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 Response division, Police Special forces. Some of these men were surrounded by is two years ago, theyjust escaped with their lives. Today, they threw everything they had at is. Theyre now above the village, which is their main target. Theyre laying down fire, and theyre about to call in some artillery strikes. But first came the mortars. The captain tells me there are three is fighters in a yellow building down there, and car bombs were targeting them now. Car bomb explosion just gone off. The men were trying to take it out, it seems like they managed to hit it. Theyd set up a whole bunch of. Well call these rifles, but as you can see here, theyre getting ready with another rpg just in case. It seems like they got it. There were four car bombs in total, but soon Government Forces were inside. They killed 13 is fighters, and sustained only one casualty. Translation we are very glad to have liberated this area. We have killed lots of is, and we will soon get civilians back to their homes. We will continue to push forward, and will follow is to the border. Here, there were no white flags, nor is black flags. For the first time in years, iraqs flag flew above the village. The village is small, but important. It is the gateway to mosul proper, and the citys airport. And, as we discovered, homes had become fortresses. Here, is weapons. And hidden inside a house, away from surveillance aircraft, another car bomb disguised as an ambulance. The bomb inside was still live. In these streets, though, a critical advantage. There were no civilians. In west mosul, there are 750,000 people, and thousands of is fighters. It took these men just six hours to take this village, their target. They made good progress, but with overwhelming force. Beyond here is another town and another village. That town overlooks Mosul Airport and the city itself. From here on in, though, the going wont be nearly so fast. This was a victory two years in the making. But it is more than that. These troops, once humiliated by is, today celebrated a moment of redemption, for them and for iraq. Quentin somerville, bbc news, on mosuls southern front. Lets take a look at some of the days other news. President trump held a Campaign Style rally in florida over the weekend, using the event to make a strong defence of his first four weeks in office. But it was his comments about sweden that caused some confusion. Have a listen. Look at whats happening last night in sweden. Sweden who would believe this . Sweden they took in large numbers. Theyre having problems like they never thought possible. Well, all day people have been trying to fathom what the president was referencing. The former swedish Prime Minister carl bildt tweeted sweden . Terror attack . What has he been smoking . Questions abound. 0ur correspondent david willis is in washington, where the white house has now given more of an explanation. Its bamboozled the Swedish Embassy here in washington, amongst others. They actually sought a clarification from the state department, and it led to widespread ridicule on twitter, of course, with imaginary Terrorist Scenarios involving the pop group abba, the ikea furniture company, and even the swedish chef from the muppets. But the white house has now sought to clarify this, as you say, saying the president s comments were about rising crime in sweden, and recent incidents in the country in general. Also making news this hour the American Food giant kraft heinz has pulled out of its plans to take over the anglo Dutch Company unilever. Kraft had made an offer which would have been the Third Largest in corporate history, but unilever rejected it on friday. The American Company says it has now amicably agreed to scrap the plan. American ships, including the Aircraft Carrier uss carl vinson, have been deployed to the south china sea, on what the us navy describes as routine operations. Last week, Chinas Foreign Ministry issued a stern warning to washington over beijings territorial claims in the region. Police in thailand have ordered more than 10,000 worshippers to vacate the countrys largest buddhist temple, while they attempt to arrest a prominent monk. For months, the authorities have conducted high profile attempts to locate phra dhammachayo, who is accused of money laundering. Now, have a look at this glacial beauty. This is the deepest and possibly one of the oldest Freshwater Lakes in the world. Lake baikal in Southern Siberia was host to the annual baikal ice marathon on sunday. More than a0 russians and 30 dutch nationals took part in one of the toughest events of its type in the world. The winners from the two categories were unsurprisingly russian. Malaysian police are trying to piece together exactly what happened in the death of kimjong nam, the half brother of north koreas leader. He died on monday after apparently being poisoned at kuala lumpur airport, and four people have already been arrested, and police say they are hunting for at least four more suspects. Celia hatton reports. The assassination of this man appears to have involved a widening cast of characters. Four have already been detained in the poisoning of kimjong nam, including a Woman Holding a vietnamese passport, who could be this person from the crime