good to have you with us we begin with some breaking news the leader of the so-called islamic state abubakar dadi is believed to be dat after being targeted by a u.s. military operation in syria now sources in east syria iraq and iran say they've been informed about baghdad is death but it has yet to be officially confirmed. by the united states u.s. officials have confirmed the raid took place in italy a province in syria's northwest u.s. president on a trump is said to make a statement at 9 am washington time after tweeting earlier that quote something very big has just happened. all right let's bring in our middle east correspondent basile read these who joins us now from beirut hello to you basile so what is the latest you can tell us about this operation. you know i like old sofa to the syrian observatory for human rights. he had a preacher. according to the. operation was you know or or did you know what. helicopters would amend those. forces according to some of the. force or the intelligence agency for. syrian democratic sources so one of the main. in. the cia in the name of this. is

has conducted a raid in syria targeting isolator abubakar adani these are eggs close up pictures of the aftermath of that raid was a house and led province. there are conflicting reports about whether the operation was a success reports are coming then that dottie in 2 of his wives blew themselves up in the raid official confirmation is expected shortly at about 13 g.m.t. that's when the u.s. president is scheduled to give a press conference on the bench of a joins us live from the turkey syria border he has been gathering more information so what else do we know about what happened this on the kind of take us through this who all was involved to all help with with the u.s. . well from what we've gathered so far u.s. intelligence officials have been briefing the media about various aspects of this raid which has killed. according to reports the body and the remains of that body have been taken along with other parts so that they can verify with d.n.a. and other tests how it happened where that early hours of the morning a number of u.s. helicopters came into this location called by russ

defense has released the 1st video of the operation that killed the head of so-called islamic state abubakar al baghdadi it shows us special forces storming into his compound in northern syria and its subsequent destruction baghdadi his family members and loyalists were reportedly killed in the special forces raid. the philippines has been struck by another strong earthquake the 2nd within a week it's 6.5 magnitude quake in the country south further damage structures already weakened by a tremor just days earlier the philippines is located on the pacific ring of fire red about 90 percent of the was earthquakes take place. turning to south africa where police have forcibly evicted scores of migrants and refugees who have been camping out for weeks in cape town around 100 people were arrested after a violent clashes in front of the united nations building the migrants are not demanding to stay in fact they want to leave this year recent wave of xenophobic violence directed at african migrants shows south africa is no longer safe for them . they came to south africa to seek refuge or simply a b

beisel and the battle to retake it it was in june 2014 when i still seized the city later that month abubakar of a diety declared the creation of a so-called caliphate from there that happened in the city's henri mosque eisel ideology fundamentally changed life in mosul with its members enforcing a strict and repressive code of conduct on people who live there the iraqi government announced an operation to liberate mosul in 2015 it was an exhaustive battle lasting until mid 2017 when it turned into a street by street fight for mosul old city by july 10th victory was declared over eisel dieties from was from iraq and he declared a so-called healthy in mosul and that is where the tosh again aim joins us live so . natasha as we said the big daddy is gone but the the aftermath of of what he did is still very real for people living in mosul. i think it's safe to say that the people not only here in mosul but in all of iraq will be living with the psychological trauma caused by ice all for a generation with regard to mosul this was the 1st city that eisel took control of this was the place where ab

abubakar al baghdadi is dead. he was the founder and leader of isis. the most ruthless terror world.ation had the the united states has opinion many hing for baghdadi for years. capturing or killing baghdadi national he top of my y priority administration. es . special operations forc executed a daring night time raid in syria and mrished their mission. u.s. personnel were incredible. much of it. watch in the nnel were lost operation. baghdadi mber of fighters and companions were .illed with him and he died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and aming all the e way. cleared byd had been this time. 11 young children moved out of uninjured.nd are he only ones remaining were baghdadi in the tunnel, and he had dragged three of his young children with him. led to certain death. we reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down. e ignited his vest, killing himself and lee children and his ly -- mutilated by the blast but test results gave identification. it was him. he thug who tried so hard to intimidate others spent his last moment

