raid in syria's northwest prove ince of idlib.y syrian activists.idual yvide- cnn cannot confirm that this was the actual raid targeting abu bakr al baghdadi. a u.s. defense official tells cnn that al baghdadi apparently detonated a suicide vest as forces closed in. dna will confirm whether it is in fact al baghdadi. we're told the cia helped locate him. president trump is expected to make a statement early sunday morning. thank you for watching this hour, i'm natalie allen. i'll have more of our breaking news right after this. devices are like doorways that could allow hackers into your home. and like all doors, they're safer when locked. that's why you need xfinity xfi. with the xfi gateway, devices connected to your homes wifi are protected. which helps keep people outside from accessing your passwords, credit cards and cameras. and people inside from accidentally visiting sites that aren't secure. and if someone trys we'll let you know. xfi advanced security. if it's connected, it's protected. call, click, or visit a store tod

this is idlib province. idlib province, the most predominant jihadist faction of al qaeda.ind here is al qaeda broke from the organization that has become isis in around 2013, 2014. so baghdadi does not have many friends in idlib. now, it's true there might be some isis sleeper cells or isis factions that have infiltrated into idlib in recent months or years. but this is not hospitable at the ra terrain for him. the most hospitable terrain is where the u.s. announced it was going to withdrawn from, the eastern part of syria, jazeera. this is the bryer patch of isis operations. when they were booted out of iraq in around 2010, 2011, when they were strategically defeated by u.s. forces in conjunction with iraqi security forces, this is the area to which they repaired. this is the tribal arab region, the sunni conservative heartland of the middle east where isis tends to thrive. so for me what's extraordinary about this allegation or this news reporting is that baghdadi has gone to a place that frankly he's not all that welcome in. the place that the u.s. has announced it was

idlib is often bombarded. herded there, frankly, after the violence all around them, trying to find a safe place. also, too, it is a strong hold of al qaeda. that many militants who have a serious ideology and look to the west, is what do they do about the idlib situation. did the leader of isis compete in the stronghold. turkey said it's been at the forefront of the ice against isis. it's critics are allowing it to be creative. i saw myself arriving and crossing over the border in areas that would become the isis so-called caliphate. these questions about development and how they inserted themselves into the area. this is a victory for donald trump. he will make the most of it he possibly can and exceed our expectations. at the same time, you cannot take away from any of this the extraordinary feat of u.s. military objections. pulled off the most important goal in the fight against isis. >> as you just indicated, the where and the how is highly significant. we have new video we want to bring in. these are vid

that would probably happen in idlib in some way., government and russia campaign against idlib over the last few months and there has been a cease-fire recently. the biggest argument that they have for conducting this operation in idlib is a former al q qda affiliate and designatat under the resolutions about the area regegarded as terrrrorists by everybody. from the u.s. to thehe governmet of syria and e everybody in between. the problem m is basicallyly tht thisse the presence of hts area, 3 million civilians who live there, manyny of whom havee been disacaced from m other ares of syryria because of ththe cont and there hahas been displaced p to 10 times are now very vulnerable to this l large military campaign. at the moment, they have nowhere to go.o. the border to turkey i is close. asy a are not ablble to fullyly that campaign restarts. -- two fully as the campaign restarts. because baghdadi was found in idlib, hiding out in the area, which comes as somewhat of a surprise because the al qaeda affiliate former al qaeda affiliat

in his region of idlib. we we re idlib. in his region of idlib.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

>>> explosions there from idlib province, syria. are looking at video taken earlier by syrian activists as a major military action got under way near the turkish border. cnn cannot confirm this was actually the raid targeting al baghdadi, but we are told the isis leader is now believed to be dead. iraqi state tv is reporting that these are the first pictures of the target at al baghdadi's headquarters. this according to one of their own intelligence experts. cnn has not yet been able to independently confirm this either. >>> the u.s. and other countries have been hunting al baghdadi for five years. he was so elusive, years ago he gave up cell phones. he only was given messages via paper. they have been looking for him ever since. at this moment he declared isis caliphate from inside the great mosque of mosul, iraq. that's in 2014. cia intelligence eventually led to a location in northwest syria. a u.s. defense official says al baghdadi apparently killed himself with a suicide vest as u.s. commandos closed in. meantime, the kurdish-l

