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:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Ten - Westminster prepares for a Brexit Battle

:00:08. > :00:09.as ministers tell MPs, don't stand in the way

:00:10. > :00:17.Labour says it will fight for changes to the bill

:00:18. > :00:19.in the Commons tomorrow, putting them on a collision

:00:20. > :00:23.What we can't have is either House of Parliament reversing the decision

:00:24. > :00:37.On the front line in Iraq - as the Iraqi Army makes more gains

:00:38. > :00:44.We've heard three car bombs going off in the distance.

:00:45. > :00:46.We've also had a lot incoming mortar fire.

:00:47. > :00:53.You can hear now the sounds of battle.

:00:54. > :00:56.Violent clashes in the Netherlands between the police and Turkish

:00:57. > :00:58.protesters, as the diplomatic row between the two

:00:59. > :01:30.And Tottenham on their way to an FA Cup semifinal -

:01:31. > :01:34.The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, has called on MPs to back

:01:35. > :01:36.the Government's Brexit bill when it returns to the Commons tomorrow,

:01:37. > :01:38.after the Lords twice went against the Government.

:01:39. > :01:41.Peers voted to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK,

:01:42. > :01:47.and to ensure that Parliament has a vote on an eventual deal.

:01:48. > :01:49.But Mr Davis said it would not be acceptable

:01:50. > :01:52.for Parliament to try to reverse the will of the British people.

:01:53. > :01:55.If MPs do pass it, Theresa May could trigger Article 50 -

:01:56. > :01:57.that's the formal process of Brexit - this week.

:01:58. > :02:01.Our chief political correspondent Vicki Young reports.

:02:02. > :02:11.For months she has vowed to kick-start Brexit talks

:02:12. > :02:14.But some here in Parliament are fighting to get safeguards

:02:15. > :02:16.written into law before the negotiations begin.

:02:17. > :02:19.Today, the Brexit secretary tried to reassure MPs and peers that

:02:20. > :02:21.they would get a vote on the Prime Minister's

:02:22. > :02:29.What we can't have is either House of Parliament reversing the decision

:02:30. > :02:45.Peers have defeated the Government twice, and Labour's standing firm.

:02:46. > :02:54.What we say to the Prime Minister, and I wrote to her on Friday,

:02:55. > :02:56.reflect on what the House of Lords has said by majorities

:02:57. > :02:59.They have sent back two really important issues.

:03:00. > :03:02.This issue of the EU nationals, and the issues of the vote.

:03:03. > :03:05.Don't just have this obsession with getting Article 50

:03:06. > :03:09.The two line Brexit bill is still making its way through Parliament.

:03:10. > :03:12.Last week, the House of Lords made their changes.

:03:13. > :03:14.The Government will try to overturn these in the Commons tomorrow.

:03:15. > :03:17.If they succeed, the Bill returns to the Lords almost immediately,

:03:18. > :03:24.and if they give way, the final stage of Royal Assent

:03:25. > :03:27.So the Government has some Parliamentary hurdles

:03:28. > :03:32.but ministers seem confident that Theresa May will be able to stick

:03:33. > :03:39.formally telling the rest of the EU that the UK is ready to start

:03:40. > :03:41.negotiating its exit, and attention is turning

:03:42. > :03:45.to exactly what kind of deal, if any, the UK can get.

:03:46. > :03:48.The Prime Minister has said publicly that no deal for the UK

:03:49. > :03:51.is better than a bad deal, but that would mean

:03:52. > :03:57.tariffs on exports under World Trade Organisation rules.

:03:58. > :04:00.My fear is that what this is really about, is us deliberately,

:04:01. > :04:02.not the Prime Minister, but others deliberately ensuring

:04:03. > :04:06.And no deal pretty soon, and in that event, we jump off

:04:07. > :04:09.the cliff on to WTO tariffs and nobody in this country,

:04:10. > :04:22.the people of this country don't have a say.

