this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: is leader abu bakr al—baghdadi is killed by us forces — but america's allies warn that the islamic state group is not yet defeated. a state of emergency across california as wildfires continue to spread, whipped up by ferocious winds. argentina's left—wing candidate alberto fernandez has won the country's presidential election. and — sir stamford raffles, founder of modern singapore — an artist takes

a more critical view. president trump has announced that us forces have killed the leader of the islamic state group, abu bakral—baghdadi, in syria. he said that he had watched images of the operation as it unfolded from the white house. this report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen. explosions. 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 violent jihadists might try to recruit. nothing was left of the house where baghdadi and his family had been staying. translation: the heli went back and fired. soldiers rode down on the helis,

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 their caliphate fell three years later. followers of is carried out attacks that killed dozens or even hundreds at a time. earlier this year more than 250 were killed in easter bombings in sri lanka. in the situation room under 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, abu musab al—zarqawi, 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, combatants 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. katherine zimmerman is a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. she has given congressional testimony on terror groups. i asked her what the death of al baghdadi means for so—called islamic state. it really remains to be seen what it means for islamic state

but we can be sure that the islamic state will appoint a new leader, that it will recover from this and reset. we need to look globally at the branches to see whether they actually remain part of the islamic state. so there's a risk that the global network falls apart, the same way there was that risk when the us killed 0sama bin laden. and there is also the chance that al-qaeda seizes the opportunity to resurge on the global stage and take that mantle back from the islamic state. first of all, going back to the leadership, what about those people that were around al—baghdadi, in the top tier, if you like? the us has been actively targeting that top tier and the reports came out today that the us killed the islamic stateste‘s spokesperson, that the us is going to be exploiting the intelligence that was recovered at the site of the raid last night and, really, within i would say the next 24—48 hours, even the next week, we can expect a surge in counterterrorism action against islamic state leaders

from the united states but, as was mentioned just now, the islamic state has recovered from this before. it has been resilient, it is used to having leaders eliminated, it was prepared, and there is no reason to think this is the end of the fight. raids and assassinations tend to catch our attention, don't they? but really, hw effective are they in the fight against terrorism? they certainly are effective in weakening the group temporarily, and disrupting operations, and degrading the quality of the leadership, but we never know who is sitting on the bench. with abu musab al—zarqawi, the former leader of al-qaeda in iraq who the us killed in 2006, of course, his successor, the late abu bakr al—baghdadi, was much, much worse for the united states and, when we look at what these types of counterterrorism operations do, they are a bandaid to a bigger problem and they simply are not going to defeat these organisations. we've been saying it for 19 years and yet it seems to not change the strategy and to go

after the organisation itself. california has declared a state—wide emergency as wildfires sweep through the area. the governor's office has described the situation as "unprecedented". in the north of the state, authorities have ordered nearly two—hundred thousand people to leave their homes. the race is on in northern california to keep wildfires hemmed in and to get residents out. about 180,000 of them have already evacuated and more may follow. although i have heard some people express concerns that we are evacuating too many people, i think those concerns are not valid at this point. as we see from this report we just received, our evacuation yesterday was well warranted, there is significant danger there is significant danger to anybody who's still in healdsburg—windsor area. authorities are evacuating a huge

area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city, where about 175,000 people live. there, can't have packed roads as people fled to safety. but officials were cautioning that the scramble does not affect the firefighters. this is a major incident and we are still bringing in additional resources not just locally but regionally and we need these railways cleared to move these. the finer los angeles are threatening tens of thousands of homes, and hot dry winds of up to 90 mph are intensifying them. forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. and amid the bright blazes, the state's biggest power firm has started blackouts. it's worried that damaged cables

will trigger new fires. the start of the fire has been linked to a possible damaged power line so the biggest blackout in the state's history will see electricity to around 2 million people cut. that leaves californians for full and unsure of what comes next. jeremy siegel is a reporter with the north california national public radio statation kqed news. earlier today, there was a state of emergency declared in california. what that means is he was able to co—ordinate with the federal government and bring in additional resources to help with fighting these fires and also to help with preparations for these blackouts that have been instituted across wide that large swathes of the state. and you might be aware that governor gavin newsome is a strong

photo of president trump. they spy with each other on twitter and in press c0 nfe re nces . with each other on twitter and in press conferences. govern newsome, when i was speaking to him, he will hand it to the trump administration that they have handled it extremely well and been given the that all of the resources they need to help fight this fire until with these blackouts. newsome says his office is doing what it can but it is very difficult for people out there. this is happening more and more often. is there any sense that this is becoming routine or as routine as something like this can be? that has been a major subject of conversation appear. you hear the new normal, the new abnormal, those phrases tossed around a lot when referring to wildfires. the same area that is being evacuated due to the kincade fire, this is an area that two years ago so one of the worst firestorms in california's history, in 2017. if

