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
into north west england. again falling on pretty saturated ground. the winds will pick up but it will not be as windy as it is today. on friday, a chilly start but a much more settled deal weather for most. this is bbc news, the headlines: funerals are being held for 2h soldiers killed in israel s deadliest day since the war in gaza began. there s been intense fighting around khan younis israel says it s surrounded the southern gaza city. but could a hostage deal be close? israel proposes a two month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with hamas. the us and uk carry outjoint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and director greta gerwig miss out. we will take you through the oscar nominations in about ten minutes time. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. afternoon. afternoon, thank you. we start dennis. cash we st
the father of an aristocrat who s gone missing with her newborn baby and her partner appeals for her to get in touch with the police. shock in new zealand as the prime ministerjacinda ardern unexpectedly stands down she says she doesn t have enough left in the tank. and the harrowing anti war epic all quiet on the western front leads the nominations for this year s bafta film awards. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. levelling up has been one of the government s key policies the idea of spreading public money more evenly across the uk. well, today ministers have announced more than £2 billion worth of projects acoss the country. they say the north of england and wales will do best, per head of population. but labour claim the system for allocating money is unfair. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart blackpool, one area that was a winner in today s levelling up allocation announcement, with £40 million for a new education campus. levelli
Welcome to bbc news. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has said he accepts a share of the responsibility for losing the copeland constituency to the conservatives in thursdays by election. He told the Scottish Labour Conference the defeat showed the scale of the task facing the party, that hell remain as leader, and that labour must unite to win. His critics say the result shows labour is failing to appeal to the electorate. Our political correspondent, carole walker, reports. Thank you very much. He says his partys defeat at the hands of the conservatives in the copeland by election underlined the scale of the task ahead, and he urged his party to stand together to turn back the tory tide. Clapping. The result in copeland was deeply disappointing and of course, i take my share of responsibility for it. We havent done enough yet to rebuild trust with the people whove been ripped off and sold out for decades and dont always feel that labour represents them. But now is not the time to re
Welcome to bbc news. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has said he accepts a share of the responsibility for losing the copeland constituency to the conservatives in thursdays by election. He told the Scottish Labour Conference the defeat showed the scale of the task facing the party, that hell remain as leader, and that labour must unite to win. His critics say the result shows labour is failing to appeal to the electorate. Our political correspondent, carole walker, reports. Thank you very much. He says his partys defeat at the hands of the conservatives in the copeland by election underlined the scale of the task ahead, and he urged his party to stand together to turn back the tory tide. Clapping. The result in copeland was deeply disappointing and of course, i take my share of responsibility for it. We havent done enough yet to rebuild trust with the people whove been ripped off and sold out for decades and dont always feel that labour represents them. But now is not the time to re