that seems to be where he was in idlib.nsight how jihadists in that area, to the competing strands of jihadi ideology of isis. a lot more detail will surely emerge in the hours ahead. it will be interesting to see how donald trump refuses to frame this. putting in the work. chasing down baghdadi. isolating himself to the point where he had no territory to roam anymore, was done over the priest administration. and despite the confusing signals, causing his own secretary of defense to resign, did try to leave syria and seems to have sent troops back in to p p protect the oil fields. a remarkable moment for the u.s. security apparatus that they were able to, at this complex time, constantly changing signals here. still killed the number one target. you heard from bob baer, that they are waiting to achieve something. we don't want to overblow that too much. there hasn't been rationality of isis behavior around the world. most, i'm sure, will be concerned in various intelligence agencies in europe and beyond, to be sure that not

one official suggests there could be more operations targeting high-value terrorists in idlib, syria. the targeting operations require forces on the ground. that will be harder to do as we withdrawal. let's go to nick paton walsh. good morning. >> reporter: one of the glaring contradictions in donald trump's speech yesterday, was the recognition, that while he was busy ordering the withdrawal, the dismantling inside of syria, that's what happened, when he gave the green light to turkey, to launch the incursion, putting into chain, a series of events that led to half of the territory, that had a presence of being handed over, eventually, to turkish forces. at the same time, too, donald trump said, he was being briefed on this operation to go and get baghdadi. those two things, very hard to consider compatible, frankly. and at the same time, we're hearing, now, from u.s. officials, they're having to speed up operations because of the nature of this withdrawal. there are high-value targets within idlib, within syria, they can't let live because they can't keep eyes on them, if they're go

i know you spent a lot of time in idlib and only 13 miles from the turk irbordish borderer. what was your reaction when you heard this? >> reporter: i think many of us were surprised to hear that al baghdadi was hiding out in idlib and not a place for him to hide out because it's under the group that has strong ties to al qaeda, and the province is well known to be the sort of seat of power of al qaeda in the syrian conflict. while al qaeda and isis have a lot in common ideologically, they also have been fighting each other on the ground in syria for many years and see each other as bitter adversaries. it's interesting to me that is where al baghdadi was hiding out presumably in the quagmire of the jihadist groups and old allegiances between people and someone was clearly looking after him and helping him to move through this area. but it's also worth noting that this is a very long ways away from where it had initially been believed that baghdadi was hiding out, which was somewhere along the iraqi/syrian border near the euphrates valley. he potentially would have had to cro

idlib is an extraordinary riddle. really launch a military operation without killing possibly thousands of innocent civilians but you also know that within their midst are al qaeda affiliates. and it seems possibly, possibly because we say northwestern syria, and i speculate idlib because that is the most likely place where you'd find sympathetic places to hide if you were someone like abu bakr al baghdadi, but remember, bin laden hid in abbottabad and that was right under the noses of the pakistani equivalent of west point, the officers training college. so remember that he could have been anywhere frankly in northwestern syria hiding out in a farmhouse without a phone sign signal, but it would appear more likely that he would choose that kind of place to feel more secure. and that brings us to the question of the nature of this raid and i think frankly given the sensitivity of the target, the sensitivity of the area, highly unlikely the americans would broadcast their intentions even to a nato ally like turkey. you'

they attacked in idlib province, a compound as well as a convoy.d completely flattening it according to footage and stills we have seen from the foot ppag. we have also heard from the kurdish sdf saying this was the result of a product of some five months of intelligence gathering on the part of kurdish officials yet to corroborate that as well. >> let me turn to my colleague kelly o'donnell ahead of the president's remarks. as erin was outlining, this was a long time in the works. >> well, good morning, david. this has been days in the making. of course required the president's go ahead for the operational execution to take place. i was working here of course on saturday. and the president returned to the white house at about 4:20 in the afternoon after spending friday night at camp david and the early part of saturday at his virginia golf course. the president and other officials provide details about where in the timeline of the execution of the operation and the president being in a situation room with the vice president, with the secretary of

if he was found in idlib, how did our forces get there? that remind us of the operation that took out bin laden in pakistan. it's the issue of getting the basic information, how was that possible? aishah: u.s. officials are working to confirm that this is in fact al-baghdadi through dna testing. what happens next? most of americans will want to know in the morning when the president makes this announcement at 9:00. what happens now? >> it depends on what the president is going to decide is in his own hands with regards to u.s. strategy. the assumption. our relentless campaign against isis will continue. as long as it threatens the national security of the united states and our allies. he made it clear the last time he addressed the issue. the geographical issue and the cells will continue to operate in syria, iraq, and europe or any other country in the region. the president will direct the nation as to what will be next stage. how will that affect our policy in iran-iraq and the region. aishah: do we have any information on a possible num