you really but if you look a year later, the campfire and paradis was the most deadly campfire to hit california and more than 80 people died asa california and more than 80 people died as a result of that. every year, we are seeing died as a result of that. every year, we are seeing is extremely fierce wildfires and also the new normal is becoming a phrase that is referring to these blackouts that pacific gas and electric, the electric utility here, is doing. it is becoming much more common that they are doing these planned blackouts to try to prevent their equipment from sparking modifiers like these. how people reacting to people are extremely frustrated. as we we re people are extremely frustrated. as we were hearing, it is affecting millions of people across california and it is difficult in one sense not to have power for an and it is difficult in one sense not to have powerfor an unknown period of time because the food that you

have in yourfridge might be going bad. it makes it extremely difficult to get to work. intersections are crowded and difficult to get through. and on top of that, this area where the kincade fire is burning, this is an area where that blackouts have been instituted and that makes it difficult and confusing for people because you might have that you might not have cell service and you don't have power at your home so it might be difficult for you to receive alerts to know that you are going to have to know that you are going to have to evacuate. 0n to know that you are going to have to evacuate. on top of that, it adds another layer of difficulty for fire officials and local authorities who are responding to these fires because they have to have backups in place and be using radios were as they might have been using cellphones to communicate with one another as they respond to these fires. jeremy, good you. thank you very much. thank you very much. argentina's left—wing candidate alberto fernandez has won the country's presidential election. the current centre—right president, mauricio macri, has conceded defeat. referring to mr fernandez as "president—elect," macri told his supporters the two spoke about beginning an "orderly political transition." the result shifts one of latin america's biggest economies firmly back towards the left after it was battered by economic crisis. the peronist alberto fernandez had more than 47 percent of the vote ahead of macri's a0%.

45% was needed to avoid a runoff and win the election outright. this is being seen as a vote against austerity, a vote against an economic crisis that has hit millions of argentinians hard. one in three people now live in poverty and with inflation at around 50%, the economic crisis is unmanageable — and many blamed mr macri for failing to make things better. alberto fernandez is a centre—left politician who was relatively unknown until the campaign started. lamb this is a vote against austerity and against the economic crisis that has hit millions of argentinians. maurizio macreadie came to power four years ago promising big things for the economy. he promised zero poverty but one or 23 years on, around 50%. he has a big job on his hands,

satisfying those who wanted to want him to return to politics as well as encouraging the critics who but don't believe he can turn his economy around. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the founder of modern singapore, sir stamford raffles, reassessed in art. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of 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 day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right.

this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: is leader abu bakr al—baghdadi has been killed by us forces, but america's allies warn that the islamic state group is not yet defeated. and a state of emergency is declared across california as wildfires continue to spread, whipped up by ferocious winds. preliminary election results

from the german state of thuringia show a surge in support for the far—right alternative for germany party. it's won more than 23% of the vote, making it the second—largest group after the populist left party. chancellor angela merkel‘s christian democrats have been pushed into third place. they were the biggest party last time. gareth barlow has more. cheers of celebration from supporters of the far—right party alternative for germany. in just five years, the afd has more than doubled its share of the vote. translation: the sun is rising above the east and soon we will let the sun shine upon all of germany. we have made the east blue, and in a few years we will be a people's party for the whole of germany. i am looking forward to our common path. cheers too from supporters of the ruling left—wing party,

die linke, the descendants of former east german communists, topped the election in the the state of thuringia. translation: five years ago they didn't think we could do it. and then they bet we would fail after 100 days. and five years later, we're here and say we'll keep on rocking it. but it's the rise of the far right and the demise of angela merkle's christian democrats that's made the headlines. two years ago, the afd rocked politics and entered parliament for the first time. a jarring moment for a country acutely aware of its nazi past, and is now dealing with the rising threat of right—wing extremism, terrorism and anti—semitism. the party's leader in thuringia courted criticism when he dismissed berlin's holocaust memorial as a monument of shame. the challenge facing the far left and its leader bodo ramelo is forming a coalition to govern the state. it's unclear which parties die linke may work with. one thing is certain, no party is prepared to work with the far right.

three people arrested 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 and ceremonies back in vietnam. many are thought to have come from the village of yen thanh, from wherejonathan head reports. singing. 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, le van ha 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 ha can't eat or speak. his father, le minh tuan, is inconsolable, constantly hugging his eldest grandchild. he believes he's lost notjust his son but his livelihood as well. he mortgaged all his land to borrow the money he paid for le van ha's journey. "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 poor". it's been a day of prayer here and of neighbours doing what they can to offer comfort. they're used in this part of vietnam

to saying goodbye to their young men and women. money sent back from abroad 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. his family believes he too was inside the ill—fated container. "all i know about england is it's not far from france", said his father, "and i heard it was safe going to england, that nothing would happen". saving and borrowing to send their young folk overseas has become a routine practice in these villages. it's also become a richly profitable business for the traffickers, a pitiless and a dangerous one. few people here realised, as they surely do now, just how dangerous it could be. jonathan head, bbc news, yen thanh, vietnam.

