ina number of will be gales. those winds will blow in a number of showers here to western scotland during sunday. elsewhere to begin breaking with some sunny elsewhere to begin breaking with some sunny spells and many other is it s going to be another dry day. temperature wise looking at highs similarto temperature wise looking at highs similar to lows of today. from 18 to 23. that is your latest. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: councillors at kensington and chelsea council say they re preparing to elect a new leader, after the current one resigned because of what he described as perceived failings in their handling of the grenfell tower fire disaster. the former chief of staff to the brexit secretary has said negotiations with the eu are being hamstrung by theresa may s lack of flexibility. james chapman said the prime minister made his former boss s job very difficult. the veteran film critic and former bbc presenter, barry norman, has died. he was 83. the chine
canada marks it s 150th anniversary. 500,000 people attend celebrations in ottawa. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in mosul, where, after intense fighting, iraqi forces say they ve taken control of the so callled islamic state s main base. the militants have also been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. but fighting is continuing around part of the old city. commanders say they are confident a final victory is in sight. a symbol of victory, planted this morning in what was the main base of is in mosul. troops, weary after driving the militants from this vast medical complex, but vowing to hunt down every last one of them. we will keep chasing them and those who support them, says this man, and we will throw them in the garbage. commanders say they have removed a cancer here, but one that has already spread. 0ur message is daesh is not only an iraqi problem, says colonel falah al wabdan. it s interna