this is bbc world news i'm duncan golestani. our top stories. president trump says he has a major announcement to make — us media reports suggest it may be about the isis leader abu bakr al—baghdadi. millions of californians face having their power cut as the state battles a surge in wildfires. another huge protest in barcelona as the backlash over spain's jailing of separatist catalonian leaders continues. catholic bishops vote in favour of allowing married men to become priests in remote areas of the amazon.

hello and welcome to bbc news. the white house says president trump will make a major statement at the white house on sunday, following a tweet from the president saying something very big had just happened. no details have been given of what mr trump was referring to, but there's speculation that it could concern the leader of the islamic state militant group, abu bakr al—baghdadi. us media reports suggest he was the target of a us special forces operation in the syrian province of idlib on saturday. with me is our news reporter gareth barlow. what more do we know? with regard to the us government and donald trump, very little. late on saturday night he tweeted, very simply, something

very because happen. no further detail and explanation. over an hour later the white house put out a little bit more expansive comment saying the president of the united states would be making a major statement tomorrow. that is sunday morning from the white house but again no further detail or explanation. us media is now reporting that the leader of islamic state abu bakr al—baghdadi is thought to have been killed any possible operation in syria. it is worth pointing out the bbc hasn't been able to independently verify the reports and also worth noting that abu bakr al—baghdadi has been reported killed on previous occasions. just reminders of the man, who he is, why it is significant. back in 2014 in the islamic city of mosul he announced the caliphate and over the coming yea rs the caliphate and over the coming years they controlled vast swathes of iraq and syria, 88,000 square

kilometres, and obviously brought death and destruction to many thousandsif death and destruction to many thousands if not millions of people, and the international fight back against the group ever since. no sign of him until april of this year when there was another video released and that lack of information and lack of awareness as to where he might be has prompted speculation in the past of possible killings though it has been reported in the us mediator may have been in operation recently. on that note, what exactly is the us media reporting and what are the details? fox news is citing a well—placed military source saying abu bakr al—baghdadi was killed by us forces in syria close to the turkey border. the bbc understands from activists that coalition gunship helicopters we re that coalition gunship helicopters were seen in the region late on saturday night and there was possibly even a landing party and then the us media outlet newsweek reporting that abu bakr al—baghdadi may have been involved in a small

firefight and possibly detonated a suicide vest when he wasn't able to get away. 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 it's 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. we're 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 much like what we experienced in october of 2017. we already have a fire burning and we have advance notice now, and that is why we are taking these precautions. we want you to start evacuating now. water is continually being dropped by planes as firefighters try to contain the blaze on the ground. but days of forecast strong, hot, dry winds are going to make theirjob much more difficult. we are potentially going to see a historical wind event, and it has us highly concerned that the vulnerable areas of california could see some explosive fire. so, that's why we are reiterating this kind of vigilance that we're preaching to everybody. power is expected to be cut to almost one million homes

in the state as a precaution. there are concerns that sparks from electricity lines, combined with the extreme winds, could prove dangerous. but the power outages are causing their own problems. we believe that although the shutoffs are projected to be much shorter, everyone should be prepared for an extended shut—off, that is the worst—case scenario. that could be 5—7 days if they are not able to restore power right away due to challenges with inspection or with changes in the weather. smoke is rising spreading across california, and by the strengthening wind. it's forecast they'll reach up to 70 miles an hour as so much of this state's land is scorched once more. chris buckler, bbc news. hundreds of thousands

of catalans have marched through barcelona calling on the madrid government to free jailed separatist leaders. most of the demonstrations have been peaceful, although militant protesters have clashed with police in one part of central barcelona. our correspondent, sarah rainsford, is there. the police have suddenly started putting people up the street, they are trying to get rid of this crowd. they've been firing rubber bullets at the protesters had staged a kind of sit—in to basically take positions in the streets and they have their hands in the air, showing they're no threat to the police but the police carried on firing rubber bullets up the street. they had warned the protesters that they are going to charge, there was an announcement from police, now the crowd are building barricades and pulling metal barricades across the street. this was a peaceful protest at the beginning, a couple of hours ago around about 10,000 people were here on the streets in the centre of barcelona, just throwing insults at the police. then they began throwing rocks, they began throwing fireworks and eventually the police lost their patience. do you think the process

