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Welcome to bbc news. im nuala mcgovern. our top stories: president biden gives details of how the head of the islamic state group was killed during a raid by us special forces in syria. he chose to blow himself up — notjust with a vest, but to blow up that third floor rather than face justice for the crimes hes committed, taking several members of his family with him. let the games begin — the opening ceremony for beijings winter olympics takes place on friday, amid excitement and controvers...

Ben sticks around. when we come back, major victory in the war against terror, president joe biden giving the go-ahead to an operation by u.s. special forces in syria that left the head of isis did. well have new details on that raid after a quick break. plus, from fighting terrorism to fighting crime to exposing a potential false flag operation in ukraine, it has been a very busy day at president joe bidens white house. were happy to have a chance to talk to white house communications direc...

Overnight raid killed isis leader abu ibrahim al hashimi al qurayshi and it raised the question what is the state of islamic terror and isis specifically? is it still a major threat? joining me now is fawaz gerges, professor of international relations at the london school of economics and the author of "isis: a history." fawaz, welcome. first, give us a sense of what al qurayshis death means. is this a body blow? how would you describe it? >> well, i mean, i think the killing of al qurayshi will...

This is bbc news. our top stories: president biden gives details of how the head of the islamic state group was killed during a raid by us special forces in syria. he chose to blow himself up — notjust with a vest, but to blow up that third floor rather than face justice for the crimes hes committed, taking several members of his family with him. let the games begin! the opening ceremony for beijings winter olympics takes place on friday amid excitement and controversy. america says the kremli...

Right, seven crises and an isis raid that we just covered to contend with. >> as you know well, just another day here at the white house. >> i want to start with russia, and i want to ask you specifically, we cover a lot of just -- its not even an echo. its a direct line between putin himself, the propaganda in russia, tucker carlson, and it would appear josh hawley is the latest to parrot it by suggesting that the white house take nato off the table for ukraine. how does that complicate diploma...

Within hours of each other. dan rosenfield quit as chief of staff, martin reynolds as principal private secretary, jack doyle as head of communications and munira mirza as head of policy. president biden has given details of how the leader of the islamic state group, abu ibrahim al-qurayshi, was killed during a raid by us special forces in syria. he said he detonated a bomb at the start of the operation. the us says the kremlin could be planning to broadcast fake images of the ukrainian army sho...

>> im skeptical because he had virtually no public profile. indicates from the prophet mohammed, may or may not be true. they will replace him. he was not a charismatic person out there making statements but an interesting question about president obama as commander in chief. recalled that biden was against bin laden for all the reasons of the attack. people out of afghanistan, here he is sending troops into eastern europe, authorizing the risky raid. seems hes in a different place. >> many peop...

Visa prepaid card with a qualifying bundle. are you a christian author with a book that youre ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! good evening. tonight, the very latest on what president biden calls a testament to the countrys reach and capability for eliminating terrorist threats around the globe. a risky, predawn raid conducted by elite u.s. forces on a home in northwest syria near the turkish border. when it was over, the leader of isis ...

Making and they have to wait for the right intelligence because as barbara is noting, they are so sensitive and you have to be so careful, carrying out something like this. often, these are things theyve been talking about for quite some time, potentially before putin putting out 100,000 forces on the ukraine border but i think it speaks to the level of doing multiple things at once. this is the first time youve seen something like this happen since taken office and to tout the success of it. >>...

Violence. the pandemic cant be eliminated but its our decision to intelligently live with it. to the cross-hairs of conflict. the biden administration faces a dual threat. they killed an isis commander in syria. look at the compounds before the raid. then after the raid. how do we know that the head of isis was there? we have a presence there. we have troops. and where are the terrorists going? they are going to afghanistan where we have zero troops and we stranded our allies. you a krien. ukrai...