good to have you with us. one month on from the renewed offensive to finally re take iraq s report on the plight of the civilians of mosul. many thousands have fled the fighting, but the 500,000 people still there are facing a new battle to survive. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin has seen the desperation first hand from the edge of al mansur district of western mosul. in the clamour for help, many go empty handed. gunfire the gunfire from iraqi soldiers trying to control the crowd at an aid distribution. gunfire survivors of the caliphate, now at risk from hunger. troops not keen for the chaos to be caught on camera. in the distance, smoke from an is car bomb. the front line is just a mile away. but those who flee the fighting= there are no good options for the people of western mosul. you can see here the utter desperation in this area. local people here tell us this is the first aid supplies that have come here. they say they have no running water, no electricity
as the bill triggering the uk s exit from the european union clears parliament after peers back down in their battle with the commons. there is no reason whatsoever to think that if this house were to stand its ground, that the house of commons would change its view. but nicola sturgeon springs a surprise by announcing she intends to call a second independence referendum in scotland. a demand attacked by theresa may. constitutional gameplay must not be allowed to break the deep bonds of our shared history and our future together. people in scotland will have a referendum and we will have our savi also on this programme, the chancellor backs down from a planned hike in national insurance for the self employed. set out in the budget. but first. anyone expecting full scale parliamentary fisticuffs l5l lll llll ll lll llr l lli lll the bill giving theresa may the authority to begin the uk s formal exit from the european union passed through parliament on monday night with relati
good to have you with us. one month on from the renewed offensive to finally re take iraq s second city from so called islamic state, we have a special report on the plight of the civilians of mosul. many thousands have fled the fighting, but the 500,000 people still there are facing a new battle to survive. our middle east correspondent first hand from the edge of al mansur district of western mosul. in the clamour for help, many go empty handed. gunfire the gunfire from iraqi soldiers trying to control the crowd at an aid distribution. gunfire survivors of the caliphate, now at risk from hunger. troops not keen for the chaos to be caught on camera. in the distanc% but those who flee the fighting here end up in overcrowded camps. there are no good options for the people of western mosul. you can see here the utter desperation in this area. local people here tell us this is the first aid supplies that have come here. they say they have no running water, no electricity, no acc
to dateline london. could theresa may be the prime minister who takes the united kingdom out of the european union and unwittingly helps to break up the united kingdom itself? and six years of civil war in syria is there an end to this? my guests today are: mustapha karkouti, who is a syrian writer, in our glasgow studio kevin mckenna of the guardian and the herald, annalisa piras who is an italianjournalist and film maker, and iain martin of the times. in a democracy people have the right to choose whether to leave a union where the government seems remote and does not that was at the core of the argument against the european union and for brexit now it is the same argument beindused by nationalists! in scotland calling for a new vote on independence. will theresa may go down in history as the prime minister who lost the united kingdom? kevin in glasgow. decide to call for a second referendum? it is quite risky, isn t it? yes. any decision to call for a referendum carr
one month on from the renewed second city from so called islamic state of mosul. many thousands have fled the fighting. but half a million people still there are facing a new battle to survive. our middle east correspondent orla guerin has seen the desperation first hand, from the edge of al mansur district of western mosul. in the clamour for help, many go empty handed. gunfire the gunfire from iragi soldiers, ,, 7. 7 ,, . 7, h. at an aid distribution. gunfire survivors of the caliphate, now at risk from hunger. troops not keen for the chaos to be caught on camera. in the distance, smoke from an is car bomb. the front line is just a mile away. but those who flee the fighting here end up in overcrowded camps. there are no good options for the people of western mosul. you can see here the utter desperation in this area. local people here tell us this is the first aid supplies that have come here. they say they have no running water, no electricity, no access to medical suppl