:00:00. > :00:09.The battle for Ramadi - our exclusive report
:00:10. > :00:11.from inside the Iraqi city on the front line against so-called
:00:12. > :00:15.Thousands of civilians are living among the ruins,
:00:16. > :00:18.with little food or water - days after the Iraqi government said
:00:19. > :00:33.In parts of the centre, their flags are still flying just a few hundred
:00:34. > :00:35.yards from here. And resistance is stiff.
:00:36. > :00:37.At the same time - a new propaganda video
:00:38. > :00:40.from IS in Syria - threatening attacks on the UK.
:00:41. > :00:44.Also tonight: After protests in Iran over Saudi Arabia's execution
:00:45. > :00:47.of a Shia cleric - the Saudis tonight break off
:00:48. > :00:55.Here - an extra ?40 million is promised for flood defences
:00:56. > :00:57.in Yorkshire - but the Government's approach is criticised
:00:58. > :01:05.And in South Africa - Ben Stokes hits the fastest ever
:01:06. > :01:30.Nearly a week after Iraqi government forces claimed to have liberated
:01:31. > :01:34.the key city of Ramadi from so-called Islamic State,
:01:35. > :01:37.large parts of it remain under the extremists' control -
:01:38. > :01:42.Thousands of civilians are trapped in Ramadi,
:01:43. > :01:46.and the BBC's become the first international broadcaster to reach
:01:47. > :01:51.Our correspondent Thomas Fessy travelled into the heart of the city
:01:52. > :02:00.This is what the fight against so-called Islamic State has
:02:01. > :02:03.Six months of brutal jihadi rule, a government offensive and coalition
:02:04. > :02:10.air strikes have devastated the city.
:02:11. > :02:13.We set off with Iraqi special forces to see what the victory they claimed
:02:14. > :02:19.As we push into the centre, it is clear that the battle
:02:20. > :02:28.This is the front line in Iraq's war against IS.
:02:29. > :02:34.The building used to be a school, but guns have now replaced students.
:02:35. > :02:38.The soldiers say that they have regained much of the city,
:02:39. > :02:43.but the fight is still going on and IS militants still control
:02:44. > :02:48.Their flags are still flying just a few hundred yards from here.
:02:49. > :02:57.Peer through the sniper's window, and you see the Iraqi flag.
:02:58. > :03:00.But to the right, see the black banners of
:03:01. > :03:10.Government troops say fighting IS is the hardest of all battles.
:03:11. > :03:12.Much of the front line is rigged with explosives,
:03:13. > :03:20.The West has trained Iraqi soldiers for this fight.
:03:21. > :03:22.The US, Britain and their partners are conducting
:03:23. > :03:27.TRANSLATION: The support from coalition forces is important
:03:28. > :03:30.to us, because without them, we would suffer a lot more
:03:31. > :03:40.An air strike is called in as families emerge
:03:41. > :03:45.from the front lines, Iraqi troops taking them to safety.
:03:46. > :03:49.This woman says her house was blown up, and she told me
:03:50. > :03:52.that she and her husband were taken by the jihadis and used
:03:53. > :04:01.Each time, there was bombing, our homes shook.
:04:02. > :04:11.A warm meal, and a first taste of freedom.
:04:12. > :04:14.This woman escaped with her children, still traumatised.
:04:15. > :04:20.Their mother tells me how IS ruled their lives.
:04:21. > :04:27.TRANSLATION: What they did to us was terrible.
:04:28. > :04:31.to wear the niqab.
:04:32. > :04:34.We were not even allowed to use mobile phones.
:04:35. > :04:48.But the war against Islamic State is not over in Ramadi.
:04:49. > :04:52.Islamic State militants in Syria have released a video claiming
:04:53. > :04:57.to show the execution of five men accused of spying for Britain.
:04:58. > :04:59.The video, which we're not showing, features a masked man,
:05:00. > :05:02.speaking English with a British accent, who threatens the UK.
:05:03. > :05:09.With me is our security correspondent, Gordon Corera.
:05:10. > :05:16.There are a lot of these propaganda videos released by IS. What is
:05:17. > :05:20.different about this one? There are a lot of propaganda videos that come
:05:21. > :05:24.out, although there are few notable elements to this video. It is only
:05:25. > :05:30.two months since Muhammad was it, the man known as Jihadi John, was
:05:31. > :05:33.killed in drone strike in rack. But in this video, we see a new
:05:34. > :05:37.individual, again apparently British, judging by his accent, who
:05:38. > :05:42.we can see here, who appears to want to take on the mantle of Jihadi John
:05:43. > :05:46.as executioner and propagandist in chief for IS, at least when it comes
:05:47. > :05:50.to Britain. Tonight, you can expect the intelligence services to be
:05:51. > :05:55.trying to work out who he is, going to their databases, doing voiceprint
:05:56. > :05:59.analysis, those kinds of things. In terms of the content of the video,
:06:00. > :06:12.that is more predictable. You hear this individual making threats,
:06:13. > :06:15.talking about the invasion of Britain, addressing David Cameron
:06:16. > :06:18.and talking about air strikes. Also, his involvement in the execution of
:06:19. > :06:22.five people alleged abuse buying for written, not Britons themselves,
:06:23. > :06:25.they appear to be Syrian. They provide confessions, which could be
:06:26. > :06:27.coerced. It is possible that those were actually activists trying to
:06:28. > :06:30.get information out to the public and the outside world about what was
:06:31. > :06:33.going on, rather than spies. It is hard to be sure, but the point of
:06:34. > :06:36.the video is to deter people from becoming informers, because it could
:06:37. > :06:41.be informers who helped track down Jihadi John. There is a disturbing
:06:42. > :06:44.aspect in that there is a child in it? That's right, towards the end of
:06:45. > :06:49.the video, there is a brief section in which for a few seconds, we see a
:06:50. > :06:53.child, perhaps five years old, speaking English. Hard to tell from
:06:54. > :06:56.the accent whether they are definitely British or not. We do
:06:57. > :07:00.know some British people have gone out with children and some may have
:07:01. > :07:05.had children out there. It is hard to be sure, but the security
:07:06. > :07:07.services will also be investigating that to establish the child's
:07:08. > :07:09.identity. Within the past few hours,
:07:10. > :07:12.Saudi Arabia has announced it's severing ties with Iran,
:07:13. > :07:13.as the diplomatic crisis between the two
:07:14. > :07:14.countries intensifies. The Saudi government's decision
:07:15. > :07:17.yesterday to execute a prominent Shia Muslim cleric, along
:07:18. > :07:20.with dozens of other prisoners, has led to more protests today
:07:21. > :07:22.in Iran, a Shia country. As our diplomatic correspondent
:07:23. > :07:24.Bridget Kendall reports, the row is fuelling
:07:25. > :07:39.tensions across the region. An already dangerous rift is
:07:40. > :07:43.widening in the Middle East. In Tehran today, Iranian anger at Saudi
:07:44. > :07:51.Arabia's execution of a prominent cleric was not abating. Death to the
:07:52. > :07:56.house of Saud, chant the crowd, referring to the Saudi royal family.
:07:57. > :08:00.The Saudi government says he was put to death falling star terrorism, but
:08:01. > :08:05.in Iran, he now has martyr status. A street today was named after him
:08:06. > :08:10.right outside the Saudi embassy, which last night was stormed by a
:08:11. > :08:14.furious crowd, which set fire to posters of the Saudi king.
:08:15. > :08:18.Eventually, the police moved in and made 40 arrests. Imran's moderate
:08:19. > :08:26.president said the attack was unjustified. But addressing clerics
:08:27. > :08:30.today, Iran's supreme leader took a harder line, warning that Saudi
:08:31. > :08:36.rulers would face a blind vengeance for spilling a martyr's blood. And
:08:37. > :08:40.this evening, the Saudis retaliated. The Saudi Foreign Minister accused
:08:41. > :08:46.Iran of distributing weapons and planting terrorist cells across the
:08:47. > :08:49.region. In response, he said the Saudi kingdom was severing
:08:50. > :08:53.diplomatic relations and ordering all Iranian diplomats to leave
:08:54. > :08:59.within two days. This row isn't only over the recent Saudi executions, it
:09:00. > :09:02.is also about tensions between Shia and Sunni Muslims which go back
:09:03. > :09:06.centuries. Saudi Arabia is the Middle East's biggest Sunni
:09:07. > :09:10.dominated power. Iran is the predominant Shia power. Not
:09:11. > :09:17.surprisingly, the two are bitter rivals. And because the executed
:09:18. > :09:20.cleric ten from Saudi Arabia's Shia minority, it was probably inevitable
:09:21. > :09:25.that his death would cause trouble. And across the Middle East, there
:09:26. > :09:29.will be repercussions. In Syria Iran and Saudi Arabia have backed
:09:30. > :09:33.opposite sides, pro and anti president Assad. Now, getting them
:09:34. > :09:37.to bury differences to unite against so-called IS extremists will be much
:09:38. > :09:41.harder. They also compete for influence among Shia and Sunni
:09:42. > :09:44.communities in Iraq. For the past year, they have been engaged in a
:09:45. > :09:53.fierce and bloody proxy war in Yemen. The worry is that tensions
:09:54. > :09:56.will now snowball. These protests today were in Bahrain, another
:09:57. > :10:01.country where Shia and Sunni are divided. Tonight, the United States
:10:02. > :10:03.appealed for calm, but it's not clear that they are in a mood to
:10:04. > :10:07.listen. Bridget Kendall, BBC News. The government's pledged an extra
:10:08. > :10:09.?40 million for flood defences in Yorkshire, after it was battered
:10:10. > :10:12.by rain over Christmas. But concerns have been raised
:10:13. > :10:14.about nationwide levels of funding. Drainage experts have warned
:10:15. > :10:17.that the number of homes at risk of flooding could almost
:10:18. > :10:19.double within 20 years, unless there's a significant
:10:20. > :10:20.increase in spending. Our political correspondent
:10:21. > :10:29.Chris Mason reports. Look beyond the water,
:10:30. > :10:34.and you find resentment, It is about preparation
:10:35. > :10:40.and forward planning. People are upset about it,
:10:41. > :10:50.and there is a lot of anger. Now the Government's promised ?10
:10:51. > :10:55.million to repair and improve the barrier on the River Foss
:10:56. > :10:58.that failed, leading to 600 The problem was that the Foss
:10:59. > :11:02.barrier, the electrics were in danger of failing
:11:03. > :11:05.and if it had been stuck down without the pumps operating,
:11:06. > :11:12.we would have seen 1,800 houses flooded, three times as many
:11:13. > :11:14.as we did see flooded But flooding, of course,
:11:15. > :11:21.is nothing new. The Somerset Levels, two years ago,
:11:22. > :11:25.and familiar argument is about flood The Association of Drainage
:11:26. > :11:32.Authorities points out that the annual cost of flood
:11:33. > :11:35.and storm damage is estimated It also says that the number
:11:36. > :11:39.of households in England and Wales at significant risk of flood damage
:11:40. > :11:41.could increase from 330,000 currently to 570,000 in 2035
:11:42. > :11:48.as a result of a reduction in our capacity
:11:49. > :11:53.to manage water levels. This is an argument
:11:54. > :12:01.about more than money. Crises like flooding can help shape
:12:02. > :12:03.the perception of the Government Ministers are proud of trying
:12:04. > :12:07.to create what they describe as a northern powerhouse,
:12:08. > :12:10.but opposition MPs returning to Westminster this week
:12:11. > :12:11.will suggest that We've seen cuts from this
:12:12. > :12:17.Government from 2010, apart from a brief blip
:12:18. > :12:19.when they were shamed into action Now all we're getting is ?40
:12:20. > :12:26.million, only spent in Yorkshire. It is not enough money to make up
:12:27. > :12:29.for the backlog of repairs that have Ministers insist that flood defence
:12:30. > :12:41.spending is going up and will reach But the consequences
:12:42. > :12:46.of heavy rain continue. This was Llanelli,
:12:47. > :12:49.in Carmarthenshire, today. Here and elsewhere, more people
:12:50. > :12:53.are asking if their homes People in parts of eastern Scotland
:12:54. > :13:01.are being warned to expect more flooding, with heavy rain
:13:02. > :13:08.is forecast in areas which are still clearing up
:13:09. > :13:11.after the damage caused last week. In all, more than 30 flood warnings
:13:12. > :13:14.are in place in Scotland - as our correspondent
:13:15. > :13:16.Catriona Renton reports. People in Ballater are still coming
:13:17. > :13:19.to terms with last week's flooding. When the water came
:13:20. > :13:24.down here, it got up You've seen pictures of it,
:13:25. > :13:28.just at the bottom of this wall. Then obviously into the house,
:13:29. > :13:33.blew the manhole covers off. But the people I have
:13:34. > :13:35.talked to, I mean, It came up within
:13:36. > :13:43.about ten, 15 minutes. And then stayed up for a while,
:13:44. > :13:49.then the levels went down again, but in that time frame,
:13:50. > :13:52.it just wiped the caravan site, went through all the
:13:53. > :13:54.houses, devastation. With persistent rain
:13:55. > :13:57.since yesterday, and an already swollen River Dee, this flood
:13:58. > :14:01.barrier is providing reassurance. yesterday, we had a large number
:14:02. > :14:14.of locals coming up to us and saying that, you know, really they felt
:14:15. > :14:17.a lot safer with the fact And that they would sleep better
:14:18. > :14:21.in their homes at night. And this was the dramatic moment
:14:22. > :14:24.when the Aberdeen lifeboat team used rockets to help reconnect
:14:25. > :14:31.power across the river. Upstream, 450-year-old
:14:32. > :14:32.Abergeldie Castle, near Balmoral, is on the brink
:14:33. > :14:36.after the river eroded the banks. So far, this flood
:14:37. > :14:38.barrier hasn't had to be tested yet, but this
:14:39. > :14:40.is a waiting game. The Met Office amber warnings
:14:41. > :14:43.are still in place for more than 24 hours, so people in affected parts
:14:44. > :14:56.of Scotland will have to wait and see what the weather
:14:57. > :14:58.has to throw at them. A member of Labour's Shadow Cabinet
:14:59. > :15:02.has warned that the party needs a diverse front bench,
:15:03. > :15:05.in response to reports that Jeremy Corbyn is planning
:15:06. > :15:07.a reshuffle to remove those who disagree with him
:15:08. > :15:08.on key policies. Michael Dugher, the shadow
:15:09. > :15:13.Culture Secretary, made a plea for unity - saying Labour
:15:14. > :15:15.was a "broad church ,not
:15:16. > :15:16.a religious cult". Let's join our political
:15:17. > :15:26.correspondent Alex Forsyth What is the response from Jeremy
:15:27. > :15:30.Corbyn likely to be? It is no secret that the Labour leader disagrees
:15:31. > :15:34.with some of his senior team on some key policy issues, like Hilary Benn,
:15:35. > :15:38.the Shadow Foreign Secretary, who supported air strikes in Syria. Or
:15:39. > :15:41.Maria Eagle, the Shadow Defence Secretary, who supports the renewal
:15:42. > :15:44.of the Trident nuclear weapons system. And there is widespread
:15:45. > :15:50.speculation that Jeremy Corbyn will reshuffle his Shadow Cabinet perhaps
:15:51. > :15:53.as early as this week to remove those who disagree with him. The
:15:54. > :15:58.risk is that by doing so, he will deepen the divisions in Labour,
:15:59. > :16:03.because some say that runs contrary to Mr Corbyn's own claim to welcome
:16:04. > :16:08.debate and differing views. But others say Labour must speak with a
:16:09. > :16:12.united voice on these key issues. So while Jeremy Corbyn wrestles with
:16:13. > :16:17.yet another leadership dilemma, some backbenchers are warning that all
:16:18. > :16:22.the time Labour is focused on its own internal issues, it can't be an
:16:23. > :16:24.effective opposition to the government. Alex Forsyth, thank you.
:16:25. > :16:27.With all the sport, here's Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre.
:16:28. > :16:30.The England all-rounder Ben Stokes says he was just trying to score
:16:31. > :16:33.as many boundaries as he could beacuse it was too hot to run
:16:34. > :16:36.He made 258 in the Second Test against South Africa,
:16:37. > :16:41.the fastest Test double century by an Englishman.
:16:42. > :16:44.His 399 run partnership with Jonny Bairstow for the sixth
:16:45. > :16:50.Test cricket is often about waiting, not when Ben Stokes goes
:16:51. > :16:57.It took him three deliveries to hit his first four.
:16:58. > :17:07.Stokes batting like a man who believed he could stick one
:17:08. > :17:09.on top of there, against a team still officially
:17:10. > :17:14.Some see shades of Ian Botham and Andrew Flintoff.
:17:15. > :17:19.No Englishman has got there quicker in Test cricket.
:17:20. > :17:23.Simply breathtaking. For South Africa, winding.
:17:24. > :17:26.Jonny Bairstow had been operating in the shadows by comparison,
:17:27. > :17:31.He had waited a long time for his first Test century.
:17:32. > :17:34.No English pair had scored this many in nearly 60 years of Test matches.
:17:35. > :17:40.When he was eventually run out, Alastair Cook
:17:41. > :17:50.There was no following that, after all.
:17:51. > :17:55.It is a surreal feeling, it hasn't sunk in yet. Proud is definitely a
:17:56. > :17:56.word I would use. If your opponents have scored 629
:17:57. > :17:59.runs, there can be a tendency But there is a time
:18:00. > :18:03.for patience as well as power. Wickets would not come
:18:04. > :18:07.that easily again. Dean Elgar had 44 before
:18:08. > :18:09.Nick Compton caught him. The South African captain
:18:10. > :18:19.led them to the close. Tomorrow, they will need guts
:18:20. > :18:21.and a little genius. England players were wearing black
:18:22. > :18:27.armbands today in memory of the Sussex bowler
:18:28. > :18:30.Matthew Hobden, whose death The 22-year-old was in the England
:18:31. > :18:36.performance programme and was due to travel to South Africa
:18:37. > :18:38.later this month. His death is currently
:18:39. > :18:40.being treated as "unexplained". There were two matches
:18:41. > :18:42.in the Premier League today, the goals are on Match
:18:43. > :18:45.of the Day 2 after the news, or following Sportscene if you're
:18:46. > :18:47.watching in Scotland. Either way, I've got
:18:48. > :18:49.the results, if you want them. Chelsea beat Crystal Palace
:18:50. > :18:51.3-0 at Selhurst Park. Interim manager Guus Hiddink says
:18:52. > :18:55.they can still qualify The other match today
:18:56. > :18:58.was at Goodison Park. Fourth placed Tottenham drew
:18:59. > :19:00.1-1 against Everton. Harlequins are up to third
:19:01. > :19:06.in the Rugby Union Premiership. They beat Worcester
:19:07. > :19:09.at the Sixways Stadium. Their wing Charlie Walker scored two
:19:10. > :19:12.of their three tries and at one Worcester rallied, but Quins hung
:19:13. > :19:18.on for the victory, 24-20. Gary Anderson has retained his PDC
:19:19. > :19:21.World Darts Championship title. The Flying Scotsman beat
:19:22. > :19:24.Jackpot Adrian Lewis seven sets to five in an enthralling final
:19:25. > :19:27.at Alexandra Palace, Lewis was a double champion himself,
:19:28. > :19:34.but Anderson prevailed to claim To mark the 40th anniversary
:19:35. > :19:48.of the Prince's Trust, the Prince of Wales has been
:19:49. > :19:51.speaking about the difficulties In an interview for an ITV
:19:52. > :19:55.documentary, he said that at first "people didn't see
:19:56. > :19:57.the point" of the Trust. Our royal correspondent
:19:58. > :20:05.Peter Hunt reports. Not an audition for Royals Got
:20:06. > :20:12.Talent, rather an Ant and Dec documentary about the future king,
:20:13. > :20:15.focusing on the Princes Trust, which for 40 years has helped
:20:16. > :20:17.disadvantaged young people. A lot of people thought
:20:18. > :20:19.you were pretty mad, that a prince of the realm would go
:20:20. > :20:22.out and help disadvantaged children and youngsters and help them
:20:23. > :20:25.get on the right path. We had to overcome people
:20:26. > :20:37.who don't see the point. In their quest to understand
:20:38. > :20:41.the Trust, which has helped hundreds Ant and Dec also quizzed Charles'
:20:42. > :20:45.son about his father I'm a lot more emotional
:20:46. > :20:50.than I used to be. I never used to get too
:20:51. > :20:54.worried about things, but now the smallest things can make
:20:55. > :20:58.to well up a bit more. You get affected by things that
:20:59. > :21:02.happen around the world or whatever a lot more as a father,
:21:03. > :21:04.just because you realise It puts it all in perspective,
:21:05. > :21:10.the idea of not being around During filming, Charles became
:21:11. > :21:18.a grandad for the second time. He's delighted that his doting
:21:19. > :21:23.doesn't yet extend to some duties. It is very nice having
:21:24. > :21:32.a granddaughter. There may be somebody to keep an eye
:21:33. > :21:47.on me when I am tottering about. You have to go to the gym
:21:48. > :21:54.after all the food you have eaten. You can see more on all of today's
:21:55. > :21:57.stories on the BBC News Channel.