:00:00. > :00:16.Iraqi forces say they've taken control of the main
:00:17. > :00:19.base of the so-called Islamic State in Mosul.
:00:20. > :00:32.The remaining IS militants have been driven here but at what cost. This
:00:33. > :00:36.hospital complex which was a place of healing now lies in ruins like
:00:37. > :00:40.many other parts of Mosul. Scuffles in Hong Kong
:00:41. > :00:42.as its newly appointed China warns against any
:00:43. > :00:46.challenge to its sovereignty. World leaders pay tribute
:00:47. > :00:48.to Helmut Kohl, uniter of Germany and architect
:00:49. > :01:04.of the European Union's expansion. Helmut Kohl gave us the chance to be
:01:05. > :01:05.involved in something bigger than ourselves, bigger than our terms of
:01:06. > :01:09.office. Canada marks the 150th anniversary
:01:10. > :01:11.of its confederation. Half a million people are due
:01:12. > :01:14.to attend celebrations in Ottawa. And in Rugby Union, the Lions square
:01:15. > :01:17.the series in New Zealand, ending the All Blacks eight year
:01:18. > :01:34.winning streak at home. Hello and welcome
:01:35. > :01:37.to World News Today. We begin in Mosul, where
:01:38. > :01:40.after intense fighting, Iraqi forces say they've taken
:01:41. > :01:42.control of the so-called The militants have also been driven
:01:43. > :01:48.from a hospital compound, where several senior IS leaders
:01:49. > :01:55.were thought to have been hiding. But fighting is continuing around
:01:56. > :01:58.part of the Old City. Commanders say they are confident
:01:59. > :02:01.a final victory is in sight. Our correspondent Orla Guerin
:02:02. > :02:07.reports from Mosul. A symbol of victory,
:02:08. > :02:10.planted this morning in what was the main base
:02:11. > :02:16.of IS in Mosul. Troops weary after driving
:02:17. > :02:20.the militants from this vast medical complex but vowing to hunt down
:02:21. > :02:28.every last one of them. We will keep chasing them and those
:02:29. > :02:33.who support them, says this man. Commanders say they have removed
:02:34. > :02:44.a cancer here Our message is Daesh
:02:45. > :02:53.is not only an Iraqi problem, says the colonel,
:02:54. > :02:58.it is international. He was interrupted by a booby
:02:59. > :03:08.trapped bomb, the militants may have gone from here but they left plenty
:03:09. > :03:12.of threats behind. And plenty of wreckage in Iraq's
:03:13. > :03:18.second largest city. This is what victory looks
:03:19. > :03:21.like in Mosul after more The remaining IS militants have been
:03:22. > :03:27.driven from here but at what cost? This hospital complex
:03:28. > :03:31.which was a place of healing now lies in ruins, like many other
:03:32. > :03:35.parts of Mosul. The city may be regaining
:03:36. > :03:38.its freedom but there will be This territory has now been
:03:39. > :03:46.reclaimed but not before Commanders admit that even
:03:47. > :03:59.when it is, there's a real There have been scuffles
:04:00. > :04:19.between pro-democracy demonstrators and police in Hong Kong just hours
:04:20. > :04:27.after new Chief Executive It's 20 years since Britain handed
:04:28. > :04:31.over Hong Kong to China. Activists have accused Beijing
:04:32. > :04:38.of clamping down on free speech. But the visiting President Xi has
:04:39. > :04:50.warned against any challenge Not the images China wanted for the
:04:51. > :05:00.20th anniversary of the Hong Kong handover. Democracy activists trying
:05:01. > :05:04.to gate-crash the party. Xi Jinping was safely inside, swearing in a new
:05:05. > :05:10.government and delivering staring words about Hong Kong's future.
:05:11. > :05:15.TRANSLATION: Any attempt to endanger china boss on sovereignty and
:05:16. > :05:19.security challenging the power of central government is an act that
:05:20. > :05:26.crosses the red line and is absolutely impermissible. Tough Love
:05:27. > :05:30.was the message throughout his tour of Hong Kong. Greetings, Comrade
:05:31. > :05:40.scum he shouted. Hong Kong may be special but it must learn to love --
:05:41. > :05:50.greetings, comrades, he shouted. Hong Kong may be special but it must
:05:51. > :05:54.learn to love the motherland. No sooner had President Xi left, than
:05:55. > :06:00.the streets filled with protesters, marking the anniversary of the
:06:01. > :06:05.handover in their usual style. Shouting at China patriots to go
:06:06. > :06:14.back to the mainland. Taiwan's flags among countless ways to defy 1-party
:06:15. > :06:18.China. China controls the hard power in Hong Kong, but this illustrates
:06:19. > :06:23.the problem it has with soft power. They did not come out to welcome
:06:24. > :06:26.president Xi, they did not come out to celebrate 20 years since the
:06:27. > :06:33.handover of Hong Kong. They are here on the street to demand democracy
:06:34. > :06:39.and cherish their right to protest. 20 years since the handover, and
:06:40. > :06:43.tacking between two Masters is getting harder all the time. The
:06:44. > :06:52.Hong Kong public want more say in their lives, and so does Beijing.
:06:53. > :06:56.Tonight is China show, but this city is profoundly uncertain about what
:06:57. > :07:01.the next 20 years of Chinese rule might bring.
:07:02. > :07:06.Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.
:07:07. > :07:11.Ukraine says Russian security services were involved in the cyber
:07:12. > :07:15.attack on the country earlier this week. The authorities in Kiev say
:07:16. > :07:21.they believe the attacks to have been carried out by the same hackers
:07:22. > :07:22.who targeted Ukraine late last year. The Kremlin dismissed the
:07:23. > :07:31.allegations as an founded. Qatar has rejected the list of
:07:32. > :07:36.demands by several Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia. But it says it is
:07:37. > :07:40.ready to engage in dialogue under the right conditions. The Qatari
:07:41. > :07:45.Foreign Minister spoke two days before an ultimatum set by those
:07:46. > :07:47.countries runs out. Efforts involving Russia are continuing to
:07:48. > :08:00.evolve the worst crisis in the Gulf for many years. Large numbers of
:08:01. > :08:08.migrants arrive in Italy. Nearly 11,000 migrants arrived on Italian
:08:09. > :08:11.shores in just five days last month. The EU commissioner said he
:08:12. > :08:13.understood why the situation was untenable.
:08:14. > :08:16.Helmut Kohl - the father of German reunification and the country's
:08:17. > :08:18.longest serving Chancellor in modern time -
:08:19. > :08:24.The service took place in Speyer Cathedral.
:08:25. > :08:27.His coffin was then taken away by an honour guard
:08:28. > :08:36.Earlier, world leaders, old and new, paid tribute at a ceremony
:08:37. > :08:37.in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
:08:38. > :08:58.Helmut Kohl's Coffin brought into the parliament as world leaders came
:08:59. > :09:03.to pay tribute. This was a man who could do what many thought was
:09:04. > :09:08.impossible, making Germany one nation again but within Europe and
:09:09. > :09:14.without awaking the dark memories of the past. In speeches, they pay
:09:15. > :09:19.tribute to Helmut Kohl's achievement and his generous large personality.
:09:20. > :09:23.Friends from the past but the former Spanish Prime Minister and Bill
:09:24. > :09:31.Clinton who delivered a rhetorical toured a toured a force. Helmut Kohl
:09:32. > :09:34.gave us the chance to be involved in something bigger than ourselves,
:09:35. > :09:38.bigger than our terms of office, bigger than our fleeting careers,
:09:39. > :09:45.because all of us sooner or later will be in a coffin like that. And
:09:46. > :09:50.the only gift we can leave behind is a better future for our children,
:09:51. > :09:55.and the freedom to make their own choices, including their own
:09:56. > :10:00.mistakes. Angela Merkel, who had a note or is he difficult relationship
:10:01. > :10:05.with Helmut Kohl in recent years, said all that was now forgotten and
:10:06. > :10:08.Europe would be forever grateful for whatever predecessor had done.
:10:09. > :10:13.TRANSLATION: Thank you to the opportunities and chances you gave
:10:14. > :10:17.me, thank you for the chances you gave to many others as well. Thank
:10:18. > :10:22.you very much for the chances that we as Germans and Europeans have
:10:23. > :10:28.received. Thanks to you, you have achieved a huge amount, may you rest
:10:29. > :10:35.in peace. Now it is up to us to actually preserve and guard your
:10:36. > :10:39.legacy. I bow before you and your memory in gratitude and humility. It
:10:40. > :10:43.has of course been a sad occasion. The presidents of Helmut Kohl's
:10:44. > :10:47.without a reminder that this was the death of a man, not just a
:10:48. > :10:52.politician. But it is more than that. This has in effect being the
:10:53. > :11:03.European Union's first-ever state funeral, and if it has been
:11:04. > :11:05.conducted with such a sense of ceremony, it is because Europe's new
:11:06. > :11:08.leaders, especially Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel want to capture
:11:09. > :11:10.and distilled something of the spirit of Helmut Kohl which worked
:11:11. > :11:16.to such effect a quarter of a century ago. After the European fair
:11:17. > :11:22.wells, the German. Helmut Kohl's body was transported to his hometown
:11:23. > :11:25.where he was born and died, and then transferred by riverboat to the
:11:26. > :11:31.Cathedral of Speyer, a thousand -year-old building which he loved
:11:32. > :11:36.and which is said symbolised the essence of the European Union.
