:00:00. > :00:00.weather spreading from west to East, later on on Tuesday. An unsubtle
:00:00. > :00:11.glut of things. Stage and for the forecast.
:00:12. > :00:20.'S is in the news. In Iraq and apparent chemical attack on East
:00:21. > :00:28.Mosul has left 12 people including children injured. As many more
:00:29. > :00:31.remain trapped in the conflict, a trapped commander of so-called
:00:32. > :00:37.Islamic State says using human shields is justified. As members of
:00:38. > :00:41.the Northern Ireland assembly are elected it seems Sinn Fein and the
:00:42. > :00:47.DUP will remain the largest parties. Police search them home of a man
:00:48. > :00:53.associated with recent threats to a number of Jewish centres. And are we
:00:54. > :00:58.there yet? This is the scene streamed live from animal adventure
:00:59. > :01:04.Park in New York State for April the De Graaf to finally give birth. --
:01:05. > :01:17.April the De Graaf. Welcome to the programme. 12 Iraqi
:01:18. > :01:22.civilians have been injured in what appears to have been a chemical
:01:23. > :01:25.weapons attack in the city of Mosul. Two shells were fired into the
:01:26. > :01:32.Government held east of the city from the Islamic State controlled
:01:33. > :01:35.West, releasing a fouls then gas. 111-year-old boy suffered severe
:01:36. > :01:39.burns and blistering. The International Committee of the Red
:01:40. > :01:42.Cross has condemned the apparent use of chemical weapons but it hasn't
:01:43. > :01:47.actually identified what type they were. This comes as thousands of
:01:48. > :01:52.civilians continue to escape the embattled city. In BBC interview, a
:01:53. > :01:59.senior IAS commander recently captured by a it Iraqi forces, has
:02:00. > :02:07.justified the practice of using so-called human shields.
:02:08. > :02:14.Next to the rubble of most will's bombed out university, a new campus
:02:15. > :02:20.has been built. A refugee camp on the 30,000 people. It was only
:02:21. > :02:25.opened 2000 -- two days ago, but aid agencies say it will be full within
:02:26. > :02:27.a week. For these people freedom of sorts, after almost three years
:02:28. > :02:34.under the rule of so-called Islamic State. There are thought to be
:02:35. > :02:38.750,000 civilians trapped inside westernmost soul, under siege
:02:39. > :02:42.without food or water and in fear of their lives, some have managed to
:02:43. > :02:47.escape. It is one of the worst crises in the last decade. If you
:02:48. > :02:53.can see around you, if you talk to people, you cannot deny this.
:02:54. > :02:59.Fighting is still heavy but Government troops say they are
:03:00. > :03:05.easing Islamic State's grip on most will. Its last major stronghold in
:03:06. > :03:09.Iraq. With IAS threatening to kill those who leave the city, and
:03:10. > :03:14.relentless shelling from the Government side, escape is not easy.
:03:15. > :03:18.This family was inside western part of the city this morning and as they
:03:19. > :03:21.escaped there was fighting going on inside their house. Two members of
:03:22. > :03:25.the security forces that feat freedom were killed and according to
:03:26. > :03:33.the civilians, many more have been kept by so-called Islamic State as
:03:34. > :03:40.human shields. This man tries to defend the
:03:41. > :03:49.practice of using human shields. He has admitted sending suicide bombers
:03:50. > :03:55.including boys to attack cities. He spoke to the BBC in a rare
:03:56. > :03:58.interview. TRANSLATION: Anyone who was in
:03:59. > :04:03.danger hides himself behind others. It is like if you'd are drowning you
:04:04. > :04:07.may drag someone down with you, even a member of your family. In order to
:04:08. > :04:16.survive people do anything they can even if it means using humans as
:04:17. > :04:19.shields. That warped logic is rejected by this man. Having escaped
:04:20. > :04:28.Mosul with his family of six and surviving the now for in a cold
:04:29. > :04:32.refugee camp. TRANSLATION: Under IIS, having a Sim
:04:33. > :04:35.card for a phone or a woman refusing to cover her face, could mean
:04:36. > :04:40.certain death. My kids have not been to school for three years and we
:04:41. > :04:46.lived in constant fear of upsetting the Islamists. Islamic State may be
:04:47. > :04:49.facing imminent defeat in most soul, but the scars run imminently deep
:04:50. > :04:54.for those who suffered at their hands.
:04:55. > :04:59.Results are being declared in the Northern Ireland Assembly election
:05:00. > :05:09.with a big increase in turnout. With over 50 seats declared so far, early
:05:10. > :05:14.results indicate both Sinn Fein and the DUP are polling strongly. The
:05:15. > :05:17.election was called after Sinn Fein withdrew from the power-sharing
:05:18. > :05:19.executive in January. Let's cross live to speak to the BBC's Anita
:05:20. > :05:41.McVeigh who is in Belfast. What's the story so far? Hello. The
:05:42. > :05:44.four votes for the fall Belfast constituencies are being counted.
:05:45. > :05:48.The turnout has been one of the big stories of the day so far. Remember
:05:49. > :05:53.there was an election here in Northern Ireland just ten months
:05:54. > :06:01.ago, last May. And yet voter turnout is up by 10% this time round. In
:06:02. > :06:06.some constituencies that turnout was up by as much as 13%, so the
:06:07. > :06:10.electorate is really invigorated, certainly not put off by the second
:06:11. > :06:16.election in less than a year. Let me just give you an indication of where
:06:17. > :06:22.we are. Nudging towards two thirds of the seats being declared. 53 out
:06:23. > :06:29.of 90s declared. Topping the poll at the moment is Sinn Fein with 23.
:06:30. > :06:33.That is the Republican party, Sinn Fein, who would like to see a united
:06:34. > :06:40.Ireland. Then it is the Democratic Unionist Party, they are on 14. The
:06:41. > :06:47.Ulster Unionist Party have seven, in one of the dramatic turns to this
:06:48. > :06:51.day so far their leader Mike Nesbitt said he would be standing down
:06:52. > :06:55.because of his party's performance in these elections. He had appealed
:06:56. > :07:00.to people to vote across traditional community lines and transfer their
:07:01. > :07:03.votes to other parties who he said would bring about change in Northern
:07:04. > :07:06.Ireland politics. But it doesn't look like were going to get change,
:07:07. > :07:11.is the bottom line, because it looks like Sinn Fein and the DUP will
:07:12. > :07:15.still be the largest parties and a number of the smaller ones have
:07:16. > :07:22.collected around nine seats between them. We are seeing an increasingly
:07:23. > :07:29.polarised electorate. Remind us why these elections are so important.
:07:30. > :07:31.These elections are so important because they are about the future of
:07:32. > :07:38.devolved Government in Northern Ireland. In the past, we have had
:07:39. > :07:43.direct rule from Westminster and that is one of the possible options
:07:44. > :07:48.on the table if, when the members of the assembly elected this weekend,
:07:49. > :07:53.when they return to Stormont, the seat of the devolved Government on
:07:54. > :07:59.Monday, to begin a process of negotiations, they have three weeks
:08:00. > :08:01.to try to work out a number of long-running and deep-seated issues
:08:02. > :08:06.in Northern Ireland politics, and at the end of that elects a First
:08:07. > :08:11.Minister and Deputy First Minister. I don't think anyone would put money
:08:12. > :08:16.on that happening in such a short time frame. If they don't manage to
:08:17. > :08:20.do that by the 27th of March, one of the options open to the Northern
:08:21. > :08:24.Ireland Secretary, James Brokenshire, is to impose rule from
:08:25. > :08:28.Westminster, though that would require an act of Parliament. He
:08:29. > :08:34.could also call another election, he could suspend this set the assembly,
:08:35. > :08:39.or he could try to create some breathing space to give the
:08:40. > :08:45.politicians more time to work out a deal. Take you back to January when
:08:46. > :08:52.the assembly collapsed, the final straw as it were was a row over a
:08:53. > :08:57.renewable heating scheme, a botched renewable heating scheme, but that
:08:58. > :09:00.was just the final straw made a huge deterioration in the ratio between
:09:01. > :09:05.the two main parties in Northern Ireland. So it is looking very
:09:06. > :09:09.tricky as we look ahead to the beginning of the new week, and those
:09:10. > :09:12.three weeks of negotiations, to see how in three weeks' time of devolved
:09:13. > :09:17.Government could be up and running again. Thank you very much
:09:18. > :09:23.forbidding that into context and monitoring those results.
:09:24. > :09:29.Human remains of infants and children have been uncovered as a
:09:30. > :09:33.former home for unwed mothers and babies in Ireland. Forensics
:09:34. > :09:37.scientists say they have identified significant quantities of human
:09:38. > :09:46.remains, including those of babies. Excavations have been underway at
:09:47. > :09:50.the site. Digging began after a Government commission was set up in
:09:51. > :09:57.response to claims about the deaths of nearly 800 infants between 1925
:09:58. > :09:58.and 1961. Authorities say the remains found appeared to date from
:09:59. > :10:06.that time. This news is very disturbing and
:10:07. > :10:10.will touch everyone's heart. There were of course strong suspicions
:10:11. > :10:14.about burials of this kind for some time. It was one of the reasons for
:10:15. > :10:20.setting up the commission in the first place. The information I have
:10:21. > :10:24.received confirms these suspicions and importantly they trace the
:10:25. > :10:29.remains specifically to the period of the homes operation rather than
:10:30. > :10:32.to earlier times in our history, such as during the famine.
