this is bbc news. lam martine i am martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00: president trump says the leader of the so—called islamic state group, abu bakr al—baghdadi, has died after a military operation, by us special forces. a brutal killer, one who has caused so a brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. the us says al baghdadi detonated an explosives vest, after being cornered in a compound, in north western syria. abu bakar al baghdadi presided over a brutal regime, that inspired terror attacks, around the world. here, the government presses ahead with attempts to get a december general election. ministers will put a vote before parliament, tomorrow. vigils are held in vietnam by families who fear their loved ones are among the 39 people found

dead in a lorry in essex. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard, and the business commentator, josie cox — stay with us for that. good evening. donald trump says the leader of the islamic state group, abu bakr al—baghdadi, has died after a military operation, conducted by us special forces. he'd been described as the world's most wanted man, and mrtrump said capturing or killing him, had been the top national security priority of his administation.

al—baghdadi had been under surveillance in northern syria for two weeks, eventually being cornered, in the village of barisha. he's said to have detonated an explosive vest, as his compound came under attack. here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen. 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. they're from a new generation violentjihadists might try to recruit. nothing was left of the house were baghdadi and his family had been staying. translation: the heli went down and fired. soldiers on two sides, we couldn't stay longer than two minutes on the roof. we went down and hid inside. in 2014, abu bakr al—baghdadi declared the establishment of a caliphate, his brutal vision of an islamic entity.

he spoke in mosul, iraq's second city, in the mosque his men destroyed as the caliphate fell three years later. followers of is carried out attacks that killed dozens or hundreds at a time. earlier this year more than 250 were killed in the easter bombings in sri lanka. in the white house in washington, president trump and his closest advisers watched video feeds of the attack. he said baghdadi killed himself by detonating an explosives belt, also killing three of his own children. a brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. he will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child.

he died like a dog, he died like a coward. the world is now a much safer place. this is not the end for the violent extremists of islamic state. look at their own history. in 2006, an earlier leader was killed in an american air strike after a long manhunt. the organisation regenerated itself. under abu bakr al—baghdadi, it called itself islamic state and became the biggest jihadist militia. now it's lost the lands of its so—called caliphate and another leader, but it will continue to recruit from parts of iraq and syria and beyond that have become incubators for jihadist extremists. baghdadi has left behind much more than the rubble in which he died. there have been false reports of his death before. assuming these are true, his legacy includes countless killings, of captives,

competence and civilians. his followers may try for revenge, his ideas and actions will have consequences in the middle east for years to come. jeremy bowen, bbc news. earlier i spoke to dr karin von hippel, director—general of rusi, the independent think tank on international defence and security, alongside christine wormuth, director of the international security and defence policy center at us think—tank rand. i started by asking dr karin what impact al—baghdadi's death would have on the islamic state group. i think it is an important milestone but certainly not the end of the organisation. they would have been planning for his succession for some time andi planning for his succession for some time and i think once the fighting really started in late 2014, they probably were numerous number two people that were killed along the way as well so they probably would have planned for these contingencies

so have planned for these contingencies soi have planned for these contingencies so i think they will go underground for a while before they declare the new leader and this will make it more difficult but it is not the end of the organisation, at all, they have affiliate in many parts of the world and they will continue to regroup and plan attacks on western targets. christine, what sort of characteristics to these leaders tend to have? well, often these organisations look for leaders that have some sort of legitimacy. you know, whether it is their religious education or battlefield credentials. so for example, some of bin laden that summer bin laden had credentials for fighting in afghanistan in the late 1980s. al—baghdadi was seen as a religious figure who had a religious background. a future leader, they will want to find someone who has some connection to al—baghdadi or some connection to al—baghdadi or

some other kind of credentials that will give him credibility with isis sympathisers and followers. karen, what sort of changes, though, happened within a group when a leader dies? al-qaeda was affected in some way, surely, when 0sama bin laden was killed. right. and the man who took over is just not as charismatic as he was pulled up he was an older gentleman. a geriatric was an older gentleman. a geriatric was not they were grooming bin laden‘s son and he was killed in a strike so they will be some to—ing and fro—ing. the concern i have is that both al-qaeda and isil, they split in the past and i am concerned they might try to come back and become one as a more lethal terrorist organisation so that is

