To Great Ormond Street Hospital in london, calling on doctors to allow the terminally ill baby to travel to america for experimental treatment. Sir vince cable, whos favourite to be the next leader of the Liberal Democrats, says he believes brexit may never happen. Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im jane hill. This week we are discussing what the World Leaders meeting in germany for the g20 summit might be able to achieve. We will look at continuing problems on indias border both with china as well as pakistan, and also a final thought about an exceptionally busy few months in the uk and abroad. Just how desperate is everyone for a holiday . Before that, lets introduce all my guests. Iain martin is with me, columnist with the times, ashish rai of rai media. Nabila randani the french algerian journalist, and henry chu, the International Editor of variety magazine. A warm welcome to all of you. So the discussions in the german city of hamburg invol
Welcome to bbc news. The Iraqi Government said today that the city of mosul has been liberated from so called Islamic State, three years after it was first occupied by the extremists. The second largest city in iraq was where is declared its caliphate in 2014. Since then, its grip on territory seen here in red has been gradually reduced in iraq and in syria. In the last nine months its been targeted in mosul by the iraqi army, backed by us and Coalition Air strikes and has lost Ground Street By street. Tonight, the defence secretary sir Michael Fallon congratulated the iraqis and highlighted the role played by the raf. But as our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has seen in mosul, victory has come at a cost, with an estimated 800,000 civilians driven from their homes. What was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. Every building deeply scarred or destroyed by months of war. We joined the Search And Rescue teams looking for survivors. But more often, they are just recoveri
Great ormond street hospital in london, calling on doctors to allow the terminally ill baby to travel to america for experimental treatment. Thousands of people gather at an Opposition Event in istanbul to protest against the government of president erdogan. Hundreds of kilograms of drugs and thousands of Mobile Phones were found in prisons in england and wales last year. The government has described the situation as unacceptable. The church of englands ruling body, the general synod, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of welcoming transgender people and offering special Church Services for them. Now on bbc news, its time for The Travel Show. On this weeks travel show, were in a Surfing Community trying to hold back the tide of development on the chilean coast. Also coming up. We go looking for lost ships beaneath the canadian waves. We discover a novel way to make a cake in rural france. And our global guru, simon calder, tackles the biggest question in travel. Where next . Lets start
Great ormond street hospital in london, calling on doctors to allow the terminally ill baby to travel to america for experimental treatment. Thousands of people gather at an Opposition Event in istanbul to protest against the government of president erdogan. Hundreds of kilograms of drugs and thousands of Mobile Phones were found in prisons in england and wales last year. The government has described the situation as unacceptable. The church of englands ruling body, the general synod, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of welcoming transgender people and offering special Church Services for them. Now on bbc news, its time for The Travel Show. On this weeks travel show, were in a Surfing Community trying to hold back the tide of development on the chilean coast. Also coming up. We go looking for lost ships beaneath the canadian waves. We discover a novel way to make a cake in rural france. And our global guru, simon calder, tackles the biggest question in travel. Where next . Lets start
Welcome to bbc news. The Iraqi Government said today that the city of mosul has been liberated from so called Islamic State, three years after it was first occupied by the extremists. The second largest city in iraq was where is declared its caliphate in 2014. Since then, its grip on territory seen here in red has been gradually reduced in iraq and in syria. In the last nine months its been targeted in mosul by the iraqi army, backed by us and Coalition Air strikes and has lost Ground Street By street. Tonight, the defence secretary sir Michael Fallon congratulated the iraqis and highlighted the role played by the raf. But as our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has seen in mosul, victory has come at a cost, with an estimated 800,000 civilians driven from their homes. What was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. Every building deeply scarred or destroyed by months of war. We joined the Search And Rescue teams looking for survivors. But more often, they are just recoveri