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Iraq's senior Shia cleric calls on his followers to take up arms

The Sunni insurgents fight on, leaving a trail of destruction

Shia Muslims in the capital take up arms, prepared

Even though there are soldiers here from the Iraqi Army, these Shia

militia have arrived at this roundabout, it shows there's little

confidence in the Government and they are taking control of their own

security. Tonight Barack Obama reiterates he

won't send troops into Iraq, but says he's

considering all other options. The school at the centre of abuse

allegations in Rochdale. Now a senior police officer tells the BBC

he was misled by the council. Ed Miliband apologises after

a photo of him with the Sun angers Pain for Spain as the World Cup

holders are thrashed 5-1 by the And England indulge in a little

retail therapy ahead of their The Mayor and the Chancellor unveil

plans to kick-start house building with a promise of 50,000 new homes.

And jailed for manslaughter, gang of robbers should pushed a shopowner

into the path of a lorry. The Mayor and the Chancellor unveil

plans to kick-start house building with a promise of 50,000 new homes.

And jailed for manslaughter, gang of robbers should pushed a shopowner

into the path of a lorry. The most senior Shia Muslim cleric

in Iraq has called on his countrymen to take up arms against the extemist

Sunni Muslim group ISIS - a splinter group from Al-Qaeda - who

are continuing to seize territory ISIS has advanced rapidly

after taking Fallujah earlier this year, then

the country's second city Mosul on Monday, quickly followed by Saddam

Hussein's home town of Tikrit. They are now in Diyala Province,

opening up a new front to the east, and just 80 miles from the Iraqi

capital. Tonight President Obama has said

he's considering how to respond to the insurgency in Iraq,

but made it clear he'd be sending no We have two reports

from the region tonight. First our defence correspondent,

Jonathan Beale, The Mayor and the Chancellor unveil

plans to kick-start house building with a promise of 50,000 new homes.

And jailed for manslaughter, gang of There's a new reality in northern

reek. Forged by ISIS. Kurdish fighters drive through the city of

Kirkuk. It is theirs now. They took control as the Iraqi Army left,

terrified in case the jihadi advance got this far. Abandoned Iraqi Army

helmets tell a story of panic, disarray and ignominious flight.

These Kurdish peshmerga fighters are the last line of defence in this

part of Iraq against the jihadis. There are some very disturbing

stories emerging about exactly what rule by ISIS might mean. ISIS

triumphant in Mosul. The UN says it has verified reports of civilians

being executed here. 17 civilians were killed on one particular

street, the UN says. The jihadis are accused of hunting down anyone

linked to the Government, civilians, soldiers or policemen. Many are then

killed, the UN says. TRANSLATION: An Army -- an Army

deserter tells me that ISIS caused such fear that his whole unit fled

without firing a single shot. The officers were the first to run. Our

commanders didn't want to fight, he says. I remember how American

officers used to fight with us side by side. If our commanders did that,

we would fight too. I don't think our Army will be able to take the

shame, he goes on. People were crying. But the ones who carry the

shame are the commanders, not the soldiers. Some are fighting. This

man's son was beheaded by ISIS, his wife and two relatives also killed.

His Sunni militia defends the town of Samarra, but he told me by

telephone he doesn't know how long they can hold out. We are in danger,

our families are in danger, he says. The insurgents have taken the Army's

heavy weapons. We appeal to the Americans and the British, help us.

At least give us air support. So this is not yet a conflict of Sunni

against Shia. But ISIS are the shock troops of a Sunni tribal uprising

against a Shi'ite-led Government. Many Iraqis fear the jihadis have

made a return to sectarian civil war inevitable.

President Obama says he will not send US troops to Iraq and insists

it is up to Iraq's leaders to resolve the country's political

differences. ISIS continues its ruthless advance

towards Baghdad. These pictures show them taking control of what was the

US military headquarters in Tikrit, as well as seizing weapons, these

Sunni extremists are showing no mercy. There are reports of hostage

taking, mass executions and thousands fleeing. Among the

majority Shia population, this has been the response. Young men signing

up to join the Iraqi Army, some out of fear. This man told us he is

signing up because the choice is to fight or be slaughtered by ISIS.

Another said thousands in his area are now joining the Army. And today

at prayers there was an extraordinary appeal for everyone to

take up arms. It came from the representative of the most revered

Shia clear nick the country, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani.

