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
Is this the smartest building in italy . The latest worker drones. And, beat this, a hearty handful. On july 12th, the internet, as we know it, will change. Go to amazon, twitter, reddit or many other sites and you could be asked to wait on a slower connection, or pay extra, or you may be blocked altogether. Thankfully, these warnings arent real. Theyre part of an internet wide protest, with the aim of protecting Net Neutrality. Net neutrality is the basic principle that protects our Freedom Of Speech on the internet. Its the guiding rules that have made the internet into what it is today, and it prevents our Internet Service providers so the Cable Companies like comcast, horizon and at t from controlling what we can see and do when we go online. Under the Net Neutrality principle, all data should be treated equally by isps. That means they cant slow down companies who refuse to pay to have their data prioritised, and they cant charge customers for fast access to certain data. But the
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
And wales last year. The government has described the situation as unacceptable. Sir vince cable, whos favourite to be the next leader of the liberal democrats, says he believes brexit may never happen. Busy old afternoon on the news front today, we will have more at the top of the hour. Now, on bbc news, it is politics europe. Hello and welcome to politics europe. The french president Emmanuel Macron says europe has lost its way and promises to hold democratic conventions across the eu to discuss reform. The eu strikes an outlying free trade deal with japan but with much of the details still to be hammered out. Meps discuss how to plug the eu funding gap after brexit. We report from strasbourg. And just what was getting the Commission President Jean Claude Juncker so hot under the collar . I will never, i will never again attempt a meeting of this kind. Some may wonder if that is a promise or a threat and it is all become in the next 30 minutes and with me, joined by two meps, the con
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