02/11/2016 World News Today

Reporting from Washington, I'm Jane O'Brien.

We're into the frantic final days of campaigning -

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are trying to lock down

Hundreds flee a suburb Mosul after Islamic State is driven out -

and our correspondent was there to witness the exodus.

The city centre is that way. As you can see, this road is now full of

dozens, possibly hundreds of families who have been living under

IS for more than two years. Corruption allegations

against President Jacob Zuma come Has the country reached

a tipping point as thousands And honouring the hundreds

of injured British World War Two servicemen who were members

of the so-called Guinea Pig Club. In just a week from now we'll know

who the next US President will be. The campaign has taken some

surprising turns over the last few days -

the news that the FBI are once again looking into Hillary Clinton's

emails, a sudden tightening of the polls and, of course,

more accusations of bullying These frenetic final days will see

the candidates targeting those vital swing states -

the biggest prize is Florida. My contract with the American voter

begins with a plan to restore honesty to our government. That

includes banning foreign lobbyists raising money for American

elections. Makes sense. I want the entire corrupt Washington

establishment to hear and take heed of the words that we all will be

saying right now, when we win on the 8th of November, we are going to

Washington, DC and we are going to drain the swamp.

We will hear from Hillary Clinton later in the day.

Donald Trump has spent much of the last few weeks

campaigning in Florida - he can't win the

And while the polls show that the race is tightening -

the real question is which candidate can secure those swing states

with their high number of electoral college votes -

not just Florida, but Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

Welcome to our virtual world of Congress. Underneath this great dome

of Capitol Hill we will try and bring a little more clarity to a

race which has gripped us, confused us, and maybe even shocked us. With

less than one week till the boat we still cannot be sure which of these

candidates will become the 45th president of the United States. In

fact it is still possible one of them wins the most votes nationwide

and losers. How? Think of it not as one election but 51 miniature

elections. Each of these states is allocated a fixed number of state

electors determined by the size of the population. Altogether, 538

electoral college votes, 270 takes you to the White House. Obviously

the states with the biggest populations with the most state

electors become crucial. California, for instance, if Hillary Clinton

were to win 50% of the vote plus one and we expect that, or 55 votes

would go Democrat blue. Look how many other states Donald Trump has

to win to equal that. In the final frenzied days of campaigning, the

focus. On the battle ground states. They are up to 13. And some big ones

are among them, including the last one, Ohio. 18 votes. I hired is not

backed a losing presidential candidate since this man, -- Ohio

has not backed a losing presidential candidate since Richard Nixon in

1960. The gap has closed in recent days. But it is the polling in the

battle ground states which matter the most. If we cull them as some

people project they will go today, nine go Democrat blue and four go

red, including Ohio and currently Florida, by a whisker. But here is

the unknown factor. There are about 320 million people in the United

States. On this graphic every one of these people represents 10 million

voters. We can lose 103 million, either children or not eligible. 60

million took part in the primaries. We know that they are voting. Taking

the last election figures, we expect another 73 million to take part.

That leaves 90 million who never do. That is where the Donald Trump

campaign is pinning hopes. We saw in the UK with the result of Brexit

that people not ordinarily voting antipathy balance unpredictably. --

can tip the ballot unpredictably. And Congress, the collar of these

chambers will determine how much power the next president will have.

-- the colour. Well as Christian mentioned -

securing those swing states will be But the Clinton campaign have their

eyes on other prizes as well. They're putting resources

into Arizona, traditionally In fact, Hillary Clinton

is campaigning in Phoenix today This state has not voted Democrats

in decades, so what is she doing here? Yes, only twice since the

Second World War. Well, she thinks she has a shout here. She is within

two percentage points of Donald Trump as we speak. She has edged him

slightly in the polls in the last couple of weeks. They are putting a

lot of money in here, couple of million in advertising, TV

advertising. They think they have a shot. If you start taking the red

states out of the Donald Trump column you make it even harder for

him to grasp the 270 votes Christian was talking about. When she comes

here I think you will hear a lot about immigration. She will be

introduced by the parents of a man called Daniel Lopez Rodriguez, who

was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. I think that'll be a way for