will change anything? we hope so. if we don't do anything for sure it will stay the same. i think the only way is to do is to go out on the street and protest and do like this. this fire is burning right in the rich, smart part of barcelona. these boxes and bins set on fire. the pro—independence leaders here have called for today's rallies to be peaceful. and the main rally was just that, some 350,000 people and the leaders on the stage are talking about how this independence movement is a peaceful one. but yet again here, in the centre of barcelona tonight, there are fires on the street and protesters clashing with the police. police have charged a man with 39 counts of manslaughter

and conspiracy to traffic people, after 39 bodies were discovered in a refrigerated lorry container in essex in the south east of england. maurice robinson, the 25—year—old driver, will appear in court on monday. four others remain in police custody. severalfamilies in vietnam have contacted the bbc, fearing relatives are among the dead. jon donnison reports. 25—year—old maurice robinson, from northern ireland. arrested on wednesday, he's now facing multiple charges, including 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, and money laundering. he was the driver of the lorry. detectives say identifying those who died will take time, but the focus is now on the vietnamese community. i've met with the vietnamese ambassador and we are building a really good and rapid rapport. but underlying all that, of course,

we don't know exactly the nationality of our individuals, but at the moment, i'm going to focus and engage as much as i possibly can within the vietnamese community. in vietnam, the family of nguyen dinh tu is already grieving. he was trying to reach the uk, while his wife and young son stayed behind at home. his father said he feels certain his son was inside the lorry. translation: he was on that truck, all 39 are dead and he must be one of them. he's gone now. father anthony dang huu nam s a vietnamese priest who has been speaking to families whose relatives are missing. "they were on their way to a new life, but they lost their lives", he says. "the district is in sorrow. it's a tragedy for the whole country to bear." 21—year—old pham thi tra my is another feared victim. in glasgow, we managed to speak to a friend who was hoping to see her once she arrived in the uk. he didn't want to be

identified and spoke to us through a translator. translation: i have spoken to some of the families. they told me their daughters and sons travelled on that day. they know about the news, but they don't want to believe it. they are waiting for a miracle. in central vietnam, a makeshift shrine has been set up at the home of bui thi nhung. her relatives are also fearing the worst. another heartbroken family, who can only wait for confirmation of what they think they already know. this morning, at tilbury docks, more bodies were driven away by private ambulance. all 39 have now been removed from the container. they've been taken to broomfield hospital, in chelmsford, for postmortem examinations. jon donnison, bbc news, in grays, in essex. michael brosovski is founder and co—chief executive of blue dragon children's foundation which helps vulnerable children.

as part of that, his team has rescued 902 people from human trafficking. he's based in vietnam and told me more about the people trying to leave the country to seek a better life in the west. the people who are heading especially to europe tend to be from north central vietnam, from some really specific areas. they are people who are very poor, they are looking for some hope and opportunity and they do tend to be young adults, not children and not older adults but people in their 205 looking for opportunity and seeing none at home. if they are poor, as you say, who are they turning to for help? the smugglers who have set up these routes to europe also lend them the money to pay for it. i'm so in this way people are being tricked, they think they have got a lifeline and all they need to do

is borrow this money and they will be able to pay it back but itjust becomes a bit. that leads to them becoming enslaved. when these people reach the european countries that they want to get to, what do the families back home in vietnam know about what they are doing and how they are earning their money, or do they still think they are living the dream, so to speak? we are talking here about people who may know very little about the world and that is why they are so vulnerable to exploitation. the families back home may have no contracts of what europe is like. they mayjust have a vision that everyone in the west is wealthy and active only they can get their or their relatives can get there then they will be ok, so they actually have no idea and think that it isjust like their village except there is more money. in the introduction to your interview i just mentioned that you have helped 902 people from human trafficking, a startling number.

in? every rescue operation is different but what is always the same as that people are traumatised. people who are trafficked do not go into it willingly. in the case we are talking about, of course people do set out willingly to the uk and they may pay a smuggler but once they get there and things turn bad, they are not expecting it. they have put their trust in someone and so trust has been severely damaged. they may be in very poor health at the time they are found or rescued because there is never adequate nutrition or access to medical care. people are forced to work sometimes 18 hours a day, even children, and so at the time that blue dragon meets and rescues people who are trafficked, they are in need of a lot of care, a lot of one—on—one attention and also medical help.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: political turmoil in chile as the president dismisses his cabinet and proposes reforms demanded by protesters. political turmoil in chile as the president dismisses his cabinet and discusses reforms by protesters. indira gandhi, rulerof indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy died today. only yesterday she spoke of dying in the service of our country and said i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood would contribute to this nation. after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each they might bring. ignition and left off on the discovery with a crew of six

astronaut heroes and one american legend. this is beautiful. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history, born today, this girl is the 7,000,000,000th person on the planet. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. president trump says he has a major announcement to make — us media reports suggest it may be about the isis leader abu bakr al—baghdadi. millions of californians face having their power cut as the state battles a surge in wildfires. let's get more on the fires in california. earlier i spoke to dino bugica, he runs a pizza restaurant in geyserville.