:04:23. > :04:27.Some Cabinet Ministers seem relaxed about the possibility. As it happens

:04:28. > :04:29.we would be perfectly OK if we weren't able to get an agreement,

:04:30. > :04:34.but I am sure we will. Mr Davis admits the Government

:04:35. > :04:36.is preparing a contingency plan in case there's no deal,

:04:37. > :04:38.but he doesn't think Let's make no bones about it,

:04:39. > :04:43.there will be tough points in this negotiation,

:04:44. > :04:45.but it is in everybody's interest Parliament's debate about this bill

:04:46. > :04:49.isn't quite over, but after months of talking about the talks,

:04:50. > :04:51.formal negotiations We can join Vicki

:04:52. > :05:04.in Westminster now. How likely is it that the

:05:05. > :05:09.Parliamentary rebellion will continue? First of all tomorrow, the

:05:10. > :05:14.eyes will all be on Tory MPs in the House of Commons, they want more

:05:15. > :05:17.verbal guarantees from ministers, the rebellion could well be bigger

:05:18. > :05:21.but I don't think they have the numbers to defeat the Government.

:05:22. > :05:24.Talking to both sides it is clear Cabinet Ministers are confident

:05:25. > :05:27.about getting their way. If they do the action moves to the House of

:05:28. > :05:30.Lords. There the Liberal Democrats have promised to dig in their heels,

:05:31. > :05:36.the question is whether Labour peers will join them. I guess the sense

:05:37. > :05:40.they don't want to prolong this. It It could be be by tomorrow the

:05:41. > :05:45.rebellion has melted away and it is hard to find anyone who thinks that

:05:46. > :05:49.Theresa May will be prevented from thing what she promised to trigger

:05:50. > :05:52.Article 50, to get those formal Brexit negotiations under way, and

:05:53. > :05:54.it could come as early as Tuesday. Thank you.

:05:55. > :05:58.Iraqi forces have made more gains in west Mosul -

:05:59. > :06:00.the largest city still under the control of the

:06:01. > :06:03.Government troops, backed by a US-led coalition,

:06:04. > :06:05.recaptured the east of the city in late January, after more

:06:06. > :06:10.Now they say a third of the west, which is almost completely

:06:11. > :06:13.Around 600,000 civilians are believed to be trapped inside.

:06:14. > :06:15.Our Middle East correspondent, Orla Guerin, and cameraman

:06:16. > :06:17.Nico Hameon have been travelling with the Iraqi forces.

:06:18. > :06:33.You may find parts of her report distressing.

:06:34. > :06:45.Caught below, hundreds of thousands of civilians.

:06:46. > :06:50.This is the place where IS proclaimed its Caliphate.

:06:51. > :06:57.Here it was born, and here, Iraqi forces say, it will die.

:06:58. > :07:01.On the ground, they are advancing, but struggling to hold

:07:02. > :07:18.Then frantic gunfire towards the threat overhead.

:07:19. > :07:24.An IS drone, maybe carrying explosives.

:07:25. > :07:33.Well, this is as far as we can go for now.

:07:34. > :07:36.As you can hear there is a lot of gunfire in the area.

:07:37. > :07:38.There are snipers in position on this street.

:07:39. > :07:41.We have cover here, so we won't be moving from this position,

:07:42. > :07:44.but within the last half an hour or so, we've heard three car bombs

:07:45. > :07:52.We've also had a lot of incoming mortar fire -

:07:53. > :07:54.you can hear now the sounds of battle.

:07:55. > :07:57.The IS fighters that are in this area are putting

:07:58. > :08:08.The man who didn't flinch is Major Alani.

:08:09. > :08:10.Hours later, he was wounded in battle.

:08:11. > :08:27.Troops using every weapon, even home-made rockets.

:08:28. > :08:29.Then the rush to retrieve a casualty.

:08:30. > :08:32.We can't say how many have paid with their lives, Iraqi forces don't

:08:33. > :08:41.But they have the extremists outgunned and encircled.

:08:42. > :08:50.They believe victory is guaranteed in Mosul, in time.

:08:51. > :08:56.But ending the Caliphate may not end IS.

:08:57. > :09:00.General Abbas is in the thick of the battle.

:09:01. > :09:05.He told us the narrow streets and civilian presence

:09:06. > :09:16.In front of us is all city, it is very hard because we need

:09:17. > :09:18.to keep to take care for the citizen.