her to start talking about the immigration issue. The Mexican

border is only a couple of hours away from here. Along which Donald

Trump promised to build that wall. That would be a big motivating

factor among Hispanics to rally to the Clinton cause. They normally go

Democrat anyway but they might vote in much bigger numbers this time

around. They are usually underrepresented in the turnout. It

is quite hard to get Hispanics to go to the polling stations. But Clinton

is concerned and convinced if she can increase the turnout of

Hispanics in this state she has a real chance of taking it and the 11

electoral votes. It is striking, you are talking about issues on the

campaign trail instead of character and insults. Do you think Clinton

will be changing her strategy in the last few days and trying to give

more of an upbeat and positive message? Yes, I would think so.

There has been a slight change in the last 24 hours. Over the weekend

since Friday she had to address the e-mail question, the new probe by

the FBI into the e-mails on her top political aide on the computer of

her ex-husband and so on. She had to address that. The rally I was at

with her on Monday in Cleveland, that is the first thing she did. On

appearances, yesterday in Florida, the key state, she has started

dropping references to that and that will be because the campaign had

some polling, some indication that they may have limited the damage to

the extent that they can on that issue and they now need to pivot

towards attacking Donald Trump, yes, doing a lot of that, pointing out

what he has said, the group C has attacked, but also trying to inject

a bit of positivity as well. Because people do not just vote on what they

do not want. They also vote on what they do want. She has to offer them

something at this stage. Indeed she does. Gary, in Phoenix, thank you

very much. For more on how those

number will add up - She has almost clocked up as many

miles crisscrossing the country as the candidates! Let's pick up on

something Gary has said, Clinton in Arizona, not an obvious state but

Donald Trump has been in Wisconsin and Michigan. They think other

states are coming into play. It is a slightly schizophrenic feeling both

campaigns. On the one hand, confidence, areas where the

Democrats do not traditionally win and at the same time pumping about

$30 million into advertising in a traditionally blue state, almost

trying to protect the castle walls. Look, they are thinking we had to

hang onto Michigan and Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. They even put money

back into Virginia and have not done that for weeks. There is some

awareness the polls have tightened and they cannot afford to lose those

blue states. And this foray into Arizona, I think you see the same

thing in the trunk campaign. Donald Trump said he would rewrite the rust

belt in the American midwest. That is why you are seeing him in

Wisconsin. The sonics and it is projecting confidence. A brand-new

Wisconsin today, a reputable one still has Clinton have the way ahead

in Wisconsin. But he wants to project confidence onto his

supporters as well. And presumably suppress the vote which might be

working in terms of the black vote, because President Obama has been in

North Carolina, you came back from Begg yesterday, try to get

African-Americans out voting. How worried is the Clinton campaign

about it? We were talking about this in North Carolina. The numbers good

overall for the voting turnout, but among African-Americans these

numbers are down on the 2012. To some extent it is unrealistic to

compare the excitement among black voters for Hillary Clinton with

Barack Obama. They were never going to reach that bent Mark --

benchmark. Hillary Clinton knows that if she wants to win North

Carolina, the African-American vote is very important. That is why

Barack Obama was there today trying to rally the millennial voters and

try to reach African-American voters and he said specifically on a radio

programme this is my legacy at stake. There is one more vote we

have two win and that is for Hillary Clinton. 24 million votes have

already been cast. Some of them, a large number, before the FBI made

that shocking announcement about the investigation into Hillary Clinton's

e-mails. Donald Trump said they should vote again. Can they? You

will send me back to do my homework on this. Donald Trump has said in

seven states, if you have got remorse, change your vote. In seven

states you can do that. Pennsylvania will be important. It allows you to

change your vote but not many people do early voting in Pennsylvania. He

was in Wisconsin when he says this and you can in Wisconsin change your

vote three times if you have remorse. I'm not sure how you

physically do it. Must be a electronic voting. He is right, you

can go and change your boat. Where are you going to next? I cannot

remember! Well, it is nice to have you here.

For more on the US presidential election go to our website.