TRANSLATION: We call on all citizens who could carry weapons to volunteer

and join the security forces. ISIS has not yet reached the capital, but

even in Baghdad there are signs that people are not relaying on the

Government to protect them. Even though there are soldiers here from

the Iraqi Army, these Shia militia have just arrived. It shows there's

little confidence in the Government and that they are taking control of

their own security. Nouri Al-Maliki is the Shia Prime Minister who is

struggling to hold his country together. He recently won an

election, but at a price. He's alienated the Sunni population as

well as his allies. Tonight President Obama warned that if the

US was to intervene, he would have to change. I want to make sure that

everybody understands this message. The United States is not simply

going to involve itself in a military action in the absence of a

political plan by the Iraqis that gives us some assurance that they

are prepared to work together. But Nouri Al-Maliki says it is America's

inaction over Syria that provoked this crisis. He warned that ISIS

fighters in Syria were crossing his borders.

TRANSLATION: We have high confidence we will be able to contain this wave

of terrorism, which is not only dangerous to Iraq but the whole

region and maybe the world. But the solution should be to contain the

terrorist crisis in Syria, which is nourishing terrorism in the region.

Trust in the Government appears to be ebbing away. Iraqis are already

looking to others for help. Our Middle East editor is in Beirut.

Jeremy, President Obama says any intervention will fail without Iraqi

leaders finding a political solution themselves. How likely is that? Not

likely, I would say. Prime Minister Al-Maliki is seen by the Sunnis

especially as being a fundamental part of the problem. That the entire

thrust of his politics since he became Prime Minister has been

directed against them and that there's a well spring now of

resentment and anger against what he does. I think one of the most

sailience points to have emerged over the -- salient points to have

emerged over the last couple days is it is not just ISIS acting alone,

but they have support from other Sunni groups and the wider Sunni

community in some places, which suggests to me that even if ISIS

doesn't succeed in advancing another square inch, if they hang on to what

they've got, things have square inch, if they hang on to what

they've got, things changed permanently in Iraq and that there

is no going back to what was there before. And that means, I'm afraid

to say, a recipe for the effective break-up of the country. Jeremy,

thank you. A retired senior detective has told

the BBC he was misled when he tried to investigate a school in Rochdale

at the centre of abuse allegations. Bob Huntbach led the inquiry

into people connected to Knowl View He says he asked the local council

for all relevant paperwork but was never given a report detailing

serious sexual abuse at the school. Without this evidence he says

his enquiries came to nothing. Last week the author

of that report told the BBC he Knowl View, the school at the centre

of a growing scandal. For the first time we hear from a mother whose son

was repeatedly beaten. To bruise his back, he must have stamped on him.

The senior detective who investigated the abuse. I think I

was not told what I should have known. And the failure to protect

children. Paedophiles have been operating there unchecked since at

least the early 1970s. He wanted to come home. Linda Linda's son was

nine years old when he went to Knowl View, a residential school for boys

with behavioural problem. Steven wasn't sexually abused and didn't

want to talk to us, but from the moment he arrived faced brutality.

His face was smashed into a radiator, which caused him to have a

nosebleed. He said they would take him back and hit him with wet

towels, it has ruined my son's life and a lot of other lives. And this

is what Linda wasn't shown, a detailed report written by a health

professional called Phil Shepherd and accident to Rochdale Council. It

stated the serious sexual abuse of boys at Knowl View and warned of a

public scandal. If you had known about these reports, would your son

have been abused at that school? He wouldn't have been there to be

abused. How do you feel now about that? I feel guilty about it, as

though I owe him in some way. To make up for what he suffered,

because I let him go there. It wasn't just parents who didn't hear

the full facts. Were you ever shown this report? Was never shown the

report, no. The BBC has spoken exclusively to retired detective Bob

Huntbach. After Knowl View closed in 1995 he led an investigation into

suspected paedophiles connected to the school. He asked Rochdale

Council for help. He asked for every bit of paperwork they had in

relation to Knowl View, the governing the body and staff. Were

you give than report? No. What you have done if you had seen this

report? It would've been a different inquiry with a different amount of

staff and effort put into it. There's obvious child protection

issues and criminal issues that need to be addressed. Do you think you

were lied to? There's two ways people can lie to you, either not

telling you what you were lied to? There's two ways

people can lie to you, should know or an outright lie. I think I was

not told what I should have known. Misled? I think I was misled. Bob

Huntbach also wanted to investigate the late Cyril Smith, a former

Rochdale MP and Governor. Without evidence, his investigation failed.

