Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, died "like a dog and a coward" in a raid by US special forces, Donald Trump said.

The terrorist leader was "whimpering and crying" in a tunnel after dragging three of his children with him, the US president said.

As US soldiers closed in Baghdadi, an Iraqi national whose real name was Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali Muhammad al-Badri al-Samarrai, detonated a suicide vest, killing himself and his children.

Mr Trump announced the end of "the world's number one terrorist" during an "impeccable" raid in north-west Syria.

The president said: "He died after running into a dead-end tunnel whimpering and crying and screaming all the way.