We've got a live page with the very very latest from the campaign.

Iraqi forces are closing in on the Islamic State

stronghold of Mosul, after gaining a footing

They are now moving from street to street, clearing areas of lslamic

State militants who are putting up a fierce resistance.

It is now 17 days since the start of the campaign

to take back the city from Islamic State militants,

Elite Iraqi counter-terrorism service troops retook the eastern

Kukjali area on Tuesday, entering for the first

The troops then reached the more built-up Karama

The Iraqi military also say that some units have entered

Aid agencies warn the intensifying battle has now put the lives

of around one million civilians "in grave danger",

as it is unclear as to how they will be able to escape.

And it looks like we have got a view technical problems. Let's move to

our next story. South Africa's President,

Jacob Zuma, is once again under fire after an investigation found

possible evidence of corruption The President has previously tried

to block the release of the report. He's accused of an improper

relationship with wealthy Thousands of people gathered

in cities across the country I'm hoping we can go to the next

report. This is all called gremlins. Let's

look at some of the other days news. Police in the US state of Iowa say

they have arrested a man suspected The attacks were described as ambush

style - both victims were sitting in their patrol cars

when they were attacked. Soon after police said they were

searching for Scott Greene, a 46-year-old man from a suburb

of Des Moines. In the early hours of the morning

there were reports of gunshots. Police officers found one

of their own colleagues Shortly after, another

discovery two miles away, a second officer shot while sat

in his car. The suspect was caught several hours

after the killings and has been named as 46-year-old

Scott Michael Greene. He was walking down the road

and flagged down, a DNR employee, I don't think

it was a DNR officer, presented his driver's

license to him, told him to From there the deputies

took him into custody. We're asking you to

leave at this time. The motive of the attacks has not

yet been confirmed but Scott Greene posted a video online two

weeks ago showing him He had been thrown out

of a football stadium for waiving a Confederate flag in front

of black spectators. The attacks illustrate the danger to

police in America. 51 officers have been killed

across the country this The attack is not likely to change

the debate on the wide This subject has barely

registered in this Now a look at some of

the day's other news... Flight investigators in Australia

say analysis of wreckage suggests Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

did NOT make a controlled landing The new findings -

by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau - cast further doubt

on the theory that someone was in control of the

plane when it crashed. The Boeing 777 disappeared

on the way from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur in 2014,

with 239 people on board. Members of staff at Amnesty

International's Moscow office say it has been sealed off

by city officials. They claim that the locks have been

changed and power shut off. The human rights group says

it was given no warning but hoped there was "a simple

administrative explanation". Amnesty has in the past

complained of harassment Facebook has blocked plans

by a British insurance company to view young drivers' profiles

in order to set their car Under the plan the company Admiral,

would scour users posts and likes Facebook said Admiral's plans

breached their guidelines and that user's privacy was of

utmost importance. Let's take you back to the story

from South Africa. The president is under fire after an investigation

found possible evidence of corruption at the top level of his

government. He previously tried to block the release of the report.

Thousands of people gathered in cities across the country demanding

his resignation. Here is our correspondent.

The pressure had been building since daybreak.

Many gathered in the country's capital Pretoria, calling

for Mr Zuma to resign and for the report on corruption

Thousands of South Africans have turned up on the streets.

They are calling for the president to step down.

It is because of the corruption allegations which has dogged

In a packed courtroom the judge gave the people what they had been

They are ordered to publish the report forthwith and by no later

than 1700 hrs on the 2nd of November 2016.

The corruption watchdog report said the president should

establish a commission of inquiry within 30 days, led by a judge,

which must be appointed by the Chief Justice.

It raised serious concerns that President Jacob Zuma allowed a

family of businessmen to influence the selection of senior

This was exactly the judgment that the opposition parties

It is a historic day for the people of this country.

It is a significant day, because today what has happened is

South Africans have reclaimed the constitution.

When we relayed the complaint against Jacob Zuma we knew

that there was evidence that indicates

It was not only his political enemies.

Several society groups including some from his own

We have asked for a meeting with him.