:10:33. > :10:39.Let's turn to the United States where of 31-year-old man has been
:10:40. > :10:44.arrested and charged with making at least eight bomb threats against
:10:45. > :10:49.Jewish centres. Prosecutors said he was also charged with cyberstalking
:10:50. > :10:53.his former girlfriend. Police have been searching his house. Federal
:10:54. > :10:56.officials are also investigating bomb threats made against daily 100
:10:57. > :11:06.organisations and three dozen states. Our reporter in New York
:11:07. > :11:12.reports. Prosecutors allege that once he broke up with his girlfriend
:11:13. > :11:19.is when he started the con campaign of harassment. He made phone calls
:11:20. > :11:24.of harassment to several places in her name and in his name, showing
:11:25. > :11:31.that she was trying to frame him. Some of the e-mails were horrific in
:11:32. > :11:39.nature, he's ahead she wanted to kill as many Jewish people as soon
:11:40. > :11:44.as possible. He said she wanted to create another new town. Police have
:11:45. > :11:49.now arrested him and charged him with cyberstalking in relation to
:11:50. > :11:57.these incidents. Now a lot more is coming out about who this man was. A
:11:58. > :12:01.former online left-leaning publication says he was a job
:12:02. > :12:05.journalist with them and was fired because he fabricated stories and
:12:06. > :12:08.stores is. If you go to his Twitter feed, there were several times where
:12:09. > :12:15.he referred to his ex-girlfriend trying to frame him. Again, part of
:12:16. > :12:19.the story he created that investigators have now said he used
:12:20. > :12:26.as a campaign of harassment against his ex. They are also trying to work
:12:27. > :12:33.out 100 threats to Jewish community centres. There is an allegation that
:12:34. > :12:39.he could be behind these as well. We know for example that police in
:12:40. > :12:46.Missouri are now questioning him in regards to the secretary there, the
:12:47. > :12:48.historic cemetery where 200 historic Jewish tombstones were vandalised.
:12:49. > :12:52.We haven't been told he is necessarily a suspect but we know he
:12:53. > :12:56.is being questioned. They are seeing if there are any other ties or clues
:12:57. > :13:00.that would lead came to some of the other incidents. Officials have been
:13:01. > :13:09.very swift in their condemnation of this. The US Attorney General says
:13:10. > :13:16.whatever the motivation, this is an American. Jewish groups have been
:13:17. > :13:21.meeting with the FBI in Washington about this, head of the charges that
:13:22. > :13:24.this meeting was planned, they said the FBI assured them that all of
:13:25. > :13:29.these threats would be fully investigated and they would look to
:13:30. > :13:33.make more arrests. But certainly in this polarised political
:13:34. > :13:34.environment, these threads that have increased recently, that the Jewish
:13:35. > :13:45.committee is concerned about. Now some of the day's other news.
:13:46. > :13:53.The former Haitian President has died at the age of 74. He is the
:13:54. > :14:01.only democratically lead elected leader in Haiti's history to serve
:14:02. > :14:06.two full terms. His second term will be remembered for the earthquake.
:14:07. > :14:13.The American man who was shot while trying to intervene in a deadly gun
:14:14. > :14:21.attack has been invited to visit India. He has been praised as a hero
:14:22. > :14:31.by Indians. He was shot in the hand and chest when he intervened.
:14:32. > :14:37.Turkish president has accused Germany of aiding and harbouring
:14:38. > :14:41.terror. He claims a German journalist was a German agent and a
:14:42. > :14:54.member of the Kurdish armed groups the PKK. People have condemned the
:14:55. > :15:06.arrest of the German journalist as an assault of.
:15:07. > :15:12.Mr Fields of another blow on Friday with his spokesman resigning and
:15:13. > :15:17.political party withdrawing its support. This is latest fallout over
:15:18. > :15:23.allegations that he paid man's of his family for jobs they did not do.