something we really need to look out for, even though, in many respects, al-qaeda and isil have been tactically cooperating in other parts of the world but in the iraqi — syria area, they were not working together. '5 christine, how concerned should the united states be about reprisal attacks, either from iis or any other functions which emerge along the lines that karenjust which emerge along the lines that karen just described? well, which emerge along the lines that karenjust described? well, i think it is possible that isil will try to have some sort of retaliatory attacks but it is a real question of what kind of capability, at this point, do they have, to strike out. 0ne point, do they have, to strike out. one of the things to be concerned about is that with president trump's decision to withdraw most us troops from syria and with the turkish incursion into syria that has caused the syrian democratic forces to have to be displaced, there is a good number of very seasoned isil

fighters, particularly foreign fighters, particularly foreign fighters, who have escaped from the various prisons and detention camps so some various prisons and detention camps so some of them were seasoned and perhaps more skilled fighters who we re perhaps more skilled fighters who were among those and those would be the ones who could potentially retaliate but i don't think you are necessarily going to see something on anything like a spectacular scale, particularly since, while this operation seems to have been in planning for some weeks, it is presumably come as that, as it a surprise to isil organisation. three people arrested after the discovery of 39 bodies in a refridgerated container lorry in essex, have been released on bail. the driver, maurice robinson is due to appear in court tomorrow, charged with manslaughter. meanwhile the families of those feared dead, have been holding vigils and ceremonies back in vietnam. many are thought to have come from the village of yen thanh, from wherejonathan head reports.

a community overwhelmed by shock and despair. they haven't heard from sons and daughters who were en route to britain for days and they all fear the worst. earlier this year, this man left vietnam to seek his fortune in europe. since he left, his wife has given birth to their second child. he was the great hope of this family. the news from britain has left them stunned. his wife can't eat or speak. his father is inconsolable, constantly hugging his eldest grandchild. he believes

he has lost notjust his son but his livelihood as well. he mortgaged all his land to borrow the money he paid for the journey. translation: the debt he left us is huge, he said. we don't know when we can pay it back. i'm too old now and my health is poon i'm too old now and my health is poor. it has been a day of prayer here and of neighbours doing what they can to offer comfort. they are used to, in this part of vietnam, to say goodbye to their children. money sent back from abroad is important for the local economy and here, britain is their preferred destination. this man had already been living abroad for two years before deciding to take the last risky trip across the channel. his family believes he, too, was inside the ill—fated container. translation: all i know about england is it is not farfrom

france, and i heard it was safe going to england, that nothing would happen. saving and borrowing to send the young folk overseas has become a routine practice in these villages. it has also become a richly profitable business for the traffickers, a pitiless and a dangerous one. few people he realised, as they surely do now, just how dangerous it can be. jonathan had, bbc news, yen thanh, vietnam. —— head. the tragic death of 14—year—old molly russell, revealed earlier this year by the bbc, sparked demands for new laws and forced instagram to change the way it deals with harmful content. molly's family says she took her own life after viewing graphic material about self harm and suicide on the social media platform. her father ian has been calling on tech companies to do more to ban such images, and he's now taken his campaign to america. 0ur correspondent angus crawford, who's been following the story, went with him, and you may find some of his report upsetting.

ian russell is looking for answers about big tech, social media and suicide. this isn'tjust for molly. this is for every young wasted life. children's er — accident and emergency. we are here on a monday morning... ian is with dr free hess. she's treating more and more young people who self—harm. i personally have had as young as seven—year—olds who have had full—on attempts of suicide. just in, a young man who tried to take his own life. when did you start harming yourself? about the age of 12. any of these? he has been cutting himself for years and needs specialist care. i needed stitches also. the numbers are rising rapidly, the ages are decreasing significantly. do you think this is connected with social media? absolutely, absolutely

connected with social media. in her spare time, dr hess blogs for the benefit of other parents about the harmful content she finds online. that is pretty graphic. i don't know that there's one picture here that's not showing blood or a scar of some sort. like a grooming process, especially on instagram, because you follow one hash tag to another hash tag and it's grooming that person to self—harm more, consider suicide more, and maybe even take action on that. itjust needs to be shut down. i just... there are children literally dying every day from something that we can help prevent and we are not doing it. i don't understand it. at 5.38, he found her lifeless body... mallory grossman was just 12

when she ended her own life. her mother, diane, believes she was bullied to death, in part on social media. now, she tours the country, sounding a warning. 0ne high school had nine suicides in one year. nine children. hindsight is cruel. hindsight is very cruel. that's the toughest thing to cope with. yes, it is. that, to me, is hindsight, that... when i share that people think that the worst day of my life was the day that she died and i say, "no, it's the day before, it was the day before." there's a million things you wish you'd done differently. we have a moral responsibility to protect our youth. if i could sit down at the table with mark zuckerberg, could i make your product better? could i make it safer? what a great way for you to attaboy each other and high five each other in the boardroom, if you actually put in infrastructure in a system to protect children.