he explained what's been happening. we went through evacuation wednesday morning at like 6am. what is happening where you are? pretty much the same thing you heard, we went through evacuation wednesday morning, like 6am. surreal to wake up and you have the sheriff knocking on your door, packed up the kids and got the dog ready and got everything ready, but we came back and we decided to stay here and things right now, pretty calm. this happened two years ago almost the same day, but it is kind of waiting around for this wind, that hopefully it doesn't turn back on us so we are just holding tight for the moment. you have been looking after people in your restaurant, haven't you ? local people, it is pretty small, geyserville, but our doors are always open and i have been volunteering for two years and feeding people, the fire department, i don't know where they stay but a few times they came in. we do what we can and

we had no powerfor a little while so we are just cooking pizzas and doing what we can for those guys. you sound like you're being quite pragmatic about it, what will be, will be. there is not much you can do. what do you pack? it is like, grab your favourite jacket and hope for the best and make sure your family are safe. we are ready, i don't know. geyserville, we bounce back. this happened two years ago and we are not too worried but let's hope it doesn't reach town. we have a river and the vineyards, so hopefully the wind doesn't turn back on us. obviously, as you say, people are most important, but what is the threat to your property and your restaurant? it is kind of the downtown area. i don't know, it devastated santa rosa and there was a time that got totally wiped out

stop they say these ones are pretty bad but hopefully, it is a huge brick building. it has been through a couple of earthquakes and i hope it is still standing, but we are going to wait it out. got an amazing spirit and we wish you all the best, a vatican conference on the challenges facing the amazon region has concluded with a call for some married men to be ordained as priests — a move which, if acted upon, would overturn centuries of tradition within the catholic church. the suggestion at the synod on the amazon has been made as a way to tackle the problem of a shortage of priests in the region — but is highly controversial. john mcmanus reports: beautiful and remote, the catholic church has long held sway in the amazon region. but finding enough priests to minister to hard—to—reach communities is a growing problem. at the vatican over the past three

weeks, bishops and laypeople from the region have been attempting to solve that. their solution could overturn centuries of tradition. priestly celibacy has been the norm in the catholic church for most of its existence. though, it's always been viewed as a tradition rather than a matter of doctrine. this vote, to recommend the ordination ofjunior clergy — deacons — as full ministers, regardless of whether they're married or not could solve the problem that many remote communities being visited by a priest only a few times a year. but opponents of the idea fear it may spread throughout the global church and they see it as a further challenge of the orthodoxy extolled by the previous pope, benedict xvi. some highly—placed catholic officials have denounced the synod of the amazon, with one — cardinal raymond burke — accusing it of heresy. they're also angry at suggestion women should play a greater official role in church activities. pope francis says he's going to look again at that issue. translation: i would like to underline something, we have not yet realised

what the woman in the church means. we talk about them only for the functional part, which is important, but the role of women in the church goes far beyond functionality, and that is what must be followed. far beyond. a final decision on priestly celibacy will be the pontiff's alone to make, though the rules have been bent before the to fit local circumstances. when protestant vicars in britain, angry at the ordination of women as bishops left the church of england, pope benedict ordained many of them as catholic priests, even though they were already married. john mcmanus, bbc news. chile's president, sebastian pinera, has dismissed his whole cabinet in order to form a new government and introduce social reforms demanded by protesters. mr pinera said he'd heard the demands from the streets. more than a million people joined a peaceful rally on friday in the capital, santiago, calling for social justice. aru na iyengar reports.

where people protested now they paint. after days of demonstrations which have brought death and destruction, there is greater sense of calm in santiago. it's legitimate to protest and it's legitimate to want changes. we all want them but let's not destroy the thing that affects all chileans. we have to clean up, it's city, we live here and destroying it is the worst way we can protest. on friday, a reported 1 million people marched through the capital, a largely peaceful demonstration despite some scuffles with police. in response, the president said a night—time curfew would be lifted and the cabinet will resign. i asked all ministers to resign in order to form a new government and to be able to respond to these new demands and to take charge of these new times.