given the control of idlib where he was hiding, a matter of miles you can count on one hand. there will be after about what turkey knew and what it could have known better to get baghdad baghda baghdadi earlier. >>> we're starting to hear from american families that were murdered by this regime, this isis regime. it's just so sad and terrifying for them now. they're waking up and learning about this. >>> coming up, microsoft beats out amazon for a major defense contract. was the president's disdain for jeff bezos behind the move? i need a ride. here hold this. follow that spud. [ tires screech ] the big idaho potato truck is touring america telling folks about idaho potatoes. and i want it back. what is it with you and that truck? man: can i find an investment firm that has a truly long-term view? it begins by being privately owned. with more than 85 years of experience over multiple market cycles. with portfolio managers who are encouraged to do what's right over what's popular. focused on helping me achieve my investors' unique goals. can i find an investment firm that gets

is that a place he could be, in idlib? he could have been anywhere. southern iraq, and when he founded the islamic state group and declared the caliphate across iraq and syria, then the last stronghold of islamic state was in north—eastern syria, across the border from state was in north—eastern syria, across the borderfrom iraq, that was taken over by the mainly kurdish forces back in march this year. the islamic state militants were there. that was across from the power base. this is someone who didn't use mobile phones and has tried to stay as far away from being listened on as far away from being listened on as possible. and for good reason. he is very elusive, never gave interviews. he only made one public appearance, when he announced the creation of the caliphate in 2014. that is almost a single image we have of him. then he disappeared for five years. another video resurfaced of him in april of this year, and that was nearly a month after the downfall of the last stronghold, and he was talking about islamic state militants holding fort, so his

when they landed just outside of the ci of idlib, they had a brief firefight. they blew their way into the compound and evd tually, as you just reported, they chased al baghdadi down into a tunnel that believed had a dead end. and that's when baghdadi blew himself up, taking with him his three children. d there's aftermath video llected by a local journalt and you can see two things. you see one van riwithefight. bullets. and also you see the compound completely destroyed. american jets destroyed the compound after the u.s. operation concluded. and hari, what's inresting is this was not in an area generally associated with or controlled by isis at all. it's controlled by militant groups that oppose isis. and so it seems that u.s. intelligence officials believe that baghdadi was being hsed dand protected by any l qaeda offshoot that might have beenbe lookinfor some kind of agreement with isis. or at the verleast, thinking securing him. >> sreenivasan: so, how did u.s. forces get this intelligence in thfirst place to figure out that he was in this place, that he

>> reporter: idlib province is largely controlled by an area of al qaeda.undamentally, al qaeda and isis, though they have their differences, isis grew out of al qaeda. therefore, it's not altogether surprising that given that he has been on the run for quite some time, that he might have decided to go to idlib sort of as a last ditch effort to stay alive himself. but perhaps to make an alliance. they have had their differences in the past. but their fundamental ideologies aren't really that different. martin? >> okay. really appreciate your insight and your expertise. ben, thank you very much. >>> ahead, we have more on this huge development in a hunt for isis leader of abu bakr al baghdadi. (contemplative synth music) - [narrator] forget about vacuuming for up to a month. shark iq robot deep-cleans and empties itself into a base you can empty once a month. and unlike standard robots that bounce around, it cleans row by row. if it's not a shark, it's just a robot. that life of the party look walk it off look one more mile look reply all look own your look.

this is said to have been the aftermath of the attack in idlib province, close to the turkish border.the fire fight is clear, with bloodstained clothes in the debris. as a convoy was hit there are reports that he and others detonated suicide vests before us troops could get to him. if confirmed, one of the world's most wanted has been wiped out. his only public appearance was in 2014 at mosul mosque where he declared a so—called caliphate of is. an area at its height the size of britain from where his group waged terror. under its menacing black flag his jihadists took over swathes of syria and iraq. massacring, enslaving and raping. from its base the group plotted attacks across the world dispatching brainwashed bombers everywhere from the us to france, turkey to indonesia, britain to australia. thousands were killed in the hateful name of the islamic state, exporting its sunni extremism. westerners who strayed into the caliphate were captured, imprisoned and often beheaded. the is propaganda machine filming the gruesome details and posting them, a twisted badge of honour. the us led

russia has carried out 15 or strikes in the last rebel held province of idlib killing 2 people and injuring many more strikes hit the rebel held by tufte on ars airports and a refugee camp near by. meanwhile turkish president tayyip russia says he will discuss turkey's offensive in northern syria with his russian counterpart vladimir putin next week he also warned ankara would quote implement its own plans if a solution was not reached a truce in northern syria is largely holding despite accusations from both kurdish forces and turkey of violations. catalans pro independence leader. has called for talks with the spanish government following a day of violent protests on friday at least 60 people were injured in the riots half a people marched through the city over the jailing of one separatist leaders for their role in catalonia has failed independence bid 2 years ago. as more from barcelona. or just in front of the exterior of the spanish national police headquarters this was the site really where the troubles started last night between the rioters and the law enforcement officials here as

