Against so called Islamic State in iraqs second city, mosul. Theyve taken the citys airport, a key Staging Point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville was there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, torched en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack for the airport is under way. All night long, weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. The onslaught had cleared this village of is fighters and civilians. Its eerily quiet as the men proceed on foot. A local man tells the Special Forces there were up to 100 is here yesterday. Theyve hidden bombs all over. So the men took to higher ground. And we followed at a safe distance. As the day went on, there was no l
morning in whiltshire. is morning in whiltshire. that a snowball or a tennis 1 is that a snowball or a tennis ball in her mouth? it looks like a snowball. it looks like she is posing. keep those pictures coming. thanks forjoining us on this chilly wednesday morning. 8.16. it s been one month since devastating earthquakes hit turkey and syria, killing more than 50,000 people. but, as well as stories of heartbreak there were also many of hope. here on breakfast we ve brought you the remarkable tale of dr malcolm russell who, along with his team, rescued a man who had been trapped under the rubble in turkey for five days. now, serdal has been able to meet those who saved his life, as tim muffett reports. this is what bravery looks like. the earthquake happened on the monday and we were well into the deployment, and on friday one of our team heard
0ur mantra is every girl, every day . her body and that of her child and husband found at a house in epsom college s grounds. blue tarpaulin now in front of it. the head teacher s house in the centre, the school s indoor rifle range behind it. police have described what has happened as an isolated incident. that means they aren t looking for anyone else. they will give more details soon. the flag flies at half mast. how to help the hundreds of pupils here understand what happened and how they lost their head teacher in the most terrible way. lucy manning, bbc news. the time is 8.16. our top story this evening. more than 2000 people have been killed in earthquakes in turkey and syria they were the strongest in the region for decades. coming up, i will be live at the
work. we still have not recovered from that. and on the bipartisan infrastructure plan which got its merit but also added to the deficit to the tune of $256 billion. don t keep saying you cut the deficit. it s only compared to the amount of money we put in because of the pandemic. just like you added eight million jobs. no. people are on the shelf because they were told to stay home. they got back into the work force. you can t take credit for that. steve: well, in addition to saying he s changing people s lives, he also said that inflation is worse elsewhere and that simply is not true. actually, the united states inflation rate is higher than the euro zone. remember last week, the number came out here in the united states, it was 8.16. in the euro zone, 8.1 %. until south korea it was 5.4. australia 5%, canada 6.8. while the president can say you re lucky to live here in the united states where inflation s not that bad compared to the rest of the world, look at
to use the economic crime bill, which goes before mps on monday, expected to be fast tracked through the house of commons, they are going to use that to make changes that they say will make it more straightforward to get a legal basis to move against these individuals. foreign secretary liz truss says that lindsay will be able to go faster and harder on those closest to vladimir putin. labour backs it, although they say that they do need to move faster, acting against these individuals in the days not months. helen, thank you so much. the time now is 8.16. the ceasefire will start from 7.00 are time for five hours, which the ceasefire will start from 7.00 are time forfive hours, which is 9.00 ukrainian tone, and various corridors have been identified. and a big logistical operation now has to get under way. buses will leave from three locations in the city to