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On the front line against Islamic State extremists in northern | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
Syria - a first hand glimpse of how Kurdish fighters | :00:10. | :00:11. | |
A BBC team has reached an area liberated from IS - | :00:12. | :00:18. | |
but still threatened by its truck bombs. | :00:19. | :00:23. | |
The Kurds got lucky - they found it, they stopped it | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
It sent debris for hundreds of metres across these fields. | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
Elsewhere in Syria, as a partial truce holds the UN says it's ready | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
Also on tonight's programme: After a week of Cabinet division | :00:39. | :00:53. | |
over Europe, a growing row over access to Government papers | :00:54. | :00:55. | |
The red carpet is ready for tonight's Oscars - | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
but controversy rages around this year's awards. | :00:59. | :00:59. | |
They are making the final checks here, but for the second year in a | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
row, all the actor nominees are white. | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
25 years on - a memorial to the British service personnel | :01:09. | :01:15. | |
And Manchester City win the Capital One Cup - | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
The Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, says the success | :01:20. | :01:43. | |
of a truce in Syria depends on Russia, with concern | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
about how its air strikes may derail a fragile process. | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
Tonight, the truce appears to be largely intact. | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
The battle against so-called Islamic State goes on however, | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
and in northern Syria Kurdish fighters backed up by air strikes | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
have been retaking territory from IS. | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
Our correspondent Quentin Somerville is live tonight in Northern Syria. | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
Well, while we have been here, there have been air strikes, there have | :02:09. | :02:19. | |
been car bombs and there have been shootings but there has been a | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
change. This conflict has pivoted, because the battle now appears to be | :02:24. | :02:30. | |
mainly, not solely concentrated in the so-called Islamic State and | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
Nousri, Al-Qaeda. There is some hope among Syrians and they are beginning | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
to use a language almost unfamiliar and a word unfamiliar to them and | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
that word is "calm" but there is also a lot of caution. My report | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
contains some images which some viewers may find distressing. | :02:50. | :02:51. | |
But, so, too, still is the fight against the so-called Islamic State. | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
In Shaddadi, air strikes and the Kurds drove out IS. | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
Here on these streets, the militants once held a slave | :03:03. | :03:05. | |
Now, around the corner, an IS fighter lies dead in the dirt. | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
But Islamic State can still surprise. | :03:13. | :03:26. | |
American jets help repel a jet in Talabiad. | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
This town was taken months ago by the Kurds but IS snipers | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
and commandos attacked in droves an hour before the truce. | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
And across a long stretch of territory. | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
The IS attacks have transformed the security situation | :03:46. | :03:47. | |
Security is a lot tighter along the road. | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
In fact, it is impassable from the west. | :03:53. | :03:54. | |
This wasn't just an attack, ground troops and snipers, | :03:55. | :04:02. | |
they also deployed typical IS tactics, massive truck bomb. | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
They found it, they stopped it and they detonated it. | :04:08. | :04:14. | |
It sent debris hundreds of metres across these fields. | :04:15. | :04:26. | |
Just imagine the damage that this would have done to local | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
So, the Kurds have control here but it is an absolute and, | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
of course, there is no truce with the Islamic State. | :04:34. | :04:35. | |
But elsewhere the ceasefire of sorts is mostly holding. | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
It's not a return to normal life, but it's a start. | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
