:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:07. > :00:17.The Iraqi military has gained control of the last road leading out
:00:18. > :00:23.We've heard three car bombs going off in the distance,
:00:24. > :00:27.we've also had a lot of incoming mortar fire, you can hear now
:00:28. > :00:33.Turkey's President Erdogan demands international sanctions
:00:34. > :00:36.against the Netherlands, calling it a banana republic,
:00:37. > :00:42.The creator of the World Wide Web issues a warning about fake news
:00:43. > :01:08.And, Tottenham Hotspur through to the English FA Cup semifinals.
:01:09. > :01:12.Iraqi forces have made more gains in west Mosul,
:01:13. > :01:14.the largest city still under the control of the
:01:15. > :01:18.They claim to have cut the last road out of the city.
:01:19. > :01:20.Government troops, backed by a US-led coalition,
:01:21. > :01:23.recaptured the east of the city in late January, after more
:01:24. > :01:29.Now they say a third of the west, which is almost completely
:01:30. > :01:37.But around 600,000 civilians are still believed to be trapped inside.
:01:38. > :01:44.Our Middle East Correspondent Orla Guerin and cameraman Nico Hameon
:01:45. > :01:46.have been travelling with the Iraqi forces.
:01:47. > :01:54.A warning, you may find parts of their report distressing.
:01:55. > :02:09.Caught below, hundreds of thousands of civilians.
:02:10. > :02:13.This is the place where IS proclaimed its caliphate.
:02:14. > :02:20.Here it was born, and here Iraqi forces say it will die.
:02:21. > :02:23.On the ground, they are advancing, but struggling to hold
:02:24. > :02:41.Then, frantic gunfire towards a threat overhead.
:02:42. > :02:45.An IS drone maybe carrying explosives,
:02:46. > :02:56.As you can hear, there is a lot of gunfire in the area.
:02:57. > :02:58.There are snipers in position on this street.
:02:59. > :03:02.We have cover here, so we won't be moving from this position,
:03:03. > :03:06.but within the last half an hour or so, we have heard three car bombs
:03:07. > :03:11.We have also had a lot of incoming mortar fire.
:03:12. > :03:13.You can hear now the sounds of battle.
:03:14. > :03:17.The IS fighters that are in this area are putting
:03:18. > :03:31.Troops using every weapon, even home-made rockets.
:03:32. > :03:35.Then, the rush to retrieve a casualty.
:03:36. > :03:39.We can't say how many have paid with their lives, Iraqi forces don't
:03:40. > :03:50.But commanders say they have to defeat IS here or fight them
:03:51. > :03:58.And as the fighting rages, more weary civilians leave
:03:59. > :04:03.scarred neighbourhoods, where they have been caught
:04:04. > :04:12.Few may have endured more than this man.
:04:13. > :04:17.IS put an anti-aircraft gun near his house.
:04:18. > :04:20.An air strike targeting the extremists brought
:04:21. > :04:38.TRANSLATION: Three of my daughters are dead.
:04:39. > :04:48.My daughters were under the concrete of the house.
:04:49. > :04:54.They didn't let me see them before they were buried.
:04:55. > :05:00.As well as losing his daughters and his home, he lost his leg.
:05:01. > :05:10.He prays God will destroy IS, as they have destroyed Iraq.
:05:11. > :05:14.Let's go to neighbouring Turkey, where President Erdogan has warned
:05:15. > :05:17.the Netherlands it will pay the price after two of his
:05:18. > :05:20.ministers were prevented from a rally in Rotterdam.
:05:21. > :05:24.Mr Erdogan has again called the Dutch "Nazis",
:05:25. > :05:27.and described the Netherlands as a "banana republic".
:05:28. > :05:37.The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has demanded an apology.
:05:38. > :05:44.Not our usual image of the Netherlands.
:05:45. > :05:47.This was the wound the dog left behind as riot police
:05:48. > :05:54.used considerable force against Turkish demonstrators.
:05:55. > :05:56.They were angered by the Dutch government's refusal
:05:57. > :05:59.to allow their politicians to attend a campaign rally in support
:06:00. > :06:05.He is counting on the backing of more than a million Turkish
:06:06. > :06:09.citizens living in Europe to expand his powers back home
:06:10. > :06:16.But his Minister for Families wasn't allowed to address them.