:15:24. > :15:25.Apparently the turnout at Sunday's Bradley will be critical in the
:15:26. > :15:34.success of his campaign going forward. It is part of the bigger
:15:35. > :15:40.thick picture. Is not just him, it's many others. Many others have
:15:41. > :15:46.deserted the sinking ship is how they would see it in the last couple
:15:47. > :15:51.of days. We have seen this lament building, a haemorrhaging of
:15:52. > :15:58.support, to the point where we feel the situation is fluid, it could all
:15:59. > :16:03.change. He is clamouring clinging by his fingernails to his candidacy. He
:16:04. > :16:08.has a big meeting on Sunday in Paris. He has called his supporters
:16:09. > :16:11.to come there from all over the country, to meet him opposite the
:16:12. > :16:15.Eiffel Tower where he will give a big speech and he hopes prove he has
:16:16. > :16:19.the bedrock of Cepeda support of right-wing voters across the
:16:20. > :16:25.country. That may be the crunch. If there is a big turnout and broad
:16:26. > :16:30.support he may survive. But no one knows what will happen. All you can
:16:31. > :16:40.say is that the pressure is building against him, and the other option in
:16:41. > :16:49.the party is taking greater shape. Stay with us on BBC world News. Lots
:16:50. > :16:53.more to come, including... Russia echoes President Trump in describing
:16:54. > :17:05.the calls for Jeff Sessions to resign as a witchhunt.
:17:06. > :17:13.First the plates slid gently off the tables. Then the tables crashed
:17:14. > :17:21.downwards. Then the ferry lurched onto its side. The Americans had
:17:22. > :17:32.successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarf that of a bomb
:17:33. > :17:35.dropped on Hiroshima. The constitutional rights of these
:17:36. > :17:39.marchers are their rights as citizens of the US and they should
:17:40. > :17:41.be protected even in the right to test them out so they don't get
:17:42. > :17:46.their heads broken and sent to hospital. This will just construe
:17:47. > :17:52.controversy, I know you don't want to talk about it, but don't you
:17:53. > :17:53.worry about it boiling up? I think anything will be all right in the
:17:54. > :18:11.end. Welcome to BBC world News today. Our
:18:12. > :18:16.latest headlines... As the battle for Mosul continues thousands of
:18:17. > :18:18.civilians escape as Iraqi coalition forces try to defeat so-called
:18:19. > :18:23.Islamic State. And results are coming in as the first members of
:18:24. > :18:26.the Northern Ireland Assembly are elected. It seems the DUP and Sinn
:18:27. > :18:33.Fein will remain the largest parties. Let's turn to the United
:18:34. > :18:37.States. Donald Trump is calling this a witchhunt but the pressure on
:18:38. > :18:45.America's top law officer continues to build. He says he will step down
:18:46. > :18:53.from an FBI investigation from an alleged FBI into. It is said he lied
:18:54. > :18:56.under oath in failing to declare he met Russia's ambassador twice during
:18:57. > :18:59.the campaign. At the centre of the latest
:19:00. > :19:01.allegations of contact between the Trump administration
:19:02. > :19:03.and Russia, the Attorney At his confirmation hearing,
:19:04. > :19:06.he'd failed to tell the Senate about two meetings
:19:07. > :19:08.with the Russian ambassador. Senior Democrats accuse him
:19:09. > :19:10.of lying under oath. President Trump says
:19:11. > :19:15.he still has his full confidence. Jeff Sessions has resisted pressure
:19:16. > :19:18.to resign, but he has now removed himself from any investigations
:19:19. > :19:21.looking into the election campaign, including allegations
:19:22. > :19:27.of Russian interference. The reason I believed
:19:28. > :19:29.I should recuse myself is because I was involved
:19:30. > :19:31.in the campaign. To a degree, I think it would have
:19:32. > :19:35.been perceived but I wouldn't have been objective in participating
:19:36. > :19:37.in an investigation that might I did not confirm or deny
:19:38. > :19:41.any investigation. I just felt like I
:19:42. > :19:44.should clear the air. But he's denied he did anything
:19:45. > :19:49.wrong, and describes what's been said about his meeting
:19:50. > :19:52.with the ambassador as unfair President Trump has come
:19:53. > :19:59.to his defence, tweeting: The real story is all the illegal
:20:00. > :20:03.leaks of classified and other information.
:20:04. > :20:06.It is a total witch-hunt. This is Russia's ambassador
:20:07. > :20:09.to the US, Sergey Kislyak. It's a post he is held
:20:10. > :20:11.for almost a decade. There has been a furious response
:20:12. > :20:20.from Russia to allegations in some US news reports that he is a spy.
