north korea has been saying in response to a south korean invitation to co host the 2018 winter olympics. let s go to mosul, in iraq, now. we have covered the story many times in the last three years. back in 2014 the islamic state group seized the whole city. in october iraqi forces mounted an offensive to retake it. these are the maps we have been collecting along the way. you can see how the territory marked in red controlled by is has got smaller and smaller and smaller as the months have gone by. now we have this map, provided by the iraqi military i should say, this area is still controlled by is, we estimate it to be 2.5 square kilometres in the centre of mosul. the bbc‘s team of 0rla guerin, nico hameon, bader catty and rich stacey, have exclusive access to the battle area. here s their report. gunfire heading to the front line in mosul. you have to run. and beware of snipers, troops from iraq s emergency response division are advancing every day. the target here, t
i say to him, be like john mccain, the way he behaves, the way he serves his country, the way he conducts himself in public service. i want my boy to be like him. i don t want him to be like president trump. senator bob kerrey, i know we are talking about john mccain and the country should be talking about him. but thank you as well for your heroism and the work you did in protecting this country both overseas and in congress. middle east tensions are rapidly escalating. palestinian protesters continue to clash with israelis for the seventh consecutive we can at the border of the gaza strip. may 15th is the day after israel s declaration of independence and subsequent war in 1948 in which hundreds of thousands of palestinians were forced from their lands. fuelling more of the unrest is the of mo of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem, which is scheduled for monday, the same day as
israel s 70th anniversary celebrations. nearly an protesters have been killed by live israeli fire since
Pakistan's drug regulator said on Monday it had temporarily banned the use of a cancer medication distributed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche pending an investigation, as 12 patients went blind after being injected with the drug. In a statement, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) said the health authorities in Punjab, the most populous province, had launched the investigation into the drug Avastin, which is licensed for use in Pakistan. Javed Akram, the province's Minister for Specialised Health, said police were questioning two men they believe to be the drug's distributors in the state.