a very warm welcome to bbc news. my name's mike embley. our top stories: the remains of the is leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi, have been disposed of. american officials won't say where. wildfires in california move closer to los angeles — thousands of homes and businesses are evacuated. families in vietnam wait anxiously for news about loved ones who might be one of the 39 who died in a lorry in the uk. britain's parliament rejects prime minister borisjohnson‘s bid to break the brexit stalemate with a snap election. and challenging our ideas about time and space — a new super—telescope may give us more clues about dark energy.

officials in the us defence department have confirmed that the remains of abu bakr al—baghdadi, leader of the extremist group, the so—called islamic state, have been disposed of. but they've refused to confirm he was buried at sea. our international correspondent orla guerin has been speaking to one syrian victim of islamic state and sent this report, from the turkish—syrian border. just a warning — it does contain testimony you may find upsetting. a scar on the landscape, scorched earth after the us raid. this is where the islamic state leader met his end — in a tunnel beneath the soil of syria, a country he terrorised. in chicago today, president trump regaling police chiefs with his war stories. he's dead.

he's dead as a doornail. laughter they walked into my office, "sir, we killed this leader at a low level, this leader..." i said, "i never heard of him." i said, "i want al—baghdadi, that's only one i know now. i want al—baghdadi. get him!" and they got him. the us operation to capture or kill al—baghdadi was codenamed kayla mueller, in honour of the american aid worker he enslaved and raped. but most victims of is were muslims in the middle east. like ibrahim abdul qader, a young activist from raqqa who dared to oppose them, and was slaughtered in 2015. they tried to kill his brother ahmed, who had to go into exile. we reached him today in paris, where he's still getting medical treatment.

but some traumas may never heal. translation: i carried ibrahim. his head was separated from his body, and he had 160 stab wounds. i was shot three times, but i don't think there's a worse pain than the one i had when i carried ibrahim in my arms. how do you think ibrahim would feel if he was alive today, knowing that al—baghdadi is gone? translation: he would have celebrated in the street and shouted, "we are still here and you died. your state collapsed!" he always used to say that we would survive and baghdadi will die. his death was quick. as us forces closed in, he detonated his suicide vest. is will outlive al—baghdadi,

and some fear that under new leader it could re—emerge from the ruins. orla guerin, bbc news, on the turkey—syria border. general david petraeus, former director of the cia, gave us his reaction to the death of al baghdadi. he was speaking to the bbc‘s michelle fleury. the finality of his death obviously literally puts a stake through the heart of many of the images that he tried to project, not the least of which again was this extraordinary achievement of the caliphate. all of that said, i think every observer has noted that history shows us that the death of a leader of an extremist organisation, even a hugely successful one like baghdadi or osama bin laden or zarqawi or others, does not end the threat posed

by the organisation they led. up and down the state of california, wildfires are driving people from their homes. a new blaze close to la has forced many to leave their homes, including arnold schwarzenegger and lebron james. firefighters are trying to protect the getty center, home to priceless works of art. the state's governor has declared a state of emergency. the bbc‘s sophie long has the latest. a state of emergency is in place across the entire state of california, and here's why. the latest blaze to break out as the hot, dry weather continues to present the perfect conditions for fires to spark and then turn into massive infernos with incredible speed is in los angeles. the getty fire started this morning. it's already destroyed at least five homes and authorities say that number will almost certainly rise. i'm in the brentwood hills in west

la, you can see the fire burning behind me. just behind the trees and houses is the 405 freeway, and that at the moment is the only thing separating the flames from the mansions of bel—air and the rest of the sprawling city of los angeles beyond. the priority now is to get people out of the thousands of homes that remain at risk. as hungry flames lick parched land, the fight to save them is conducted from the air and the ground. leave your home. we've seen fires and tragedies where people have believed they can stay in place or they thought they could fight the fire and be a hero themselves, take out their garden hose — do not do that. the only thing you cannot replace is you and your family. the threat here to houses and human life is real but this fire is tiny compared to the biggest and most disruptive blaze currently burning in kincaid in sonoma county, where winds continue to whip flames, destroying large swathes of the wine country. it's forced more than 180,000 people to flee their homes,

many reliving the horror of the deadly fires that ravaged the area to years ago. it's been burning for nearly a week, tearing through nearly 66,000 acres, destroying nearly 100 structures and it's still only 5% contained. firefighters are working around the clock to contain the blazes as investigators try to determine what caused them to start. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. the us house of representatives will vote for the first time, this thursday, on procedures for the impeachment inquiry into president trump. in a letter to democrats, speaker of the house nancy pelosi says it will lay the groundwork for public hearings and the next phase of the inquiry. i asked our correspondent, david willis, how significant the news is. i well, i think it follows pressure, doesn't it, mike, from donald trump and senior republicans who have argued consistently the impeachment inquiry is illegitimate all the time

