09/07/2017 BBC Weekend News

After a nine month battle so called Islamic State is driven out

Celebrations in Mosul as the city is officially declared to be

in the hands of Iraqi government forces.

But victory has come at a heavy cost to the children and families who've

The parents of terminally ill Charlie Gard take a petition signed

by tens of thousands of supporters to the hospital treating him.

There's just a lot of people who think what is

You know, parents know their children best.

Drugs, drones and mobile phones - new figures reveal the havoc they're

And the Lake District is given World Heritage status

And Moeen Ali takes six wickets, as England beat South Africa

The Iraqi government has announced its forces have finally taken

full control of Mosul, the city held by so-called

Islamic State extremists for the last three years.

This afternoon, the Iraqi Prime Minister travelled to Mosul

to declare it free of IS after a nine month battle.

Iraqi troops were backed by American and coalition air strikes,

advancing street by street in the final stages over

Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has this

report from Mosul - you may find some of

What was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble.

Every building deeply scarred, or destroyed by months of war.

We joined the Search and Rescue teams looking for survivors,

but more often they're just recovering bodies.

With the heat, there's also the strong smell of decay.

This man is hoping against hope that his brother and his

Their house was hit in an air strike just a few weeks ago.

It was being used by Islamic State fighters.

He says he spoke to his brother on this phone, while he was trapped

All they find here is decaying corpses.

It's a similar story everywhere they go.

While that was happening, the Iraqi Prime Minister was en

route to Mosul to declare the liberation of the city.

He arrived draped with an Iraqi flag and surrounded by troops,

who spent the last nine months trying to wrestle the city from IS

Even this morning, there was still the sound of gunfire.

The children so used it they don't even flinch.

This territory just up there still under IS control,

Families are making their way through any way they can, to safety.

And as you can see, they are pretty desperate.

It's hard to celebrate freedom from IS when you've just been

These families said they had little food or water.

They have left behind loved ones under rubble.

Many will carry the scars of this battle for the rest of their lives.

These children have been prisoners of IS for much of their short lives.

Now, after three years, Iraq's Prime Minister has

But for these families, it's come at a huge price.

The parents of Charlie Gard - the 11-month old who has

a fatal genetic disorder - handed a petition to

Great Ormond Street Hospital today asking for him to be allowed

to travel to the United States for experimental drug treatment.

More than a quarter of a million people signed the petition.

The High Court will consider the case again tomorrow

Charlie Gard's parents say they will accept help and support from where

ever it comes. Guide and lead them and we continue to pray for their

precious, beautiful son, who is captured the imagination of the

world. 11 month old Charlie is severe didisabled and brain damaged.

His future has been the subject of a long legal battle. Doctors say no

treatment will improve his quality of life around they should be

allowed to switch off the life-support system. A view

supported by a High Court ruling. Today his parents delivered a

petition to the hospital after they say new medical information suggests

their son might be able to benefit from experimental treatment

overseas. There is just a lot of people think what has happened here

is wrong. Parents know their children best.

You know. People making decisions about him have spent very little

time with him. We are there 4 hours a day, if he was suffering and in

pain we couldn't is it there. Legally handing in the petition

doesn't change anything but Charlie's parents and supporters are

emboldened by the new medical information coming from Italy and

the US. Great or Monday street hospital hasn't issued a statement

but doctors stand by the original legal ruling. The crux of the matter

is who should have the say over Charlie's future, says the American

pastor now supporting the family. He denies turning this into a religious

issue. Should religion be getting involved in this? I would turn it

round and say should the Courts and Government officials be involved in

what should be parents decisions, they are the ones interfere,

usurping rights. Grormed says is doctors have explored every possible

treatment but the hospital has requested another High Court hearing

tomorrow, because of what it describes as the new claims from

The new Justice Secretary has pledged to tackle the problem

of drugs and violence in prisons after figures revealed that more

than 200 kilos of drugs and 13 thousand mobile phones were found

last year in jails in England and Wales.

David Liddington said the government was increasing the number of prison

officers following cuts under the coalition government.

Here's our home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani.

Eat Ormond Street says is doctors have explored every possible

treatment but the hospital has requested another High Court hearing

tomorrow, because of what it describes as the new claims from

overseas. London's Pentonville Prison late

last year, orders from inmates for drugs and mobile phones being

delivered by gangs from outside. Packages thrown overwall, prisoners

makes makeshift hooks to recover them. Figures show the scale of what

is going on, 225 kilograms of drugs seized, and 13,000 mobile phones,

7,000 extra similar cards, large-scale prison smuggling has

become a fact of live I tell you what in some prisons it was easier

to get drugs and phones than it was for me to get funded to do emcasing,

how about that? People are stuck in a cell for 223 hours day they will

want to escape. People in society go to the pub to escape. To suggest it

is not going to happen in prison is ridiculous. Phones help arrange

crimes back the community, Labour says is deep cuts are to blame.

Ministers have pledged an extra 2,500 officers by the end of next

year but there will be fewer staff than seven years ago. And these are

the figures on violence on staffing, the critics say ministers must

confront. Assaulted have reached a record high of more than 26,000

incident up 10,000 since 2010. At the same time front line Prison

Officers have fallen to 18,000. That is down almost six-and-a-half

thousand thousands. What I am determined to do is to try to bring

about improvements, build on what my predecessor Liz Truss did in getting

extra Prison Officer, putting in place effective measures to detect

more accurately the problem we have with drug, with drones and mobile

phones in prisons so they are more secure places. But drones remain the

biggest challenge. Walls round a prison won't stop contraband so

police are turning to intelligence to track the gangs. Experts say

there are plenty out there because there is big money to be made.