"Today the jets flew over, but they didn't bomb, | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
we hope that they stick to their word and that calm | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
will continue to prevail and we want them to stop the regime." | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
Back in Shaddadi, it is a defeat, not a ceasefire that's making | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
The Islamic State has gone but their markings | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
"We'll all come back here to recover our lives taken | :05:07. | :05:20. | |
This time there is a place for the whole | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
nation, Arabs, Kurds, Christians, we all live together. | :05:24. | :05:25. | |
The men with guns won't be disappearing here. | :05:26. | :05:28. | |
And for Syria right now, that's good enough. | :05:29. | :05:42. | |
Who would be cynical after nearly five years of war? But who, also, | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
wouldn't be desperate for hope? There is a desperation, a hope that | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
this ceasefire of sorts continues. It is only 48 hours so far. And | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
that, perhaps, peace talks will restart. And there's been some good | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
news tonight. The BBC has learned from the United Nations that | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
tomorrow humanitarian aid convoys will start going into those towns | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
and cities across Syria which have been besieged. Where people are | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
starving, suffering malnutrition, where they are in desperate need of | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
medical help, an indication, perhaps, that these 48 hours have | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
been special and important and that for the 150,000 or so people who, in | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
the next five days, are going to receive UN aid, are beginning to | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
make a difference. Thank you Quinten. | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
There's a growing row over the use of civil servants and the access | :06:42. | :06:44. | |
to government papers in the coming EU referendum campaign. | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
The head of the civil service, Sir Jeremy Heywood, will be grilled | :06:48. | :06:49. | |
by MPs over claims ministers campaigning to leave the EU will be | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
treated differently to ministers who want to stay in the union. | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
Let's go to our political correspondent Alex Forsyth. | :06:56. | :06:56. | |
Well, this referendum is exposing profound differences across the | :06:57. | :07:05. | |
political spectrum. But, they are being felt most keenly within the | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
Conservative Party. And this latest row is over the role of the Civil | :07:09. | :07:11. | |
Service. The Government says the work of its officials can be used to | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
support the case for the UK staying in the EU because that's the | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
Government's official position. And ministers who want the UK to leave, | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
should have restricted access. There are somek do uments and briefings | :07:26. | :07:28. | |
about the referendum. But some eurosceptics think that doesn't make | :07:29. | :07:31. | |
for a fair fight. So the most senior civil servant has been summoned | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
before MPs to answer questions later this week. What this shows is how | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
these deep divisions go to the very heart of Government. They are | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
between Cabinet colleagues who sit side-by-side. The Work and Pensions | :07:43. | :07:50. | |
Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, today accused those hop want it stay in of | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
scaremongering, of downplaying Britain's ability to stay on its | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
own. He didn't name names but referenced comments made by David | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
Cameron and the Chancellor saying leaving the EU was a quab leap in | :08:07. | :08:10. | |
the dark." They say they want to keep it respectful and civil for the | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
sake of their party but the tensions are building and we are only in leap | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
of of this campaign and there are still four months to go. | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
President Robert Mugabe has celebrated his 92nd birthday | :08:24. | :08:25. | |