keep up that work. you too. san francisco and silicon valley, where big tech has flourished. but is it time for the industry to be reined in? it's amazing to me that as a father, you are willing... definitely yes, says america's biggest charity dealing with online child safety. this is a huge problem and the lack of responsibility of the social media platforms is absolutely mind—boggling and absolutely disgraceful, so it is clear to me that they can and should be regulated. journey‘s end, thoughts of home and, of course, of molly. molly is with me every day. i think all of her friends and family think about her frequently. she always wanted to help people. so i'm pretty certain that she would be pushing for change so that young people were safer

when they were online and that if they need help they could more easily find it. ian russell ending angus crawford's report. and if you've been affected by any of the issues raised and would like details of organisations which offer advice and support, then go to our website bbc.co.uk/actionline. or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information, on 0800 066 066. the headlines on bbc news: president trump announces that us special forces have killed the fugitive leader of the so—called islamic state group, abu bakr al—baghdadi. the us says al—baghdadi detonated an explosive vest after being cornered in a compound, in north—western syria. the government presses ahead with attempts to get a december general election.

ministers will put a vote before parliament tomorrow. sport, and for a full round—up, here's the bbc sport centre. good evening. there won't be an all—british rugby world cup final after wales lost to south africa by 19—16. it was a close match throughout, which made the final result of the semi—final all the more heartbreaking for wales. south africa will now play england in the final next weekend. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports from yokohama. the anticipation was deafening, wales fans hoping for history, could they join england in the world cup final? their passion was obvious. but they would need poise as well. the springboks edged it.

booted 9—6 ahead at the break. after it, the task for wales got tougher. bulldozing through to put south africa in command. wales are a side of remarkable resilience and back they came. commentator: world cup semifinal... josh adam is giving fans fresh hope, suddenly 16—16, what drama. less than five minutes left, a penalty to south africa and under the fiercest pressure, he held his nerve. it had not been pretty from the springboks, but it was enough. while they celebrated, for wales, the dream was once again dashed, a third world cup semifinal defeat and desperate disappointment. absolutely gutted. south africa took advantage, congratulations to them. really

proud of the skies. they have given us proud of the skies. they have given us 100%, they continue to do so. we got ourselves back in that game, really close contest. data semi—final defeat, is it a bit sad how close it was? fingers crossed, one day we will get there. agonisingly close for wales, but for the fans, not much consolation. south africa will face england here next weekend in the world cup final. andy swiss, bbc news, yokohama. liverpool needed two second—half goals to come from behind to beat tottenham at anfield to restore their 6—point lead at the top of the premier league table. harry kane put spurs in front after just 47 seconds, and goalkeeper paulo gazzaniga pulled off several saves to maintain their lead. but liverpool captain jordan henderson equalised six minutes after the break.

mo salah then completed their comeback with a penalty. liverpool have equalled the premier league record of 28 points after the first 10 fixtures. defending champions arsenal beat title rivals manchester city in the women's super league. top scorer vivianne miedema got the goal of the game to end city's unbeaten run this season. arsenal have now won 15 of their past 16 home games. elsewhere, in the early game, 10—man newcastle drew with wolves. in scotland, rangers came from behind to beat motherwell 2—1 in the scottish premiership. they're back level on points with celtic at the top of the table. that's after the champions easily beat aberdeen 4—0 at pittodrie. it's celtic‘s biggest win over aberdeen in 11 years. four different goalscorers in the first half for neil lennon's side, who beat lazio in the europa league in midweek. lewis hamilton will have to wait another week to become formula one champion, despite winning the mexican grand prix. the briton looked in trouble after tangling with max verstappen on the opening lap. but he recovered from fifth place to win thanks to a better pit stop

strategy than the ferraris of charles leclerc and sebastian vettel. his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas kept his faint title hopes alive by finishing third. that's all the sport for now. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of barcelona, in support of spanish unity. marchers carried banners bearing the slogan "enough!" it follows protests by supporters of catalan independence yesterday, that ended in violent clashes with police. here's sarah rainsford. today, they raise the spanish nationalflag in barcelona alongside the catalan colours.

