:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today, I'm Karin Giannone in London.
:00:08. > :00:13.Iraq's Prime Minister says Mosul has been liberated from the group
:00:14. > :00:22.The victory brings to an end nine months of fighting -
:00:23. > :00:27.and nearly three years of occupation by the militants.
:00:28. > :00:34.the territory up there is still under IS control, just a small
:00:35. > :00:35.parcel of land. Families are making their way through in any way that
:00:36. > :00:36.they can. Also ahead - tens of thousands
:00:37. > :00:39.of people gather in Istanbul after a protest march
:00:40. > :00:42.against Turkey's government. Just back from the G20 summit -
:00:43. > :00:45.and President Trump says he'd like to set up a joint cyber
:00:46. > :01:01.security unit - with Russia. Hello and welcome
:01:02. > :01:03.to World News Today. Iraq's Prime Minister says
:01:04. > :01:06.Mosul has been liberated from the Islamic State group,
:01:07. > :01:10.bringing the near nine-month battle The Iraqi military was made
:01:11. > :01:15.to fight for every street. Haider al-Abadi has been seen
:01:16. > :01:18.walking through Mosul's streets, congratulating
:01:19. > :01:20.the troops alongside him. He was expected to make a speech,
:01:21. > :01:22.formally declaring victory, A few hours ago, Mr Al-Abadi took
:01:23. > :01:29.to twitter to deliver the news. Iraqi security forces have been
:01:30. > :01:34.celebrating on the streets of Mosul. It's three years since the group
:01:35. > :01:36.calling itself Islamic State seized control of Iraq's
:01:37. > :01:41.second largest city. It still holds territory
:01:42. > :01:45.to the west and south of Mosul. These images from the old city show
:01:46. > :01:48.the scale of the destruction. Earlier there were reports
:01:49. > :01:52.of continuing clashes, the so-called Islamic State group
:01:53. > :01:54.still holds territory to the west Our correspondent Jonathan Beale
:01:55. > :02:03.reports from the front line. What was once a beautiful old city
:02:04. > :02:06.is now mostly rubble. Every building deeply scarred,
:02:07. > :02:08.or destroyed by months of war. We joined the Search and Rescue
:02:09. > :02:15.teams looking for survivors, but more often they're
:02:16. > :02:17.just recovering bodies. With the heat, there's also
:02:18. > :02:22.the strong smell of decay. This man is hoping against hope
:02:23. > :02:24.that his brother and his Their house was hit in an air strike
:02:25. > :02:29.just a few weeks ago. It was being used by
:02:30. > :02:34.Islamic State fighters. He says he spoke to his brother
:02:35. > :02:37.on this phone, while he was trapped All they find here
:02:38. > :02:49.is decaying corpses. It's a similar story
:02:50. > :02:54.everywhere they go. While that was happening,
:02:55. > :02:57.the Iraqi Prime Minister was en route to Mosul to declare
:02:58. > :03:01.the liberation of the city. He arrived draped with an Iraqi flag
:03:02. > :03:04.and surrounded by troops, who spent the last nine months
:03:05. > :03:08.trying to wrestle the city from IS Even this morning, there
:03:09. > :03:15.was still the sound of gunfire. The children so used it
:03:16. > :03:20.they don't even flinch. This territory just up
:03:21. > :03:22.there still under IS control, Families are making their way
:03:23. > :03:30.through any way they can, to safety. And as you can see,
:03:31. > :03:36.they are pretty desperate. It's hard to celebrate freedom
:03:37. > :03:39.from IS when you've just been These families said they had
:03:40. > :03:45.little food or water. They have left behind
:03:46. > :03:48.loved ones under rubble. Many will carry the scars of this
:03:49. > :03:55.battle for the rest of their lives. These children have been prisoners
:03:56. > :03:59.of IS for much of their short lives. Now, after three years,
:04:00. > :04:02.Iraq's Prime Minister has But for these families,
:04:03. > :04:08.it's come at a huge price. Over 900,000 people have been
:04:09. > :04:17.displaced from Mosul since 2014. Many of them depend
:04:18. > :04:19.on the help provided by local Melany Markham from the Norwegian
:04:20. > :04:40.Refugee Council told me how dire The city has been under siege for
:04:41. > :04:46.months. Years, in some areas. The report is that we are getting are of
:04:47. > :04:51.almost total devastation. In Western Mosul. 90% of the population have