A huge anti-government protest, said to be the biggest in years,

has been taking place in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

Demonstrators voiced their anger at President Erdogan,

after a year which has seen thousands of arrests and mass

sackings of civil servants, judges and journalistsin the wake

It is hard to speak out in Turkey now. But not today. An unprecedented

accuse of defiance against the President, hundreds of thousands

streaming into Istanbul, under the word justice. Some walking the 280

miles from Ankara. If you are belonging to the

Government or state you are treated well. If you are thinking

differently, asking for some benefit, some rights, then you are

treated as terrorists. The President is a tough leader, he doesn't like

us, he doesn't like modern people. It began within an opposition MP was

jailed by grew fast, tens of thousands marching in the Heat

headed by the opposition leader. They are fighting repression, 50,000

people arrested since last year's failed coup. 140,000 sacked or

suspended. He arrived to cheers of rights, law,

justice, and he vowed to fight what he called a dictatorship.

TRANSLATION: We will rise up against injustice, oppression, and

persecution. Persecution. I want piece and fraternity, I call on all

of us to live together. Let's not fight any more. Let our differences

be our richness. This has shaken President Erdogan

wan who slammed the march for supporting terrorism. He has huge

support in half the country but the spirit of resistance has been

awoken. The more liberal side of Turkey has found its voice with this

movement. Anti-Erdogan feeling, uniting a fragmented opposition, the

question is whether they can sustain this momentum and challenging the

Erdogan Government in the next election in 2019. The justice march

has drawn support here and abroad, including from Jeremy Corbyn but

channelling this energy into a credible political movement will be

credible political movement will be a hard task.

With all the sport, here's Reshmin Chowdhury

England's cricketers have won the first Test against South Africa

by 211 runs in an emphatic display at Lords.

They were in control throughout, that's even despite a batting

A day which ended so perfectly and yet began so poorly for England. A

battle collapse straight from the bad old day, losing seven wickets

before lunch. Liam Dawson's the most spectacular, no-one saw that coming.

Once again a key man slipped through South Africa's finger, Jonny

Bairstow dropped. He went on to frustrate them with a half sent.

South Africa's target 331, and Bairstow was back to haunt them.

This time brilliance behind the stumps and from there South Africa

capitulated. Amla bamboozled by the dancing Dawson. There was no

doubting the start of -- star of the show. Moeen Ali sent South Africa

spinning. They had no answer and it was all over with day to spare.

Keaton Jenning's catch sparking the celebration and Joe Root's first

game in charge one to remember. So a dramatic and emphatic victory

for England, their new era is off to the best possible start.

England's women beat defending champions Australia

in their World Cup match by three runs, in a dramatic

The Aussies needed a six off their last ball,

It means England have now won four matches in a row

Wayne Rooney has returned to Everton from Manchester United,

Top scorer for both club and country, he had become

increasingly sidelined in recent seasons.

The 31-year-old re-joins his boyhood club for free, on a two-year deal.

He is one of eping left hand's greats and Manchester United's

record goal scorer. That is Wayne Rooney. But with his

playing time limited at Old Trafford, Wayne Rooney has gone back

to the club he has always called home. The first game back obviously,

it will be an emotional day, for me I think, and I'm looking forward to

it. But overall I am looking forward to the season, hopefully playing

regular hand moving the club forward. There was talk of Wayne

Rooney moving to China or America, in the end he has come back to where

it all began for him as a young boy and the families will be walking

through the gates at the start of the new season knowing he is back in

the blue of Everton. The man who discovered Rooney as an

eight-year-old playing for a union team says he remembers a boy who

simply loved to score goals. Strength of him, you know, he was

only a little lad you know, and, but that was young Wayne. He has been a

long time gone from here, too long. Welcome home.

With some critics believing him to be a shadow of the player he once

was, fans will hope it can inspire a move to his very best. For Rooney

there may be a sense of unfinished business at a club he has held close

business at a club he has held close to his heart.

Two frontrunners have crashed out on Stage nine of the Tour de France,

as Britain's Chris Froome kept the leader's yellow jersey.

Froome's team-mate Geraint Thomas broke his collarbone during this

Pre-race favourite Richie Porte's tour also ended after a collision.

With the world athletics championship four weeks away the

contender showed they are in good form at the an verse Graham, the

track he won two Olympic medals Mo Farah was at it again, winning the

3,000 metre, the worlds which take place in London will be his last

track event before he moves on to road racing. And in his last ever

track race David Weir took a comfortable victory in the T 54800

metres, he won his Olympic Golds at this very venue. That is all the

sport. Now it's one of the most picturesque

parts of Britain visited by millions of tourists who already

know its attractions. But today after a prolonged

campaign, the Lake District gained an endorsement

from the United Nations, as it was It is acknowledged as being one of

the most beautiful spots in the UK. And now, the Lake District has been

officially inscribed as a Wolrd Heritage site. That puts its on a

list with some of the most iconic landmarks in the world. To gain

something like that puts you on top of the world really. You look round

the world, there is not everywhere has that sort of name and to have

the Lake District, gain it, is quite something. Although some won't

welcome yet more visitors to the parks busiest corner, today's

announcement is expected to bring a boost.

It is estimated the Cwmbran economy could benefit from ?20 million. It

means we are on an A-list of places to visit that will help us remain

competitive in the international tourism market but more than that it

will help every business, whether you are a family or another business

in the National Park. The Lake District is now the UK's largest

World Heritage Site. It's protected by a UN committee and may benefit

from international funds to preserve its natural beauty. A fitting

tribute to an area which inspired the works of William Wordsworth.

There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel,