:00:10. > :00:14.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK and around
:00:15. > :00:20.the world. Here are the headlines. The fight for the western half of
:00:21. > :00:27.those all intensifies, as Iraqi forces close in on the work
:00:28. > :00:32.thousands are trapped in the fighting -- Mosul. Our
:00:33. > :00:36.correspondence beats the people who has managed to escape. TRANSLATION:
:00:37. > :00:43.We got our freedom, but it cost us a lot. I lost my house, my children
:00:44. > :00:47.were injured. Donald Trump speaks to the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
:00:48. > :00:53.by phone, and invites him to the White House. The deadly impact of
:00:54. > :00:57.Ebola on the rollers. A third of the world's population had been killed
:00:58. > :01:03.by the disease has not and the pitfalls of live TV. See the moment
:01:04. > :01:04.a guest is upstaged by his children while giving an interview to BBC
:01:05. > :01:25.World News. Hello and welcome to the programme.
:01:26. > :01:27.It's Iraq's second city, a's also the last major stronghold for the
:01:28. > :01:32.so-called Islamic state in the country. Now Iraqi forces say they
:01:33. > :01:38.are within weeks of driving the extremists out of Mosul. The battle
:01:39. > :01:40.to retake the city began five months ago. Government forces are now in
:01:41. > :01:46.control of the east of the city, seen here in green, but in the west
:01:47. > :01:49.of the city, IS are still very much in control, and there are
:01:50. > :01:53.significant concerns hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped, in
:01:54. > :01:59.particular for those in the old city, which is heavily populated.
:02:00. > :02:04.Arab correspondence and cameraman are close to the front line, and
:02:05. > :02:08.sent this -- our correspondence and cameraman are close to the front
:02:09. > :02:13.line and sent this report. Escaping the battle ground, they are fleeing
:02:14. > :02:18.on foot for Western Mosul, even those who struggle to walk.
:02:19. > :02:27.Countless numbers are likely to follow. And imagine if this was all
:02:28. > :02:36.you could bring with you. Many waited until the fight came right to
:02:37. > :02:44.their door, like Abdul Razak. At 76, forced to leave home for the first
:02:45. > :02:52.time in his life. He told us a mortar landed nearby just moments
:02:53. > :02:56.before. His ten-year-old grandson and namesake clutching his
:02:57. > :03:02.schoolbag, though his only lessons here were in war. TRANSLATION: I'd
:03:03. > :03:10.like to go back to school right this minute, he said. So-called Islamic
:03:11. > :03:15.State stopped him going years ago. Now, back in Iraqi hands, for what
:03:16. > :03:22.it's worth, several more neighbourhoods. Troops remain
:03:23. > :03:33.watchful. The militants are about a mile away. It was just four days ago
:03:34. > :03:38.they were driven from here. This is the engineering department of Mosul
:03:39. > :03:44.University. On the IS curriculum, how to make chemical weapons. This
:03:45. > :03:48.was a place of learning, a source of pride for the people of Mosul, and
:03:49. > :03:53.you can see what has become of it. It was also a key strategic location
:03:54. > :03:59.for the so-called Islamic State. It gave them high ground to dominate
:04:00. > :04:03.the area. It was heavily dominated by Uzbek fighters, and this is just
:04:04. > :04:08.one of the areas that will have to be rebuilt Wembley battle for Mosul
:04:09. > :04:12.is finally over. Some Uzbek militants are still lying where they
:04:13. > :04:20.fell. No decent burial for those who terrorised a city. Nearby, a suicide
:04:21. > :04:26.belts they didn't manage to use. At dusk, troops gather for the next
:04:27. > :04:36.push forward. Increasingly they strike under cover of partners.
