abdurakhmon uzbeki was reportedly killed during a commando raid near mayadin, in syria. tclub in istanbul, in which at least 39 people died. the authorities in venezuela say at least 11 people died in violence and looting on thursday, making the night the bloodiest in three weeks of anti—government protests. the worst incident happened in caracas, where ten people were killed during an attempt to loot a bakery. now on bbc news, click.

but on this occasion, they used ground troops to go in and target abdurakhmon uzbeki. about the operation so far, and we know that they chose to eliminate him because of his believed involvement in those istanbul nightclub bombings. and many people talking about the fact that donald trump has surrounded himself with very impressive or very respected military minds. a lot of operations are being launched. this is kind of what many people would not have expected from this administration, this early on. it is an interesting question as to whether or not this is a change of tactic. i'm not sure it is. i think perhaps we are hearing about it a little bit more. donald trump has given more responsibility to his generals at the pentagon to deal with the so—called islamic state, and to get on with the job of, in his words, eliminating and obliterating the so—called islamic state. he has given them more autonomy to make decisions, and these are the kind of decisions that he is making. what is clear is that this is an unpredictable operation, and that is one of the things that am

abdurakhmon uzbeki was reportedly killed during a commando raid near mayadin in syria. pentagon says al—uzbeki was involved in plotting the new year's eve attack on a night club in istanbul in which at least 39 people died. the us vice president mike pence has reiterated america's determination to curb north korea's nuclear ambitions. speaking in sydney after talks with australia's prime minister malcolm turnbull, he said pyongyang posed the biggest risk to the asia—pacific region. on day three of the election campaign trail, the prime minister and the chancellor have given theirfirst hints about the conservative manifesto. theresa may says she'll keep the current level of spending on foreign aid, despite pressure from within her own party to cut it. but she would not commit to keep the so—called triple lock on pensions which guarantees they rise by inflation, average earnings, or 2.5% each year — whichever is highest. labour seized on the opportunity to say they would keep it. and the chancellor philip hammond has hinted that the conservatives will end the party's prom

abdurakhmon uzbeki was reportedly killed during a commando raid on the ground near mayadin in syria. the new years eve attack on a night club in istanbul, in which at least 30 nine people died. our correspondent laura bicker is in washington and has the latest on the raid. the pentagon has made the unusual move of telling us that it was a ground attack. it is worth mentioning that most attacks of this kind are carried out by drones, carrying hellfire missiles. but on this occasion special forces were on the ground to target and eliminate al—uzbeki. so it's a far more risky operation that the pentagon has organised this time, but they will have hope to have garnered more intelligence when it comes to this kind of operation, because when it comes to a ground attack certainly that's one of the advantages. also a hellfire missiles can totally destroy things like computer systems, anything they can gather to try to perhaps carry out further missions to destroy the so—called islamic state group. how much more do we know about al—uzbeki himself? well, the us says he was responsible for help

abdurakhmon uzbeki was reportedly killed during a commando raid near mayadin in syria.tagon says al—uzbeki was involved in plotting the new years eve attack on a night club in istanbul in which at least 39 people died. the authorities in venezuela say at least 11 people died in violence and looting on thursday, making the night the bloodiest in three weeks of anti—government protests. the worst incident happened in caracas where ten people were killed during an attempt to loot a bakery. and those are the latest headlines on bbc news. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament, when theresa may went public with the best kept secret in westminster. i have just chaired a meeting of the cabinet where we agreed that the government should call a general election, to be held on the 8th ofjune. opposition parties say they welcome the fight, but... this is the prime minister who promised there wouldn't be one. a prime minister who cannot be trusted. meanwhile in holyrood, the snp and the conservatives square up over scotland's fut

the leader of the group which calls itself islamic state, has been killed in a commando raid abdurakhmon uzbekiuring the ground assault near mayadin in syria. our correspondent in washington, gary o'donoghue, has more details. the attack took place on the 6th of april. i think the reason foreign the gap is that they try to gather as much intelligence as they could in order to get the man they thought they had got. that was probably the reason for the delay. it was a ground operation, in other words the us spent a lot of time hitting people in syria and iraq, individuals through drone strikes and hellfire missiles fired from drones, much more rare is using commandos on the ground. and we'll have more later. as hacking becomes a bigger and bigger problem , signs emerge of how young the hackers are. in britain the average age is 17. the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as they normally expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon has meant conflicting emotions, a natio

abdurakhmon uzbeki was reportedly killed during a commando raid near mayadin, in syria. pentagon says al—uzbeki was involved in plotting the new year's eve attack on a nightclub in istanbul, in which at least 39 people died. the authorities in venezuela say at least 11 people died in violence and looting on thursday, making the night the bloodiest in three weeks of anti—government protests. the worst incident happened in caracas, where ten people were killed during an attempt to loot a bakery. now on bbc news, click. this week: how to stay at your phone and change the world. strawberries ina and change the world. strawberries in a massive box. and fancy working in an enormous train station? i don't know if you have noticed, but there seems to have been the lot of election talk of late. this week, click is taking a trip to paris, where this weekend, the french take to the polls in the first round of their presidential election. and, curiously, from a technology point of view, the way we vote seems if anything to be going backwards. in the last election, france did allow o