:00:00. > :00:08.The most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used by the United States,
:00:09. > :00:13.targets so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan.
:00:14. > :00:16.The US says it was the right weapon against the right target.
:00:17. > :00:18.36 militants are thought to have been killed.
:00:19. > :00:22.We have Afghan and US forces on the site and see no evidence
:00:23. > :00:25.of civilian casualties, nor have there been any
:00:26. > :00:32.Schools in England facing their worst funding cuts in 20 years -
:00:33. > :00:35.a warning from teaching union conferences.
:00:36. > :00:41.The mission to re-take Mosul from so-called IS.
:00:42. > :00:47.Security improved at the online accommodation booking site Airbnb,
:00:48. > :01:13.after a BBC investigation finds scammers burgling homes.
:01:14. > :01:16.The Afghan government says 36 so-called Islamic State militants
:01:17. > :01:20.were killed when the United States dropped one of its biggest
:01:21. > :01:23.non-nuclear bombs in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Thursday.
:01:24. > :01:26.The commander of US forces in Afghanistan,
:01:27. > :01:29.General John Nicholson, said the attack had been coordinated
:01:30. > :01:31.with the government in Kabul, and that no civilians were harmed.
:01:32. > :01:39.Our South Asia editor Jill McGivering reports.
:01:40. > :01:45.This is American hard power in action. The moment the US dropped,
:01:46. > :01:52.for the first time, the biggest non-nuclear weapon it has. It was a
:01:53. > :01:55.MOAB, nicknamed the mother of all bombs and it targeted underground
:01:56. > :02:01.bases in eastern Afghanistan, a stronghold of the so-called is Alex
:02:02. > :02:04.Tate group. The US military insists Afghan leaders gave full approval.
:02:05. > :02:10.This was the right weapon against the right target. -- so-called
:02:11. > :02:14.Islamic State group. We will continue to work shoulder to
:02:15. > :02:17.shoulder with our comrades to eliminate the threat to the people
:02:18. > :02:24.of Nanga Haar, the entire region and indeed the world. Local people
:02:25. > :02:29.confirm this remote and harsh terrain was used by the Islamic
:02:30. > :02:35.State. TRANSLATION: The bomb was dropped last night on IS position.
:02:36. > :02:40.And caves. It was really powerful and has been used to destroy all the
:02:41. > :02:44.tunnels and caves. TRANSLATION: There were Daesh places over there.
:02:45. > :02:48.Last night's bomb was really huge. When it dropped, everywhere was
:02:49. > :02:54.shaking. Afghan leaders say the attack was justified and there are
:02:55. > :02:59.no civilian casualties. But former Afghan President Hamid Karzai took
:03:00. > :03:02.to social media to condemn it. Back in the United States, President
:03:03. > :03:06.Trump applauded the action and tried to score political points at his
:03:07. > :03:10.predecessor's expense. If you look at what's happened over the last
:03:11. > :03:14.eight weeks and compare that to what's happened over the last eight
:03:15. > :03:18.years, you will see there's a tremendous. Tremendous difference.
:03:19. > :03:23.We have incredible leaders in the middle Terry and we have incredible
:03:24. > :03:30.military. We are very proud of them and this was another very successful
:03:31. > :03:33.mission. -- in the military. Today the news still dominates US
:03:34. > :03:36.headlines as the world digests this latest insight into this new
:03:37. > :03:37.president. Jill McGivering, BBC News.
:03:38. > :03:43.With me is our Security correspondent Frank Garner.
:03:44. > :03:48.Frank, is this more style over substance?
:03:49. > :03:57.I think there is in a tactical military sense, this was a deep
:03:58. > :04:02.system of tunnels and caves where Islamic state were reportedly
:04:03. > :04:05.building improvised traps, installing weapons and training
:04:06. > :04:09.fighters and it would cost a lot of people's lives to go in and destroy
:04:10. > :04:13.it on the ground. In that sense, yes, they can justify it. But there
:04:14. > :04:20.is a certain amount of style in this as well as substance, which will be
:04:21. > :04:24.controversial. General McMaster, the security advisor to President Trump,
:04:25. > :04:28.said sometimes military action isn't just about suppressing the enemy,
:04:29. > :04:33.it's about communicating with them. What we are doing here, in Syria, in
:04:34. > :04:37.North Korea and in Afghanistan is sending a message that trompe means
:04:38. > :04:41.business. Whether he can follow through on that is debatable.