:04:37. > :04:41.Hunting for the extremists who wanted nearly a third of Iraq. Some
:04:42. > :04:46.of the hardest fighting may be ahead in the narrow streets of the old
:04:47. > :04:56.city. They will need to move on foot. Beneath a sky lit only by
:04:57. > :05:00.embers of battle. On the pitch back streets, few signs of life, but
:05:01. > :05:08.hundreds of thousands remain in Western Mosul. Running low on food
:05:09. > :05:12.and water. This lady and her family are sheltering in an abandoned house
:05:13. > :05:23.because theirs was destroyed. Three of her loved ones are in hospital,
:05:24. > :05:30.victims of a mortar attack. We got our freedom, she says. But it cost
:05:31. > :05:38.us a lot. I lost my house, and my children were injured. Her beloved
:05:39. > :05:45.Mosul will never recover, she believes, not even in 30 years. What
:05:46. > :05:51.future for a broken city in a fractured nation, even after the
:05:52. > :05:56.extremists are pushed out? There are fears that when Iraq is finish
:05:57. > :06:05.writing IS, they may begin fighting each other. -- finish writing IS.
:06:06. > :06:08.Let's stay in the region because the Turkish military said troops and
:06:09. > :06:12.Turkish backed rebels have killed more than 70 Kurdish fighters in
:06:13. > :06:14.northern Syria just of the past week.
:06:15. > :06:17.Turkey has threatened to attack the town of Manbij that is held
:06:18. > :06:20.The group is supported by the US, which sees it
:06:21. > :06:23.as the most effective force - against IS when it comes
:06:24. > :06:26.to launching an attack on Raqqa, the I-S de facto capital in Syria.
:06:27. > :06:30.to launching an attack on Raqqa, the IS de facto capital in Syria.
:06:31. > :06:33.Well, it comes as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin praised -
:06:34. > :06:35.the co-operation developing between Russia and Turkey over
:06:36. > :06:41.It follows talks in Moscow with Turkish President Erdogan.
:06:42. > :06:44.But as Olga Ivshina now reports - the to countries priorities differ
:06:45. > :07:00.Moscow and Ankara, considering the future of Syria is very much
:07:01. > :07:05.different but it is also very much difference from the one that the
:07:06. > :07:09.United States have. It seems for Putin and Erdogan being two
:07:10. > :07:13.ambitious leaders, it is way easier to talk to each other rather than
:07:14. > :07:18.the Triangle communities, Turkey and Moscow. They also have their own
:07:19. > :07:21.plans which seem to contradict those of the United States. Usher has
:07:22. > :07:30.already taken the grounds it needs. They have the help to recover
:07:31. > :07:34.Aleppo, and Palmyra and Turkey tries to secure a buffer zone between
:07:35. > :07:39.Syria and its own borders. On that, they have much more grounds for
:07:40. > :07:42.Corporation and talks, rather than each of these sides have together
:07:43. > :07:46.with the United States, because the United States such a powerful.
:07:47. > :07:49.Tens of thousands of South Koreans have come out on the streets
:07:50. > :07:51.of Seoul to celebrate a court decision to remove president
:07:52. > :07:59.The court upheld a parliamentary vote to impeach Ms Park -
:08:00. > :08:00.over her role in a corruption scandal.
:08:01. > :08:03.At the heart of the drama lies the close friendship
:08:04. > :08:05.between President Park - who took office in 2013 -
:08:06. > :08:09.Ms Choi is accused of using her presidential connections to pressure
:08:10. > :08:11.companies to give millions of dollars in donations
:08:12. > :08:22.In December, parliament voted to impeach president Park,
:08:23. > :08:27.with the final decision moving to the constitutional court.
:08:28. > :08:30.In February, Samsung boss Jay Y Lee became embroiled in the scandal -
:08:31. > :08:33.he was arrested and accused of making donations to Ms Choi
:08:34. > :08:42.So on Friday came the final episode - the constitutional court ruled
:08:43. > :08:44.to uphold the impeachment, and President Park
:08:45. > :09:05.President Park committed a grave breach of the law.
:09:06. > :09:07.It was against the constitution and the trust of
:09:08. > :09:18.Outside the court, pro-Park protesters clashed with police.