with a party costing hundreds of thousands of pounds in a part | :08:26. | :08:28. | |
Three million Zimbabweans are facing starvation in the worst drought | :08:29. | :08:32. | |
since the 1990s, but tens of thousands turned out for a lavish | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
party attended by Mr Mugabe, who's been in power for 36 years. | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
Our correspondent Nomsa Maseko reports. | :08:39. | :08:48. | |
The worst drought to hit Zimbabwe in three decades. | :08:49. | :08:50. | |
A quarter of the country's population is facing food shortages. | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
President Robert Mugabe declared a state of disaster, | :08:54. | :08:55. | |
paving the way for international donors to help out. | :08:56. | :09:02. | |
If the situation doesn't change, we will also die. | :09:03. | :09:11. | |
I will be forced to sell all my cattle to feed my family. | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
There have been downpours in recent days, bringing relief in some areas | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
where farmers are still hoping for modest harvests. | :09:21. | :09:22. | |
But the sparse rainfall patterns may do very little to alleviate | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
By declaring an emergency, Mr Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe | :09:27. | :09:36. | |
since its independence from Britain in 1980, | :09:37. | :09:38. | |
is absolving himself and his government from taking | :09:39. | :09:46. | |
on the responsibility to feed his people. | :09:47. | :09:58. | |
Yes, we need funding, more funding, more money. | :09:59. | :09:59. | |
With the help that we are able to get, no matter how little that | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
help may be, we shall certainly manage to go through this bad patch | :10:04. | :10:06. | |
These bad patches do come from time to time. | :10:07. | :10:25. | |
In the midst of this agricultural disaster, | :10:26. | :10:27. | |
a lavish birthday party for the 92-year-old leader was held | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
yesterday in Masvingo, one of the areas that has been | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
Aid, mainly from the United States and the EU, is being distributed | :10:37. | :10:43. | |
We are looking at a situation now where we are at the tip | :10:44. | :10:52. | |
of the iceberg and come three or four months from now, | :10:53. | :10:54. | |
we could have a serious humanitarian catastrophe on our hands. | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
UN resources are under increasing pressure so it remains to be seen | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
just how much the international community will be willing | :11:06. | :11:07. | |
to help to curb malnutrition and diseases. | :11:08. | :11:09. | |
In Iran, moderate candidates have made sweeping gains | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
in the country's parliamentary elections. | :11:16. | :11:18. | |
Votes are still being counted but early results show hardline | :11:19. | :11:20. | |
conservatives may have lost their majority. | :11:21. | :11:25. | |
Reformers and moderates supporting President Hassan Rouhani have won | :11:26. | :11:28. | |
The picture may be more mixed in smaller towns across the country. | :11:29. | :11:35. | |
Pauline Cafferkey, the British nurse who contracted Ebola | :11:36. | :11:37. | |
while volunteering in Sierra Leone, has been discharged from hospital | :11:38. | :11:39. | |
after being treated for the illness for a third time. | :11:40. | :11:42. | |
The 40-year-old from South Lanarkshire was taken | :11:43. | :11:45. | |
to the Royal Free Hospital in London for treatment earlier this week | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
after developing a complication linked to the virus. | :11:51. | :11:52. | |
Medical staff say she isn't infectious. | :11:53. | :12:00. | |
The awards ceremony for this year's Oscars begins in Hollywood later | :12:01. | :12:02. | |
night after a run-up dominated by controversy over a lack | :12:03. | :12:05. | |
All those in the running for acting awards are white, | :12:06. | :12:08. | |
something likely to be addressed by the Oscars host, | :12:09. | :12:10. | |
Our Entertainment Correspondent, Lizo Mzimba, is on the red carpet. | :12:11. | :12:14. | |
Yes, in just a few minutes' time the stars are going to start walking | :12:15. | :12:26. | |
down this red carpet. It is, of course, a show watched by millions | :12:27. | :12:29. | |
upon millions around the world and they have been preparing for months. | :12:30. | :12:32. | |
But, the one thing they weren't quite ready for is the storm that | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
erupted after, for the second year in a row, all the acting nominations | :12:37. | :12:39. | |
went to white performers. Rapid change, that is | :12:40. | :12:45. | |
what the Academy is promising as the red carpet is | :12:46. | :12:47. | |
prepared for tonight. But there is a perceived | :12:48. | :12:49. | |
overall lack of diversity. This isn't just talking | :12:50. | :12:51. | |