unity was the message. catalans who insist they're spanish, too, and will stay that way. but two years on from an independence vote, and with nine of its leaders in prison for sedition, this is a society deeply divided. some have even lost friends over the issue. they feel that you are against catalonia, and we are not against catalonia. we love catalonia but we love spain. this crowd has not been out on the streets in these numbers since the referendum, but they say they want to be here to make sure their voice is heard and to make it clear that not everyone here in catalonia wants independence. but last night, this same street was in flames after a crowd of independence supporters were charged by police. they fired rubber bullets to scatter the crowd after being pelted

with paint and bottles. they were ugly scenes after a much bigger and peaceful rally. hundreds of thousands in the street, insisting on their right to split from spain and calling for those they call political prisoners to be freed. passions are heated on both sides. today's pro—unity rally called for healing the divide, but no—one can agree here how to do that. today marks the first anniversary of the helicopter crash outside leicester city's football stadium, which killed five people including the club's owner. to mark the date the club opened a memorial garden outside the ground today. 0ur reporter sumeer kalyani was there. 12 months ago, a scene of carnage, shock, and devastation. now a place of peace, remembrance, and reflection. a private multi—faith ceremony for club staff and invited guests marked the opening of the vichai srivaddhanaprabha memorial garden. supporters can come here and take solace —

maybe from their own lives, their own situations, as well as paying their respects to the reason why this garden is here. after the service, hundreds of people queued up outside the stadium to pay their respects. we were here on the night when it happened. just here to pay our respects to a lovely, lovely man. i think what they've done is amazing. they've captured everything about the history and what vichai was about. many people can come here as a way to remember what vichai did for leicester. absolutely stunning. ijust can't believe it. named in honour of the club's former chairman, this garden features flowers and items of

significance to his family. it also remembers the four others who died — two members of staff and two pilots. thousands of floral tributes left outside the stadium last year will be turned into compost and used in this garden. it's the latest in a series of lasting tributes to a man who made so many dreams come true. sumeer kalyani, bbc news, leicester. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello once again. it may have taken the time this weekend, but i think this sunday we all eventually got to see a decent amount of sunshine. it would have done nothing for the temperatures, as you may well have noticed. you can see on the bigger picture, there is a fresher sort of that regime on offer. through the next few days, lots of dry weather and sunshine as well. it will do anything for the temperatures. cold

by day and by night. but is how we start monday morning. a widespread frost, probably the first of the season on frost, probably the first of the season on that sort of scale. could be scraping the cars first up. but at least they will be a lot of sunshine and if you are committing, lots of dry weather too. showers in the north of scotland and maybe one or two down the eastern coast of england. 0ther difference to the far south—west, so cloudier here with the odd rain, perhaps. changing the day, monday into tuesday, the overall pattern doesn't seem to change very much at all. except the isobars just change very much at all. except the isobarsjust beginning change very much at all. except the isobars just beginning to open up there across the northern parts of scotland. that means less in the way of breeze. still a bit of an onshore wind here, not overly warm. a frosty start again. there were showers for scotland. still that cloud with the odd bit and piece of rain. but is down across the south—western quarter, and again those temperatures will still be struggling, nine, ten, 11, something of that orderfor struggling, nine, ten, 11, something of that order for most of us. those weather fronts, having of that order for most of us. those weatherfronts, having been around ina weatherfronts, having been around in a south—western quarter for a couple of days, are rather subsumed

bya couple of days, are rather subsumed by a new set of fronts coming in from the atlantic with a bit more urgency and a bit more oomph. a chilly frosty start across the greater part of central and eastern britain. 0ut towards the west, may bea dry britain. 0ut towards the west, may be a dry start, but eventually you will see the cloud and the wind and the rain piling in from the atlantic, just beginning to see signs, though, of those temperatures beginning to tick up by a degree or two or so. through wednesday and into thursday, eventually we all get to see some of that rain on the first set of fronts. then back behind me, there is a gesture that —— suggestion that new fronts may develop. they are going to reinforce this change in weather regime from that cold and frosty two or three days into something a good deal milder coming in from the atlantic stop but comes something of a price. more cloud, and they will be some rain at times as well. thursday, a murky start, i would have thought. the rain over towards the east. lots of murk in between these weather

systems, then perhaps more rain gathering south and moving on from the atlantic to affect southern scotla nd the atlantic to affect southern scotland under the north of england, and may be later on the far south—west, but at least the temperatures are ticking up.

hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. president trump says the leader of the so—called islamic state group, abu bakr al—baghdadi, has died after a military operation, by us special forces. a brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. the us says al baghdadi detonated an explosives vest, after being cornered in a compound, in north western syria. the government presses ahead with attempts to get a december general election.