:11:37. > :11:38.Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come...
:11:39. > :11:40.As Canada celebrates its anniversary of independence -
:11:41. > :12:04.we explore the connection with a popular British TV drama.
:12:05. > :12:13.China marked its first day of rule in Hong Kong with spectacular
:12:14. > :12:18.celebrations. The Prime Minister said it was a new era for Hong Kong.
:12:19. > :12:23.The first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. Scientists in
:12:24. > :12:28.Scotland have produced a sheep called Dolly which was cloned in
:12:29. > :12:33.aiming laboratory. For the first time in 20 years,
:12:34. > :12:44.Russian and American spacecraft docked in orbit in an era of in
:12:45. > :12:48.space. Challenger powered past the Bishop
:12:49. > :12:54.Rod lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record which had stood
:12:55. > :12:56.for almost 54 years. There was no hiding the sheer elation of Richard
:12:57. > :13:03.Branson and his crew. The latest headlines: Iraqi forces
:13:04. > :13:08.say they've taken control of the main base of the so-called
:13:09. > :13:16.Islamic State in Mosul. Thousands have been demonstrating
:13:17. > :13:18.in Hong Kong, calling for greater democracy 20 years
:13:19. > :13:21.after the territory's President Trump has attacked US
:13:22. > :13:30.states refusing to hand over personal information -
:13:31. > :13:32.to a commission he created More than 20 states have
:13:33. > :13:39.declined the requests, saying they are unnecessary
:13:40. > :13:43.and violated privacy. Let's go to Washington -
:13:44. > :13:56.where we can join Laura Bicker. Laura, what do you think the
:13:57. > :14:01.president will do next, given that these 20 states have refused to hand
:14:02. > :14:06.over this information? His tweet kind of says, what are you doing?
:14:07. > :14:10.What are you trying to hide by not giving us this information? But the
:14:11. > :14:17.states that have been asked, more than 20 of them are refusing to
:14:18. > :14:20.comply. Let's go back a bit. He set up this election integrity
:14:21. > :14:25.commission back in May, because Donald Trump believes that millions
:14:26. > :14:29.of voters committed fraud, during the presidential election. One of
:14:30. > :14:35.the reasons he believes this is because it is said that Hillary
:14:36. > :14:38.Clinton won the popular vote, he won the electoral college vote so that a
:14:39. > :14:42.discounted state-by-state. He believes that there are millions of
:14:43. > :14:47.votes which have been cast wrongly or there has been widespread voter
:14:48. > :14:51.fraud. This commission was set up and on Wednesday, all states were
:14:52. > :14:56.sent a letter asking them to give the birth date, the addresses, the
:14:57. > :15:00.Social Security numbers and any felony is, Mr mean is that these
:15:01. > :15:07.voters may have committed in the past, hand over all this information
:15:08. > :15:12.within two weeks. Some of the states are simply refusing. They say that
:15:13. > :15:19.it is unnecessary. California has sent its reply. This is a democratic
:15:20. > :15:23.state. This would only serve to legitimise the false and already
:15:24. > :15:29.debunked claims of mass voter fraud by the President. It is not just
:15:30. > :15:33.democratic statehood rubbishing back. Mississippi for instance. The
:15:34. > :15:36.Republican secretary of state says they have rejected it on privacy
:15:37. > :15:43.grounds. They believe this information could be hacked by cyber
:15:44. > :15:45.security hackers. They have said Mississippi residents should
:15:46. > :15:50.celebrate Independence Day, it is a big holiday this weekend, and our
:15:51. > :15:55.state's right to privacy. They say they can go jump in the gulf of
:15:56. > :16:00.Mexico and Mississippi is a good place to jump from. Quite clear from
:16:01. > :16:05.Mississippi there. What Donald Trump does now, we will have to wait and
:16:06. > :16:10.see. It is an extraordinary row. What you think will happen next,
:16:11. > :16:14.given that the states have refused to give this information. Why do you
:16:15. > :16:20.think the president is so disgusted with this issue, given that he won
:16:21. > :16:23.the election? His claims have no evidence to back up this claim that
:16:24. > :16:28.there has been widespread voter fraud. There are some examples in
:16:29. > :16:33.some states where 100 votes have been found to perhaps not contain
:16:34. > :16:39.the name and address of voter. Part of the problem is registration of
:16:40. > :16:46.voters, 200 million voters right across the United States. He
:16:47. > :16:50.believes that some people who have died, have then stayed on the voter
:16:51. > :16:54.registration lists, and then someone has gone and voted on their behalf.