The questions around Knowl View won't go away. There are two ongoing

inquiries to get to the truth. One, what did Rochdale Council know about

the abuse? And a separate police investigation into the abusers and

allegations of a cover-up. From reading the reports, school should

have been closed down. This man represents a Knowl View victim. He

believes unpublished into the school provide key evidence about what

Rochdale Council knew. In the last 20 years I've been dealing with

children's homes investigations I've never seen anything like this, where

a report has been don itemising child abuse and very little reaction

has resulted from it. Was it organised abuse? I think it must

have been. A paedophile ring? I think so, yes. In Rochdale at that

time? In Rochdale at that time. Look at the evidence. Police say they are

following that evidence. Rochdale Council says it cannot comment while

an independent review into what happened inside this school goes on.

The value of the pound has risen on the currency markets

after the Governor of the Bank of England indicated last night

that interest rates could go up before the end of the year.

At one point the pound reached a near five-year high

A major credit ratings agency also said today that the UK's

Now, the second day of the World Cup tournament

There's been a spectacular upset tonight

And the moment of truth for England is almost here, as they count

down to their opening game against Italy tomorrow evening.

Yes, who would have thought that Spain would have been given

quite such a shock tonight. The World Cup holders went

down 5-1 in their opening game against Holland.

Sweet revenge for the Netherlands who lost to Spain in the last

World Cup final. This report from Patrick Gearey.

Enter the champions and the next best thing. They have changed

outfits since Johannesburg. Spain are thought to be a paler shade of

what they were, but their Brazilian centre forward won a first half

penalty, and Alonso performed the punishment from the spot. The Dutch

responded indirect fashion. Robin van Persie's improvisation. The goal

of the World Cup so far. The other side of half-time, the Netherlands

set about composing another entry. Finishing touches applied by Arjen

Robben. The Spanish manager of it -- really needs a back-up plan but it

was looking essential. Stephane DeVries bundled Spain out of the

contest. All of the old Spanish certainties were unravelling. Their

goalkeeper was once almost unbeatable. How different now. Van

Persie embarrassed him. Surely that was the last humiliation. But the

Netherlands were in no mood for mercy. Arjen Robben expose them once

more. The team that has dominated world football for so long is

tonight utterly humbled. It's hot here in Rio

but an awful lot hotter in Manaus in the Amazonian rainforest, where

England will taken on the Italians. For Roy Hodgson's side, it's

a game they simply dare not lose. Some of England's most dedicated

fans will be there to watch them after travelling half way

around the world. Man-hours is a paradox. Almost 2

million people call it home but it is in the heart of the rainforest,

only accessible by plane or boat. 3000 England fans are expected to

make the journey to the place called the Paris of the tropics. On the

banks of the river in the middle of the jungle, some of them have set up

camp. Come to the Amazon, you may as well see the jungle, so we decided

to do some nature. You hear a lot of noise at night. I have never been to

a rainforest and I had no idea there was so much noise at night. We did

some piranha fishing yesterday. Unfortunately, we did not get any.

England's players have promised to be good tourists. The fans are doing

them proud. There is only one reason the England fans have made this

journey and it is happening tomorrow, 30 minutes that way. Italy

arrived after England. They knocked England out of the last major

tournament on penalties, but as the players arrived tonight, Roy Hodgson

insists their opponents hold no fear. We are well prepared. We are

not concerned about the heat and humidity because we have been

training in heat and humidity. We are looking very fit as a result of

it. As far as I am concerned, the only matters to deal with tomorrow

night are the quality of the Italian team and to make certain that we can

not only match it, but better it. The players hit the boutiques today.

Not perhaps quite what they are used to, but the captain says it shows a

team keen to socialise together. There is great team spirit and

togetherness. There was certainly not any shopping getting done today.

We went for a stroll through the shopping centre. There was a lot of

support, which was great, mixing with the locals. But now the serious

stuff begins. In a country known for samba beats, the England band are

moving to their own rhythm. As the temperatures soar, they mainly some

divine intervention to make the conditions more favourable, for both

sides. Live now to the England training

session. Dan Roan is there. Are they ready?

Roy Hodgson says he is ready but this is a defining moment for him

and his team in probably the most exotic location England have ever

found themselves in. We can show you live pictures of England training.

