he didn't do what strong leaders tend to do. for example, he didn't vet out prospective members. he didn't decide who could be a member. he opened the doors and said absolutely anybody can be a member including so—called lone wolves. they don't even need an official isis affiliation, they can just declare welcome to newsday. their allegiance to the i'm samantha simmonds leader, baghdadi. he didn't tell members in london, the headlines: which countries they could attack in, or which targets the us says its forces have killed they might be able to strike. he said you can commit violence the leader of the so—called anywhere against essentially anybody islamic state group, abu bakr al—baghdadi, often described as the on your wish list. world's most wanted man. a brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. a state of emergency across california as wildfires continue to spread whipped up by ferocious winds. so for that reason, i don't think that his removal will change i'm rico hizon in singapore. the nature of isis violence also in the programme: at all and i actually don't even think it will increase the amount of violence because this is not a restrained group. singing. this is not a group that was sitting on not a lot of capability but where the leaders told members vigils in vietnam, for some not to launch attacks. of the 39 people found dead this was always a group that tried in a refrigerated lorry to the maximal extent to inflict violence, so i don't foresee a big wave of revenge violence.

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, it's newsday. singing. a community overwhelmed it's iam here in london, 9:00 in the morning by shock and despair. in singapore and 9:00 they haven't heard from sons in the evening in washington, where president trump says and daughters who were en route the leader of the islamic state group has died after a military to britain for days operation conducted by us special forces. abu bakr al—baghdadi had been described as the world's most wanted and they all fear the worst. man, and mr trump said capturing or killing him had been the top earlier this year, le van ha national security priority of his administation. al—baghdadi is said to have left vietnam to seek his detonated an explosive vest, as his compound came under attack. fortune in europe. here's our middle east

since he left, his wife has given birth to their second child. he was the great hope of this family. editorjeremy bowen. the news from britain has left them stunned. the sound and flame of battle his wife ha can't eat or speak. his father le minh tuan lasted around four hours, is inconsolable, constantly hugging his eldest grandchild. witnesses in the village told the bbc. in the morning, boys on their way he believes he's lost notjust his to school checked out the rubble. son but his livelihood as well. they're from a new generation he mortgaged all his land violentjihadists might to borrow the money he paid try to recruit. for le van ha's journey. "the debt he left us is huge", he said. "we don't know when nothing was left of the house where baghdadi and his family we can pay it back. had been staying. translation: the heli i'm too old now and my went back and fired. soldiers rode down on the helis, on two sides, we couldn't stay health is poor". longer than two minutes on the roof. we went down and hid inside. it's been a day of prayer here and of neighbours doing in 2014, abu bakr al—baghdadi what they can to offer comfort. declared the establishment of a caliphate — his brutal vision of an islamic entity. they're used, in this part he spoke in mosul, iraq's second of vietnam, to say goodbye city, in the mosque his men to their young men and women. destroyed as their caliphate

fell three years later. followers of is carried out attacks that killed dozens or even hundreds money sent back from abroad at a time. is important to the local economy and here, britain is their preferred destination. nguyen dinh luong had already been living abroad for two years before deciding to take the last risky trip across the channel. earlier this year more than 250 were killed in easter bombings in sri lanka. his family believes he too was inside the ill—fated container. in the situation room "all i know about england is it's not far from france", in the white house in washington, said his father, "and i heard president trump and his closest it was safe going to england, advisers watched video that nothing would happen". feeds of the attack. he said baghdadi killed himself saving and borrowing by detonating an explosives belt, to send their young folk overseas also killing three has become a routine practice in these villages. of his own children. it's also become a richly profitable a brutal killer, one who has caused business for the traffickers, a pitiless and a dangerous one. so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. he will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. few people here realised, he died like a dog, as they surely do now, he died like a coward. just how dangerous it could be. the world is now a much safer place. jonathan head, bbc news, yen thanh, vietnam. you're watching newsday on the bbc.

