and the dream is over for sutton united as arsenal head to the quarter finals of the fa cup. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, the five sports that lost their olympic and paralympic funding have had their appeals rejected by uk sport. good evening. there s been ferocious fighting between iraqi forces and so called islamic state as troops battle their way towards the city of mosul. their helicopter gunships now control the skies, but the road to is‘s last stronghold in iraq is littered with roadside bombs. to win back mosul is crucial as it s iraq s second largest city. an offensive on the east of mosul began last october. now iraqi troops, supported by british and american special forces, are trying to take control of the west, where 750,000 people and thousands of is fighters remain. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman nikki millard are the only international journalists embedded with iraqi forces. their report contains some graphic images
fiflfarw s=nn~m= =~=e=s ” there s acute malnutrition here in the children s hospital in the capital, but it s far worse upcountry, where the fighting goes on. paul is two. his distended belly and painful skin condition are obvious symptoms of hunger. malnutrition is really bad because it has increased. it has been here for some years, but this year, it is really increased. the rate has increased. hadiya gets one or maybe two meals a day. her mother, mary, can t afford to feed her, amid the economic chaos that civil war brings. this is unity state, a rebel stronghold where 100,000 people now feel the effects of famine, and 1 million more are on the brink. some aid has been delivered but not enough. famine is not declared lightly, only when help doesn t reach, and when large numbers of people are starving to death every day. the real tragedy is that this is largely man made, and we do have famine and food insecurity has worsened in many parts of the country, largely becaus
screen throughout the programme. faced with the horror of syrian children dying from a suspected nerve agent, the world s most powerful countries have not been spurred into unified action. instead they ve argued. this video show scenes the world was supposed to have consigned to history. it is, of course, deeply upsetting. those affected by this chemical attack in northern syria are given assistance. according to one monitoring group, 72 people were killed. 20 of them were children. the argument here is not about whether there was an air strike. it s not about whether or not the suffering was caused by chemicals. it s about where those chemicals came from. and america and russia, with all their might and all their intelligence operations, have two quite distinct versions of what happened. the americans blame the syrian government. the russians blame the rebels. and they can t agree on a un security council statement. so no response to the horrors we have seen in these videos.
of households is expected to be included in the conservative manifesto. good morning. it s sunday the 23rd of april. also ahead: tight security across france as voting begins in the first round of the presidential election. this is the start line of the 37th london marathon where work is furiously getting under way to get things ready because 40,000 runners are expected to take part. that is a record number. in sport, chelsea are unstoppable. matic makes his mark as the premier league leaders beat tottenham, to reach the fa cup final. have a look at this! a rare sight on the railways this morning as four engines, including the flying scotsman. line up to show the past, present, and future of rail transport. and ben has the weather. good morning. quite a decent day to come for many of us. spells of sunshine. brace yourself. a big change for the start of the new week. something much colder on the way. all of the details are coming up. thank you very much, ben. good morning. fir
to act on migration now the issue is so divisive that some leaders such as hungary s prime minister are not going italy s new prime minister decepticon threaten to cancel and only after a phone call and assurances from uncle americal did he change his mind delicate diplomacy. and not only here in europe the chancellor is currently visiting jordan and lebanon countries which are home to the world s highest number of refugees per capita medical is expected to offer aid the hope is that stable and peaceful countries will be able to deal with refugees and they ll remain part of the solution and become part of the problem. search for solutions to managing migration of course as letters of the middle east she is in beirut tonight chief political editor. is traveling with her good evening to you nic hello what is uncle americal offering on this trip and what is she expecting to get in return.
the core really of what became known as the migration crisis. and also gives a bit of distance but