>> reporter: well, it's just unusual, because, of course, this is an area of idlib.dlib was kind of the depository of many different rebel groups squished there by the regime, backed by the russian, also by islamic state and other militants. they all moved there, with tear families. you know all of these truce and cease-fires, a lot of them saw militants who were leaving who were allowed to retreat to retreat to idlib. so a lot was the rejects, the criminal elements, the jihadis. it would not have been a safe place for abu bakr al baghdadi, islamic states fought against these groups. this town barrisha may have been a play for people moving in and out of the area, it might have been possible he was trying to smuggle out of the country to turk why i to escape. the president said he was trying to reform his caliphate. it's impossible to know. there is a lot of confusion how abu bakr al baghdadi would have ended up in the nest of his enemies. >> you can hear the echoes, the sounds of i'm going protests there in the background in beirut. thank you. >>> breaking news back

us says al—baghdadi blew himself up with a suicide vest, after being cornered by special forces in idlibnce in north west syria. three children died with him, alongside several is fighters. a state of emergency has been declared across california as wildfires continue to spread whipped up by strong winds. some 180,000 people in the north of the state have been ordered to leave their homes. vigils have been held in vietnam, for the 39 people who died in a refrigerated lorry not farfrom london. police in vietnam have been taking dna samples from family members who've reported loved ones missing. now on bbc news... our world. in a country where it's expected your extended family will look after you in old age, what do you do if they long ago rejected you? that's a question for most of pakistan's tra nsgender community. one member of the community is setting up pakistan's first retirement home for transgender people. mobeen azhar has been to lahore to meet her. this edition of our world contains adult themes. once upon a time, in the pakistani city of lahore, lived the superglam guru. ashee

russia's carrier 15 air strikes the last rebel held province of idlib killing 2 people and injuring many more near strikes at the rebel held tough to port on a nearby refugee camp. the turkish president says he'll discuss turkey's offensive in northern syria with his russian counterpart vladimir putin next week and also want to encourage would quote implement its own plans of a solution wasn't reached a truce in northern syria is largely holding despite accusations from both kurdish forces and turkey of violations of the cease fire in syria hasn't stopped people from paying smugglers to get them over the border to safety more than $700.00 crossed into iraq overnight they joined 3000 who arrived earlier this week. reports now from the kurdish region of northern iraq some of been sent to a hastily reopened refugee camp. after more than 8 years of on and off cease fires and being forced from their homes many times these refugees seemed unfazed by turkey's announcement of a 5 day pause in fighting the war in syria has shown them time after time peace is never assured and. peace live is not c

a recent discussion on the situation in syria and idlib showed that the united states is trying to convince other members of the security council followed his reasoning. the west has its own rules in the balkans word is pursuing an open course of undermining security council decisions. universal conventions together with the security council resolutions are an integral part of international law. the west would like to substitute these conventions with its rules as happened in the opcw, whose technical secretary was illegally granted a -- granted attributed functions through unlawful shameless pressure in direct violation of the chemical weapons convention. gains --eing continued continued games played with conventions that commit countries to upholding linguistic education and other rights of national minorities. even here, or western colleagues are guided by their own rules. they turn a blind eye to the open denying of rights. the course toward the revision of international law is increasingly observed and the persistent policy of rewriting the history of world war ii justifying a growing

of all, the russians didn't register any air strikes what he calls the de-escalation zone there in idlibraid took place. he also said the russians don't know anything about providing any assistance to the united states by allowing the u.s. to fly through air space controlled by the russians. he also called the raid's success into question as well. i want to read to you a little bit of the statement the russians put out. quote, the increasing number of direct participants in countries that allegedly took part in this operation, each one giving completely contradictory details raise legitimate questions and doubts about its success. finally saying, even if this raid was successful, they don't believe it's going to make a difference. they are saying there are a lot of other militant groups there in idlib and other parts of syria as well. the russians not really congratulating the u.s. in the success on that raid. >>> a busy week ahead on capitol hill as the impeachment inquiry accelerates in the hands of house democrats. next, a member of the house oversight committee joins us live. first,