:06:17. > :06:20.The second Turkish minister turned back by the Dutch government.
:06:21. > :06:26.TRANSLATION: In Holland, Holland as a country that speaks
:06:27. > :06:29.of freedom and democracy, we were faced with very
:06:30. > :06:34.It is ugly of Europeans who talk about women's rights and tell us how
:06:35. > :06:38.All this followed President Erdogan's far-stronger
:06:39. > :06:42.language at a rally, denouncing the Dutch as "Nazi
:06:43. > :06:52.Those words have infuriated several European governments,
:06:53. > :06:55.including Germany's, mindful of the Nazi
:06:56. > :06:59.occupation of Holland during the Second World War.
:07:00. > :07:02.We are absolutely willing to deescalate.
:07:03. > :07:04.Of course, these utterings of the President of
:07:05. > :07:06.the Turkish Republic, they do not help, and they are
:07:07. > :07:12.But this is also the collision of two electoral campaigns,
:07:13. > :07:17.The Dutch go to the polls first, on Wednesday.
:07:18. > :07:20.It's been a tense campaign, dominated by the anti-immigration
:07:21. > :07:26.He blames the Prime Minister for allowing immigrants in,
:07:27. > :07:33.It's unclear how the weekend violence and the extraordinary
:07:34. > :07:38.diplomatic crisis with Turkey will influence Dutch voters, making
:07:39. > :07:45.big choices against a background of rising populism across Europe.
:07:46. > :07:48.Well, I've been speaking to a close ally of President Erdogan.
:07:49. > :07:54.Egemen Bagis has also served as the Turkish Minister of EU Affairs.
:07:55. > :07:56.He began by telling me why his country's government
:07:57. > :08:03.The way members of the governing party are treated are inhumane,
:08:04. > :08:14.It is against the EU and the Council of Europe and the United Nations.
:08:15. > :08:18.What did you make of the language the President is using?
:08:19. > :08:21.He has called the Dutch Nazi remnants.
:08:22. > :08:25.Is it appropriate to be using that sort of language?
:08:26. > :08:29.The language he uses is a reaction to the illogical actions
:08:30. > :08:34.Is it appropriate, given Europe's painful past
:08:35. > :08:43.That is not our mistake or our problem.
:08:44. > :08:47.But Hitler was afraid of the Jews, he was afraid they were getting too
:08:48. > :08:51.strong, and some people in Europe think 5 million Turks
:08:52. > :08:58.is quite a lot for Europe and they are getting too strong.
:08:59. > :09:01.Are you comparing the modern-day German Government and the Dutch
:09:02. > :09:09.I am not comparing them to them, but they are reminding
:09:10. > :09:10.of the illogical actions of mankind towards others.
:09:11. > :09:16.They should respect that these people have the right to learn
:09:17. > :09:21.from visiting ministers, politicians from both ends,
:09:22. > :09:28.Nobody is forcing them to meet with these ministers,
:09:29. > :09:32.but those who want to come and meet them and learn from them and ask
:09:33. > :09:37.This is basic democratic right, basic freedom of speech,
:09:38. > :09:44.The President has said that a price needs to be paid,
:09:45. > :09:52.We have already announced that the ambassador who was away,
:09:53. > :09:58.left Turkey a day before this crisis, will not be welcomed
:09:59. > :10:03.We expect the Netherlands, a country with whom we have more
:10:04. > :10:08.than 400 years of relations, to explain and apologise why
:10:09. > :10:12.they acted in a furious way, because our minister was travelling
:10:13. > :10:19.on a diplomatic passport, she the right to go to our
:10:20. > :10:22.consulate, she was 30 metres away from our consulate general's
:10:23. > :10:30.residence and she was not able to enter her own diplomatic property.
:10:31. > :10:36.A close ally of President Erdogan there.
:10:37. > :10:44.Let's take a look at some other stories for you this hour.
:10:45. > :10:45.The former President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, has adopted a defiant
:10:46. > :10:48.attitude in her first statement since being removed from office
:10:49. > :10:51.Following her departure from the Presidential palace,
:10:52. > :10:54.Miss Park said the truth would eventually emerge
:10:55. > :11:00.She may now face criminal prosecution.
:11:01. > :11:03.A bus has veered into a crowd in Haiti, killing 34 people.
