Officials in california are warning that historically strong winds expected this weekend are likely to fan the destructive wildfires that have taken hold. A state of emergency has already been declared in los angeles and sonoma counties. Chris buckler reports. In several parts of california, families have been forced to flee as wildfires have learned through thousands of acres of dry land and into residential areas. We get a knock on the door at 3am from the sheriffs telling us we needed to leave, and live now. The tick fire in Los Angeles County has already caused a huge amount of damage, but its dwarfed in size by the kincaid fire, which has spread across the Sonoma County wine region in Northern California and now threatens homes in the San Francisco bay area. 50,000 people there have been ordered to leave. Were evacuating because this fire is very dangerous. And it is expected to move towards healdsburg and windsor this evening. The winds that we are going to experience will be muc
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
Of the papers is at 9. 30 five this mornings reviewers are the sunday times rosamund urwin, and john crowley from first draft, which tackles online mis information. 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 reports he will announce 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. 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. A night time strike on the highest of targets. This unverified footage is said to show commanders attacking the hideout of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader o
British final. An early renaissance painting by the italian master cimabue is to be auctioned today, just weeks after the rare work was discovered in an unsuspecting elderly frenchwomans kitchen. 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
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