still to come on the programme: the founder of modern singapore, sir stamford raffles, reassessed in art. this is not the end for the violent extremists of islamic state. also on the programme: look at their own history. shaken and stirred in a flash — meet asia's best female speed in 2006, an earlier leader, abu musab al—zarqawi, bartender. 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 indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest of iraq and syria, and beyond, democracy, died today. that have become incubators 0nly yesterday she'd spoken of dying for jihadist extremists. in the service of her country baghdadi has left behind much more than the rubble in which he died. and said, "i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of this nation". —— baghdadi has left behind much more than the rubble in which he died. after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. there have been false reports no more suspicion, no more fear, of his death before. no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. assuming these are true, his legacy includes countless killings, of captives, booster ignition and lift—off of discovery, with a crew of six

competence and civilians. astronaut heroes and one american legend. this is beautiful. 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. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. california has declared a state—wide a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india emergency as wildfires sweep is the 7 billionth person through the area. the governor's office has described on the planet. the situation as "unprecedented". in the north of the state, authorities have ordered nearly 200,000 people to leave their homes. rhodri davies reports. this is newsday on the bbc. the race is on a northern california i'm rico hizon in singapore. to keep wildfires hemmed i'm samantha simmonds in london. in and to get residents out. our top stories: 180,000 of them have already the us says its forces have killed the leader of the so—called islamic state group, abu bakr al—baghdadi, evacuated and more may follow. often described as the world's most wanted man. and a state of emergency is declared across california as wildfires although i've heard some continue to spread — people express concerns that we are evacuating too many people, i think those concerns whipped up by ferocious winds. are not valid at this point.

as we see from this report we just received, our evacuation of healdsburg and windsor yesterday was well warranted, there is significant let's take a look at some front danger to anybody who's still in healdsburg—windsor area. pages from around the world. first, let's start with the gulf news which focuses on our top story, the killing of abu bakr al—baghdadi, the leader of so—called islamic state group, who killed himself during a military operation in north—west syria led by the us. next to the south china morning post, which reports on a 21st straight weekend of anti—government protest in hong kong, authorities are evacuating a huge as demonstrators block roads area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city, where about 175,000 people live. thousands of firefighters there have contained about 10% and clash with police. of the kincade fire but it's already burned through 40,000 acres of a region famous for its vineyards. and finally, to the financial times‘s international edition hot, dry winds of up to 90mph and the story that germany, the european union's largest economy, is due to double its annual payment towards the organization's are intensifying the kincade, budget, as the group of nations prepares for life after the uk's withdrawal. and the separate tick fire, near los angeles, forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. they've shaken, they've stirred, while the state's biggest power firm and now asia's best female speed is cutting electricity, bartender has been crowned. 16 mixologists competed to make

worried that damaged cables the best and fastest cocktail in hong kong on sunday, will trigger new fires — as part of the contest called speed that will affect around 2 million rack. it's all for a good cause, too, people, leaving californians fearful and unsure of what comes next. with proceeds going towards breast cancer education, rhodri davies, bbc news. prevention and research. here's the winner, summer lo from blue bar in hong kong, describing how she feels about the victory. you know, it was amazing and an incredible experience. also making news today: anti—government protesters like this competition is notjust in hong kong have set fire to shops a cocktail competition, and hurled petrol bombs, it's showing our women's power in the 21st consecutive and also we can raise awareness weekend of protests. of breast cancer. riot police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands in the tsim sha tsui district. it is indeed a competition of women and power, but tell us some details of the competition. there wasn't particularly one mix many protesters wore all—black that made you win it, clothing and face masks, but what was your in defiance of a government ban. ambassadors from 27 european union nations will meet in a few hours from now, to discuss britain's request favourite cocktail? to extend its brexit deadline. a draft text for the decision would extend the deadline for britain's departure to january 31, but reports from brussels say may favourite cocktail other potential dates is the negroni, it's a classic cocktail from italy. we are doing the speed challenge,