:16:55. > :16:59.One of the reasons he believes this is because of the popular vote,
:17:00. > :17:03.Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote, and he believes there has been
:17:04. > :17:09.widespread voter fraud and that many people did not vote for him, because
:17:10. > :17:17.they were registered Republicans and they may have voted Democrat. He is
:17:18. > :17:22.looking to see who voted when and where and how they voted in the
:17:23. > :17:27.past. The idea is to trace perhaps any voter fraud they may find. But
:17:28. > :17:32.as you have heard, so far, no evidence has been put forward to
:17:33. > :17:36.back this up, and state say to give all this information into weeks,
:17:37. > :17:38.over 20 states are saying they simply cannot do it. Laura Bicker
:17:39. > :17:49.from Washington, thank very much. Celebrations are taking place across
:17:50. > :17:53.Canada and hundreds and thousands are gathering in the capital to mark
:17:54. > :17:58.the 150th anniversary of Confederation. But some indigenous
:17:59. > :18:03.groups complain their treatment has been overlooked, something the Prime
:18:04. > :18:06.Minister addressed in a TV statement ahead of the celebrations.
:18:07. > :18:13.Meanwhile, Prince Charles, air to Queen Elizabeth who is Canada's head
:18:14. > :18:15.of state, has just received the order of Canada, the country's
:18:16. > :18:17.second-highest honour, to recognise service to the community.
:18:18. > :18:20.Our correspondent Gavin Hewitt is there on a busy Parliament Hill
:18:21. > :18:29.Tens of thousands of Canadians have gathered here on Parliament Hill in
:18:30. > :18:33.Ottawa. But then this is an important moment, to celebrate 150
:18:34. > :18:37.years of their identity, of their history, of their culture. There has
:18:38. > :18:41.been torrential rain that it has not deterred people. They come in
:18:42. > :18:45.ponchos. Some of them decorated with Maple Leafs. There is also a
:18:46. > :18:51.question about whether indigenous Canadians will be celebrating this
:18:52. > :18:56.last 150 years. Many of them have spoken of mistreatment, of broken
:18:57. > :19:01.promises, and of some violence against them during that period.
:19:02. > :19:05.Yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went into a teepee for 40
:19:06. > :19:09.minutes to try and reassure them that they too could enjoy
:19:10. > :19:12.reconciliation in a modern culture which emphasised multilateralism and
:19:13. > :19:15.diversity. It may come as a surprise that part
:19:16. > :19:22.of Canada's Declaration of Independence was drafted -
:19:23. > :19:25.not in North America - The venue - Highclere Castle,
:19:26. > :19:28.where the British TV series The libraries of England's grand
:19:29. > :19:35.houses harbour many secrets. But amongst the 8,000 books
:19:36. > :19:43.at Highclere, better known to billions as Downton
:19:44. > :19:45.Abbey, was a corker. At the bottom of this
:19:46. > :19:51.page are three names, John Macdonald, GE
:19:52. > :19:58.Cartier, and Galt. So I did a bit of research,
:19:59. > :20:01.and within one second realised John A Macdonald became the first
:20:02. > :20:10.Prime Minister of Canada, and led this delegation
:20:11. > :20:13.hosted by the fourth earl. Over the year, they drafted
:20:14. > :20:15.the British North America Act. Actually, quite a bit
:20:16. > :20:17.of the constitution was written Perhaps they discussed it around
:20:18. > :20:21.this dining room table, perhaps they stood by the saloon
:20:22. > :20:24.fire on a cold, wintry day. With the government now modelled
:20:25. > :20:31.on the British Parliament, modern Canada was born
:20:32. > :20:35.on the 1 July 1867. I certainly was not aware of it,
:20:36. > :20:38.and I don't think enough The setting is hugely important,
:20:39. > :20:42.but it is also the important role I look forward to actually having
:20:43. > :20:47.the chance to make sure that it Diaries, telegrams and letters
:20:48. > :20:50.have been uncovered, adding real colour
:20:51. > :20:53.to these negotiations. UK-based Canadians invited
:20:54. > :21:04.to the castle were certainly moved. England is home to me,
:21:05. > :21:11.even though we have lived It wasn't just the constitution
:21:12. > :21:16.of Canada that was drafted The name of this new territory
:21:17. > :21:19.was decided here, as well, although there were
:21:20. > :21:22.other suggestions. Franklin was one, quickly
:21:23. > :21:26.followed by Guefeleland, before Lord Canarvon had his way,
:21:27. > :21:45.and Canada was chosen. For his work, the fourth Earl had a
:21:46. > :21:53.town named after him in Canada but left a legacy for both countries.