:09:19. > :09:24.We need to be aggressive against IS guys, we need

:09:25. > :09:30.to put a very clear plan, to clear the area.

:09:31. > :09:33.That means we need to put a plan to survive our citizens.

:09:34. > :09:35.And as the fighting rages, more weary civilians leave

:09:36. > :09:43.Where they have been caught between the militants and the army.

:09:44. > :09:47.Few may have endured more than this man.

:09:48. > :09:52.IS put an anti-aircraft gun near his house.

:09:53. > :09:55.An air strike targeting the extremists brought

:09:56. > :10:12."Three of my daughters are dead", he says.

:10:13. > :10:22."My daughters were under the concrete of the house."

:10:23. > :10:29."They didn't let me see them before they were buried."

:10:30. > :10:38.As well as losing his daughters, and his home, he lost his leg.

:10:39. > :10:40.He prays God will destroy IS, as they have destroyed Iraq.

:10:41. > :10:48.Orla Guerin, BBC News, western Mosul.

:10:49. > :10:49.Turkey's President Erdogan has called for sanctions

:10:50. > :10:51.against the Dutch government, after it prevented two

:10:52. > :10:53.of his ministers from making political speeches in Rotterdam

:10:54. > :10:58.Last night Dutch police broke up a rally by Mr Erdogan's

:10:59. > :11:01.The speeches had been intended to bolster support among Turkish

:11:02. > :11:02.expatriates with voting rights in Turkey.

:11:03. > :11:15.Our diplomatic coreespondent James Robbins has more details:

:11:16. > :11:17.Our diplomatic coreespondent James Robbins has more details.

:11:18. > :11:21.Not our usual image of the Netherlands.

:11:22. > :11:24.This was the wound the dog left behind as riot police

:11:25. > :11:31.used considerable force against Turkish demonstrators.

:11:32. > :11:33.They were angered by the Dutch government's refusal

:11:34. > :11:36.to allow their politicians to attend a campaign rally in support

:11:37. > :11:47.He is counting on the backing of more than a million Turkish

:11:48. > :11:50.citizens living in Europe to expand his powers back home

:11:51. > :11:56.But his minister for families wasn't allowed to address them.

:11:57. > :11:58.The second Turkish minister turned back by the Dutch government.

:11:59. > :12:05.TRANSLATION: In Holland - Holland as a country that speaks

:12:06. > :12:07.of freedom and democracy - we were faced with very

:12:08. > :12:19.we should treat women in Turkey. about women's rights and tell us how

:12:20. > :12:21.All this followed President Erdogan's far stronger

:12:22. > :12:23.language at a rally, denouncing the Dutch as "Nazi

:12:24. > :12:29.Those words have infuriated several European governments,

:12:30. > :12:30.including Germany's, mindful of the Nazi

:12:31. > :12:36.occupation of Holland during the Second World War.

:12:37. > :12:42.We are absolutely willing to deescalate, but of course these

:12:43. > :12:44.utterings of the president of Turkey Republic do not help and

:12:45. > :12:48.But this is also the collision of two electoral campaigns in Turkey

:12:49. > :12:53.The Dutch go to the polls first on Wednesday.

:12:54. > :12:57.It's been a tense campaign, dominated by the anti-immigration

:12:58. > :13:02.He blames the Prime Minister for allowing immigrants in,

:13:03. > :13:09.It's unclear how the weekend violence and the extraordinary

:13:10. > :13:11.diplomatic crisis with Turkey will influence Dutch voters, making

:13:12. > :13:14.big choices against a background of rising populism across Europe.

:13:15. > :13:25.The intelligence services are to provide the political parties

:13:26. > :13:27.with advice on protecting themselves against Russian hackers.

:13:28. > :13:31.The advice will come from experts at GCHQ's

:13:32. > :13:37.Several politicians have been calling for more assistance,

:13:38. > :13:42.saying they fear that hackers might try to influence future elections.

:13:43. > :13:44.Rail workers in three parts of the country

:13:45. > :13:48.go on strike tomorrow, as the dispute that's caused months

:13:49. > :13:51.of chaos for Southern Rail commuters spreads to the north of England.

:13:52. > :13:52.Conductors working on the Merseyrail, Northern

:13:53. > :13:55.and Southern services are walking out in a row over their future role.

