On the outskirts of london. I think that those guys would have already committed violence if they could have so neither the nature of the violence and looking differently at Stamford Raffles, nor the amount of violence, founder of modern singapore i foresee changing substantially, an artist takes a more critical view now that baghdadi is gone. Three people, arrested of his place in history. After the discovery of 39 bodies in a refrigerated container lorry in the uk, have been released on bail. The driver Maurice Robinson is due to appear in court on monday, charged with manslaughter. Meanwhile the families of those feared dead, have been holding vigils announcer live from our studios in and ceremonies back in vietnam. Many are thought to have come london and singapore. This is bbc from the village of yen thanh, from wherejonathan head reports. World news, its newsday. Singing. A community overwhelmed its iam here in london, 9 00 in the morning by shock and despair. In singapore and 9
Hello, and welcome to bbc news. President trump has announced that us forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, in syria. He said that he had watched images of the operation as it unfolded from the white house. 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 10 million 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. This report from our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. Explosions. The sound and flame of battle lasted around four hours, witnesses in the village told the bbc. In the morning, boys on their way to school checked out the rubble. Theyre from a new generation violent jihadists might try to recruit. Nothing was left
But first as we go to air this hour, argentinas left wing candidate, Alberto Fernandez, has won the countrys president ial election. The Current Centre right president , Mauricio Macri, has conceded defeat. Referring to mr fernandez as president elect, macri told his supporters the two spoke about beginning an orderly political transition. The result shifts one of latin americas biggest economies firmly back towards the left, after it was battered by economic crisis. The Peronist Alberto Fernandez had more than 47 of the vote, ahead of macris a0 . 45 was needed to avoid a runoff and win the election outright. This is being seen as a vote against austerity, a vote against an economic crisis that has hit millions of argentinians hard. One in three people now live in poverty and, with inflation at around 50 , the economic crisis is unmanageable and many blamed mr macri for failing to make things better. He said he needed more time. These are life pictures coming in from one of the capital
Are very different things, and there are many at westminster pouring cold water into buckets ready to throw it on any suggestion that that breakthrough could come in the next 48 hours or so. I know weve said it before, but the next few days at westminster are going to be crucial, and by this time next week, we should know a lot more about what the next chapter in the brexit story looks like. Nick eardley, thank you. A 19th century english theologian cardinaljohn henry newman has been declared a saint. It came after Cardinal Newman had a second miracle attributed to him earlier this year. Today he was among five people who were canonised, including four women, during a mass at the vatican attended by the prince of wales. Injapan, the death toll from super typhoon hagibis has risen to at least 30 with another 15 people missing. The huge storm ripped across most of central and northern japan, causing record quantities of rain. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes has travelled north o
A major speech by hong kong leader kerry is cut short after shes shelled. By prodemocracy. Plus they say a picture is worth a 1000 words so what is north Korean Leader kim jong un saying with these images of his question exodus. To our viewers on p. B. S. And all around the world welcome tonight u. S. President is warning that u. S. Sanctions against turkey will be devastating if a meeting between Vice President mike pence and turkish president to one is not successful but successful for whom one has rejected cold. For a ceasefire in Northern Syria where his incursion against former u. S. Allies the syrian kurds has now also drawn syrian president Bashar Al Assad meanwhile syrian troops have reportedly entered the city where kurdish and u. S. Troops 1st defeated Islamic State 4 years ago. The Turkish Military has been carrying out its offensive for over a week its targets are Kurdish Militias in. A town on the syrian border. Bombs are exploding in the city center the military has relea