Bringing the near nine month battle for the city to an end. The Iraqi Military was made to fight for every street. Haider al abadi has been seen walking through mosuls streets, congratulating the troops alongside him. He was expected to make a speech, formally declaring victory, but that has not yet happened. A few hours ago, mr al abadi took to twitter to deliver the news. Iraqi Security Forces have been celebrating on the streets of mosul. Its three years since the Group Calling itself Islamic State seized control of iraqs second largest city. It still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. These images from the old city show the scale of the destruction. Earlier there were reports of continuing clashes, the so called Islamic State group still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. Our Correspondentjonathan Beale reports from the front line. What was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. Every building deeply scarred, or destroyed by months of war. We join
Grip on the territory has been degraded in iraq and syria. In the last nine months it has been targeted in mosul by the iraqi army, backed by us and coalition airstrikes. Victory has come at a cost with an estimated Eight Thousand civilians driven from home and stop 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 recovering bodies. With the heat, there is also the strong smell of decay. Ali is hoping against hope that his brother and his family are still alive. Their house was hit in an air strike just a few weeks ago. It was being used by Islamic State fighters. Ali says that he spoke to his brother on this phone while he was trapped somewhere under the rubble. And then, he stopped answering. All they find here is decaying corpses. Its a similar story everywhere they go. While that was happening, the iraqi Prime Minister was e
Including the existence of god. He finally resigned from the church, accusing it of Persecuting Gay People. Did his own loss of faith betray those he once preached to . Richard holloway, welcome to hardtalk. At the age 01 14, you left your Working Class Home in the West Of Scotland and went off to a very austere place in england. It was to train as an anglican priest. Train as a monk. What was that like . It was lovely. I was a romantic wee boy who wandered the hills where i grew up. The hills give you a sense of beyondness, of otherness, but that was also related to me and the kind of love for western movies, this idea of the lonely hero. Riding on and rescuing. I got kind of bitten by that. I was discovered by the local priest. He invited me to join the choir. The beauty of it somehow consumed me. He talked about the given away life, this mystical thing called a vocation that some people had, to give themselves to a greater purpose. I went to him when i was 13 and said tentatively, m
And andy murray and Johanna Konta both bid for a spot in the wimbledon quarter finals later, as manic monday sees all remaining 32 singles players in action. And coming up in the sport on bbc news andy murray will be figting for a spot in the wimbledon quarter finals later as manic monday sees all remaining 32 players in action. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the next hour, the parents of charlie gard will return to the high court, as fresh medical evidence will be heard about their terminally ill son, who is being cared for at great ormond street hospital. An earlier ruling supported the view of his doctors that nothing could be done to improve his quality of life, and they should be allowed to switch off his life support systems. But judges will evaluate new data about an experimental treatment the pa rents an experimental treatment the Pa Re Nts Wa Nt An Experimental Treatment the parents want their 11 month year old is sum to receive. Our correspondent Daniel
Number of stories to bring you from washington related to donald trump. Donald trump junior, his washington related to donald trump. Donald trumpjunior, his son, has admitted to meeting a russian lawyer after she promised him damaging material about Hillary Clinton. It happened during the 2016 election campaign. This is the original story in the new york times. At the time, donald trump junior confirmed he in the new york times. At the time, Donald Trumpjunior confirmed he had met with this woman but claimed the campaign was not discussed. A day later he changed his story and admitted that they had met under their belief that information about Hillary Clinton would be shared. Donald trump junior says that no information was offered and it quickly became clear she had no meaningful information. The president s son in law was also at that meeting. We just got this update. Donald trump junior that meeting. We just got this update. Donald trumpjunior has hired in new york lawyer to represe