about diversity for the sake of diversity, this is | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
also bad for business. It is bad for Hollywood | :12:57. | :12:58. | |
to be so behind the times that they are not developing | :12:59. | :13:01. | |
projects for people of different backgrounds and people | :13:02. | :13:03. | |
that look different. Movies reflect our society | :13:04. | :13:06. | |
and should be a reflection of who we are as people | :13:07. | :13:08. | |
and for Hollywood not to make diverse movies really | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
is a big problem. Actors who have long campaigned | :13:12. | :13:13. | |
for greater adversity are welcoming that it has become an issue | :13:14. | :13:29. | |
recognised at all levels. I think it really must | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
start in the boardrooms. It is going to take bravery | :13:34. | :13:35. | |
and it is going to take courage and making sure that people aren't | :13:36. | :13:38. | |
fearful to cast black actors and black actresses in roles that | :13:39. | :13:41. | |
may not traditionally be For many, the expectation | :13:42. | :13:43. | |
is that this will be the last year the acting winners are all | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
guaranteed to be white and that the discussion | :13:48. | :13:49. | |
becomes exclusively The numbers clearly indicate | :13:50. | :13:50. | |
there were senior clergy involved. For Best Film, the Academy | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
loves to reward stories Will the spotlight fall | :13:55. | :13:56. | |
this year on Spotlight, a film about the Boston Globe's | :13:57. | :13:59. | |
investigation of a church When the banks committed | :14:00. | :14:01. | |
the greatest fraud in US history... Or perhaps The Big Short, | :14:02. | :14:09. | |
about the run-up to the global But the narrow favourite is perhaps | :14:10. | :14:11. | |
survival drama The Revenant. Its lead actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
looks almost certain to take Best Even last year's winner, | :14:16. | :14:18. | |
Eddie Redmayne, nominated I think it's pretty match | :14:19. | :14:25. | |
certainly Leo's year I love you, Steve, | :14:26. | :14:29. | |
you know how much. British acting hopes rest | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
with previous winner Kate Winslet, nominated for her role | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
in the Steve Jobs movie, and Mark Rylance, for Cold War | :14:39. | :14:40. | |
drama Bridge Of Spies. In a year where everyone, | :14:41. | :14:42. | |
including of course this year's host, recognises that what has been | :14:43. | :14:54. | |
happening around the Oscars has, to a degree, overshadowed | :14:55. | :14:56. | |
the awards themselves. The actor Frank Kelly, | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
best known for playing Father Jack in the cult comedy Father Ted, | :15:03. | :15:07. | |
has died aged 77. He starred as the foul-mouthed | :15:08. | :15:15. | |
elderly priest between His stage and screen career, | :15:16. | :15:22. | |
which spanned 60 years, included roles on Irish TV comedy | :15:23. | :15:26. | |
shows, as well as a minor appearance With all the sport, here's | :15:27. | :15:29. | |
Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre. Manchester City have won the first | :15:30. | :15:39. | |
trophy of the football season after beating Liverpool | :15:40. | :15:42. | |
in the League Cup final. 1-1 at the end of extra time, | :15:43. | :15:44. | |
it went to penalties at Wembley where City's keeper | :15:45. | :15:47. | |
was the match-winner. Our sports correspondent, | :15:48. | :15:48. | |
Joe Wilson. You can arrive at Wembley heading in | :15:49. | :16:03. | |
different directions. Manchester City no longer need Manuel | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
Pellegrini, even if he wins, but Liverpool are based on Jurgen Klopp. | :16:08. | :16:10. | |
One man you want # This position is Sergio Aguero. | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
The goalkeeper was better. Having seen Mingolet at his best, then at | :16:17. | :16:19. | |
the start of the second half, this. Oh, dear. After Fernandinho's goals, | :16:20. | :16:26. | |
space opened up. Raheem Sterling. Managers can only watch, or not. 82 | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
minutes gone, Liverpool's attacks had been limited but when the chance | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
fell here, he was ready. Watch out, here comes a Klopp hug. No goals in | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
extra time. Liverpool managed just one in the penalty shootout. | :16:42. | :16:50. | |
Coutinho failed. So did Llannan. Willy Caballero, the keeper | :16:51. | :16:59. | |
Pellegrini trusted. Well, Torre could barely run. That won it. | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
Well, in sport, you take your trophies when you can. Waving | :17:05. | :17:07. | |
goodbye like this is how to ensure you will be missed. | :17:08. | :17:14. | |
With Leicester still leading the way in the Premier League, | :17:15. | :17:16. | |