:20:21. > :20:23.The Foreign Ministry describing it as a media provocation
:20:24. > :20:25.and a stunning charge. And when Russia's Foreign Minister
:20:26. > :20:27.was asked today about the continuing controversy over his ambassador
:20:28. > :20:29.meeting Jeff Sessions, his reply echoed words
:20:30. > :20:36.President Trump had used earlier. TRANSLATION: I can only
:20:37. > :20:39.quote the phrase that has Saying that all this closely
:20:40. > :20:47.resembles a witch-hunt. Or times of McCarthyism,
:20:48. > :20:50.which we thought had long passed Mr Trump's son-in-law and senior
:20:51. > :20:56.adviser, Jared Kushner, was with Michael Flynn,
:20:57. > :20:59.who has since been sacked as national security adviser,
:21:00. > :21:02.when he met Ambassador Kislyak after the election.
:21:03. > :21:14.Daniel Boettcher, BBC News. Let's get a full update of all the
:21:15. > :21:19.sports news with Lizzie. England set West Indies a target of 297 to win
:21:20. > :21:25.the first one-day and international in Antigua. After a shaky start the
:21:26. > :21:31.captain hit an impressive century. Ben Stokes also showed why is he is
:21:32. > :21:36.so expensive. In reply the West Indies started badly. They steadied
:21:37. > :21:43.things but have had a terrible last couple of overs. They are now two to
:21:44. > :21:47.4-8. Baby 73 from six overs. Andy Murray is through to the final of
:21:48. > :21:53.the Dubai championship. The Scot beat Lucas Pouille in straight sets.
:21:54. > :22:04.He will play a Spaniard in the final. Murray has a superb record
:22:05. > :22:17.over Vasco winning 12 of their previous 13 meetings. British boxers
:22:18. > :22:23.David Hay and Tony Bell you have weighed in ahead of their fight.
:22:24. > :22:28.They have had aggressive verbal clashes in the build-up. Earlier
:22:29. > :22:34.they were warned about their conduct. Tony is stepping up from
:22:35. > :22:45.cruiserweight to heavyweight the first time. His opponent is almost a
:22:46. > :22:50.stone heavier than him. He is prepared and ready to perform for a
:22:51. > :22:56.two-hour flight. He should never be that weight. He isn't really a
:22:57. > :22:58.heavyweight. Not in a million years. Athletically he looks fantastic.
:22:59. > :23:06.When you get close to him he is trembling. He doesn't... He's not as
:23:07. > :23:11.confident and he doesn't believe the things he's saying. Look at him,
:23:12. > :23:16.he's actually trembling. I was hoping he would look more physically
:23:17. > :23:20.impressive. I was hoping I would see some residents of some abdominal
:23:21. > :23:29.muscles, but he looked very smooth. He did not look good in my opinion.
:23:30. > :23:33.I've knocked out guys who are bigger, stronger, more athletic. I
:23:34. > :23:38.don't see what he can do other than get smashed pretty quick. It is the
:23:39. > :23:44.opening day of the indoor athletics Championships in Serbia. Britain
:23:45. > :23:57.took gold in the 60 metres hurdles, in seven point point something
:23:58. > :24:04.seconds. I knew it was tight. I thought I'd got it but I wasn't
:24:05. > :24:09.sure. I was over the moon. I had to work hard to get back after a slow
:24:10. > :24:14.start. A win is a win. I'm really happy. The second round of the world
:24:15. > :24:20.golf championship in Mexico is underway. It is one of two events
:24:21. > :24:29.now played outside the United States. Here is the leaderboard.
:24:30. > :24:37.England lose leads the way on eight under. One man had to change his
:24:38. > :24:42.caddie because his long-standing caddie had food poisoning. He's
:24:43. > :24:49.doing well in the second round. That is all the sport.
:24:50. > :25:07.The British graffiti artist bank C has opened a hotel in the world of
:25:08. > :25:10.hotel is metres from the West Bank. It has been described as the hotel
:25:11. > :25:16.with the worst view in the world. That is obviously a statement from
:25:17. > :25:21.bank C. We are still waiting for April the De Graaf to give birth.
:25:22. > :25:26.I'm sure you want is an update! The pregnant giraffe who is true any
:25:27. > :25:33.minute but isn't giving birth just yet is in New York State. April has
:25:34. > :25:37.become an Internet sensation. These are live images from animal
:25:38. > :25:42.adventure Park zoo. The managers there decided to set up this live
:25:43. > :25:47.stream which we can see now. I think that is Oliver, the dad, in the
:25:48. > :25:51.background, because they wanted this to be an educational experience.
:25:52. > :25:58.They feel confident that April will be fine and well as and when she
:25:59. > :26:08.finally decides to give birth, in front of around 20 million viewers.
:26:09. > :26:12.Good luck, April! If you are heading over to New York this weekend it is
:26:13. > :26:17.set to be cold, temperatures just above freezing by day and by night
:26:18. > :26:18.it will be widespread frost. At least there