This war that happened a0 years ago and what happened to these people was not properly understood, and not just for the world, but for the people of the country. Iraqi Security Forces have been pushing forward in a major offensive aimed at taking full control of their second largest city, mosul, from so called islamic state. The city was seized more than two years ago as is moved into northern and western iraq. The offensive to remove the group began last october, with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of mosul last month. But the western half of the city is home to around three quarters of a million civilians and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman nick millard are the only Television Journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. They sent this report. Just after sunrise, iraq bagai and what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called islamic state. Began. Thousands of men and hundreds of arm
Celsius in london. Temperatures could push up to 16 celsius weather cloud breaks. Where the cloud breaks. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines thousands of Prison Officers in london and the South East Of England are to get an instant pay increase of between £3000 and £5000. Ministers said they wanted to attract the best talent after concerns the Prison Service was understaffed. Iraqi forces say theyve taken several villages to the south of mosul, hours after launching a major offensive to retake the western half of the city from Islamic State militants. Save the children warn theres around 350,000 children trapped in the city. The Chief Executive of sainsburys has called for fundamental reforms of business rates, amid concerns upcoming rises could spark high street closures. Now, on bbc news, its time for click. This week waterfalls and flowers, lions all around. Oh, i can see lions and stuff, playing. Big screen excitements, attack of the australian spider box. Big screen exciteme
This war that happened a0 years ago and what happened to these people was not properly understood, and not just for the world, but for the people of the country. Iraqi Security Forces have been pushing forward in a major offensive aimed at taking full control of their second largest city, mosul, from so called islamic state. The city was seized more than two years ago as is moved into northern and western iraq. The offensive to remove the group began last october, with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of mosul last month. But the western half of the city is home to around three quarters of a million civilians and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman nick millard are the only Television Journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. They sent this report. Just after sunrise, iraq bagai and what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called islamic state. Began. Thousands of men and hundreds of arm
Overnight will be higher than the Daytime Average for this time of year. They will get higher still tomorrow. They are tempered somewhat by these gusty winds. Trans pennine route, across the east of the grampians, you will get buffeted during the rush hour. Chilly air following to the north, but further south, we could have 15 or 16 celsius tomorrow. We will start to see something potentially more stormy in the middle part of the week. More on that later. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines thousands of Prison Officers in london and the South East Of England are to get an instant pay increase of between £3000 and £5000. Ministers said they wanted to attract the best talent after concerns the Prison Service was understaffed. Iraqi forces say theyve taken several villages to the south of mosul, hours after launching a major offensive to retake the western half of the city from Islamic State militants. Save the children warn theres around 350,000 children trapped in the city. The Chi
This war that happened a0 years ago and what happened to these people was not properly understood, and not just for the world, but for the people of the country. Iraqi Security Forces have been pushing forward in a major offensive aimed at taking full control of their second largest city, mosul, from so called islamic state. The city was seized more than two years ago as is moved into northern and western iraq. The offensive to remove the group began last october, with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of mosul last month. But the western half of the city is home to around three quarters of a million civilians and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman nick millard are the only Television Journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. They sent this report. Just after sunrise, iraq bagai and what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called islamic state. Began. Thousands of men and hundreds of arm