:04:52. > :04:57.returned to East Mosul, it is quite a different story there. In west
:04:58. > :05:02.Mosul, entire buildings have been flattened, and for us, going back in
:05:03. > :05:04.there and providing humanitarian assistance, it is incredibly
:05:05. > :05:12.difficult. Not only are the small pockets of violence which continue
:05:13. > :05:16.to exist but there are unexploded mines and bombs which we have two
:05:17. > :05:24.navigate in helping those who are still there. What are the biggest
:05:25. > :05:25.challenges? You described a situation which is more complicated
:05:26. > :05:35.than just providing aid? There are a number of camps to
:05:36. > :05:43.provide support, there is one home to 50,000 people. When people are in
:05:44. > :05:48.a camp like that, sometimes it is easier to provide them with aid, as
:05:49. > :05:52.they stay in one place but most of the people who fled recently are in
:05:53. > :05:56.eastern Mosul. They are dispersed throughout the city and their needs
:05:57. > :06:00.are very different. We have been distributing cash, we've been
:06:01. > :06:03.tracking in water. We are trying to prepare schools there. But, when
:06:04. > :06:07.they are dispersed throughout the city in this way, this can be very
:06:08. > :06:13.difficult to reach people with what they need. You mentioned that you
:06:14. > :06:21.were tracking in water, what has happened to the Mosul water supply?
:06:22. > :06:27.-- truck in. It had been almost completely knocked out, people were
:06:28. > :06:32.relying on local wells. The water quality in those wells was not
:06:33. > :06:37.guaranteed. So we have been bringing in clean drinking water. What we are
:06:38. > :06:42.also working on is rehabilitating the water plant which will supply
:06:43. > :06:46.water to around 100,000 people. But, that has really become a matter of
:06:47. > :06:52.urgency as temperatures in Iraq top 45 degrees now. So the demand for
:06:53. > :06:56.clean water, especially for people to quench their thirst, is going up
:06:57. > :07:01.and we are racing against time and the threat of disease, which will
:07:02. > :07:06.increase as temperatures rise. And those people who have left their
:07:07. > :07:10.homes, how much do they want to return? Given the news that we have
:07:11. > :07:17.heard that Mosul has been recaptured by the Iraqi army, is there a sense
:07:18. > :07:21.of hope that they can do this? There is incredible resilience of Iraq is
:07:22. > :07:25.to try and return to their homes and rebuild, that is why we have seen in
:07:26. > :07:30.eastern Mosul already but you cannot go back to a pile of rubble, you
:07:31. > :07:33.cannot go back to a place that has no water. Where you cannot earn a
:07:34. > :07:39.living because the city has been flattened. So, it is really
:07:40. > :07:41.difficult to work with people who have lost everything. And, to have
:07:42. > :07:47.almost lost hope as well. A huge anti-government protest,
:07:48. > :07:50.said to be the biggest in years, has been taking place in the Turkish
:07:51. > :07:52.city of Istanbul. Demonstrators voiced their anger
:07:53. > :07:54.at President Erdogan, after a year which has seen
:07:55. > :07:56.thousands of arrests and mass sackings of civil servants,
:07:57. > :07:59.judges and journalists in the wake It's hard to speak
:08:00. > :08:07.out in Turkey now. An unprecedented act of defiance
:08:08. > :08:15.against President Erdogan, hundreds of thousands streaming
:08:16. > :08:17.into Istanbul and the Some, walking the 280
:08:18. > :08:21.miles from Ankara. If you belong to the government
:08:22. > :08:24.or state, you're treated well. But if you are thinking
:08:25. > :08:26.differently, asking for some benefit, some rights,
:08:27. > :08:33.then you are treated as terrorists. Recep Tayyip Erdogan
:08:34. > :08:35.is a very tough leader. He doesn't like us,
:08:36. > :08:41.he doesn't like modern people. It began when an opposition MP
:08:42. > :08:44.was jailed, but grew fast. Tens of thousands, marching
:08:45. > :08:47.in the heat, headed by the sprightly They are fighting repression -
:08:48. > :08:53.50,000 people arrested He arrived to cheers of "rights,
:08:54. > :09:04.law, justice", and he vowed to fight TRANSLATION: We will rise
:09:05. > :09:12.up against injustice, I call on all of us
:09:13. > :09:17.to live together. This has shaken President Erdogan,
:09:18. > :09:30.who slammed the march He has huge support in half
:09:31. > :09:34.the country, but the spirit The more secular, liberal side
:09:35. > :09:38.of Turkey has found its voice Anti-Erdogan feeling and demand
:09:39. > :09:42.for the rule of law, The question now is whether they can
:09:43. > :09:51.sustain this momentum and challenge the Erdogan government at the next
:09:52. > :09:54.election in 2019. The Justice March has drawn
:09:55. > :09:56.support here and abroad, But channelling this energy
:09:57. > :09:59.into a credible political movement Let's take a look at some
:10:00. > :10:09.of the other stories Opposition demonstrators
:10:10. > :10:16.across Venezuela have taken part in marches to mark 100 days
:10:17. > :10:19.since the current wave of protests against the government
:10:20. > :10:20.of Nicolas Maduro began. The protests come a day
:10:21. > :10:23.after the release of one of the country's main opposition
:10:24. > :10:25.leaders, Leopoldo Lopez. He was moved to house arrest
:10:26. > :10:28.after spending more than three years Officials in the Canadian province
:10:29. > :10:36.of British Columbia say they may have to call in the military to help
:10:37. > :10:39.fight forest fires which have forced more than 7000
:10:40. > :10:41.people from their homes. More than 180 wildfires are burning
:10:42. > :10:44.- most of them started The province has declared its first
:10:45. > :10:59.state of emergency in 14 years. One of the most famous landscapes in
:11:00. > :11:04.England, the Lake District, has been declared a world Heritage site by
:11:05. > :11:08.UNESCO. The lakes will now enjoy the same protection as the Grand Canyon
:11:09. > :11:09.and Great Barrier Reef. The region becomes Britain's 31st world
:11:10. > :11:14.Heritage site. The G20 may have only recently
:11:15. > :11:16.ended, but developments after the talks between the Donald Trump
:11:17. > :11:19.and Vladimir Putin keep coming. The US President has taken
:11:20. > :11:21.to Twitter, saying he's discussed forming a cyber security
:11:22. > :11:23.unit WITH Russia. But his plans to work more
:11:24. > :11:25.constructively with President Putin have faced backlash
:11:26. > :11:27.from fellow Republicans. He posted that he and Mr Putin had
:11:28. > :11:30.discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit,
:11:31. > :11:31.so that election hacking amongst other negative things,
:11:32. > :11:43.will be prevented. David Willis is in Washington
:11:44. > :11:55.with the latest. In a tweet, Donald Trump said that
:11:56. > :12:01.he and Vladimir Putin had discussed forming what he called a cyber
:12:02. > :12:05.Security unit. To prevent such things as election hacking. Now,
:12:06. > :12:08.Russia is of course widely thought to have attempted to influence the
:12:09. > :12:16.outcome of the presidential election here last year, hence the suggestion
:12:17. > :12:21.of a cyber security unit, and an agreement to form it with Russia,
:12:22. > :12:26.has been met with criticism here, even by members of Donald Trump's
:12:27. > :12:29.own party. Two hours and 15 minutes of meetings, Rex Tillerson and
:12:30. > :12:34.Donald Trump are ready to forgive and forget when it comes to cyber
:12:35. > :12:37.attacks on the American election 2016, nobody is saying Mr President
:12:38. > :12:42.that the Russians changed the outcome, you won fair and square,
:12:43. > :12:45.but they did try and attack our election system, they were
:12:46. > :12:50.successful in many ways, and the more you do this, the more people
:12:51. > :12:54.are suspicious about you and Russia. Now Vladimir Putin denied during his
:12:55. > :12:58.meeting with Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 having anything
:12:59. > :13:02.to do with attempts to meddle in the outcome of the US presidential
:13:03. > :13:08.election, and the Russians say that Donald Trump accepted that
:13:09. > :13:14.assertion, but nonetheless, the President's willingness to draw a
:13:15. > :13:18.line under the whole affair and move on has raised eyebrows here in the
:13:19. > :13:22.United States, not least because of the myriad of enquiries that are
:13:23. > :13:27.still under way into the whole affair, and the feeling on the part
:13:28. > :13:30.of many lawmakers here that Russia is simply not to be trusted.