:13:56. > :14:03.Our correspondent Danni Hewson sent this report from Liverpool.

:14:04. > :14:06.It may have been business as usual today, but here in Liverpool

:14:07. > :14:08.and right across the north, commuters are bracing

:14:09. > :14:12.From midnight, rail workers with the RMT union will begin a 24

:14:13. > :14:16.hour strike, affecting thousands of passengers.

:14:17. > :14:21.I don't know how I am going to get home.

:14:22. > :14:23.We'll just have to see what we can sort out tomorrow.

:14:24. > :14:28.A lot of people will be stranded and won't know where to go.

:14:29. > :14:30.Especially if you are not from the area.

:14:31. > :14:32.The companies affected are Northern, the UK's second largest operator

:14:33. > :14:35.which serves passengers across the north, including Leeds,

:14:36. > :14:37.Manchester, Sheffield, Newcastle and Liverpool.

:14:38. > :14:46.Merseyrail, which serves mainly Merseyside, will run trains every

:14:47. > :14:49.half an hour, rather than every 15 minutes,

:14:50. > :14:57.The row was triggered by proposed changes to the role

:14:58. > :15:01.of the onboard guard, changes the union says

:15:02. > :15:08.We believe that services operated on a driver only,

:15:09. > :15:09.driver controlled operation are fundamentally less safe,

:15:10. > :15:13.and every train in the UK should retain a second safety

:15:14. > :15:21.Efforts to resolve the dispute in recent weeks have broken down.

:15:22. > :15:25.Operators say they need to modernise and safety won't be compromised.

:15:26. > :15:27.We put safety at the heart of everything we do.

:15:28. > :15:32.The Independent Rail Regulator has the indicated this is as safe

:15:33. > :15:35.The Independent Rail Regulator has indicated this is as safe

:15:36. > :15:38.This isn't about who opens and closes the doors,

:15:39. > :15:40.this is about giving customers what they want.

:15:41. > :15:43.For now, both sides are at an impasse and few expect

:15:44. > :15:44.tomorrow's disruption will be the last.

:15:45. > :15:48.For commuters, the focus is is now on tomorrow's rush hour, and how if

:15:49. > :15:50.it all they will make their journey to work.

:15:51. > :16:02.Now, this weekend the United Nations has warned of a looming humanitarian

:16:03. > :16:03.crisis, with 20 million people facing famine.

:16:04. > :16:05.Its experts say that without urgent help,

:16:06. > :16:10.There's growing concern about four countries

:16:11. > :16:13.in particular - Nigeria, South Sudan, Yemen and Somalia -

:16:14. > :16:16.and our correspondents in the region have been to some

:16:17. > :16:26.We begin with Andrew Harding in Somalia.

:16:27. > :16:28.The southern town of Baidoa is at the heart of Somalia's

:16:29. > :16:32.Thousands of families are on the move here.

:16:33. > :16:35.These people arrived this morning, looking for food, looking for water.

:16:36. > :16:37.Now half the population of this country is in need

:16:38. > :16:42.Drought is the main problem, but so is conflict.

:16:43. > :16:47.In the countryside around here, for instance, al-Shabaab,

:16:48. > :16:49.the militant Islamist group, is still in control.

:16:50. > :16:55.Aid agencies say they desperately need more funds.

:16:56. > :16:58.They only have a fraction of what they need and what

:16:59. > :17:01.And of course remember this is just one of four countries currently

:17:02. > :17:06.Famine has already been declared in parts of South Sudan,

:17:07. > :17:09.but this is a man-made crisis and those fleeing war come here,

:17:10. > :17:23.Around 2000 people cross the border daily.

:17:24. > :17:24.This has become Africa's biggest refugee crisis

:17:25. > :17:26.and the world's third-largest after Afghanistan and Syria.

:17:27. > :17:29.People can no long stay in their villages and towns,

:17:30. > :17:30.because of fighting between the government and rebels.

:17:31. > :17:33.Those who come here bring with them harrowing tales

:17:34. > :17:34.of violence and a desperation to avoid starvation.

