Life Under The Caliphate Our World

This is Mosul, Iraq's second city. There is nothing left, nothing that

is not untouched. When Isis unleashed their reign of terror, the

world watched in horror. For the people of Mosul, there was

no escape. Isis have been routed. But what happened to the people who

survived? The road to Mosul is

long and convoluted. To reach even the outskirts

of the city, you have to navigate But yet we are yet to see the full

devastation of the war. It feels like this is now functioning again.

There is also a war going on here. There are still pockets

of IS fighters in the old city. The Baghdad government

has declared victory. I was here in 2013 in Mosul then was

one of the most dangerous cities on Earth. I was making a film about the

Arab world's oldest Paragliding club. Oh, you're such a show off!

Like life wasn't already hard enough. Shia-led military government

backed by the government in Baghdad was suppressing a majority Sunni

population. It was these conditions that helped pave the way for Isis.

When Isis took the city, I tried to contact the paragliders I'd met on

my visit here in 2013. Most had fled but this 42-year-old woman had

decided to stay. I tried to keep in touch but eventually, the calls

stopped. And this is what liberation looks like. Iraq's second largest

city, just ruins. A legacy of the months of bombardment and intense

streetfighting. The bulk of this city is just completely destroyed

and devastated. There is nothing left, nothing that is now not

untouched. I can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like

for the people trapped in this city. They weren't allowed out, Isis

wasn't letting them, and there was constant bombardment here, and now

everything is destroyed. Trapped beneath these ruined are untold

numbers of bodies. Ishar Tahal is homeless along with a

million other people in this city. Doctor Anjar Hasim is getting to

work the only way he can. Mosul's only functioning hospital is

overwhelmed. There is no one checking the people who are coming

and going and so the security forces are concerned that some of these

people could be Isis fighters or Isis supporters. This is shrapnel in

the back and I am examine this side of the shrapnel and this...

And just outside, another explosion. A reminder that this war is still

not over. At the height of the fighting, Dr

Hasim was treating up to 700 people a day. Now the numbers have dropped

to 500, and not just from industries but illnesses caused due to the lack

of clean water. Returning home could be deadly. According to the army,

retreating Isis fighters have wreaked 90% of the buildings with

improvised explosive devices. Do you have the resources? Coming,

do you have enough men to... Is that another one?

The Iraqi military is now accused of killing people they suspect of

belonging to Isis. The government say they are investigating these

allegations. When Islamic State swept into Mosul

three years ago, the world watched in horror as they unleashed their

reign of terror. Initially, many she welcomed Isis. They saw them as

liberators from an oppressive Shia- dominated government.

Once home to over a million books on philosophy, law and literature. Rare

maps, ancient manuscripts and a ninth century Koran have all been

lost. This is one of Iraq's most famous universities, it is now

completely destroyed. ISIS was using this as a headquarters. They

converted the science labs into makeshift weapons factories.

Computer, mathematics. When Iraqi forces retook the east of the city

they discovered what they had long suspect did and Fiat. -- suspected

and Fiat. Eccles such as sulphur mustard. -- chemicals. According to

the Pentagon, the university was central to ISIS Wall chemical

weapons programme. We are just inside what used to be the computer

department. There is hardly anything left here, but classes have now

resumed so we are going upstairs to have a look at one of the

classrooms. Hi, hello. This seat of learning represented everything ISIS

stood against. Intellectuals like this man, announced Professor of --

a renowned professor of law, feared their lives.

You are a professor, that would have been hugely risky if they found out

who you were. A sense of light flooding back into

this town is palpable. -- the sense of life.

Fikri was a student at the University.

When ISIS came to power, she had to give up her studies,

Religious police, known as the hisbah,

Shaving, smoking, using a mobile phone, were all considered immoral,

and the punishment for these transgressions, any thing

For the three years ISIS ruled the city, very little information came

out about life inside the caliphate. It's difficult to believe that as

foreigners we can now drive freely in the streets. But it's a false

sense of security. It's not safe here in East Mosul. There are fears

that many ISIS fighters have just gone back into the community. Now

checkpoints everywhere, we still have to be so careful.

I've come to visit Dr Hazim, from Mosul Hospital,

This is traditional food? We can come freely to go home now, but life

was very difficult in the past three years?

Over lunch, Dr Hazim explains that it was his profession

that ultimately saved him and his family

from the wrath of Islamic State fighters.

Did that make you nervous that your son would go out

Is there fear, then, that there could be another uprising?

RU scared about the idea that ISIS may come back?

Had used fuel now and then -- how do you feel now? Are you able to

breathe freely? Thinking back to the paraglider they

met here in 2013, I remember the love they had for the city. And the

freedom they sought through their sport, soaring above Mosul. One of

them was a true rebel. The wind is like a man's heart, it changes every

two minutes! Through a contact, I discovered she had stayed in Mosul.

She had even stood up to ISIS, running for election to the City

Council. But that rebellious, outspoken streak was eventually to

cost her. Friends say she was taken from her home and shot in the

street. The people of Mosul now

have to rebuild a broken The people of Mosul have suffered a

great deal in these past few years. Now they have to rebuild broken and

divided city. Real reconciliation

will be a battle. And all the while, ISIS fighters

are hiding among the population. Let's take a look at what the

weather has for us this weekend. We will see some sunshine this weekend

which is the good bit, there will be a few showers around and general

rain