Stained, cigarette burned and unwashed a cardigan worn by nirvana frontman kurt cobain sells at auction for more than two hundred and fifty thousand pounds. And in half an hour, disclosure reporter Chris Clements returns to his home town of wishaw to ask why suicide in scotland is at a five year high. 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. Pict
Ill look at the proposals. The fa suggests the use of concussion substitutes in football following research which suggests former players are more likely to die of dementia. Good morning. Any Early Morning fog we re good morning. Any Early Morning fog were lift and then for most dry with sunny spells developing but becoming increasingly wet and windy in the north and north west. More in 15 minutes. Its tuesday the 22nd of october. Our top story. British detectives are to fly to the United States to interview the woman involved in a car crash that killed teenager harry dunn. Anne sacoolas, the wife of an american diplomat, is alleged to have been driving on the wrong side of the road in august when her car hit harrys motorbike in northamptonshire. She left the uk claiming diplomatic immunity shortly afterwards. Ben ando reports. Six days ago, harry dunns mother and father went to the white house. During a meeting with President Trump they were offered the chance to talk to the diplomats
President of zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, despite a low turnout at his funeral. Former wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas reveals he is hiv positive, saying he wants to break the stigma around the condition. I want to empower so many other people who are in exactly the same position as me. A man has been arrested after a solid gold toilet worth millions of pounds is stolen from blenheim palace. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, political commentator jo phillips and nigel nelson, Political Editor of the sunday mirror and sunday poeple. Stay with us for that. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. Former tory minister sam gyimah has become the latest mp to defect to the liberal democrats. The mp for east surrey was kicked out of the conservative party after voting against the government over no deal brexit. He had previously resigned as universities minister after opposing theresa mays withdrawal agreement. Liberal democrat leaderjo swinson announced the pa
The club has until midnight to show it can pay its debts or it could be thrown out of the football league. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. World leaders have expressed concern at the Record Number of wildfires continuing to blaze in brazils amazon rainforest. The french president , Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning, and has called for the issue to be discussed as a matter of International Concern at this weekends g7 summit in biarritz. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro responded by accusing mr macron of a misplaced colonialist mindset, and using the issue for political gain. This map shows the extent of the problem, with more than 2,500 active fires currently in the brazilian amazon which a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. Data from brazils Space Agency Says there have been more than 75,000 wildfires so far this year double the total number in 2013. Thats an 85 increase on the same period last year. Conservationists have blamed mr
No river in the uk is currently safe to swim in thats the stark warning from scientists about the levels of sewage in our waterways. A Record Number of fires in the amazon rainforest data shows an 85 percent increase this year. Mps warn the uk will not meet its Climate Change targets unless people ditch their cars. Good afternoon. Our main story at five is borisjohnson has been in paris for talks with Emmanuel Macron, the latest stage in his attempts to try and break the brexit impasse. The french president insisted that the controversial irish backstop is indispensable to the integrity of the eu Single Market. The measure aims to prevent physical border checks if there was no post brexit trade agreement. Mr macron didnt point blank refuse to re negotiate the brexit deal though, asking for further explanation from the uk on what its alternative propsals might be. Both sides have agreed that they will keep talking. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas sent this report. Frances pr