US special forces target IS chief

President Donald Trump has said that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the fugitive leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed in a US military operation in northwest Syria.

Also in the programme: Analysis on what al-Baghdadi's death means for stability of the region; and how a power vacuum at the top of IS could affect Turkey and Syria.

(Picture: Video image of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from 2014. Credit: AFP)