keep in mind that the groups operating in idlib are no friends of isis. but the president in that press conference clarifying that saying that he believed that baghdadi was in idlib province to try and strengthen isis, to try and get isis to have a stronghold in the province but nevertheless, again, three miles from the turkish border, lots of questions. >> yeah, a lot of questions. it's interesting that you bring that part up. i also want to mention senator lindsey graham will be appearing in the white house briefing room so we're going to bring you that as soon as he comes up. but, erin, you bring up the point of the fact that isis -- or that baghdadi was in northwest syria where he was captured. the president mentioning he was there to try and rebuild isis. but we had our own richard engel saying, no, he was in that region possibly to try and escape to turkey to flee the area. what are you hearing with regard to this discrepancy and what our reporting is indicating and what many on the ground are saying versus what the president said this morning? >> i

from isis, i ask in specifically of what you were just said, some were surprised to find baghdadi in idlib province. do you have concerns that there could be some kind of alliance? >> yes, i have concerns first they were so close to the turkish border in an area of syria where turkey has long had some real influence. second, he was literally being sheltered according to press accounts, i according to press accounts he was being sheltered by the leader of an al errorist group idlib province and frankly i think there's a al qaeda affili afghanistan n west africa, in syria and elsewhere will cooperate even more closely as they face significant pressure from the united states and those allies of ours who are still fighting alongside us in this work. >> the president hasn't notified congress. they called it a military operation and not an intelligence operation. he didn't call democrats after it was a success and before he announce ed it publicly. >> first, i think it's striking that the russians were informed before congress and that congress found out when the rest of the country did. there's

a recent discussion on the situation in the syrian idlib suggests the united states is trying to convince other members of the council to follow their rules. the west has its own rules on the balkans where it is undermining security council resolutions on kosovo and bosnia. universal conventions together with security council resolutions are an integral part of international law. the west would like to substitute even these conventions with its rules as happened in the opcw, whose technical secretary was illegally granted attributive functions through unlawful manipulations and shameless pressure, in direct violation of the chemical weapons convention and exclusive prerogatives of the security council. we are seeing continued games played with conventions that commit countries to upholding linguistic, educational, religious, and other rights of national minorities. even here, our western colleagues are guided by their own rules. eye to the blind open denial of national minorities rights. and the ignominious phenomenon of statelessness in europe. it's increasingly observed in the persisten

engages regularly in conflict.he you haveight year civil war and rebels including an al qaa ion at holng idlibrovince. laura: how long do you think wiis will go on? turkey's president be able to maintain it if there is external pressure? robin: i think erdogan is intent on this. he has gamed president trump very well. he likes to call him on weekends when the president is not surrounded by his foreislayignif as he did in december to trump to promise to leave syria altogether. it is hard to see that he is going to give up easily. the one danger is that they go deeper than 20 miles and then end up absorbing all the isis fighters as well. laura: robin, thanks so much for being with us. in other news, britain's prime minister hore johnson and his irish counterpart say they agree that they can see a pathway to o ible brexit deal. they held two hours of talksid n how to a hard border in the irish prime ministerves the suggested that a deal could still be done by the ef that a u.s. woman who is a suspect in the case of a a teenager who died after r crash will not return to the u.k. she is married to

he was in idlib, a known al qaeda stronghold. unfriendly to isis.resident yesterday said that he was there to spread the isis ideology, but experts i have been speaking to really question that. they say i.c.e. wouldn't use such a high level target this that way. i was just down at the border crossing watching trucks drive into syria earlier today. it really struck me that just three miles from that point is the safe house now reduced to rubble. why was he there? i was also struck by the military base we passed along the way. there was a turkish military base. turkey is known to have a loorge intelligence apparatus operating in idlib provens as well. so what did turkey know and when did it know it and was al baghdadi trying to cross over the border? >> courtney, kurdish capital of the region. what are you hearing there about the raid? what are folks telling you? >> well, the raid was launch ed out of here. the helicopters actually took off from a base that's about two miles from where we're stand gt rye now. we heard them taking off. there were two b