:09:19. > :09:33.Tonight, and the Park protesters have been holding a victory rally.
:09:34. > :09:41.They have pushed a president from office -- anti-Park. I felt shivers
:09:42. > :09:44.going down my spine and I'm sure I'm not the only one to feel this way.
:09:45. > :09:48.It is such an extraordinary thing in the history of the country, to see
:09:49. > :09:55.your president removed through a democratic constitutional mechanism.
:09:56. > :10:03.There will be a collection within the next two months that may end up
:10:04. > :10:06.with a left-wing government, which may be more accommodating to North
:10:07. > :10:11.Korea and more antagonistic towards the United States. For three months,
:10:12. > :10:15.protesters have chanted that President Park Moscow. The night she
:10:16. > :10:20.spent her last night in the presidential Palace. She may yet end
:10:21. > :10:25.up behind bars. Stephen Evans, BBC News, South Korea.
:10:26. > :10:28.President Donald Trump has spoken to the Palestinian leader,
:10:29. > :10:30.Mahmoud Abbas, by phone - in the first contact
:10:31. > :10:36.between the pair since Mr Trump took office in January.
:10:37. > :10:44.Let's go to the State Department were our correspondent is following
:10:45. > :10:47.events. We have heard from the Palestinians on this but has the
:10:48. > :10:52.White House said anything about this visit? Only to confirm that it is
:10:53. > :10:55.going to happen and I suppose we could have expected it would have
:10:56. > :10:59.happened at some point because Mr Trump has talked about wanting to be
:11:00. > :11:02.able to facilitate a Middle East peace deal and in order to do that
:11:03. > :11:05.it would have to take into consideration the Palestinian views
:11:06. > :11:09.at some point. Palestinians have been very concerned by his stance so
:11:10. > :11:14.far. He came into office promising to be the most pro-Israel US
:11:15. > :11:17.president ever and Mr Netanyahu the Prime Minister of Israel is one of
:11:18. > :11:23.the first foreign visitors to the White House. Since then Mr Trump has
:11:24. > :11:27.taken positions that seem to favour the right wing in Israel. He has
:11:28. > :11:33.been ambivalent about a two state solution. He has chosen as his
:11:34. > :11:36.ambassador somebody on the far right of the political spectrum, as well
:11:37. > :11:41.as one of his key advisers in the White House he has tasked and envoy
:11:42. > :11:58.for Middle East peace, his son-in-law, an Orthodox due. Dump --
:11:59. > :12:03.an Orthodox Orthodox due. He says if you want to make that deal, and that
:12:04. > :12:11.is what he said the telephone call, then he would have to meet Mr Abbas.
:12:12. > :12:19.It sounds like that will happen. -- Orthodox due. Why'd you think this
:12:20. > :12:24.visit has been announced now? I expect because Mr Trump called Mr
:12:25. > :12:27.Abbas now. We don't really know about the timing of what Mr Com has
:12:28. > :12:31.in mind for any initiative in the Middle East but he certainly wanted
:12:32. > :12:35.to get the view of the Israelis first, which he has done, fulsomely.
:12:36. > :12:41.He has also got the view of some Arab leaders who have spoken to the
:12:42. > :12:45.president of Egypt, he has spoken to the king of Jordan and the number of
:12:46. > :12:50.other Arab leaders who have given their input into what they see as
:12:51. > :12:56.the way forward on the possibilities of some kind of resolution of the
:12:57. > :12:58.dispute or the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians. At least
:12:59. > :13:02.they would have told them what not to do. He has taken stock of these
:13:03. > :13:07.viewpoints but he has been very slow to get to the Palestinians. Having
:13:08. > :13:10.said that, when George W Bush came into office, he followed the Clinton
:13:11. > :13:17.administration, which was very in gauged in peace process. When Mr
:13:18. > :13:21.Bush came into office, that stopped while they figure that what they
:13:22. > :13:27.would do so there is some precedent for this although George W Bush was
:13:28. > :13:33.not as overtly strongly pro-Israel as Mr Trump has been. Thank you very
:13:34. > :13:38.much. So with us here on BBC News, still to come. Casting the spotlight
:13:39. > :13:54.on infinity with the poke about Japanese artist. Flo -- polka-dot.
:13:55. > :13:59.Joshua Dobbie crashed the car in Penge during a police chase. The Old
:14:00. > :14:05.Bailey heard he had been pursued by police in Kent five days earlier.
:14:06. > :14:09.The judge said it had been a mercy he had not killed somebody that
:14:10. > :14:13.they. The Education Secretary Justin Greening has been heckled by some
:14:14. > :14:15.headteachers after she defended government plans for more government
:14:16. > :14:27.grammar schools in England. She insisted that grammar schools
:14:28. > :14:31.help disadvantaged children but the union 's general said there was no
:14:32. > :14:34.evidence that they rise standards of improved social mobility. The
:14:35. > :14:39.telecoms regulator Ofcom has announced that BT will be legally
:14:40. > :14:41.separated from its Openreach surface, which runs the UK's
:14:42. > :14:55.broadband infrastructure. This is BBC World News Today. Here
:14:56. > :14:59.are the latest headlines. As Iraqi security forces close in on the city
:15:00. > :15:05.of Mosul, civilians are trying to escape the old city, still under the
:15:06. > :15:08.control of IS. In a telephone conversation, President Trump has
:15:09. > :15:16.invited the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, to the White House.
:15:17. > :15:21.Let's go to West Africa where the outbreak of Ebola centred on the
:15:22. > :15:26.devastating impact on humans. But the disease has also had a huge
:15:27. > :15:30.impact on the gorilla population. A third of the world's rulers have
:15:31. > :15:35.been killed by Ebola in the last 30 years alone. It is because when a
:15:36. > :15:40.group is infected, around 95% of them die. With all four species of
:15:41. > :15:43.gorilla clean endangered, researchers from Cambridge
:15:44. > :15:47.University here in the UK wants to immunise them in the wild. Rebecca
:15:48. > :15:56.Morelle has this report. In the African forests, an animal at
:15:57. > :16:04.risk of vanishing forever. Google is already face many threats, from
:16:05. > :16:07.poaching -- gorillas. The deadly disease of Ebola is thought to have
:16:08. > :16:16.wiped out many thousands of these great apes. Now a vaccine could be
:16:17. > :16:20.the answer. We have put it on the site, now all going to the tongue.
:16:21. > :16:24.This scientist has carried out a small trial on captive chimps, the
:16:25. > :16:27.last before biometric research on these animals was banned in the US
:16:28. > :16:32.study found a vaccine protected against the virus and now he wants
:16:33. > :16:39.to use it on gorillas in the wild. Ebola and other diseases are a huge
:16:40. > :16:43.threat. We vaccinate our children, our pets, domestic livestock, and
:16:44. > :16:50.wildlife in the developed world. Why are we not vaccinating our closest
:16:51. > :16:59.relatives in Africa? The deadly toll of Ebola instruments is only too to
:17:00. > :17:05.well-known. There is an effective human vaccine. Ebola in humans and
:17:06. > :17:13.gorillas is closely linked. The virus can cross between species.
:17:14. > :17:21.Some argue that gorillas should be immunised too. And Ebola vaccine
:17:22. > :17:27.does offer some much-needed hope. But there could be significant
:17:28. > :17:31.risks. Finding a method to get a dose of the vaccine into every
:17:32. > :17:37.gorilla would be difficult. There is also a risk it could harm the
:17:38. > :17:40.animals, instead of helping them. We are concerned about any unintended
:17:41. > :17:47.impact on the health of the target apes, such as introduction of other
:17:48. > :17:52.disease that might spread among the intended population that we're
:17:53. > :17:57.trying to protect. The future of these animals is hanging in the
:17:58. > :18:00.balance. The forests are currently free of Ebola but it is inevitable
:18:01. > :18:04.that will strike again. Conservationists need to decide
:18:05. > :18:09.whether the risk of vaccinating or not vaccinating is one they are
:18:10. > :18:10.willing to take. Rebecca Morelle, BBC News. Stunning creatures. Let's
:18:11. > :18:18.get some spot the youth the former Formula 1 and
:18:19. > :18:24.motorcycling world champion, John Surtees, has died at the age of 83.