:11:04. > :11:06.The incident happened in the town of Gonaives,
:11:07. > :11:08.north of the capital, Port au Prince.
:11:09. > :11:11.Officials say the bus first knocked over two pedestrians,
:11:12. > :11:16.The driver then attempted to speed away from the scene,
:11:17. > :11:21.ploughing into a group of street musicians.
:11:22. > :11:24.South African police say a baby whose apparent abduction sparked
:11:25. > :11:27.The baby was discovered by police early on Sunday morning
:11:28. > :11:30.and is now being looked after by social services.
:11:31. > :11:37.The police have arrested three people, including the baby's mother.
:11:38. > :11:40.At least 48 people are reported to have been killed in Ethiopia
:11:41. > :11:42.in a landslide at a huge rubbish dump outside the capital,
:11:43. > :11:48.Dozens of homes have been buried under the rubble and there are fears
:11:49. > :11:57.Desperate residents wait for news at this rubbish
:11:58. > :12:01.dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital.
:12:02. > :12:05.A massive landslide swept through the site on Saturday,
:12:06. > :12:13.Many of the victims were women and children, squatters
:12:14. > :12:16.who scavenged for a living in the dump.
:12:17. > :12:20.Many people are still missing, and today excavators sifted
:12:21. > :12:22.through the rubbish, as authorities searched
:12:23. > :12:28.TRANSLATION: I heard that eight children who were studying the holy
:12:29. > :12:32.Koran were all buried somewhere in the middle of the rubble.
:12:33. > :12:36.This landfill has been a dumping ground for the capital's garbage
:12:37. > :12:40.There have been smaller landslides in the past,
:12:41. > :12:46.Authorities warned the landfill was running out of room,
:12:47. > :12:51.But dumping resumed after a new landfill
:12:52. > :12:57.TRANSLATION: We told them not to dump on the top.
:12:58. > :13:00.I think the decision by the city's officials to resume dumping
:13:01. > :13:02.waste was the main reason for this accident.
:13:03. > :13:07.I think around 150 people were here during the landslide.
:13:08. > :13:11.Local authorities have vowed to relocate those who live here.
:13:12. > :13:19.But for these families, action has come too late.
:13:20. > :13:30.The creator of the World Wide Web has used a warning about fake news
:13:31. > :13:45.and the abuse of data online. The numbers of dead and wounded
:13:46. > :13:49.defied belief, this the worst terrorist atrocity on European soil
:13:50. > :13:53.in modern times. In less than 24 hours the Soviet
:13:54. > :14:00.Union lost an elderly Sikh leader and replaced him with a dynamic
:14:01. > :14:05.figure 20 years his junior. With's we heard gunshots, they
:14:06. > :14:13.started firing. We were all petrified.
:14:14. > :14:18.Sentenced to 99 years, due for parole when he is 90, travelled to
:14:19. > :14:23.Nashville State prison in an eight car convoy.
:14:24. > :14:31.What is it feel like to be married at last? It feels fine, thank you.
:14:32. > :14:32.Will it change your life? I don't know, I have never been married
:14:33. > :14:51.before! The Iraqi military has gained
:14:52. > :15:00.control of the last road leading out of the city of Mosul.