scene. And this indonesian woman, who said she was tricked into participating. She said she thought she was on a television prank show. One north korean citizen is also in custody, thought to be the man escorted here by Malaysian Police. And now the authorities have asked for interpols help to find at least four more north koreans, who all entered and exited malaysia using regular passports. And i can confirm today that they have left our country, the very same day the incident happened. And more suspects are also wanted. People of interest who might know how Kim Jong Nams killing was carried out. Four suspects have been identified, which could assist us very much in the investigation. But still the question of what will be done with Kim Jong Nams body. Malaysian law requires his family to come in person to claim his corpse. The next of kin has to come forward. I have given a timeframe. And, if still they dont come forward, then we have to look for the next option. I dont discuss at the moment. We wait and see. It is unclear whether mr kims children can travel to the morgue where the autopsy was conducted. Or perhaps the law requires the presence of this man, the victims half sibling, north Korean Leader kimjong un. South Koreas Unification Ministry confirmed they believe pyongyang orchestrated the poisoning of kimjong nam, the man once poised to rule north korea, before falling out of favour with his dictator father. While kim jong nam was alive, the thinking goes, he remained a threat to his half brother, and to kimjong uns fragile grip on power inside north korea. Celia hatton, bbc news. We just heard in celia hattons report that one of the people arrested in malaysia is an indonesian woman called siti aishah, who claimed she was carrying out a prank for a tv show. The 25 year olds parents insist she is innocent, and is being set up. Rebecca henshke has been speaking to her family. Siti aishahs mother says her daughter told her she had been offered work in malaysia as a model. Siti, who had separated from her husband, needed money to support her son, she says. Translation she said she wanted to go to malaysia for a filming on a show, to make people surprised by spraying perfume on somebody else. She was offered a job by someone to become an advertisement model for perfume, and shes an innocent girl, that did it because it was good money. Benah said she was deeply shocked when she heard that her daughter had been arrested by Malaysian Police in relation to the murder of kim jong nam. Malaysia media reports allege siti stood in front of kim to distract him while someone else approached from behind. Her family insist she was set up. Translation im asking and begging for help, so that my daughter is not punished, as i believe shes innocent. Before siti left for malaysia, she left here with her ex husbands family. In this community, she was just one of millions of indonesians who go abroad each year looking for work, and now theyre struggling to understand how she has ended up involved in such a high profile murder investigation. Translation she was a very good girl. She really looked after her in laws. She was very aware that she came from a village, and from a poor background, and she worked hard. Im completely in shock. Itjust doesnt make sense, and its not the aishah i know. The indonesian government said they had repeatedly requested access to siti aishah, saying they want to make sure her legal rights are being protected. But malaysian officials said, at this stage in the investigation, that is not possible. Rebecca henschke, bbc news, jakarta. You are watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme our exclusive interview with Angelina Jolie. She tells us why she chose to make a film about the horrors of the khmer rouge regime in cambodia. Also on the programme how useful are multi Vitamin Supplements . The head of australias medical Association Says most people would be better off eating a proper diet. Well hearfrom him. This is newsday on the bbc. Im sharanjit leyl, in singapore. Im Babita Sharma, in london. Our top stories Iraqi Government forces have recaptured a number of villages at the start of an offensive to retake the western part of the city of mosul from the Islamic State group. The white house has attempted to clarify remarks by President Trump in which he appeared to suggest sweden had suffered a recent Security Incident related to immigration. Lets take a look at some front pages from Around The World we begin with the International Edition of the financial times, which leads on the American Food giant kraft heinz pulling out of its attempt to buy unilever. The newspaper suggests that two of krafts biggest shareholders, Billionaire Warren Buffet and brazilian tycoon georgey layman, were spooked by uk politicians raising concerns about another large British Company being taken into foreign ownership. The japan times covers the hunt for people suspected of Killing Kimjong nam. It says interpol has been called in to help track down four north korean men who are wanted by Malaysian Police. And the South China Morning Post also leads with that story. It uses this picture of the two senior Malaysian Police officers briefing journalists, to show how much International Interest the Investigation Continues to attract. A