:04:42. > :04:44.Because all of these problem areas, that President Obama chose to deal
:04:45. > :04:48.with incrementally and with the minimum amount of foresee could get
:04:49. > :04:53.away with, President Trump is saying, I will go in guns blazing,
:04:54. > :04:58.but following it up will be very difficult. All three areas, North
:04:59. > :05:00.Korea, Syria and Afghanistan require a lot of focus and commitment. These
:05:01. > :05:05.long wars, all of them. Unions representing half a million
:05:06. > :05:07.teachers say schools in England are facing the worst funding cuts,
:05:08. > :05:10.in real terms, for 20 years. Gathering for their annual
:05:11. > :05:13.conferences, they're also highlighting a growing shortage
:05:14. > :05:15.of teachers for subjects such The government says ?40
:05:16. > :05:22.billion is being spent on schools this year -
:05:23. > :05:24.in cash terms, the Our Education Correspondent
:05:25. > :05:27.Gillian Hargreaves reports. St Martin's School in
:05:28. > :05:30.Essex is a good school. But even here, it has become
:05:31. > :05:33.increasingly difficult to recruit staff, particularly
:05:34. > :05:35.in specialist subjects. At one stage, they had a science
:05:36. > :05:38.teacher vacancy for more But there are also shortages
:05:39. > :05:43.in maths and modern languages. I look at the pool of people that
:05:44. > :05:47.are teaching in those areas and the number of people that
:05:48. > :05:51.are due to retire over the next ten years, and also the number of people
:05:52. > :05:54.that are coming in that aren't actually a specialist in the subject
:05:55. > :05:56.area that they're teaching, and I think that this is really
:05:57. > :06:00.the thin end of the wedge. Teachers are gathering
:06:01. > :06:02.for their conferences at a time There have been widespread protests
:06:03. > :06:09.from parents and schools who say, without more money, class sizes
:06:10. > :06:11.will go up and teaching posts The Government points out ?40
:06:12. > :06:17.billion is being spent on schools this year, the highest
:06:18. > :06:20.cash figure ever. But teachers say that hasn't taken
:06:21. > :06:22.into account rising costs, like pay, pensions,
:06:23. > :06:26.and the running costs of schools. The funding pressure is also
:06:27. > :06:28.beginning to hit parents, something of a concern
:06:29. > :06:32.to the unions. Half of parents are saying they're
:06:33. > :06:36.making at least one financial contribution to the school's funds,
:06:37. > :06:39.in order to "enhance resources", whatever that means,
:06:40. > :06:43.at school level. And many parents are finding that
:06:44. > :06:46.even the cost of school uniform is something which they
:06:47. > :06:49.can no longer afford. There is also much disquiet
:06:50. > :06:51.about Government plans to introduce Teachers argue money set aside
:06:52. > :06:57.for them would be better spent However, the Government says this
:06:58. > :07:02.new wave of grammars would benefit
:07:03. > :07:04.less-well-off families. Labour has accused the government
:07:05. > :07:11.of "rewarding failure", in response to new figures
:07:12. > :07:13.which suggest the government will have to pay millions of pounds
:07:14. > :07:16.more than planned to ATOS and Capita, two private companies
:07:17. > :07:18.which assess people claiming Our political correspondent
:07:19. > :07:27.Chris Mason is with me now. This is an extraordinary
:07:28. > :07:34.jump in the numbers. The Department for Work and Pensions
:07:35. > :07:38.uses an awful lot of taxpayer money paying benefits and pensions. This
:07:39. > :07:42.is about the personal independence payment, first introduced four years
:07:43. > :07:46.ago, the idea it would help working age people with the additional costs
:07:47. > :07:50.associated with disability. At the heart of the project was assessing
:07:51. > :07:54.potential recipients to try to work out what day, if anything, should be
:07:55. > :07:59.paid. The department made an estimation in 2013 that the overall
:08:00. > :08:07.costs would be ?500 million. Now analysis by the press Association
:08:08. > :08:10.news agency suggests by the end of the contract for Atos and Capita, by
:08:11. > :08:18.the end of the year, that figure will be ?700 million stop well
:08:19. > :08:25.they say the reason there is this additional cost. Far more people
:08:26. > :08:28.came forward for assessment than initially anticipated. A small
:08:29. > :08:31.amount of extra cost is people appealing against the assessment
:08:32. > :08:37.results and having the whole thing done again. Labour say the system is
:08:38. > :08:40.in disarray. The department say they need effective assessments and that
:08:41. > :08:45.is vital for the potential recipients. For the occupier of the
:08:46. > :08:47.department's big chair, former Secretary of State Stephen Crabb,
:08:48. > :08:51.says the department hasn't been very good at getting its forecast right.
:08:52. > :08:54.Political correspondent Chris Mason, thank you very much.
:08:55. > :08:57.Buses have begun evacuating hundreds of villagers and fighters from four
:08:58. > :09:00.rebel held villages in Syria - two of them close to
:09:01. > :09:03.It follows a deal struck between President Assad's
:09:04. > :09:06.But the opposition says it amounts to deliberate displacement
:09:07. > :09:09.of the President's opponents further from the capital.
:09:10. > :09:12.A clean-up is underway in New Zealand after a powerful
:09:13. > :09:16.Cyclone Cook brought down power lines, and caused
:09:17. > :09:24.A state of emergency was declared in some parts of the North Island
:09:25. > :09:25.with hundreds evacuated from their homes and
:09:26. > :09:29.Heavy rain is still affecting South Island.