it is not backed by a full vote of the house of representatives. indeed, even though there is no obligation in the us constitution for such a vote to take place, the white house has used that as justification for withholding documents, discouraging witnesses and basically disregarding subpoenas. it won't have the opportunity to do so... or as much excuse to do so, anyway, once a vote takes place on thursday because that will be a vote in the house of representatives, where the democrats have the majority, and it's almost certain to be approved. what all this indicates is we could be heading slowly but surely towards the next phase of this impeachment inquiry — the public phase. we've had all the testimony in private up to now as part of what senior democrats are calling the fact—finding part of the impeachment

investigation, but fairly soon, we could be entering the public phase, and that will mean that up to now private testimony... or transcripts of private testimony are released to the public. the chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, has said he wants to move ahead with this impeachment inquiry, as he put it, "expeditiously", so there's momentum building and we could see proceedings in public in a matter of weeks. the british prime minister is to make another attempt on tuesday to call an election, before christmas. parliament rejected his third attempt on monday. and against his wishes, european union ambassadors agreed to extend the brexit deadline by three months, until the end of january. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has the story. throw your hands up if you like. very short and efficient and constructive meeting, and i am happy that the decision has been taken.

short and efficient? not how anyone could describe the brexit process. reporter: is this extension too long? full of missteps and stumbles. be careful, be careful. take care. but the meeting in brussels to give the uk another three—month delay was exactly that. despite borisjohnson‘s rush, he's broken his brexit deadline and his promise to leave by halloween. instead, this afternoon, trying to push mps to the ballot box. there is a widespread view that this parliament has run its course, and that is because i simply do not believe that this house is capable of delivering on the priorities of the people, whether that means brexit or anything else. technically, this session's only been going a couple of weeks, but the current cast have been in place since 2017. there's nothing comfortable about this for labour, but they won't agree a contest yet.

he will avoid his responsibilities, break his promises to dodge scrutiny. and, today, he wants an election and his bill! well, not with our endorsement. there's a message to the people of scotland... the snp and the lib dems, though, weren't ready to back the prime minister tonight, but tomorrow, when he'll need only to win by one, might be a different story. we will not vote with the government tonight, but make no mistake — the scottish national party are ready to give people back their say. the way forward now is to have an election, but to do so responsibly — not letting the prime minister force through his bad brexit deal. division! clear the lobby! ultimately, the prime minister was miles off what he needed. the ayes to the right, 299. the noes to the left, 70. but, just when one vote has gone,

along comes another round here. number 10 will ask mps again tomorrow to back an election on december the 12th, but they'll vow this time to ditch any effort to get their brexit deal through parliament. with that gone, the opposition parties may be more enthusiastic, but suspicions of borisjohnson‘s motives are all around tonight. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the new super—telescope with which scientists will track the position and the acceleration of more than thirty million galaxies. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only 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. our main headline:

the remains of is leader abu bakr al—baghdadi have been disposed of, but us officials won't say where. let's stay with this story now. live now to washington, dc. sinam mohamad is the american representative for the syrian democratic council which is the political wing of the syrian democratic forces. welcome, thank you very much for your time. the stf includes the kurds. it seems to be, according to the latest reports, the case that there was a kurdish informant right in the inner circle of abu bakr al—baghdadi helping american special forces tracking in four months. can you tell us more? yes. thank you so much. as you know, after the defeat of isis in the city of baghouz, that time we have the informant, they told us abu bakr al—baghdadi left

and walked from this area to idlib. at that time we informed our intelligence, also they were tracking him. and they could know where he stayed, played, lived in italy. from that time we are attacking him and getting information about his presence —— idlib. in his region of idlib. we we re idlib. in his region of idlib. we were having a cooperation at the high level from the intelligence of the sdf and with the us special forces. forgive me, there are a couple of things they want to ask you specifically. can you confirm these reports that this person was acting as a security advisor to al—baghdadi and was able to provide the americans with a blood sample, with some of his used underwear for dna, and also a room by room layout where he was living in the tunnel players? that's correct. -- tunnel plans. that is what happened