very rocky recent part in rockets . This space x rocket has been carrying cargo to the International Space station. This is the first lift off from the Kennedy Space centre, had 39 a from where apollo 11 lifted off to put humans on the moon. You can set coming back to earth which would be used for the samejob on earth which would be used for the same job on another mission. The hollywood actress turned director Angelina Jolie says she hopes her new film about cambodia under the khmer rouge will help educate the world about the brutality of the regime. First they killed my father is based on the Childhood Experiences of Cambodian Human Rights Activist loung ung during the civil war. Msjolie has also spoken for the first time about her highly publicised split from brad pit. Shes been talking exclusively to our correspondent yalda hakim. Hollywood royalty meets cambodian royalty. The backdrop, an ancient temple. Its the biggest movie premiere this country has ever seen. The director, Angelina Jolie, says the film speaks to this nations people. Their actors, their language, their story. This war that happened a0 years ago, and what happens to these people, was not properly understood, and notjust for the world, but for the people of the country, i felt that i wanted them to be able to reflect on it in a way that they could absorb, so its through the eyes of a child, and its a lot about love. The khmer rouge, a radical communist movement, vowed to take the country back to year zero. Millions were forced out of the cities in an attempt to create a rural utopia. You could be killed for practising religion, showing emotions, or even wearing colour. Infouryears, 2 Million People died. Speaking to people here, i get the sense that they dont want to remember the past, but they also cant forget it. There are 20,000 mass graves across this country, like these ones. A visual reminder of what this nation has been through. The haunting portraits of Death Hundreds of images of those who were tortured at the notorious s21 prison. More than 12,000 people were killed here. In the end, only a handful survived. 86 year old chung mai is one of them. They beat me for 12 days and 12 nights, he tells me. I was so hungry, when i would see a cockroach, lizard or mouse, i would catch it and eat it. If they caught me, theyd beat me up again. Angelina jolie is keen to tell this story and focus on this country and its past. But its been difficult to keep the spotlight off her own personal life. We know that an incident occurred which led to your separation. We also know you havent said anything about this. Would you like to Say Something . Er. 0nly that. I dont want to say very much about that. Except to say that it was a very difficult time, and. And we are a family, and we will always be a family, and we will get through this time, and hopefully be a stronger family for it. But this moment is about cambodia and remembering the time when this ancient culture was almost wiped out. Now, do you take vitamins in the hope theyll keep you healthy . Experts are now questioning their benefits. The head of australias medical Association Says Multi Vitamins are a waste of money. I spoke to him earlier. First, whats the difference between taking a supplement and eating the right foods . An orange, for example, provides vitamin c plus some beta carotene, calcium and other nutrients. Its likely these compounds Work Together to be beneficial. Dietary supplements may be appropriate in certain cases, women who are pregnant are recommended to take a prenatal vitamin that includes iron. Adults aged 65 and older should take a daily dose of vitamin d to reduce the risk of falls. And for those who dont have two to three servings of fish a week, some experts recommend taking a fish oil supplement. The president of australian medical association, dr michael gannon, told me there is no evidence to say Multi Vitamins actually work. It is a massive industry and for so many people they take it for granted that they need to take these supplements. They are heavily advertised, often with celebrities and it is asserted that they can do all sorts of remarkable things, reduce stress, make you healthier and its only when they start to make very specific claims that the watchdogs Around The World can actually call them in. We suggested certain cases where vitamins could be helpful, pregnant women and the elderly for instance. Today there are many people eating a lot of processed foods and perhaps their diet is not quite so good. Are you suggesting that vitamins would not be helpful if your diet is not so good . You are exactly right when you talk about specific deficiencies that can be proven such as vitamin b12 deficiency, Vitamin D Deficiency and pregnant women being advised to take folate. That is uncontroversial. The reason why the supplements are usually a waste of money is that when they do not exist in their naturalforms they are often less bioavailable, their absorption does not work as well. We must get rid of this message that you can eat the wrong things and that wont impact on your health. The message must be that a diet full of fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, grain, lean meat, poultry, fish. If you eat that you will get trace elements, vitamins in a way that you can