They are getting their first glimpse of the controversial surface at the

stadium where they will face Italy. They are getting their first idea of

the temperature at this time of day because they will play at around 6pm

local time. It is sweltering, but there can be no excuses for

England. It is the same for both sides. This is a young team with

potential and they have had an untroubled build-up to the

tournament. But this is uncharted territory. Will the young players be

able to perform on this stage? If they beat Italy, they can surprise

people. If they fail to, it will be hard to qualify and there will be

pressure on Roy Hodgson and his job. There is a lot at stake in the

jungle. It will be quite a game and quite a

test for England. On March 7th,

the Ten O'Clock News broadcast a report alleging a possible police

cover-up over an allegedly corrupt The claims should have been put to

the Metropolitan Police, The Met in fact says it did not

claim in its evidence to the Ellison Review that there were no records of

the officer's links to a separate investigation into the murder

of Daniel Morgan, and it does not accept that the BBC produced

evidence of a possible cover-up. We were wrong to suggest

the document we showed demonstrated such a cover-up

and we apologise for this. Ed Miliband has apologised

for the offence caused to people on Merseyside after being

photographed with a special World The photo has prompted a Labour

city councillor there to resign. All three main Westminster party

leaders were pictured holding It's has been widely boycotted

in Liverpool after it reported what turned out to

be lies about Liverpool fans in the This free promotional copy of the

Sun newspaper went to 22 million British homes yesterday but was not

delivered in Liverpool, where 25 years after Hillsborough, the paper

is still widely boycotted for its coverage of the disaster. The hurt

still runs deep. When the three main Westminster party leaders posed with

the special addition, it caused upset on Merseyside. There was

particular criticism for Ed Miliband from within the Labour Party which

run the City Council in Liverpool. I get angry when anybody has any thing

to do with the Sun, and I was disappointed that Ed Miliband did

not realise how hurtful and sensitive it is, the issue of the

Sun and Hillsborough. In 1989, the Sun published this article, which

contained lurid allegations about Liverpool fans at Hillsborough.

Today, the Sun said it was the biggest mistake in its history.

Today, the Sun said it was the biggest The Sun has thanked Ed

Miliband for taking part in its campaign, and the Labour leader has

said he did so to promote England's bid to win the World Cup. But he has

also said he understands the anger felt by many on Merseyside over

Hillsborough towards the Sun. And he says he is sorry for any who feel

offended. At the Hillsborough inquests, it did not satisfy those

who have been bereaved. I think he is just sorry because it could lose

him votes. It could cost them. This evening, a Liverpool Labour

councillor resigned in protest. The Sun said it had been trying to do

something that unites the nation. The teenaged and is a victim Stephen

Sutton has been honoured with an MBE in this year 's Queen's Birthday

Honours, weeks after losing his fight against the disease. He is

joined in the list by actress Angelina Jolie who receives an

honorary damehood, and Daniel Day Lewis, who receives a knighthood.

Lizo Mzimba reports. Stephen Sutton knew he was likely to

die before his award was made public on the birthday Honours. His mother

says the terminally ill teenager will inspire people to give millions

to the Teenage Cancer Trust, and he thought the camp -- becoming an MBE

was awesome. I am delighted for the family, delighted for the community,

who are very proud of Stephen. -- Daniel Day Lewis, most recently seen

playing Lincoln, said he was amazed and delighted to receive a

knighthood. He was already the first person ever to win three best

knighthood. He was already the first person ever to actor of -- Oscars.

Hilary Mantell, the only woman ever to win the Booker prize twice,

becomes a game. This is just pure delight, if you like. There are no

implications beyond that. No one is going to say Will the next damehood

be as good as this one. Angelina Jolie becomes an honorary dame for

her campaigning against sexual violence. BBC News's chief

international correspondent has been made in OBE for services to

broadcasting. In the world of sport, Wales rugby head coach Warren

Gatland becomes an OBE. Winter Olympic skeleton gold medallist

Lizzy Yarnold becomes an MBE, as do visually impaired skier Kelly

Gallagher and her guide, Charlotte Evans, who won a gold Winter

Paralympics. It is not just famous faces. Tina's daughter and her best

friend were killed on a level crossing in 2005. Since then, she

has successfully campaigned to make them safer. Now, she is an MBE. I am

so delighted to have been given it, but really I am accepting it under

half of the huge team of people behind me who are dedicated to

making changes and making level crossings safe across the country.

Very, very proud. She is typical of most of the list, individuals who

are not in the public eye but are being honoured for making a

contribution to their community.