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with more. reporter: the raid was dangerous and risky but being called at this point a success. as far as the isis commander his name is abu saed and being described as isisce isis s cfo. basically in charge of the financial operations oil and gas. and it was a dramatic raid. force members were air dropped deep into isis territory in eastern syria near an area the al amar oil fields one of the biggest in syria again under isis control. they got into a fire fight. they tried to fight back and were killed along with at least a dozen other isis militants according to our sources on the ground. and we re also hearing there may have been hand to hand combat. so this was a very dramatic and intense operation. they also captured his wife unsayaf. and they rescued that young woman who had apparently been taking as a trade. and they were able to get that woman out of there. and his wife is said to have been involved heavily involved in isis s human trafficking operations. so i ....
barack obama gets down to business on the second day of his state visit to britain. he has been meeting prime minister david cameron. talks expected to cover lidiak and afghanistan. the two leaders are due to leave downing street anytime now for a press conference which we will bring to you live on bbc world news. welcome to gmt. live from central london on the second day of barack obama s state visit. i m george alagiah. also on the program air travel in germany suffers its share of disruption as a volcanic ash cloud from iceland continues to spread across europe. no respite for the battered american midwest. more victims as violent storms cut a destructive path through several states. well, it is early morning in washington and an absolutely bright sunny midday here in london. buckingham palace looking resplendent. that, of course, is where president and mrs. obama has been staying in what is turning out to be a historic state visit. yesterday was largely a day ....