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
Killed by us special forces. Vigils are held in vietnam by families who fear their loved ones are among the 39 people found dead in a lorry in essex. Here in yokohama, after englands victory yesterday, now it is wales turn. Can they make it into the first Rugby World Cup final . Manchester city are still hot on the heels of liverpool in the premier league. The gap is now down to three points. That is after a 3 0 victory for city 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 had, 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 that the leader of the so called Islamic State group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been killed in an operation by us forces. Mr trump tweeted that something very big had just happened, although he gave no
The labour conference, Jeremy Corbyn faces a revolt by members demanding that the Party Campaign to remain in the eu. Here in brighton, decision time for labour on brexit as jeremy here in brighton, decision time for labour on brexit asJeremy Corbyn lines up with the big unions to defend his wait and see brexit strategy. More than 8 Million People in england are living in unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable homes, according to a new report. British talent dominates the emmy awards in los angeles. Fleabag wins four prizes, including leading comedy actress for Phoebe Waller bridge. And coming up in sport its wales turn to start their World Cup Campaign injapan. They take on georgia in a couple of hours time. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Thomas cook, one of the Worlds Largest and oldest travel companies, has this morning collapsed, leaving hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers stranded overseas and putting thousands ofjobs at risk. The final confirmation came in the
Step in seamlessly. He is one of the form players in wales. His leadership is brilliant and it will be an easy transition for him to come in and take over. It made the decision easier knowing you would have an experienced guy coming in and doing a greatjob. I got the time is right. To be a little bit selfish and focus on yourself and get your game right. There is lots of good things that happened when i was captain, but a lot of things i wished i could have changed as well. Iam wished i could have changed as well. I am proud of myself, it is five and a half yea rs i am proud of myself, it is five and a half years more than i thought i would do. What as it been like the last few weeks just as sam, rather than the captain. Obviously i want to do my bit for the team. I will try and have a Leadership Role in the team because i feel i have something to offer, experience i have now. It is nice being able to focus on yourself and over time, you just want to get back to enjoy playing and strip
That today but you may notice that tomorrow. We are heading for a very mild night tonight. The rain continues to push steadily north east leaving a trail of showers into north west scotland. Temperatures overnight only down to low is generally between 11 and 1a degrees which is quite incredible for this time of year. The cloud and rain dressed to the south of the m4 corridor. That allows a brighter story for many of us for friday. For parts of north wales, Northern Ireland and scotland dry and bright, temperatures ranging from nine to 16 oi temperatures ranging from nine to 16 or 17 degrees in the south east corner but we change the study as we head into the weekend. Heading for a bill of wet windy weather. The first low could be quite a significant area of low pressure bringing heavy persistent rain. Look at the brighter colours as it drives them from the west and it is going to be accompanied by some gale force or severe Gale Force Gusts of wind so gusts of wind widely in excess of 5