:13:31. > :13:36.Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come...
:13:37. > :13:40.More on the partial ceasefire in south-western Syria, backed by the
:13:41. > :13:56.US and Russia, but will it hold? Central London has been rocked by a
:13:57. > :14:02.series of terror attacks. Police say there have been many casualties and
:14:03. > :14:07.there is growing spectre nation Al-Qaeda was responsible. Germany
:14:08. > :14:09.will be the hosts of the 2006 football World Cup, they pipped
:14:10. > :14:14.favourites South Africa by a single vote. In South Africa, the
:14:15. > :14:18.possibility of losing hadn't been contemplated, celebration parties
:14:19. > :14:21.were cancelled. The man entered the palace through the downstairs window
:14:22. > :14:25.and made his way to her private bedroom. He asked her for a
:14:26. > :14:34.cigarette and on the pretext of some being brought, she summoned a foot
:14:35. > :14:47.man on duty, who took the man away. One child, one teacher, one book,
:14:48. > :14:58.and one pen, can change the world. Education is the only solution.
:14:59. > :15:02.You are watching BBC World News Today. The main stories...
:15:03. > :15:04.Iraq's Prime Minister says Mosul has been liberated
:15:05. > :15:07.from the Islamic State group, bringing an end to almost nine
:15:08. > :15:12.Kamran Bokhari is an expert on counter-extremism.
:15:13. > :15:15.I asked him what he made of the Iraqi declaration
:15:16. > :15:30.The Iraqi government has to do this. It has been at it for about eight or
:15:31. > :15:35.nine months. It is expected that the Iraqi government will play this up,
:15:36. > :15:38.and indeed, it's a major achievement. But, we are just
:15:39. > :15:44.beginning to roll back Isis. It does not mean the end of Isis, this is
:15:45. > :15:50.the easy part, relatively speaking. The harder part comes next, which is
:15:51. > :15:53.to be able to hold the city and undo the conditions which allowed Isis to
:15:54. > :16:02.grow. What do you rate the prospects of that happening as? I am not
:16:03. > :16:06.holding my breath, I'm not very optimistic because we have a very
:16:07. > :16:14.polarised ethnic and sectarian reality on the ground. The Kurds are
:16:15. > :16:19.encroaching on what the Sunnis see as their territory from the north.
:16:20. > :16:26.We have a Shi'ite force in control of Mosul, which is a Sunni city,
:16:27. > :16:28.this does not bode well for future security and stability.
:16:29. > :16:31.A partial ceasefire has come into effect in south-west Syria.
:16:32. > :16:34.The deal is the result of weeks of talks between the United States,
:16:35. > :16:37.The ceasefire is believed to cover the regions of Deraa,
:16:38. > :16:41.So far this fresh attempt for peace has held, despite several ceasefires
:16:42. > :16:43.in the past crumbling since the start of
:16:44. > :16:58.Our correspondent Sophie Long is in Beirut.
