For the safety of up to 150 thousand civilians who could be trapped in the last enclave of mosul. Its held by the so called islamic sate. But the iraqi army is closing in. As it does the Un Humanitarian Co ordinator in the country says civilains are at extreme almost unimaginable risk. More on that in a moment. But first, our correspondent 0rla guerin reports from the front line in mosuls old city. Shes with Cameraman Nicholas Hameon and producer firle davies. A warning her report contains distressing images. A journey to the front line. 0ur windscreen, a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort, from iraqs elite Counter Terrorism force. Snaking forward towards an enemy that is still inflicting casualties. Like this wounded soldier, being rushed away as we arrived. And families fleeing too. 0n foot. Escaping hunger and fear, and a beloved city robbed of life. No food. No water. Mosul dead. This is the old city area, it is really the heart of the battle, and when you look around here y
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memorial for 29 miners killed in a coal mining explosion. florida governor charlie crist says he is considering running for u.s. senate as an independent after struggling to round up votes for the gop primary. air traffic officials are carving air space into three safety zones allowing at least some flights to resume, despite a cloud of volcanic ash that s still growing. we take you back to the mcveigh tapes. i take full responibility for all my actions and for who i am. i m not looking in any way, shape or form to blame anything on my parents or my upbringing. tim was born into a working class family just north of buffalo, new york. it s a hard working community of blue collar folks. his father, his grandfather
face is clear. it will be easier to remove bodies from the long wall than the long wall 22 section. we re still it s you need to be careful in these kind of conditions. and naturally we do not want another accident or injury occurring to one of our rescuers right now. how long is this investigation going to take? in the past, before a final report is released, it can take up to a year. by the time you have all the electrical equipment that s in the mine will be tested by specific manufacturers and independent labs to see if that in and of itself could have caused the explosion. there s going to be extensive interviews conducted. there s going to be extensive underground mapping. and it s just a very time consuming process. but if you want to do a quality piece of work, you have to put the time in and both the state and mser are committed to a
be the state will conduct a joint investigation. the company will be participati participating. i can assure you that no stone will be left unturned. and we ll find out the cause of this explosion. and quite frankly, the only thing good that can come out of this is to educate everyone, put regulations in place if needed to make sure that this doesn t happen again. can we tell how extensive the fire was? excusehe? can we tell how extensive the fire was? we didn t evaluate how extensive the fire was. we just wanted to locate the missing miners. what was your message to the families? what did you tell them specifically to night? i m sorry, we didn t have a chance to help rescue the miners. is there any concern about the conditions the investigators are going through? the air is okay? there is no more smoke? everything is safe? it is still tough conditions up there. the long wall, the long wall