:21:54. > :22:05.The British and Irish Lions have produced one of their great
:22:06. > :22:08.performances to level the series against New Zealand and set up
:22:09. > :22:12.The Lions only clinched victory with a penalty
:22:13. > :22:43.Our sports correspondent Katie Gornall was at the match.
:22:44. > :22:49.Hope was beginning to fade but the Lions sprang into life. First
:22:50. > :22:53.through Toby Faletau and then a converted Conor Murray try brought
:22:54. > :22:58.the Lions level. With minutes remaining, Owen Farrell held his
:22:59. > :23:03.nerve to kick the Lions to a famous victory, and one which keeps the
:23:04. > :23:10.dream alive. I genuinely would only be happy if we got that Test series
:23:11. > :23:13.win next week. I am glad that we've got one game, I guessed, regards
:23:14. > :23:16.whatever happens, we will come back with some credibility and the Lions
:23:17. > :23:22.moving forward, and keeping the reputation of that. I will only be
:23:23. > :23:27.happy if there is a series win for us on the line.
:23:28. > :23:32.I am extremely proud of our legs. We said they were a good side right
:23:33. > :23:37.from the day they were selected -- I am extremely proud of our blokes.
:23:38. > :23:42.There are good side. Congratulations to the Lions. They worked their way
:23:43. > :23:47.back into the game and finally came back over the top of us in the last
:23:48. > :23:51.five minutes to get in front. Congratulations to them. Now we have
:23:52. > :24:03.got to go to Auckland and it is one each. We will all get excited that.
:24:04. > :24:06.Geraint Thomas has become the first Welshman in history to wear
:24:07. > :24:07.the yellow jersey of the Tour de France.
:24:08. > :24:10.He won this year's first stage in Germany, a 14 kilometre
:24:11. > :24:13.time trial through Dusseldorf, after completing it in an impressive
:24:14. > :24:16.Thomas's Sky team mate and defending champion Chris Froome
:24:17. > :24:21.came through the day unscathed, finishing in sixth overall.
:24:22. > :24:30.Thomas is the first Welshman to wear the yellow jersey. And maize in, the
:24:31. > :24:34.stuff of dreams. The tour is what got me into cycling. I remember
:24:35. > :24:38.rushing home from school to watch it. To be the other side of the
:24:39. > :24:43.camera and taking the jersey is incredible. It is my eighth grand
:24:44. > :24:55.tour. To finally win the stage and then the jersey is a massive bonus.
:24:56. > :24:57.Novak Djokovic has completed the ideal warm-up for Wimbledon
:24:58. > :24:59.by winning his first title since January.
:25:00. > :25:01.He beat Gael Monfils in straight sets at Eastbourne.
:25:02. > :25:04.Djokovic accepted a wildcard to play on the South Coast after his early
:25:05. > :25:17.It is always incredible winning on grass. This used to be the most
:25:18. > :25:21.common surface. Now we only have a few weeks in the entire season
:25:22. > :25:24.played on grass. This is the best possible build-up for me in
:25:25. > :25:26.preparation for what is coming up next week, and hopefully I will be
:25:27. > :25:34.able to take it from here. The world number three
:25:35. > :25:36.Karolina Pliskova could be a good bet for the women's
:25:37. > :25:38.title at Wimbledon. She had a walkover in her semi-final
:25:39. > :25:41.after Johanna Konta's withdrawal through injury,
:25:42. > :25:42.and she beat former World Number One
:25:43. > :25:52.Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets. Congratulations to her and that is
:25:53. > :25:56.all the sport for now. James, thank you. A busy programme.
:25:57. > :26:02.That is it from me and the team. Bye-bye for now.