We have told him that we believe that he is no longer

This report is not good for President

Zuma but it is not as damning as some opposition figures had hoped

when they came to court this morning.

There are many who believe that with all the corruption

allegations against President Zuma things might be coming to a head.

Somehow it does feel like South Africa is reaching a

Now, South Africa's attention will be turned to Zuma and the

And we will be watching that story very closely and we will bring you

more reaction as we get it. A group of British pilots

who suffered horrific burns during World War II have been

honoured for their contribution Known as the Guinea Pig Club

for their willingness to be tested on, the men underwent experimental

techniques that became the foundation for modern

reconstructive surgery. Our Health Editor Hugh

Pym has the story. At East Grinstead, barely newly

knighted Sir Archibald meets 227 They were known as the guinea pigs

because the burns treatments they Little did they know

then how much it would That was a photograph

of me in hospital. Desmond O'Connell is nearly 97

and is the oldest surviving member How they did this in

wartime I do not know. He was on a bombing mission in 1941

and suffered serious burns

when the plane crashed. they operated, because it

did not go quite right. I had new eyelids, new ears,

attempts and the The Duke of Edinburgh has been

the Guinea Pig Club's Today, he unveiled

a commemorative monument at the National Memorial Arboretum with

some club members there, as well. The club is remembered

at the Queen Victoria hospital still a specialist burns and plastic

surgery The biggest thing is the philosophy

of plastic surgery which he brought to the table, which was really

the fact that you can treat these horrifically burned

patients and to do it by using techniques that

are considered now to be standard,

but were then quite radical. There is now a statue

of Sir Archibald with one of his patients

in East Grinstead. It was a community which welcomed

the often severely disfigured servicemen

on visits from hospital. It became known as

the I was unfair to him

and for years later... It is not until you are much,

a bit older, a bit more wise that you realise

just what he had done, It is a unique club and the members

and their patron know that there may not be too many more

gatherings like this. Honouring a bravery you do not often

think about. Today BBC World News has been

looking at the impact One of the new president's most

urgent challenges will be working out how to deal with a resurgent

Russia. Relations between Washington

and Moscow haven't been this tense since the Cold War, with the two

countries divided over the conflicts So how did America and Russia grow

so far apart? Our Moscow correspondent

Steve Rosenberg reports. Clinton, Bush and Barack Obama.

Three American presidents with one thing in common, they have all had

to deal with this man, Vladimir Putin. The face of Russian politics

for more than 16 years. Started out, so it seemed, as America's friend.

But smiles turned to suspicion when the Kremlin launched a crackdown on

political opposition, like this tycoon. The US became the solution

with the Russian leader and he became disillusioned with America.

Over the invasion of Iraq and Washington's unilateral withdrawal

from the antiballistic Missile Treaty. At one stage the US and

Russia tried to hit the reset button. It didn't work. When

anti-government street protests erupted in Russia, Vladimir Putin

claimed Washington was behind them. He said the same about Ukraine's

revolution. The US condemned Moscow for Alnwick synchrony and imposed

sanctions. -- for the annexation of Crimea. Tension has reached a new

and dangerous level. Today the image Vladimir Putin projects to the world

is of a strong leader who believes he is right and America is wrong, a

Russian president who would like to change the balance of power in the

world. How will the new man or woman in the White House deal with that?

By cooperating with the Kremlin, said Donald Trump. I did not know

Vladimir Putin. He said nice things about me, if we got along well, that

would be good. That is because he would rather have a puppet...

Hillary Clinton is more hard line on Moscow. The Russians have engaged in

cyber attacks against the United States of America that you

encouraged espionage against our people, that you are willing to

spout the Vladimir Putin lie... History shows that when an election

is over rhetoric its way to political reality. And the reality

is there needs to be dialogue between a US president and the

leader of Russia. And there is no sign of Vladimir Putin vacate in

that stage any time soon. -- departing from that stage.

But for now from me and the rest of the team, goodbye.

Good evening. Temperatures are falling away sharply and for some of

us, a hard frost is setting in. Most of it will be across southern and

eastern parts of the UK, come morning time, patches of fog as

well. Further north