:09:30. > :09:32.The world famous Las Vegas Strip had to be closed last night
:09:33. > :09:37.after a fire broke out at one of the city's biggest casinos.
:09:38. > :09:40.Huge flames were spotted near the roof of the Bellagio hotel
:09:41. > :09:42.which is at the centre of Las Vegas Boulevard.
:09:43. > :09:44.Emergency teams say they were able to bring it under control,
:09:45. > :09:46.but the location made the operation difficult.
:09:47. > :09:53.The Iraqi government has told people living in Mosul to stay
:09:54. > :09:57.inside as security forces prepare for an assault aimed at dislodging
:09:58. > :10:01.Thousands of civilians are still trapped in the city,
:10:02. > :10:03.which has been held by IS since 2014.
:10:04. > :10:11.Our Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale is embedded with troops.
:10:12. > :10:19.The old city of Mosul and its most famous
:10:20. > :10:22.landmark, the leaning minaret of the al-Nuri mosque.
:10:23. > :10:25.This is where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi first appeared
:10:26. > :10:29.as caliph of the so-called Islamic State.
:10:30. > :10:32.They still control it and most of what you can see.
:10:33. > :10:42.TRANSLATION: The mosque is now very near and soon
:10:43. > :10:51.We know the enemy is week and on its last legs.
:10:52. > :10:56.A visit to the front line, though, tells a different story.
:10:57. > :10:58.For the past few weeks, the Iraqi advance
:10:59. > :11:09.These federal police are surrounded on two sides by IS
:11:10. > :11:12.and they are firing on their positions from here.
:11:13. > :11:16.Snipers, IS snipers, just about 100 metres from
:11:17. > :11:28.And you can see the rounds, the IS rounds, coming in
:11:29. > :11:30.Tens of thousands of civilians are still
:11:31. > :11:36.Much of Mosul has already been turned to rubble.
:11:37. > :11:38.Even in these deserted streets, recently secured,
:11:39. > :11:47.Here, discarded IS military uniforms, and nearby, one of their
:11:48. > :11:55.But the enemy is not just hiding in the city.
:11:56. > :11:59.We joined an Iraqi intelligence unit hunting down IS infiltrators and
:12:00. > :12:05.collaborators who have already escaped.
:12:06. > :12:10.Now seeking shelter and avoiding capture in camps, living
:12:11. > :12:12.alongside the innocents of this war, who fled the fighting.
:12:13. > :12:26.You are finding Isis fighters in these camps?
:12:27. > :12:30.In the camp or some in his house, in Mosul.
:12:31. > :12:41.The extremists may be losing their grip on Mosul but even
:12:42. > :12:43.if they are defeated, IS won't have gone away.
:12:44. > :12:55.Former world champion Jenson Button says he's delighted to be making
:12:56. > :12:59.He's agreed to race for McLaren at next month's Monaco Grand Prix.
:13:00. > :13:04.He's been granted permission to compete in the Indy 500.
:13:05. > :13:07.The online accommodation booking company Airbnb says it
:13:08. > :13:11.will improve its security, after a BBC investigation found that
:13:12. > :13:14.people's homes have been burgled by scammers using stolen accounts.
:13:15. > :13:17.They hijacked profiles with verified badges and changed some personal
:13:18. > :13:22.The company says it will now warn members if their profile
:13:23. > :13:29.Like millions of people, Christian had let out his home
:13:30. > :13:32.on Airbnb while he was out of town, as a convenient way
:13:33. > :13:36.He had done so for years without a problem.
:13:37. > :13:47.But on his birthday, his home was burgled.
:13:48. > :13:50.horrible text message saying someone is in the flat,
:13:51. > :13:53.and it is not me, because my account had been compromised.
:13:54. > :13:55.Christian thought he had let out his home to a verified profile,
:13:56. > :13:58.somebody who had verified government identification, and had positive
:13:59. > :14:02.The attacker changed the name, photograph and contact
:14:03. > :14:04.details on the profile, but kept Airbnb's "verified" badge.
:14:05. > :14:09.The BBC has spoken to two other people who were robbed this way,
:14:10. > :14:11.and three others who had their accounts stolen,
:14:12. > :14:14.and Airbnb's Facebook page has dozens of comments from people
:14:15. > :14:22.There are many ways attackers could have been hijacking Airbnb accounts.
:14:23. > :14:25.They might be able to trick people into handing over their passwords.
:14:26. > :14:27.But there are ways Airbnb could have defended against this.
:14:28. > :14:44.We put our security concerns to Airbnb.
:14:45. > :14:47.Those changes include two-step verification when somebody logs
:14:48. > :14:50.in from a new device, and text message alerts if somebody
:14:51. > :14:55.But, for Christian, the changes come too late.
:14:56. > :14:57.He says the whole experience has left him with a bad feeling,
:14:58. > :15:07.That's all from the newsroom this lunchtime.
:15:08. > :15:10.On BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.