has conducted a raid in syria targeting isolator abubakar alba dadi are exclusive pictures that we have of the aftermath right here of that raid it was on a house and live province there are conflicting reports about whether the operation was a success there are reports coming in that baghdadi and 2 of his wives blew themselves up in the raid official confirmation though is expected at about 13 g.m.t. about half an hour from now that's when u.s. president is scheduled to give a press conference there correspondent was one of the 1st journalist to reach the scene of the raid when i met the mother of god i said this is the house targeted by u.s. helicopters and they approached the site at midnight and sealed the arrear off before they stormed it one person was taken away others were killed in a calm passing through was destroyed the u.s. forces also handed over 3 children to one of the neighbors and requested they take them far away and then come back after the operation was completed 7 dead bodies have been recovered so far this home is them bombed by u.s. helicopters accompanied by a re

formal announcement from washington this morning before reacting to the death of isis leader al abubakar alba al-baghdadi. he called an incredible achievement. they took to twitter to say it was a large blow saying this is not the final step in the fight against isis and we have heard from iranians the communication a minister saying this is not a big deal in the united states, you killed one of the creatures. the iranians downplaying all of this, not surprising. in a larger fight against the islamic state that us-led coalition had more than ten countries conducting airstrikes into ground operation and effort to fight isis. this is not symbolic when the military victory for all of the countries and u.s. allies in the region. baghdadi was a symbol when it comes to islamic extremism in the middle east. he gave the infamous speech in iraq in the summer of 2014 talking about isis plans to take over the middle east and the entire world lay in 2016 you heard audio released by baghdadi talking about isis around the world. it's important to note while the territorial isis in iraq and syria has b

pick up the headlines for you breaking news the world's most wanted man eisel leader abubakar album has been killed his death was confirmed a short while ago by u.s. president donald trump details over how detonated a suicide vest during the u.s. raid a northern syria a number of fighters were also killed as well as 3 children last night the united states brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice abu a car al baghdadi is dead he was the founder and leader of isis the most ruthless and violent terror organization anywhere in the world the united states has been searching for baghdadi for many years capturing or killing baghdad he has been the top national security priority of my administration u.s. special operations forces executed a dangerous and daring nighttime raid in northwestern syria and accomplished their mission in grand style. al-jazeera correspondent on the 1st journalist to reach the scene of the raid one of the more than again i say this is the house targeted by u.s. helicopters and they approached the site at midnight and sealed the area or off before they

special forces carry out a raid in syria targeting isolator abubakar but. the ground an air raid took place near the border with turkey leaving nothing but rubble. another sunday confrontation and hong kong protesters rallied against what they say is police brutality and in sport a south africa currently lead wales at half time in their rugby world cup semifinal plus it's all square at the world series houston astros dominate the washington nationals in game 4 to tie the series to all. u.s. special forces have conducted a raid in northern syria targeting isolator a boubacar. so these exclusive pictures show the aftermath of that strike on a house in the province of idlib al jazeera correspondent dina yousef was one of the 1st journalist to reach the scene of the raid then let the this is the vehicle targeted by the u.s. 4 planes we were told this band was passing through this road with 2 civilians on board and airstrike took place in the area and as a result of the operation many were killed it's also likely that someone was transported away during the oper

one of the last acts, if not the last act, that abuba kar the last acts, if not the last act, that abubakarcan be i mean at the risk of what my parents used to call bringing it back to yourself, i wrote a piece for bbc news online, saying, what to expect next from isis and i said, first of all, they're going to name their successor pretty quickly. secondly, revenge attacks, expect them, they will be most likely in syria and iraq. they would do them here in europe if they could but it takes a lot more planning and it is riskier and less easy for them to access weapons and explosives, but there will be vengeance attacks. on that grim no, you can but go back to brexit now. were you always accused of bringing it back to yourself? frequently! always good to see you. british detectives investigating the death of harry dunn have interviewed the woman accused of killing him. the 19—year—old motorcyclist died in northamptonshire in august after a crash with a car driven by anne sacoolas, who left the uk claiming diplomatic immunity. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in new york. this was a very sh