you have the eight year civil war and rebels including an al qaeda faction that are holding idlib provincelaura: how long do you think this will go on? will turkey's president be able to maintain it if therexis rnal pressure?rn robin: i think erdogan is intent on this. he has gamed preside trump very well. he likes to callim on weekends when the president is not surrounded b his foreign policy advisor, when he is playid olf as he december to get trump to promise to leave syria altogether. it is hard to see that he is going to give up easily. the one danger is that they go deeper than 20 miles and then a end orbing all the isis fighters as well. laura: robin, thanks so much for being with us. in other news, britain's prime minier horace johnson and his iris counterpart say they agree that they can see a pathway to a possible brexit deal. they held two hours of talks on how to avoid a hard border in the irish prime ministerves the suggested that a deal could stil done by the end ofbe october, the deadline. >>riin bnoefs g te she is married to a diplomat and has diplomatic immunity. two europ

operation in idlib province. the authorities of both counsel tris took place.aring from kurdish officials suggesting a level of cooperation with the kurds as well. we have yet to verify that with u.s. officials as we are waiting for the results of this forensic analysis. we have yet to hear from isis and its propaganda wing. no reaction from them so far. if it is a massive blow to isis and its global operations. >> erin, stand by. i'd like to bring in bobby ghosh, columnist of the editorial board. >> what are you hearing from your sources from turkey and the region? >> this is very close to italy, probably the most -- it's close to the turkish border as we heard. not far from the nato base, a couple of hundred kilometers away. this is an unusual place for him to be. this is not his natural environment. it's a part of the country where other terrorist groups, some hostile towards isis operate. so you would have expected him to be the other end of the country near iraq where things are a little quieter. he would have connections in iraq. it's peculiar. a turkish

overnight last night sometime around midnight in a northwestern part of syria, a town called barisha in idlib there is known to be a bit of an isis presence in the area, but i wouldn't say it's an isis stronghold. there were u.s. special operations forces who were involved, including helicopters, some fixed-wing, some sort of jets. there's some talk of maybe f-16s but we're still trying to work out exactly what they were, and u.s. drones. that would of course be overhead for surveillance to help out and provide intelligence throughout the course of the raid. we know that there was fire from the air and that at least one or more of the helicopters landed. we're trying to figure out exactly what happened once they were on the ground. we know they gathered some intelligence, likely biometrics on the target, who in this case was baghdadi. but we aren't sure if there was actually a gunfight that occurred while they were on the ground as well or whether they just touched down to grab anything they could to find out if he was killed. one of the big things we're trying to figure out as well is exactl

richard talked a little bit about this, but if they were, in fact, so close to the turkey border in idlib province which has a lot of terror groups there and organizations, not always -- not necessarily isis, though, some al nusra and others who at times clash with isis fighters. if this was a safe house then whose house was it? you asked about the jet, why would they come in and destroy this jet. if this was a safe house that was some kind of an isis leader or former isis leader, there is the potential that there were things there that isis would want to have so the u.s. could come in and destroy the place and then it would deny isis that ability to get those whatever it was that the u.s. military wasn't able to exploit at the site at the time. whether that's files or computers or whatever it is. so we're still waiting to learn a lot about this. how many u.s. troops were involved? we know there were some delta but were there other special operators involved in these kinds of things, we know how these raids tend to go, usually it's a number of helicopters, they come in, they drop green be

one, i find it somewhat surpris ing that baghdadi was near idlib in a small village between idlib and brew of quality, turkish forces, russian dominat ed air space and of course the assad regime. that's dominating there, so it's interesting that that's where it almost reminds me of osama bin laden where he went hiding almost in plain sight, just a few miles from the pakistani military headquarters, so there was a lot of coordination that had to go on to strike him and hit him in this area. that's one. number two, look, this is the message and this is the important message to terrorists around the world. you could run but you can't height forever. we will find you and my hats off and my hearts out to our special operations forces who while everyone was watching the world series last night and enjoying the free air that we all breathe as americans they were out there on the wall taking care of the nations business, supported by the cia, the nsa, and so many others, to keep america safe. pete: well said and amen. that spot in syria in idlib as you're talking about which has so many overl

start with these exclusive pictures from the aftermath of the operation on a house in the province of idlib there are conflicting reports about whether this was successful or not the u.s. magazine newsweek is sizing a u.s. army official who says baghdad was killed however well u.s. raid was carried out in northwestern syria the area just a few kilometers away from the turkish border correspondent at the usaf was one of the 1st journalists to reach the scene he says 8 u.s. helicopters to part of the operation which lasted for around 90 minutes i mean again and this is the site targeted by the u.s. helicopter and warplanes its claim that the leader of islamic state booker but that he was killed search and rescue teams are still inside this perimeter in an attempt to find out what had happened many were killed others injured and many vehicles were also destroyed no cameras allowed in until all the search and investigation if it's a completed. but ahead of the u.s. media reports we also heard a tweet from u.s. president donald trump just the one line he said quote something very big has just ha