:15:01. > :15:03.The Turkish president has called the Netherlands a banana republic and
:15:04. > :15:04.demanded international sanctions in the worsening dramatic row between
:15:05. > :15:07.the countries. A group of British MPs are warning
:15:08. > :15:10.that the Government has not sufficiently planned
:15:11. > :15:11.for what would happen if ministers can't reach a deal
:15:12. > :15:13.with the European Union When Brexit is triggered,
:15:14. > :15:17.ministers have two years The MPs say not enough work has been
:15:18. > :15:23.done on what would happen For months she has vowed
:15:24. > :15:37.to kick-start Brexit talks But some here in Parliament
:15:38. > :15:40.are fighting to get safeguards written into law before
:15:41. > :15:42.the negotiations begin. Today, the Brexit Secretary tried
:15:43. > :15:45.to reassure MPs and peers that they would get a vote
:15:46. > :15:48.on the Prime Minister's either House of Parliament
:15:49. > :15:58.reversing the decision Peers have defeated the Government
:15:59. > :16:13.twice, and Labour's standing firm. What we say to the Prime Minister,
:16:14. > :16:17.and I wrote to her on Friday, reflect on what the House
:16:18. > :16:19.of Lords has said. they have sent back
:16:20. > :16:28.two important issues. This issue of the EU
:16:29. > :16:30.nationals, reflect on it. Don't have this obsession
:16:31. > :16:32.with getting Article 50 The two-line Brexit bill is still
:16:33. > :16:36.making its way through Parliament. Last week, the House
:16:37. > :16:41.of Lords made their changes. The Government will try to overturn
:16:42. > :16:46.these in the Commons tomorrow. If they succeed, the Bill returns
:16:47. > :16:48.to the Lords almost immediately, and if they give way,
:16:49. > :16:51.the final stage of Royal Assent So, the Government has Parliamentary
:16:52. > :16:56.hurdles to get over this week, but ministers seem confident that
:16:57. > :16:59.Theresa May will be able to stick to her original plan,
:17:00. > :17:03.formally telling the rest of the EU that the UK is ready to start
:17:04. > :17:07.negotiating its exit. Attention is turning
:17:08. > :17:10.to exactly what kind of deal, The Prime Minister has said publicly
:17:11. > :17:16.that no deal for the UK is better than a bad deal,
:17:17. > :17:18.but that would mean tariffs on exports, under
:17:19. > :17:23.World Trade Organisation rules. My fear is that what this is really
:17:24. > :17:31.about is us deliberately - not the Prime Minister, but others -
:17:32. > :17:33.deliberately ensuring And no deal pretty soon,
:17:34. > :17:37.and in that event, we jump off the cliff onto WTO tariffs,
:17:38. > :17:41.and nobody in this country... The people of this
:17:42. > :17:44.country don't have a say. Mr Davis admits the Government
:17:45. > :17:47.is preparing a contingency plan in case there is no deal,
:17:48. > :17:50.but he doesn't think There will be tough points
:17:51. > :17:56.in this negotiation. But it's in everybody's interest
:17:57. > :18:02.that we get a good outcome. Parliament's debate about the bill
:18:03. > :18:05.isn't quite over, but after months of talking about the talk,
:18:06. > :18:08.formal negotiations The creator of the World Wide Web
:18:09. > :18:16.has expressed concern about the abuse of data online
:18:17. > :18:22.and the spread of fake news. Tim Berners-Lee said
:18:23. > :18:24.that he was increasingly worried about three trends which he says
:18:25. > :18:27.must be tackled. First, he argues that many
:18:28. > :18:30.people have lost control of their personal data,
:18:31. > :18:33.as governments around the world He also says that misinformation can
:18:34. > :18:41.travel easily around the web, pointing out that sites creating
:18:42. > :18:44.fake news are "spreading And finally, he says that
:18:45. > :18:50.as political advertising online has become an increasingly-sophisticated
:18:51. > :18:52.industry, it needs to Dr Bernie Hogan is from
:18:53. > :19:00.the Oxford Internet Institute. It's a really important series
:19:01. > :19:09.of issues that are happening. With respect to the first one,
:19:10. > :19:13.this is partially in reaction to a lot of concerns about data sharing
:19:14. > :19:17.within government organisations, undermining personal
:19:18. > :19:20.protection acts. And there is a lot that is being
:19:21. > :19:25.done that we don't really know And so there is little
:19:26. > :19:29.transparency and little A lot of it comes down to
:19:30. > :19:38.the establishment of the source But a lot of these sites that
:19:39. > :19:45.are "fake news" are really fly by night blogs that just popped up
:19:46. > :19:49.one day and are gone the next. And they're not
:19:50. > :19:50.really an established And so that's very
:19:51. > :19:54.different from news that we see with bodies from established
:19:55. > :20:02.series of professionals that abide by guidelines
:20:03. > :20:04.and otherwise take their I think that this is something,
:20:05. > :20:10.at least in the UK, where we should lean on Ofcom in order
:20:11. > :20:15.to think about what is appropriate Although Ofcom doesn't
:20:16. > :20:19.concern itself to the same extent with online
:20:20. > :20:23.news organisations. Unfortunately, this
:20:24. > :20:25.is a global phenomenon, and so this is not about something that
:20:26. > :20:29.abides in Europe or in the UK or in the States, but these
:20:30. > :20:31.servers could be anywhere. So we are somewhat at the mercy
:20:32. > :20:35.of international online platforms, because they seem to have
:20:36. > :20:41.much more control over the quality of this than other
:20:42. > :20:44.international bodies. I mean,
:20:45. > :21:05.we wouldn't really ask the UN A good day at the office the Spurs.
