Of brutal rule under isis. This is mosul, iraqs second city. There is nothing left, nothing that is not untouched. When isis unleashed their reign of terror, the world watched in horror. For the people of mosul, there was no escape. Isis have been routed. But what happened to the people who survived . The road to mosul is long and convoluted. To reach even the outskirts of the city, you have to navigate numerous checkpoints. These roads are busy again, but all around you can see the remnants from nine months of fighting. Weve just entered west mosul and were yet to see the full devastation of this war. While it very much feels like this city is functioning again, there is very much a war going on here. There are still pockets of isis fighters in the old city. The baghdad government has declared this war over but the threat from isis still lingers. I was here in 2013 and mosul then was one of the most dangerous cities on earth. I was making a film about the arab worlds oldest paragliding club. Oh, youre such a show off like life wasnt already hard enough. A shia led military backed by the government in baghdad was oppressing the local sunni population. Allahu akbar it was these conditions that helped pave the way for isis. When isis took the city, i tried to contact the paragliders id met on my visit here in 2013. Most had fled, but 42 year old rada adari had decided to stay. Hello, rada, its yalda. Im well, im well how are you . Rada, are you safe now . There is nothing violent here, it is 0k. I tried to keep in touch but eventually, the calls stopped. And this is what liberation looks like. Iraqs second largest city, just ruins. A legacy of the months of bombardment and intense streetfighting. The bulk of this city is just completely destroyed and devastated. There is nothing left, nothing that is now not untouched. I cant even begin to imagine what it would have been like for the people trapped in this city. They werent allowed out, isis wasnt letting them, and there was constant bombardment here, and now everything is destroyed. Trapped beneath these ruins are untold numbers of bodies. Ishar tahal is homeless along with a million other people in this city. What are your children saying . Dr amjad hazim is getting to work the only way he can. Mosuls only functioning hospital is overwhelmed. There is no one checking the people who are coming and going and so the Security Forces are concerned that some of these people could be isis fighters or isis supporters. This is shrapnel in the back and i am examine this side of the shrapnel and this. And just outside, another explosion. A reminder that this war is still not over. At the height of the fighting, dr hazim was treating up to 700 people a day. Now the numbers have dropped to 500, and notjust from injuries but illnesses caused due to the lack of clean water. Returning home could be deadly. According to the army, retreating isis fighters have rigged 90 of the buildings with improvised explosive devices. Do you have the resources . I mean, do you have enough men to. Explosion theyve just. Is that another one . So many more still in this area . The Iraqi Military is now accused of targeting and killing people they suspect of belonging to isis. The government say theyre investigating these allegations. When Islamic State swept into mosul three years ago, the world watched in horror as they unleashed their reign of terror. Initially, many here welcomed isis. They saw them as liberators from an oppressive shia dominated government. Mosul university. 0nce home to over a million books on philosophy, law and literature. Rare maps, ancient manuscripts and a ninth century koran have all been lost. This is one of iraqs most famous universities, it is now completely destroyed. Isis was using this as a headquarters. They converted the science labs into makeshift weapons factories. Computer, mathematics. When Iraqi Government forces retook the east of the city they discovered what they had long suspected and feared. Chemicals such as sulphur mustard. According to the us pentagon, the university was central to isiss chemical weapons programme. We are just inside what used to be the computer department. There is hardly anything left here, but classes have now resumed so we are going upstairs to have a look at one of the classrooms. Hi, hello. This seat of learning represented everything isis stood against. Intellectuals like ali, a renowned professor of law, feared for their lives. You are a professor, that would have been hugely risky if they found out who you were. What did you do . The sense of life flooding back into this town is palpable. This cafe has just reopened. But there are still deep scars. Fikri was a student at the university. When isis came to power, she had to give up her studies, but much worse was to come. Religious police, known as the hisbah, controlled everything. Shaving, smoking, using a mobile phone, were all considered immoral, and the punishment for these transgressions, any thing from public lashings to execution. For the three years isis ruled the city, very Little Information came out about life inside the caliphate. Its difficult to believe that as foreigners we can now drive freely in the streets. But its a false sense of security. Its not safe here in east mosul. There are fears that many isis fighters have just gone back into the community. There are checkpoints everywhere, we still have to be so careful. Ive come to visit dr hazim, from mosul hospital, at his home in the east of the city. Nice to see you. Thank you for having us. As salamu alaykum. This is traditional food . We can come freely to go home now, but life was very difficult in the past three years . 0ver lunch, dr hazim explains that it was his profession that ultimately saved him and his family from the wrath of Islamic State fighters. Did that make you nervous that your son would go out to treat isis fighters . Is there fear, then, that there could be another uprising . Are you scared about the idea that isis may come back . How do you feel now . Are you able to breathe freely . Thinking back to the paragliders i met here in 2013, i remember the love they had for the city. And the freedom they sought through their sport, soaring above mosul. One of them was a true rebel. The wind is like a mans heart, it changes every two minutes through a contact, i discovered she had stayed in mosul. She had even stood up to isis, running for election to the city council. But that rebellious, outspoken streak was eventually to cost her. Friends say she was taken from her home and shot in the street. The people of mosul have suffered a great deal in these past few years. Now they have to rebuild broken and divided city. Real reconciliation will be a battle. And all the while, isis fighters are hiding among the population. Waiting in the shadows. Temperatures will slowly be on the rise to the abbey park next week, partly down to the system pushing its way across the uk sunday. In bed to cost this clown is the remnants of the hurricane that has been whizzing its way across the atlantic. It should introduce some topical art. 0n atlantic. It should introduce some topical art. On sunday there was some sunshine is bestie across eastern areas, different story further west. And we will still see some of that during monday morning as the system continues to push its way across the country. Crowd, outbreaks of rain and visibility problems, mist and bark. Particularly across southern and central parts of england and wales. The rain will fizzle out through the morning. It will go to Northern Ireland and push to north west england and western parts of scotland. Away from here it should become dry through the afternoon. If the sun does come out any length of time we will see values of the degree or so higher than this. Tomorrow evening the band of rain put it itself across scotland and is getting north east england. Some rain in Northern Ireland for a bit as well. Theyll be submitted and bark. Some visibility problems and an increase of bleak humid like a humid night. As we look ahead to wednesday the weather front is still with this with outbreaks of rain to scotla nd with this with outbreaks of rain to scotland as some showers are eventually in the day parts of Northern Ireland as well. Elsewhere on tuesday mainly dry and hard breaking a bit more than we saw on monday. We should see some good spells of sunshine which will help temperatures up to between 23 25dc. Getting higher wednesday the sun goes on the west it will be a cold front and behind it is pressure conditions which will slowly put its weight used to the bait. It will bring heavy rain across western parts of scotland. Also north west england Richard Clifford Northern Ireland to profess a day. Some good spells of sunshine across east anglia. Here, has a 25 26dc and maybe even higher. Fresherfeel the. The westerly winds will pick up the. The westerly winds will pick up strength, further rain im afraid the Northern Ireland and some showers to scotland. Elsewhere, and mainly dry day with one of two showers down to wales. So, here is the end of the week, High Pressure tantalisingly close bringing something settled the southern parts of the country. This area of low pressure is starting to pull away from scotland which means there will be further showers here and some will filter down in parts of Northern England and wales. Elsewhere, a dry entered the week, the shipbuilders spoils of sunshine and house between 19 and 23 celsius. It wouldnt be a weekend without some uncertainty. An area of High Pressure close to South West England bringing something must settled here, low price to the northampton outbreaks of rain here. The area of low pressure is complicating things. If you are having a bank holiday next weekend it looks like there will be some uncertainty. The wettest weather in the north and driest in the south. Well try to firm up on the details in the coming. Goodbye. The seven year old british boy missing since the barcelona attack has been confirmed as one of the dead. Julian cadman was with his mother on las ramblas when the van used in the attack drove into him and dozens of the others. The dead and injured have been remembered at Church Services today as the authorities release more details about the plot. Afterfinding more than 100 gas canisters at a suspected bomb factory, police say huge attacks were planned. Well be hearing from the father of two of the attackers, who says he cant forgive their actions. Of two of the attackers, who says also tonight. Of two of the attackers, who says bangladesh suffers the worst flooding for 30 years across south asia millions of people are affected. We hearfrom the british paramedic injured while trying to help victims of the suspected terrorist attack in finland
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