like every while we need to make are also being considered. four different drinks. the first one i did in one latest results in argentina's presidential elections suggest the leftist candidate alberto fernandez has a significant lead over the incumbent minute and 20 seconds. mauricio macri. it is not yet clear whether this is an outright win or whether there will be a run—off. final results are expected wow, one minute, 20 seconds, that could be an asian or world record for mixing a cocktail. within a few hours. but share with us, how did you start becoming a bartender or a mixologist? what got you into this career? south africa are through to the final of the rugby union world cup after they narrowly beat wales by 19 points to 16. handre pollard's crucial penalty was enough to help the springboks reach the final. the final between england and south africa will take place on saturday in yokohama. actually i have no idea why i am a bartender. after my education i didn't want to work, i just opened my own shop. in lebanon, protesters have formed a human chain that stretched more than 170 kilometres — from the northern city of tripoli, to tyre in the south. 0rganisers said the idea was to symbolise a new—found national unity after days of anti—government street protests.

after a year i closed it down and decided i need to find a job. then i saw the bar, the buyer was so cool and it made me like go into this industry. summer lo, asia's let's get more on our lead story, best speed bartender. rico, hopefully he can pop and the announcement along and get some tips. by president trump that the leader a long—lost painting by the early of the islamic state group, italian renaissance master cimabue has sold for more than $26 abu bakr al—baghdadi, million at auction, has died during an operation by us special forces in syria. more than four times the pre—auction estimate. the painting was discovered earlier this year in the kitchen max abrahms is associate professor of political science of an elderly french woman, at northeastern university where it had been hanging for years. in boston, massachusetts. kathryn armstrong has more. he's also an expert in terrorism and has written about the role al—baghdadi played in the so—called islamic state. he gave me his assessment. as far as record—breaking art sales go, this is one of the more unusual backstories. this small painting known as christ mocked, which dates this is obviously a huge new story. to the 13th century, has just become the most extensive medical painting to ever be sold. islamic state was able to terrorise the world in a way that no other terrorist group has. it was a very wealthy group, raking in $1 billion a year. it controlled territory in iraq and syria, the size it had been hanging for years of great britain. not in a grand gallery, but in an elderly woman's kitchen in paris. she thought the painting wasn't worth very much. the true identity was only reviewed

earlier this year during a valuation of her possessions. cimabue is a great painter and this is a great work of art. anybody who wanted cimabue painting between 9—12 million was ready for anything. people under its rule. it attracted foreign fighters from 110 countries. obviously we knew our estimate had 40,000 of them, more than four times some potential, already a 10—12 the number mujahideen in afghanistan million euros, we were immensely happy. in the ‘80s. but you can see it went for more this is a group that nearly overran than 24 million euros, major parts of the middle east, which is more than what we nearly taking over baghdad and damascus and of course with its social media, it was able to magnify even more and terrorise people could have dreamt of. from all over the world. whenever you take out a leader of a group like that, it's obviously major, major news. cimabue, who taught the italian master giotto, was one of the first that said, baghdadi to give his works perspective. was never a strong leader. the auction house didn't reveal not at any point, even in isis‘s the identity of the successful heyday, baghdadi was always 00:10:41,971 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 a weak leader. bidder but said a foreign museum had been among those who had put in an offer. catherine armstrong, bbc news. it's been 200 years since singapore was founded as a british port by sir stamford raffles, and the country is marking the anniversary of his arrival with the singapore bicentennial, a series of events looking

back on its history. many view raffles with respect, and his name adorns some of the most prestigious institutions in the country. but local artistjimmy 0ng is questioning raffles‘ legacy and singaporeans‘ admiration for a man they view as their city's colonial founder. raffles has been used as an icon, a monument for singapore. he's associated with things that are prestigious. stamford raffles is a statue that i passed by often living upon the singapore river. a white man with folded arms looking down the river.