feels that because this crisis obviously is an exacerbation of an already bad situation, already in idlibs of human rights and the thing that brought this crisis to a head was that in idlib, because of the russian and regime bombardment, there was a new wave of refugees which was gathered on the northern border punch at the western response to that was, well, there was no response, when the g7 convened, syria wasn't even on the agenda. because of that there was a sense that turkey has to look after its own interests and at the moment they have the this campaign which will obviously have massive and catastrophic consequences in the long run. dr idrees ahmad, thank you very much for your thoughts on that story. the headlines on bbc news... the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, is meeting the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, as negotiations resume in brussels. fears of a humanitarian crisis in northern syria — tens of thousands flee their homes and the us threatens sanctions against turkey. the e—cigarette industry launches a campaign to reassure millions of vapers in the uk, despite

russia has carried out 15 airstrikes in the last rebel held province of idlib in syria killing 2 people and injuring many more the airstrikes hit the rebel held tufton hours airport and the nearby refugee camp meanwhile turkey's president says he'll discuss his country's offensive in northern syria with his russian counterpart next week he also warned ankara would implement its own plans of a solution wasn't reached the truce in northern syria is largely holding despite accusations from both the kurds and turkey of violations its techno. rewind returns with a new series. and brand new updates on the best about using these documentaries if i would compare it to a onion we have in the onion the fleetest parties on the temple mount this is the old city rewind continues with motown to great town being all here in the soil learning about health by eating good it's changed my life i can't imagine doing something else on al-jazeera. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it algis their ad will bring in the news and current aff

reports suggest he was the target of a us special forces operation in the syrian province of idlib yesterdayc once and his death has been wrongly reported on several occasions in the past. 0ur middle east correspondent sent this update. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman is in sanliurfa, not far from the turkey—syria border. what more are you hearing about the persistent reports that abu bakr al— baghdadi has been killed? what we do know is that there was a significant military activity in that particular area of the province. we spoke to one resident close to a nearby town said that late last night they saw and heard helicopter gunships. there were jets, and also they reported some troop presence on the ground. now, this is the precise area where us media has reported that american special forces to took place in an operation. they reported he was killed. we have no independent confirmation of that other than to say, of course, president trump with that tweet last night saying something very big it happened and the news that the white house said it will make a major statement later t

us says al—baghdadi blew himself up with a suicide vest, after being cornered by special forces in idlibared across california as wildfires continue to spread whipped up by strong winds. some 180,000 people in the north of the state have been ordered to leave their homes. vigils have been held in vietnam, for the 39 people who died in a refrigerated lorry not farfrom london. police in vietnam have been taking dna samples from family members

this it fears it is ready for another mass influx of refugees into turkey from the syrian province of idlib which is the last rebel enclave i could well fall to syrian forces in the coming weeks possibly months turkey says it cannot take any more refugees it needs europe to join in working together to resolve this this is tokyo issuing a law to the whole of europe and these refugees going to greece is seen as part of that warning and let me do what germany and the e.u. offering to get it once again behind this refugee agreement that they made with the country. between the lines of money that's not what the german interior minister is saying in so many words but if you look at what he is saying he's saying that europe is prepared to do whatever is needed to support turkey and that he is committed to strengthening the deal with turkey and this was very much a financial deal as as was said in the report the e.u. promised turkey 6000000000 euros to essentially help limit the flow of refugees out of turkey toward greece of that less than half has been paid out although the deal has been in place

this is in north—west syria, in idlib province, and you can see the us specialforces, delta force, movingon to launch their attack on the base that is housing abu bakr al—baghdadi. the second sequence of pictures we're not going to show. that apparently shows isis fighters engaging us forces, and they're attacked from the air by helicopter gunship. the final sequence of pictures is after us special forces have gotten out of the compound, and you see from the air missiles coming down and totally flattening where al—baghdadi had been hiding out. donald trump has been at the white house. he has said that "america congratulates you on that operation, and the whole world congratulates you on the success of the operation". jon sopel in washington. firefighters are continuing to battle raging wildfires in california, as powerful winds threaten to make the situation worse. a new blaze in southern california threatened to engulf the ronald reagan presidential library but officials now say the building was out of danger. meanwhile thousands of residents have been evacuated, as the wildfires continu