absorb them and they go to the function of your body. Is there a suggestion that overdosing on vitamins could be dangerous as well . There is no question that you can overdose on certain vitamins. We have been aware for a long time that vitamin a in high doses is toxic. For that reason the dose of vitamins a is usually very low in these preparations. The real message here is not so much one of harm from the supplements themselves but the harm that comes from not observing a decent diet and the idea that these preparations are going to do you any good. People spend a lot of money on these preparations and, sadly, there is a lot of evidence that people will assume evidence based treatments, for example, not fill prescriptions written by their doctor. So you have been giving us this advice there. What would your advice be for lots of people who are watching out there who do happen to have lots of vitamins on the shelves. Do you suggest they should throw them away . I would encourage them to speak to their local Family Doctor but for the vast majority of them, taking expensive supplements of water soluble vitamins are doing nothing more than developing very expensive urine. The regulation on supplements is very lax, unlike safety tests that Prescription Medication has to go through. You have been watching newsday. Thats all for now, stay with bbc world news. Hello there, good morning. 12 or 13 degrees quite widely on sunday. The north east of scotland reached 1a degrees, air has come in from the middle of the atlantic and will continue to do so although we will see temperatures drop away from the north as we get to the latter part of the week. A lot of cloud out there. 0vernight tonight it will spill its way in from the west. Some of the cloud will be quite low across Western Areas and there will be at least some rain to be had in the far north and west first thing in the morning. It will be a mild night. Nine or 10 degrees, fairly typical for most major towns and cities. Those sort of temperatures we should see in the daytime at this time of year. A grey start for many. The Weather Front is not particularly intense in terms of rainfall but there is wetter weather to be had and windy conditions in the far north west. In the far south west there will be low cloud, hill fog quite extensive and coastal fog as well but it is a mild start to the day. Dry for the most part, the odd spot of drizzle under this low cloud out west. Not so much cloud for east anglia and lincolnshire but down towards the south east around the coast it is a grey but mild start to the day. Few breaks in the cloud for the North East Of England but most places are starting off rather grey. Not much rain until you get to get to the north west of Northern Ireland and the West Of Scotland as well. Cloudy and breezy as well. Some parts of Eastern Scotland getting away with a dry start to the day but it will be a blustery start on the eastern side of scotland and the North East Of England for a time through the morning. Winds gusting to around 50 miles an hour, bear that in mind if you are travelling up and down the pennines, for example. Into the afternoon we will see some reasonable temperatures in the south east given a few cloud breaks. Up to 16 degrees, may be higher in a couple of places, not quite as warm as it was on sunday in scotland. Into the evening, showers in the north of scotland in the area of rain affecting some parts of wales in southern england. In between it is largely dry and not overly chilly but we are into single figures. Dawn on tuesday, there may even be A Touch Of Frost in northern scotland. Not so further south, another mild night, nine or ten degrees. Another grey start to the day on tuesday for wales and southern counties of england. Low cloud and patchy rain through the morning. Wetter weather getting into Western Scotland and Northern Ireland through the afternoon. Temperatures through the afternoon will be well into double figures for many of us. Through wednesday and thursday temperatures just dropping back into single figures across the northern parts of the uk. Still hanging on to double figures further south with a fair bit of cloud and rain at times. Still less mild by the end of this week. Some places doing quite well but still quite windy later this week. Im Babita Sharma with bbc world news. Our top story the second phase of the Military Operation to retake the Iraqi City Of Mosul has begun. The western half of the city is the last stronghold of so called Islamic State in iraq. The first objective of the advance appears to be mosuls airport. President trump says his comments appearing to link sweden to countries afflicted by terrorism were based on a report from fox news television. The Swedish Embassy had asked for clarification of his comments. And this video is trending on bbc. Com. The annual Naked Man Festival has been taking place at a temple in 0kayama city. Men scramble for sacred sticks thrown into the crowd in darkness, and the winners who find the sticks are considered lucky men. Thats all from me now. Stay with bbc world news. And the top story here in the uk the prison officers Association Says Government Plans to increase the pay of some of its members wont fix the broken system
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