:18:25. > :18:28.He is still the only man to become world champion on two wheels and
:18:29. > :18:37.four. Andy Swiss looks back on his life. Hot favourite after wins in 58
:18:38. > :18:42.and 59, three, John Surtees, rocketing away. He was a natural
:18:43. > :18:49.racer, and determined. Just as fast on two wheels as he later became an
:18:50. > :18:53.four. In his Ferrari, John Surtees, number seven, going like a bomb and
:18:54. > :18:58.eventually leaving the ten cars in the race. Encouraged by his father,
:18:59. > :19:03.a motorcycle dealer and former Sidecar champion, Young John won his
:19:04. > :19:06.first race at the age of 17. With British motorbikes dominating
:19:07. > :19:11.racing, his future looked secure with Norton, but they refused to
:19:12. > :19:18.back him for the 1950s 60s and, so he went to Italy to join in the
:19:19. > :19:28.August. Between 1956 and 60, so too is dominated the 500 cc class. The
:19:29. > :19:31.master has done it again. Winning seven World Championships. John
:19:32. > :19:36.Surtees is the hero with a double in the first classic region of the
:19:37. > :19:41.year. On his way to win his sixth TT and his third successive senior TT.
:19:42. > :19:44.He became the first man to win the senior Isle of Man TT three years
:19:45. > :19:51.running. Is this your life 's ambition now achieved? Not really, I
:19:52. > :19:56.suppose. I don't set out with definite ambitions, I just try and
:19:57. > :20:01.do my best whatever I do. He switched to cars full-time in 1961,
:20:02. > :20:07.driving a Cooper. But once again he had to go to Italy to find success
:20:08. > :20:11.of this time with Ferrari. The man taking first is John Surtees. Second
:20:12. > :20:18.place in Mexico clinched the 1964 World Championships. A year later,
:20:19. > :20:23.the almost died when his Lola closed -- crashed in Canada. Flown back to
:20:24. > :20:28.London he eventually made a four recovery. I am not attaching too
:20:29. > :20:34.much importance to this, although I think it is important that in time I
:20:35. > :20:39.do sort of manage to fit in the four movements. His last Grand Prix
:20:40. > :20:45.victory was at Monza in 1967. Single-minded and deeply committed,
:20:46. > :20:50.his talent won him a unique place in motor racing history. I think by the
:20:51. > :20:54.time I was retiring, and I still probably hadn't reached my absolute
:20:55. > :20:58.peak, but I have achieved my main ambition is, because the most
:20:59. > :21:05.important thing I had to do in life is not satisfy other people but
:21:06. > :21:11.satisfy myself. John Surtees, who died on Friday at the age of 83.
:21:12. > :21:20.There is one match in the six Nations on Friday. Wales are playing
:21:21. > :21:25.Ireland in Cardiff. The current score is 15-6 to the Welsh, wind
:21:26. > :21:28.George North getting both tries so far, the only two tries of the game,
:21:29. > :21:33.they are around 15 minutes into the match for stop Tiger Woods says he
:21:34. > :21:35.won't be playing in next week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. He has
:21:36. > :21:39.done not recovered from the back spasms that forced him to withdraw
:21:40. > :21:43.from the Dubai Desert classic at the start of February. He is now a doubt
:21:44. > :21:45.for the Masters next month, and that is all the sport for now.
