lincoln city in the fa cup quarter final. and later on bbc news, a chance to see the vast ancient ruins of sudan. that s in the travel show, coming up at eight thirty. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a major new offensive is underway in iraq against the so called islamic state group, with security forces trying to regain full control of mosul. the city was seized more than two years ago, as is took control of northern and western iraq. iraqi forces launched their main offensive in october. and last month they recaptured the eastern part of mosul. but around three quarters of a million civilians remain in the western half where there ll be stiff resistance from is. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman nik millard are the only television journalists on the frontline with the iraqi forces. just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called islamic state. thousands of men and hundreds of armoured vehicles
dr. craig spencer reportedly rode the subway and took a cab afterwards and went bowling. reporter: as we got word today that the dallas health care worker, nina pham, walked out of the hospital ebola free we were told of a new case here. health cache workers have been training for months, doing drills preparing for what they thought was inevitable, a case of ebola here. officials are saying that the hospital was prepared to handle new york s first case of ebola. we are as ready as one could be for the circumstance. what happened in dallas was exactly the exact opposite. part of the action plan is a team of investigators tracing dr. spencer s steps after his return from west africa, where he was treating ebola patients in new guinea, with doctors without border. officials say that spencer took his temperature twice a stay and was mindful of contact with people but did leave his apartment. despite feeling fatigued the day before his diagnose, he went bowling, rode the sub
i m francine lacqua. let s get straight to the top corporate story. fiat is planning a $9 billion investment in new models. it is part of their turnaround strategy to end losses in europe and revise its italian factories. jonathan ferro joins us now with the details. big money, big focus on the romeo. marks like alfa it is not just about upscale and luxury, it is about the cars and fiat that are actually selling, the 500, the alfa romeo that has mass is potential at the luxury end of things and the maserati as well. u.s. selling more in the than anywhere else. it is about made in italy and it looks like it is going to be about sold in the united states. has beent in europe doing so badly and they have had to cut jobs within italy itself heard good news because they re actually leveraging the luxury branding that goes with the identity of italy. that is where these cars are going to be, at the high-end. let s be honest, the 500 is not the lecture end. it is considered co
is a bloomberg news exclusive. shinzo abe says there are no and to abenomics. he talks about how japanese companies can stay competitive under his policies. regarding the corporate tax starting next fiscal year, we decided to reduce by 2.4% and we will be moving forward with reviews and studies on how corporate tax should be in order for japanese companies to stay competitive. thee will have a more from exclusive interview throughout the program. ukraine. protesters have flooded the streets of the capital among speculation that the president is going to sign up to a russian trade bloc. david tweed is there. angela merkel must be keeping a close eye on that. i want to give you an idea on how much of the german media and political establishment i want to show the right side the newspaper. this is the picture on the front and is also on the front of several other national newspapers that the statue of lenin was toppled late last night. and then decapitated. this is a big i
difference. we know that it s been woefully lacking information concerning criminal records. only eight states that really supply the vast majority of information in that system. so i think that alone is going to make a jay or difference. you are talking about the administrative part. the president talked about the fact that it s going to be up to the people. what can you do in your own community? what do you do now? on a personal level, certainly communicating back home in philadelphia what the president has laid out. just yesterday as you may know, i talked about a set of principles the sandy hook premises we will be following in philadelphia trying to change and influence corporate behavior and business practices, gun manufacturers, distribute toirs and retail ters. this will be a topic of conversation at the u.s. conference of mayors. so mayors from all across america, small, medium and large cities will be joining this effort to move forward with regard to what the p