:17:35. > :17:37.But it's not just east Africa that is struggling

:17:38. > :17:51.Here in Nigeria in West Africa, mass hunger has been fuelled

:17:52. > :17:54.by the brutal seven-year insurgency of the Islamist group Boko Haram.

:17:55. > :17:57.In the north-east of the country, where so many people have

:17:58. > :17:59.had to flee their homes because of the fighting,

:18:00. > :18:02.it's estimated 8.5 million people are in need of food aid,

:18:03. > :18:04.and 75,000 children are at risk of dying in the coming months.

:18:05. > :18:08.All this week on BBC News, we'll be taking a look at the hunger

:18:09. > :18:10.crisis of four badly affected countries and asking what can be

:18:11. > :18:32.done to help 20 million people facing famine.

:18:33. > :18:33.My colleague Clive Myrie there, reporting from Nigeria.

:18:34. > :18:35.Now, with all the sport, here's Karthi Gnanasegaram

:18:36. > :18:40.Tottenham Hotspur are through to the semi-finals of the FA Cup

:18:41. > :18:43.after an emphatic 6-0 win over League One side Millwall.

:18:44. > :18:47.South Korea's Son Heung-Min scored a hat-trick but the Football

:18:48. > :18:49.Association is expected to investigate allegations of racist

:18:50. > :18:59.Tottenham were already on their way to Wembley -

:19:00. > :19:01.it is where they will play next season while their

:19:02. > :19:05.But here was their chance to travel there early for an FA Cup semifinal.

:19:06. > :19:09.First, they had to get past League One's Millwall,

:19:10. > :19:12.a team on a 17 match unbeaten run, and when Harry Kane limped

:19:13. > :19:15.off after six minutes, they looked like it could be

:19:16. > :19:19.The England striker was replaced by Christian Eriksen,

:19:20. > :19:21.who with one swing of his boot, turned the momentum

:19:22. > :19:28.In their rush for a second goal, Son fumbled his first touch,

:19:29. > :19:35.He makes amends with an absolute beauty.

:19:36. > :19:38.Son has played in the shadow of Kane for much of the season,

:19:39. > :19:41.but his movement was too much for Millwall, and he scored

:19:42. > :19:45.Viewing wouldn't get much easier for Millwall's manager

:19:46. > :20:01.There was time for more, after Son completed a somewhat

:20:02. > :20:05.This was the last FA Cup tie to be played

:20:06. > :20:07.at White Hart Lane, but Tottenham's

:20:08. > :20:14.It's time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know

:20:15. > :20:17.today's other results, as Match Of The Day and Sportscene

:20:18. > :20:22.Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side beat Burnley 2-1 to put them just one

:20:23. > :20:25.point behind Manchester City, who are in third place

:20:26. > :20:29.Leicester City have confirmed the appointment of Craig Shakespeare

:20:30. > :20:32.as their manager until the end of the season.

:20:33. > :20:36.He's led them to victory in his two games as the caretaker boss

:20:37. > :20:39.following the sacking of Claudio Ranieri.

:20:40. > :20:43.While a late equaliser for Rangers from Clint Hill denied Celtic a 23rd

:20:44. > :20:45.consecutive league win, but they are now 25

:20:46. > :20:48.points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

:20:49. > :20:51.World number one Andy Murray suffered a shock second-round

:20:52. > :20:54.defeat at the prestigious Indian Wells Open, beaten

:20:55. > :21:01.Dan Evans has also been knocked out, while world number 11 Johanna Konta

:21:02. > :21:04.lost her third-round match this evening in three sets

:21:05. > :21:09.And Britain's Elise Christie has become a triple world champion

:21:10. > :21:18.at the Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Rotterdam.

:21:19. > :21:21.And tributes have been paid to the singer Joni Sledge -

:21:22. > :21:23.of the group Sister Sledge - who's died at her home

:21:24. > :21:29.The band - four sisters - achieved fame in 1979

:21:30. > :21:33.with their signature track "We Are Family".

:21:34. > :21:36.Other hits included the disco classic "The Greatest Dancer".

:21:37. > :21:38.A statement from the family said Joni Sledge had

:21:39. > :21:47.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

:21:48. > :21:49.Now on BBC one it's time for the news where you are.