in the past days, at least 17 people have been killed and over 7000 arrested. chile is one of latin america's wealthiest countries but also one of the most unequal. deep rooted issues that cannot be swept away. johannesburg has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of its pride parade. thousands of people from the lgbt community took part in this year's march through the streets of south africa's biggest city. it's the longest—running pride event on the african continent, where many nations still have some of the world's most prohibitive laws governing homosexuality. same—sex marriage has been legal in south africa since 2006, and the slogan for this year's parade is "pride of africa". just really nice to see, you vibe with your tribe so it is really nice to see people who share the same

interests coming to one place and enjoying themselves. it's a celebration of diversity and celebrating your humanity and your individuality. i am happy because i am gay and also it isjust a cool vibe seeing people around who are just like me. what i think is important as people feel comfortable in theirskin. i am here to celebrate being gay and to have a great time. a cardigan that was once worn by kurt cobain on stage has sold at auction for a record—breaking $330,000. the late nirvana frontman wore the outfit during the band's famous live performance on mtv unplugged back in 1993. now it's been sold at auction

for a cool 334—thousand dollars — a new record for a sweater. for a cool 334—thousand dollars — the cardigan hasn't been washed for 26 years, but never mind that. the auction house says all those stains have helped raise the price. kurt created the grunge look and he didn't wear show clothes so this was a sweater he actually bought in a thrift shop. made in the 19605, heavily used with cigarette burns, so it is easily identified because of the stains and burns and he wore it at a most important performance in my opinion so it is a holy grail of clothing that can come up for auction. millions of hindus, sikhs, and jains across the world are taking part in diwali celebrations. the biggest celebrations are taking place in india, where public spaces are being lit up by candles and oil lamps. the annual festival of lights is said to mark the spiritual victory of "light over darkness, and good over evil". the festivities go on for a total of five days, with the main day of celebration taking place this tuesday. thank you very much for watching,

goodbye. if you are at the end of your tether with the cloudy, wet and windy weather, i have news for you. there is a significant change on the way and it can't come too soon. there are tens of flood warnings out across england and wales and no wonder when you see how much rain has fallen in parts of powys and into devon, notable amounts in derbyshire and also the midlands as well. and the reason for the changes, we are pushing away the weatherfront, keeping low pressure close by in the north of scotland, a lot of isobars so it stays when they come effect of that front moving away to the south is taking away the mild air and we are all in a much fresher feeling regime as we start the new day on sunday.

could be a touch of frost in some locations across the south of england but the skies are clear in the wind is light overnight but converts into a gloriously sunny day. still plenty of wind and some punchy showers across the north of scotland that may be in the north west of england. forget all about the 18 and 19 in kent, top of the day, 13 or so. into the start of next week, not a great deal of change as we say that iran's sunnier but noticeably colder by day and night. here is the pattern, it is very much the high pressure that is dominating the scene, this little ridge of high pressure bringing a fine unsettled, frosty start. not much in the way of winds save perhaps for the north and north—east of scotland, 12 spots on the eastern shore is feeling the keenness of the wind. just a difference in far south—west, and enough cloud for the odd showery burst of rain. these are the highs on the day, about 6—7 up to 11—12 at the very best. not a great deal of

difference from monday into tuesday, a lot of isobars squeezing up, so the wind, a keen one at that, squeezing in from the east and south—east. maybe a shower or two and the onshore breeze from the north sea. quite a bit of cloud across the eastern counties for both england and scotland but for the most part it will be dry but not warm, seven, eight up to around 11 or 12 at the very best. as far ahead as the middle part of the week, not a great deal changes for many of us although this set of fronts may cause a change for the second half of the week across most parts of the british isles, we will keep you posted.

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the headlines: president trump is preparing to make a major statement on sunday. he's posted on twitter that "something big had happened." this caused speculation among us media that the news could relate to an operation against the islamic state leader abu bakr al—baghdadi. officials in california are warning that historically strong winds are likely to fan the destructive wildfires that have taken hold. a state of emergency has already been declared. millions of people face having their power cut as part of the emergency effort to control the fires. hundreds of thousands of catalans have marched through barcelona calling on the madrid government to free the jailed separatist leaders. some of the protesters clashed with police following the peaceful protest — six people werehospitalised after officers charged barricades built by the demonstrators. more rallies are planned for sunday. now on bbc news: