Im david eades. You the best stories from across the globe. In this weeks programme explosion. On the front line in the battle for mosul. Orla guerinjoins iraqi army forces, as they make more gains against the so called islamic state. Weve heard three car bombs going off in the distance and weve also had a lot of incoming mortarfire. You can hear now the sounds of battle. As millions face famine in parts of africa and the middle east, clive myrie reports from northern nigeria, where Tens Of Thousands of children are at risk of starving to death. For those children, the end is inevitable. Innocent victims of a man made tragedy. And this ismybed. Sleeping on thejob. Zoe conwaymeets the foreign truck omelia, hes just driven ikea stocks from denmark to sweden. He only ever works in western europe, sometimes germany or norway, yet hes being paid as if he is working in slovakia. After millions of views online, we catch up with the reluctant global intranet star, the bbc interviewee whose children stole the show. You should buyjung a a spa day for everything she did in that video. Yeah, thats certainly true. My wife deserves a medal for taking care of us and our family. And seeing things through the eyes of one of britains best known authors. Ben moore investigates new claims that jane austen was as blind as a bat the Iraqi City Of Mosul has become the scene of the biggest battle on earth. Around 100,000 soldiers, the mission to drive out so called islamic state, whove occupied mosul since 2014. After 100 days of fighting, they reca nturedtheeast ~ surrounded, has been retaken. Era guerin and hercameram. , with the iraqi forces. You may find some of this report distressing. Explosions. Urban warfare on a momentous scale. This is the place where is proclaimed its caliphate. Here it was born, and here, iraqi forces say, it will die. 0n the ground, they are advancing, but struggling to hold