Arsenal and Tottenham were playing catch-up today. | :17:17. | :17:18. | |
Goals from both their games are on Match of the Day 2 | :17:19. | :17:21. | |
after the news or a little bit later in Scotland. | :17:22. | :17:23. | |
But if you want to know what happened, then here | :17:24. | :17:26. | |
Arsenal slipped up, losing 3-2 at Old Trafford. | :17:27. | :17:29. | |
Manchester United's teenage striker Marcus Rashford, | :17:30. | :17:30. | |
who scored twice on his debut in the week, scored | :17:31. | :17:32. | |
Arsenal remain five points off the top of the table. | :17:33. | :17:39. | |
They are three points behind Tottenham in second. | :17:40. | :17:41. | |
They came from behind to beat Swansea, Danny Rose with Spurs | :17:42. | :17:45. | |
2-1 the final score at White Hart Lane. | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
The new Fifa President, Gianni Infantino, is preparing | :17:50. | :17:51. | |
He says implementing reform will be his priority but he doesn't | :17:52. | :17:56. | |
think it will take long to restore the organisation's | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
The reforms need to be implemented now. They need to be implemented | :18:01. | :18:11. | |
from day 1, immediately. So, I will go up to the office and start | :18:12. | :18:16. | |
looking at concretely how to implement these reforms so that we | :18:17. | :18:19. | |
can then, hopefully very soon as well, concentrate on football. | :18:20. | :18:35. | |
In the Women's Six Nations Championship, Wales are back | :18:36. | :18:37. | |
in the title race after beating France in Neath. | :18:38. | :18:39. | |
now after Wales won 10-8. but the Championship is wide open | :18:40. | :18:43. | |
They play England next who are still on for the Grand Slam, | :18:44. | :18:47. | |
Scotland are still waiting for their first win | :18:48. | :18:50. | |
Exeter Chiefs are just three points behind the leaders Saracens | :18:51. | :18:53. | |
There were four matches in the Pro 12, Edinburgh are back | :18:54. | :18:59. | |
in the play-off hunt after a narrow victory against third-placed | :19:00. | :19:02. | |
A late Ben Tullis try saw them win 24-23. | :19:03. | :19:08. | |
There were also wins for Munster, Leinster and Cardiff Blues. | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
Sir Ben Ainslie has had a good weekend in Oman as his crew came out | :19:15. | :19:17. | |
on top in the America's Cup World Series. | :19:18. | :19:20. | |
It's the fourth of eight regattas spread over two years before | :19:21. | :19:22. | |
the America's Cup next year in Bermuda. | :19:23. | :19:24. | |
Points count towards qualification for the main event, with all teams | :19:25. | :19:27. | |
looking to become the sole challenger to take on the holders, | :19:28. | :19:29. | |
Ainslie was part of their crew that won the famous trophy in 2013 | :19:30. | :19:36. | |
Hundreds of veterans joined the families of those | :19:37. | :19:51. | |
who lost their lives in the First Gulf War to unveil | :19:52. | :19:54. | |
a memorial to those who fought in the conflict. | :19:55. | :19:55. | |
Ed. Their families were joined by hundreds of veterans for a ceremony | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire. | :20:01. | :20:03. | |
They died in the desert a quarter of a century ago. | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
Now their families and friends have a focus for their memories. | :20:09. | :20:16. | |
During the night, hundreds of British and American aircraft | :20:17. | :20:18. | |
have attacked targets in Iraq and occupied Kuwait. | :20:19. | :20:21. | |
A British force of over 50,000 fought with the coalition | :20:22. | :20:29. | |
which combined to drive Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait. | :20:30. | :20:37. | |
After months of preparation, the ground campaign was over | :20:38. | :20:40. | |
47 British service personnel were killed, many more were wounded | :20:41. | :20:43. | |
or suffered from post-traumatic stress. | :20:44. | :20:44. | |
Jason Glasgow, filmed at the time, says he will never | :20:45. | :20:52. | |
It may have been naivete, I were young and brave and just had | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
Now I think I would worry a bit more. | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
The new memorial, funded by veterans with the help of the Kuwaiti | :21:02. | :21:04. | |
government, stands above a replica of the medal awarded to all those | :21:05. | :21:07. | |
There is a lot of talk that the first Gulf War | :21:08. | :21:26. | |
We have come here after 25 years to the day to see this magnificent | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
The 1991 war was inconclusive and costly. | :21:31. | :21:34. | |
Tens of thousands of Iraqis were killed and the campaign did not | :21:35. | :21:37. | |
end the bloodshed in the troubled region. | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
But this is one spot where stories of that brief conflict will be told | :21:46. | :21:49. | |
You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel. | :21:50. | :21:54. | |
That's all from me, stay with us on BBC1. | :21:55. | :21:56. | |
It's time for the news where you are. | :21:57. | :22:06. |