down the Pecking Order at old trafford under erik ten hag, who took the captaincy off maguire at the start of preseason. West ham have had a £30 million offer accepted. Its not thought personal terms will be a problem, although they havent yet been agreed. While ward prowse will also cost west ham around £30 million. Hes started the championship season with southampton,
Minute holiday somewhere hot im in cheshire, where there is a beautiful sunrise this morning. Bookings at campsites like this are down because of that bad weather. We will be hanging out with people who have braved the weather and are staying here No Matter What, and my goodness they are looking for some goodness they are looking for some good news from carol. find goodness they are looking for some good news from carol. Good news from carol. And we are lookin at good news from carol. And we are looking at a good news from carol. And we are looking at a dry. Good news from carol. And we are looking at a dry, sunny good news from carol. And we are looking at a dry, sunny and good news from carol. And we are looking at a dry, sunny and warml good news from carol. And we are i looking at a dry, sunny and warm day for most of us. There could be some showers later onto the west then a more unsettled period with sunshine and showers for the next few days. Its thursday the 10th august. Our m