actually. he was living with him for many months there. we got many information about him and even his underwear. and as you understand it, did it happen basically as president trump says it happens, you can confirm all that? it happens, yes, it happen. but they don't know, mr trump, how he said about it, he said the attacks about that. yes, it happened with the cooperation of our intelligence at the high level with the american us forces. intelligence at the high level with the american us forceslj intelligence at the high level with the american us forces. i have tour skew, guess, what you make of the way the west is treating you, the kurds, in return for all because' against is? —— i have tour skew. kurds, in return for all because' against is? -- i have tour skew. as you know, we are defeating isis on behalf of all the world. imagine if all these thousands of isis now be

in europe, being everywhere in the world, what could happen. so we could defeat isis there. and this is what we expect from our allies, actually, not to leave us to the attack of the turkish forces, attacking us, killing our people, destroying our cities, they have occupied with the turkish backed mercenaries who are really, some of them, were in isis as the leadership and are now with these forces who are attacking us. so we are killing, imean, ending are attacking us. so we are killing, i mean, ending isis, but at the same time now we are also attacked by another isis who are the mercenaries backed by turkey. well, sinam mohamad, thank you for talking to

us. mohamad, thank you for talking to us. thank you so much. a lorry driver has appeared in court in britain, over the deaths of the 39 people found in a refrigerated lorry not far outside london. maurice robinson, who's 23, has been charged with manslaughter and several other offences. some 111,000 kilometres away in vietnam, families are waiting to find out if the dead include their loved ones. jonathan head reports from the village of yen than, in the north of vietnam. in a vietnamese front room, a family endures an agonising wait. it's 10 days since they last heard from 26—year—old win chuk tai. "a month ago i heard him talking of a business idea with a friend," says his father. "but he never asked for money, so i didn't think he was going overseas." "he called us several times after arriving in germany," explained his uncle. "but not in the past 10 days." they began to hear news that

something had gone terribly wrong. then the police came, asking for samples of fingernails and hair. the awful possibility that he was inside the container is beginning to hit home for this family. his mother pleads for the british authorities to be quick. "please help us, and find my son," she says. most of the victims are thought to come from this part of vietnam. there are many other families here caught in the same misery of not knowing for sure. it's been said that it's poverty driving young people to leave here and go overseas, but that's not quite true. much of vietnam is poor, but here they've seen just how well you can do after only a few years living in britain. they've seen the new houses

and the shiny cars, and it's that that's inducing the bright and ambitious young people to make that journey west. it's a journey this man made more than ten years ago. cutting open the tarpaulin of a fruit and vegetable lorry, he says, to smuggle himself into britain. his stay was not a success. recruited to work on a farm growing marijuana, he was arrested, spent seven months in prison, and then deported. yet even now, he says he longs to go back with his family. there is an unexpected bond between britain and this quiet part of rural vietnam. one forged by dreams of better lives, and now, by tragedy. jonathan head, bbc news, yen thanh, vietnam. thousands of people have been protesting on the streets of the chilean capital and several other cities, despite moves by the president to quell the demonstrations over inequality which have swept the country for days. at least 20 people have been killed.

president pinera has replaced eight cabinet ministers. gareth barlow reports. on the streets of santiago, thousands of chilea ns on the streets of santiago, thousands of chileans continue to protest, angry at issues like the country's huge wealth inequality, the cost of healthcare, and a lack of funding for schools. outside the presidential, protesters made their voices heard. the authorities responded with water cannon and riot police. inside, the the president, sebastian pinera, made sweeping changes to the cabinet, replacing eight ministers with the hope of placating the protesters. translation: chile has changed and the government must change whether confront these new challenges in these new times. at least 20 people

have died in the demonstrations and many chilea ns want have died in the demonstrations and many chileans want the government to do more. translation: the cabinet should have been a cabinet with moore street participation, one that has empathy, the put themselves and the people's shoes —— more street. translation: you can sit on histories, there is no possibility of this meeting. the people of chile are betting on a constituent see and... it seems for chile's government it will take more than water cannon to quell the flames of unhappiness and unrest. gareth barlow, bbc news. dark energy is defined by scientists as the force which causes the universe to expand at an ever—increasing rate. we know very little about something that makes up most of the cosmos. but one of the world's most powerful telescopes is about to start measuring the movements of 35 million galaxies, from arizona. our science correspondent