——idlib you mentioned the united states.is that measure that was taken a a few days ago, how much is that a significant part in all of this? a a few days ago, how much is that a significant part in all of this7m didn't look like any other measure than an invitation than to go ahead to me as an observer. president trump said that one of his options was to mediate, let's go to that option. let's put everything else aside and say we demand a ceasefire and a mediation. your concerns will be sent to our efforts to bring some sanity to this place. the syrian war has lasted nearly as long as the first and the second world war combined. we don't need another war on top of that. there's a warning that parents' chatter at the school gates has become a ‘breeding ground' for harmful myths about the safety of vaccinations against conditions like measles. nhs england chief simon stevens has spoken out after the latest figures showed a rise in the number of measles cases — and fall in the take—up of all routine jabs for under—fives in the

the president and i were informed that there was a high probability he would be at the compound in idlib province. the president immediately directed our commanders to develop military options. those were presented to the president at the white house on friday morning, but it was saturday morning that we received the actionable intelligence that allowed the decision that the president had made to move forward to happen. and it is -- it was incredible to be in the situation room and to see this unfold in real-time as our special forces were on the ground, to see their professionalism over a period of two hours. but america and the world are safer today with the leader of isis dead. >> brennan: according to u.s. intelligence, isis has about eight branches. it had that battleground it has lost in iraq and syria, but it has a significant force in afghanistan and inspiration all around the world. so what impact will taking out baghdadi have on the rest of those tentacles? >> well, as the president said today, what the united states demonstrated, this president, this country will be unrelentin

media reports suggest he was the target of a us special forces operation in the syrian province of idlibth barlow. this all started about 90 20 pm —— 9:20pm saturday evening, a very simple tweet with no details. an hour with social media abounding with a lot of theory and the white house putting out a crisp statement saying president trump would make a major statement at 9am sunday morning, from the white house. the bbc bureau chief says these kinds of announcements this far out does suggest something significant, and like you say, numerous sources across america media suggest it might be linked to a possible operation against the leader of the islamic state group. we should say, if it is him, he has been the subject of much speculation about his whereabouts and arrest and even possible death in the past? this would not be the first time by any stretch. speculation there may have beenin stretch. speculation there may have been in operation against them are even been killed. he has a very elusive figure and while the islamic state has been far from a list the world stage, it controlled va

italy the province, us specialforces, delta force, moving into position to launch their attack —— idlib flattening where abu bakr al—baghdadi had been hiding out. in the past few moments, donald trump has been at the white house, and he has been at the white house, and he has said america congratulate you on the operation, and the whole world congratulate you on the success of the operation. many thanks. thanks for joining the operation. many thanks. thanks forjoining us. an inquiry into a police helicopter crash — at a glasgow pub six years ago — has found that it could have been prevented — had the pilot followed emergency procedures. ten people died when the helicopter came down onto the roof of the busy clutha bar — as our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. sirens it was a friday night in november and the clutha bar had been packed with people listening to live music when the police helicopter fell from the sky. are you ok? cctv images released publicly for the first time show the shocked crowd spilling from the pub, the aircraft embedded in the roof. the days after reveal

media reports suggest he was the target of a us special forces operation in the syrian province of idlibturday. with me is our news reporter gareth barlow. what more do we know? with regard to the us government and donald trump, very little. late on saturday night he tweeted, very simply, something very because happen. no further detail and explanation. over an hour later the white house put out a little bit more expansive comment saying the president of the united states would be making a major statement tomorrow. that is sunday morning from the white house but again no further detail or explanation. us media is now reporting that the leader of islamic state abu bakr al—baghdadi is thought to have been killed any possible operation in syria. it is worth pointing out the bbc hasn't been able to independently verify the reports and also worth noting that abu bakr al—baghdadi has been reported killed on previous occasions. just reminders of the man, who he is, why it is significant. back in 2014 in the islamic city of mosul he announced the caliphate and over the coming yea rs the caliphat

rebel forces retain a hold over other areas, such as idlib.islamic groups still have a presence in the areas in the east shown on the map in green, showing just how complex the situation is, with many moving parts. but the comments from the white house tonight are the latest twist in this complicated story. president donald trump has announced new sanctions on turkey, including new sanctions on turkey, including new tariffs on steel exports. last week he tweeted that, if turkey did anything he regarded as off—limits, he would destroy its economy. the sanctions are aimed at those he says are involved in serious human rights abuses, indiscriminately targeting civilians. he then went on to repeat his threats to destroy the turkish economy if their leaders continue down this dangerous and destructive path. in a moment we will speak to oui’ path. in a moment we will speak to our north america correspondent on these latest elements from the us. our first these latest elements from the us. ourfirst report comes these latest elements from the us. our