:21:06. > :21:09.Tottenham fans will be happy, their team is true to the semifinals of
:21:10. > :21:18.the FA Cup after a 6-0 victory over Millwall. Son scored a hat-trick.
:21:19. > :21:22.But there were fears over Harry Kane, who limped off after seven
:21:23. > :21:27.minutes. He may have injured the same ankle that kept him out for
:21:28. > :21:31.five games earlier in the season. Spurs join Manchester city and
:21:32. > :21:33.Arsenal in the last four. Chelsea or Manchester United will complete the
:21:34. > :21:35.line-up, they play on Monday. It was important for us to play well
:21:36. > :21:39.and score goals and show Now we need to prepare this week
:21:40. > :21:48.for the Premier League game against Southampton,
:21:49. > :21:51.but very pleased, very happy, Leicester City have confirmed
:21:52. > :21:58.caretaker manager Craig Shakespeare will be in charge until the end
:21:59. > :22:02.of the season. The Premier League champions sacked
:22:03. > :22:05.Claudio Ranieri a fortnight ago Since then, Shakespeare has
:22:06. > :22:21.led them to wins over Liverpool have strengthened their
:22:22. > :22:26.grip on fourth place with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over
:22:27. > :22:30.Burnley. They were far from their best and had to come from a goal
:22:31. > :22:34.down. Ashley Barnes scored in the seventh minute, but Georginio
:22:35. > :22:36.Wijnaldum equalised and Emory Chan claimed the three points with a
:22:37. > :22:40.strike just after the hour. It is important because,
:22:41. > :22:43.in the past, we have lost those We know it was not our best
:22:44. > :22:48.game, but at this stage, It was all about winning
:22:49. > :22:58.and to get three points. I thought overall we gave a good
:22:59. > :23:03.account of ourselves. They have only been beaten
:23:04. > :23:08.here once this season. The quality of the first
:23:09. > :23:14.goal was fantastic. The second goal we were disappointed
:23:15. > :23:23.in, but a lot of the game we gave The New Zealand head coach
:23:24. > :23:33.Steve Hansen has told the BBC Eddie Jones has instilled a fresh
:23:34. > :23:44.work ethic into England's Barcelona's hopes have taken a blow
:23:45. > :23:49.in the Spanish league. They lost 2-1 two double TiVo. They missed the
:23:50. > :24:00.services of their style striker Neymar. Real Madrid are currently
:24:01. > :24:07.level with Real Betis, if they win, they will go top of the league.
:24:08. > :24:12.Join a has been knocked out of the Indian Wells tennis by Caroline
:24:13. > :24:16.Garcia. The match went the distance, the British player losing on a
:24:17. > :24:25.tie-break in the third set. The Frenchwoman is 25th in the world.
:24:26. > :24:29.Novak Djokovic plays later. The first Test match between New
:24:30. > :24:32.Zealand and South Africa in an attempt was abandoned as a draw on
:24:33. > :24:36.Sunday when rain washed out the final day's play. The second Test
:24:37. > :24:38.match starts in Wellington on Thursday.
:24:39. > :25:00.Tributes have been played to Joni Sledge, from the band Sister Sledge.
:25:01. > :25:05.She was 60. Such a familiar sound, the band, made up of four sisters,
:25:06. > :25:13.achieved fame in 1979 with their signature June. Other hits included
:25:14. > :25:17.The Greatest Dancer. A statement from her family said Joni Sledge had
:25:18. > :25:23.loved and embraced life. The main news, the Iraqi military
:25:24. > :25:30.has reportedly cut the last road leading out of the city of Mosul
:25:31. > :25:32.that is still held by Islamic State militants. The US envoy said Iraqi
:25:33. > :25:37.soldiers had taken control of the soldiers had taken control of the
:25:38. > :25:40.highway overnight. Pro-government forces have been gradually advancing
:25:41. > :25:47.through the suburbs of Western Mosul. They say they now hold more
:25:48. > :25:50.than a third of its neighbourhoods, at 600,000 civilians are still
:25:51. > :25:52.believed to be trapped inside the West.
:25:53. > :25:59.From me and the rest of the team, goodbye.