:21:46. > :21:54.Think you very much. Have you ever wondered what Infinity might look
:21:55. > :22:01.like? One Japanese artist has tried to catch it at this expedition an
:22:02. > :22:05.exhibition in Washington, DC. Her Infinity rooms coving to be very
:22:06. > :22:12.popular. Jane O'Brien has been to have a look. It's easy to get lost
:22:13. > :22:19.in one of these Infinity rooms. Even though they are physically quite
:22:20. > :22:25.tiny. Mirrors, lights warped perception of what is real and what
:22:26. > :22:29.is illusion. We are living in a time when almost everything that we see
:22:30. > :22:35.and experience is through digital technology, social media, e-mailing.
:22:36. > :22:40.That is so much a part of our lives and our perception that she reminds
:22:41. > :22:50.us that there is this other aspect of experiencing space that sometimes
:22:51. > :22:55.is more tactile. To understand how she reached Infinity, you need to
:22:56. > :23:02.step into her white room. As a child, she had a vision of polka
:23:03. > :23:06.dots. It led to an acute neurosis, which she confronted by focusing on
:23:07. > :23:09.dots in her art. Visitors are encouraged to stick them everywhere
:23:10. > :23:13.in this room, eventually obliterating the white and leading
:23:14. > :23:19.to oblivion, which brings us back to infinity. At first, being in this
:23:20. > :23:22.room makes me feel incredibly happy. I'm surrounded by glow-in-the-dark
:23:23. > :23:25.pumpkins, for goodness sake. But after a couple of seconds it
:23:26. > :23:30.actually becomes quite disturbing, because this is probably the closest
:23:31. > :23:36.any of us will come to seeing what Infinity must look like. And once
:23:37. > :23:43.you grasp that, you realise how utterly insignificant you really
:23:44. > :23:46.are. Most people inside these rooms image of the rich for their
:23:47. > :23:55.cellphones. This is, after all, the ultimate selfie. But not so fast,
:23:56. > :23:59.says the museum director. If you are in this in Trinity Mirror room and
:24:00. > :24:02.you don't stop and put down your phone, you are not truly
:24:03. > :24:07.experiencing it, because it is this moment where you are alone in the
:24:08. > :24:15.cosmos in one of these pieces, and it is a very compelling kind of
:24:16. > :24:18.poignant experience. Get past the show stopping Infinity rooms, and
:24:19. > :24:23.there's plenty more to tickle the senses. Philip Chua sculptures,
:24:24. > :24:33.dots, appendages, BOTS and more dots. -- voluptuous. She is arguably
:24:34. > :24:41.Japan's most important contemporary artist. This show reveals why her
:24:42. > :24:45.appeal is global. Stunning, isn't it? Now a reminder that BBC World
:24:46. > :24:50.News is brought to you live every day. That means that unexpected
:24:51. > :24:53.things can happen. Earlier today, our presenter James May Mendez was
:24:54. > :25:00.interviewing Professor Robert Kelly at his home in South Korea about the
:25:01. > :25:03.dramatic events there. He had some very important points today, but was
:25:04. > :25:08.overshadowed by his two young children. Take a look at this. These
:25:09. > :25:12.scandals happen all the time, the question is how do democracies
:25:13. > :25:18.respond to those scandals? What will it mean for the wider region? I
:25:19. > :25:34.think one of your children has just walked in. I would be surprised if
:25:35. > :25:38.they do. Pardon me. My apologies! What is this going to mean for the
:25:39. > :25:47.region? My apologies. North... Sorry. South Korea's policy choices
:25:48. > :25:51.on North Korea have been severely limited in the last X months... Talk
:25:52. > :25:52.about being completely upstaged, that is it from me and the team,
:25:53. > :26:13.goodbye for now. Hello, thank you for joining me. I
:26:14. > :26:15.will be giving you a flavour of the UK weather prospects in just a
:26:16. > :26:18.couple of minutes or so but first I want to take you around the world to
:26:19. > :26:23.show you a couple of the weather stories that have caught my eye for
:26:24. > :26:24.stop we return and I make