pallab ghosh has more details. this telescope in arizona is about to begin the most detailed observation of the universe ever carried out of an invisible force that dominates our universe. what we see here on earth and in the stars and galaxies are made of atoms — that accounts for just 5% of the universe. the rest is mostly dark energy. it is just embarrassing to live in a universe where we understand only 5% of it, wouldn't you agree? i mean, how could we live in a universe knowing only 5% and not knowing about the other 95%? this is human curiosity. the nature of that dark energy, what is it, may well lead to a whole revolution in physics, in the whole of physics. in order to understand what this force is, we've to go back all the way back to the beginning of the universe. after the big bang, according to the current theory, the expansion of the universe ought to be slowing down and eventually collapsing back in on itself, under the pressure of gravity. but instead, the galaxies are flying apart faster than ever. scientists call the force behind this expansion dark energy,

but they haven't got a clue what it is. this telescope will track the position and acceleration of 35 million galaxies. inside are 5,000 optical fibres. each one is a mini—telescope trained on a galaxy. they're able to swivel round to focus on another set of targets. by measuring the exact rate of expansion, astronomers will be able to tell which theory of dark energy is correct. so one of them is this idea that we are not the only universe, that there is a multiverse out there of many different universes with different properties. and dark energy may be something that is leaking from these other universes into ours, through the different dimensions, and driving this expansion of galaxies in our universe.

these are pictures of real galaxies, hurtling apart. images from the new instrument will be much sharper, and transform our understanding of how the universe works. pallab ghosh, bbc news. and talking of dark energy... the black leatherjacket and pants worn by olivia newtonjohn in the movie grease — yes, that outfit — goes up for auction this week. that iconic gear was worn, of course, during the you're the one that i want duet withjohn travolta. it's expected to fetch up to $200,000. famously, olivia newton—john has told of having to be stitched into the trousers because of a broken zipper. she is raising money for her cancer treatment centre in australia. a reminder of that main use. the remains of is leader abu bakr al—baghdadi have been disposed of. reports suggesting. but american officials are refusing to confirm that here was buried at see.

and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — hello there. well, it was a cold but glorious start to the new working week. in fact, parts of lancashire had over nine hours of sunshine on that monday. and it doesn't get much better than that, really, at this time of year. now the next few days will stay dry and sunny but we still keep that cold theme. so, high pressure hanging on in there, but the winds are going to change to more of an easterly direction and that could have a consequence for one or two of us. and at the same time, into the south—west we've still got that nuisance weather front which willjust enhance a little more in the way of cloud and outbreaks of rain. but it's going to be a chilly start tuesday, as you can see quite widely, low single figures for many with that cloud and light rain into the south—west keeping those temperatures up here.

so, it could be a disappointing start to tuesday, then, across the isles of scilly the channel isles and into parts of cornwall. but elsewhere, despite that chilly start, despite that frosty start, lovely spells of sunshine once again. but with an easterly breeze we could see a few showers later on in the day coming up through the thames estuary, can't rule out one or two generally across that east coast. now, as we go through the evening, on tuesday we still keep those clear skies for many. but that rain just edges that little bit further inland and so that means temperatures are going to hold up at around 7—10 degrees south of the m4 corridor, further north of that, again it's another cold start. so the high pressure is still with the bulk of the country but it is starting to shift its way a little bit further east, and these weather fronts threaten a little bit further as we go into wednesday. so yet again a bit of a north—south divide, some decent spells of sunshine after a good start for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. clouding over from south wales and into the midlands, an we'll see some outbreaks of rain into the south—west, predominantly. here, temperatures 11—13 degrees, further north we are looking at 8—10 celsius as a high. now as we move out of wednesday

into thursday, that frontal system is going to start to push in from the atlantic, the high pressure drifts east off into the near continent. so things are going to start to change. now, in some respects that might please some of you because it is going to get milder, the mild air pushing in from the west, pushing that cold air off into the near continent. but, it also is going to get wetter yet again. so there's going to be some rain around for the end of the working week, thursday into friday. but we're likely to see those temperatures returning back into the mid—teens for many. so, if you haven't already got the message, as we close out the week it looks as though it is going to be rain at times but milder. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines: us officials say the remains of the is leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi, have been disposed of, but they haven't said how or where. media reports suggest they were buried at sea. al—baghdadi was killed on saturday in a us special forces operation in northern syria. firefighters in california are battling a wildfire blazing near the wealthy suburbs of los angeles. about ten thousand homes and businesses are under threat inside an evacuation zone. the california utilities authority has said it would investigate cutting power to prevent more fires starting, as has already been done in the north of the state. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has again failed to get the two—thirds majority in parliament that he needed for a snap election on december the 12th. he is now going to resubmit his proposals in a different form on tuesday. opposition parties are divided on how to respond.