it's been 200 years since singapore was founded as a british port by sir stamford raffles, and the country's marking the anniversary of his arrival with the singapore bicentennial, a series of events looking back on its history. many singaporeans view raffles with respect, and his name adorns some of the most prestigious institutions and places in the country. but one artist, jimmy 0ng, wants to question raffles‘ legacy and singaporeans' admiration for a man they view as their city's colonial founder. raffles has been used as an icon, as a monument for singapore. he's associated with things that are prestigious. raffles is a statue that i passed

by when i was growing up, living along the singapore river. where there's a white man with folded arms looking down the river. what i'm interested to do is to see that there is any way that i can go about deconstructing it. i read a book about raffles and the british invasion of java, that's when i found out actually stamford raffles did a lot of other things. he looted the palace and humiliated the sultan. he's not as heroic and gentlemanly as he is perceived to be here in singapore. i decided to, like, cut off the head and the feet. having seen what the past sultan has done to traitors, this is what i've come up with.

this is how the sultan would do, he would not forgive what raffles has done to java. i made a sculpture of him. one part of it becomes a stovetop, on this stove i will make a cake called kuih kapit, also known as love letters. by offering to the cake to you, that you might free yourself of coloniality. uh, yeah, it's a bit shocking i guess, to see him being opened up and used as, like, a stove. it's pretty dark. isn't he the one who founded singapore? and yet he's not being respected in that way?

a long—lost painting by the early italian rennaisance master cimabue has sold for more than $26 million at auction, more than four times the pre—auction estimate. the painting was discovered earlier this year in the kitchen of an elderly french woman, where it had been hanging for years. kathryn armstrong has more. 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 to the 13th century, has just become the most expensive medieval painting to ever be sold. it had been hanging for years not in a grand gallery, but in an elderly woman's kitchen in paris. she thought the painting wasn't worth very much. the paintings true identity was only reviewed earlier this year during a valuation of her possessions.

translation: it was a sale of all possibilities. cimabue is a great painter and this is a great work of art. anybody who wanted cimabue painting was ready for anything. obviously we knew our estimate had some potential, already a 10—12 million euros, we were immensely happy. but you can see it went for more than 2a million euros, is more than what we could have dreamt of. cimabue, who taught the italian master giotto, was one of the first to give his works perspective. the auction house didn't reveal the identity of the successful bidder but said a foreign museum had been among those who had put in an offer. catherine armstrong, bbc news. the moral of the story is to check your kitchen walls, you don't know what's hanging on there. you are watching bbc news. plenty more on our website. for now, thank you very

much for watching, and we'll see you again soon. hello once again. it may have taken a time this weekend, but eventually, come sunday, many of us got to see a decent 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 feel of regime on offer. and so for the next few days, dry weather and sunshine as well but it won't do anything for the temperatures. and it will be cold both by day and by night. and that's the way we start monday morning, what a widespread frost, the first of the season on that sort of scale, you'd be scraping the cars first up. at least a lot of sunshine for your commute and some dry weather, too. some showers in northern scotland,

maybe one or two in eastern shores of england, weather fronts to the south—west, the cloud here with the odd bit and piece of 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 fewer showers for scotland, still the odd bit of cloud with the odd piece of rain across the south—western quarter. again those temperatures still struggling, nine, ten, 11. something of that order for most of us. now, those weatherfronts haven't been around in the south—western quarter for a couple of days. it's rather subsumed by new set of fronts coming in from the atlantic with a bit more urgency and a bit more oomf. a chilly start across the greater part of central and eastern side of britain. and out towards the west maybe a dry start but you eventually see 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 fronts, and then back behind me there's a suggestion that new fronts may also develop. but they're just 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, but it comes at something of a price, more cloud and there will be some rain at times as well. thursday, a really murky start, i would have thought. we've got the rain over there over towards the east, a lot of murk in between these weather systems and then perhaps more rain gathering itself and moving in from the atlantic to affect southern scotland, north of england, maybe later on the far south—west. but at least the temperatures are ticking up.

this is bbc news, the headlines: us 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. but france and britain have warned that the islamic state group is not yet defeated. a state of emergency has been declared across california as wildfires continue to spread, whipped up by strong winds. nearly 200,000 people in the north of the state have been ordered to leave their homes. tens of thousands of homes are under threat from the blaze. argentina's left—wing candidate alberto fernandez has won the country's presidential election. the current centre—right president, mauricio macri, has conceded defeat. as president elect, mr fernandez said he would meet with mauricio macri to discuss the political transition. he added that he would collaborate "in every way he could" to deal