It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in the morning in london, and 4 00am in the morning in mosul, in iraq, following a day where thousands of Iraqi Government forces have advanced on the city, the opening day of an offensive to recapture the western part from so called Islamic State. The first target appears to be mosuls airport. Is militants are fighting back. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville is with the iraqi forces. This is his report. Just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called Islamic State. Thousands of men, and hundreds of armoured vehicles, ina line of attack that spread for miles. The iraqi army are starting their assault on Western Mosul, theyve breached their own defences, armoured vehicles are lining up ready for the Islamic State. Theyre only a couple of kilometres over that way, and they know that these men are coming. Theyre dug in, and the assault on Western Mosul has started. Leading the attack, iraqs Emergency Respons
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in the morning in london, and 4 00am in the morning in mosul, in iraq, following a day where thousands of Iraqi Government forces have advanced on the city, the opening day of an offensive to recapture the western part from so called Islamic State. The first target appears to be mosuls airport. Is militants are fighting back. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville is with the iraqi forces. This is his report. Just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called Islamic State. Thousands of men, and hundreds of armoured vehicles, ina line of attack that spread for miles. The iraqi army are starting their assault on Western Mosul, theyve breached their own defences, armoured vehicles are lining up ready for the Islamic State. Theyre only a couple of kilometres over that way, and they know that these men are coming. Theyre dug in, and the assault on Western Mosul has started. Leading the attack, iraqs Emergency Respons
Welcome to bbc news. Polls have closed in two parliamentary by elections in staffordshire and cumbria, following the resignations of the labour mps in stoke on Trent Central and copeland. The polls closed just over an hour ago with the results expected ataround 3am. In a moment well get the latest from tom bateman at the copeland count in whitehaven. First, lets cross to chris mason in stoke. The challenge from labour perhaps comes from ukip . It does. Good evening from stoke, where the verification of the Ballot Papers is already under. About a dozen ballot boxes have already been brought here to The Camp Centre at the start of the law night. On nights like this the law night. On nights like this the word imminent gets used frequently, but you have to define that by every hour. This is a tussle between labour, a party that has held his seat or is it very similar to it since 1930, and ukip, which hopes the breakthrough in town and city that is seen as the capital of brexit. A large maj
Welcome to bbc news. Polls have closed in two parliamentary by elections in staffordshire and cumbria, following the resignations of the labour mps in stoke on Trent Central and copeland. The polls closed just over an hour ago with the results expected ataround 3am. In a moment well get the latest from tom bateman at the copeland count in whitehaven. First, lets cross to chris mason in stoke. The challenge from labour perhaps comes from ukip . It does. Good evening from stoke, where the verification of the Ballot Papers is already under. About a dozen ballot boxes have already been brought here to The Camp Centre at the start of the law night. On nights like this the law night. On nights like this the word imminent gets used frequently, but you have to define that by every hour. This is a tussle between labour, a party that has held his seat or is it very similar to it since 1930, and ukip, which hopes the breakthrough in town and city that is seen as the capital of brexit. A large maj
Welcome to bbc news. Polls have closed in two parliamentary by elections in staffordshire and cumbria, following the resignations of the labour mps in stoke on Trent Central and copeland. The polls closed just over an hour ago with the results expected ataround 3am. In a moment well get the latest from tom bateman at the copeland count in whitehaven. First, lets cross to chris mason in stoke. The challenge from labour perhaps comes from ukip . It does. Good evening from stoke, where the verification of the Ballot Papers is already under. About a dozen ballot boxes have already been brought here to The Camp Centre at the start of the law night. On nights like this the law night. On nights like this the word imminent gets used frequently, but you have to define that by every hour. This is a tussle between labour, a party that has held his seat or is it very similar to it since 1930, and ukip, which hopes the breakthrough in town and city that is seen as the capital of brexit. A large maj