what i'm interested to do is see that there is anyway that i can go about deconstructing it. i read a book about raffles and the british invasion of java, that is when i found out actually stamford raffles did a lot of other things. he looted the palace and humiliated the sultan, he is not as heroic and gentlemanly as he is perceived to be. i decided to like cut off the head and feet, having seen what the past sultan has done to traitors. this is what i come up with. this is what the sultan would do,

he would not forgive what stamford raffles has done to java. i made a sculpture of him. one part of it has become a stovetop, on this stove i will make a cake known as love letters. by offering to the cake to you, may you free yourself of coloniality. yeah, it's a bit shocking just to see him being opened up and used as a stove. it's pretty bad. isn't he the one who founded singapore? and yet he isn't being respected in that way?

window cleaners in canada had a lucky escape after strong winds forced their platform to swing violently out of control. you can see here the cleaners are working on the stantech tower in edmonton when the stantech tower in edmonton when the platform they were on, suspended bya the platform they were on, suspended by a crane, swung away from the building before crashing into windows on the fifth story several times. 0ne windows on the fifth story several times. one of the workers was actually left hanging by their highness in midair. edmonton fire and rescue said both workers were helped down to safety. nobody was injured, that i am not sure how quickly they will be rushing back to work. stay with us here on bbc world news. thanks for watching. hello once again. it may have taken a time this weekend, but we've got a decent amount of sunshine. but it would have done nothing for the temperatures as you may

well have noticed. and you can see on the bigger picture there's a lot of that fresher sort of regime on offer. and for the next few days, dry weather and sunshine as well but it won't do anything for the temperatures. it will be cold both by day and by night. that's the way we start monday morning, widespread frost, the first of the season on that sort of scale, you could be scraping the cars first thing up. a list a lot of sunshine for your commute and some dry weather, too. seems showers in northern scotland, maybe one or two in southern england, weather front close by to the far south—west, the cloudier with the odd bit and this the rain perhaps. changing the day, taking you from monday to tuesday, the overall pattern doesn't seem to change very much at all except the isobars just beginning to open up there across the northern part of scotland. so that means less in the way of breeze. still a bit of an onshore here, so not overly warm. a frosty start again but a few showers for scotland, still about cloud with the odd bitten piece of rain across the south—western quarter. again those temperatures still struggling, nine, ten, 11. something about order for most of us.

now, those weatherfronts haven't been around in the south—western quarter for a couple of days. a rather subsumed new set of fronts coming in from the atlantic with a bit more urgency and oomf. a chilly start across the greater part of central and eastern side and out towards the west maybe a dry start but eventually the cloud and wind and rain piling from the atlantic. just beginning to see signs of those temperatures getting to tick up by a degree or two or so. through wednesday night on into thursday, eventually we all get to see some of that rain on that first set of runs, and then behind me there is a suggestion that new fronts may also develop. but they will just 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 but at something of a prize, more cloud and there will be some rain at times as well.

thursday, a really murky start i would have thought. the rain over there over towards the east, a lot of murk in between these weather systems and then more rain gathering itself from the atlantic to affect southern scotland, north of england. but at least the temperatures are ticking up.

bartender. i'm samantha simmonds with bbc world news. our top story: the us says its forces have killed the leader of the so—called islamic state group, abu bakr al—baghdadi, often described as the world's most wanted man. president donald trump says he was killed during an operation by us special forces in syria. he said that al—baghdadi had blown himself up in a tunnel, killing three of his own children.

a state of emergency has been declared across california as wildfires continue to spread, whipped up by strong winds. nearly two hundred thousand people in the north of the state have been ordered to leave their homes. and this story is trending on bbc.com. the lost rennaisance painting sold at auction for 26 million dollars. the work by cimabue had been hanging undiscovered for many years in a kitchen in france. that's all. stay with bbc world news.