:16:59. > :17:04.Well, so far, this truce does appear to be holding. There have been no
:17:05. > :17:08.reports of any air strikes or clashes in the areas concerned since
:17:09. > :17:13.the deal took effect at midday local time. But there are plenty of
:17:14. > :17:17.reasons to be sceptical. There have been several ceasefires announced in
:17:18. > :17:20.the past, none of which upheld. The deal was brokered by the United
:17:21. > :17:26.States, Russia and Jordan, and announced at the end of the G20
:17:27. > :17:30.summit on Friday. The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, said this
:17:31. > :17:35.was the first indication the United States and Russia can work together
:17:36. > :17:40.in Syria. The timing of the deal is also significant. It comes on the
:17:41. > :17:44.even of fresh peace talks that are due to start in Geneva. Expectations
:17:45. > :17:49.for what will be the seventh round of UN sponsored talks are low, but
:17:50. > :17:52.it is hoped that if the ceasefire holds, it will at least create a
:17:53. > :17:58.conducive atmosphere as those talks get underway.
:17:59. > :18:00.The US secretary of state has made a brief visit to Ukraine.
:18:01. > :18:03.Rex Tillerson is the first senior member of the Trump
:18:04. > :18:05.administration to visit Ukraine, which feels vulnerable to any
:18:06. > :18:07.improvement in relations between the US and Russia.
:18:08. > :18:08.Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko,
:18:09. > :18:11.Mr Tillerson said Russia must take the first steps to
:18:12. > :18:18.de-escalate the conflict in the east of the country.
:18:19. > :18:23.I've been very clear in my discussions with Russian
:18:24. > :18:25.leadership on more than one occasion, that it is necessary
:18:26. > :18:28.for Russia to take the first steps to de-escalate the situation
:18:29. > :18:30.in the east part of Ukraine, in particular by respecting
:18:31. > :18:33.the ceasefire by pulling back the heavy weapons and allowing
:18:34. > :18:35.the OSCE observers to carry out their responsibilities.
:18:36. > :18:53.This is necessary for us to make any movement in particular.
:18:54. > :18:55.The parents of Charlie Gard - the 11-month old British baby
:18:56. > :18:58.with a fatal genetic disorder - handed a petition to
:18:59. > :19:00.Great Ormond Children's Street hospital in London today
:19:01. > :19:02.asking for him to be allowed to travel to the United States
:19:03. > :19:06.More than a quarter of a million people signed the petition ,
:19:07. > :19:09.a Court will consider the case again tomorrow after new evidence
:19:10. > :19:13.Charlie's parents told the BBC how challenging it was for them.
:19:14. > :19:20.This could happen to anyone, we are two normal, everyday people. We are
:19:21. > :19:24.not strong people, but what is strong is our love for our little
:19:25. > :19:29.boy. He's kept us going throughout this. If he's lying there, in pain
:19:30. > :19:33.and suffering, we would not be here now. We are there 24 hours a day.
:19:34. > :19:35.People say I could not sit there and watched my child suffer, while
:19:36. > :19:49.neither could we. No. A ceremony has been held to remember
:19:50. > :19:52.the 843 men who lost their lives when HMS Vanguard sank off Orkney
:19:53. > :19:55.in July 1917. It was one of the worst naval
:19:56. > :19:58.tragedies of the First World War. To mark the centenary,
:19:59. > :20:00.a team of divers has been given special permission
:20:01. > :20:02.to document the wreck. Our Scotland Correspondent,
:20:03. > :20:10.Lorna Gordon has more. In the cold northern
:20:11. > :20:12.waters of Scapa Flow, the final resting place of HMS
:20:13. > :20:15.Vanguard, a dreadnought The bow and stern almost
:20:16. > :20:18.entirely intact after 100 This the first group of civilian
:20:19. > :20:22.divers to be given permission to document the wreck
:20:23. > :20:28.since it was designated a war grave. I think the loss of life was never
:20:29. > :20:32.very far away from my mind That said, we had a job to do,
:20:33. > :20:37.and an obligation to do that job So you got on with the work but,
:20:38. > :20:42.yes, parts of the wreck NEWSREEL: Ships were steaming
:20:43. > :21:00.into their war base at Scapa Flow... Along with many other
:21:01. > :21:02.ships of the Royal Navy, Vanguard had been anchored
:21:03. > :21:04.in the seas off Orkney. She'd seen action at the Battle
:21:05. > :21:07.of Jutland, but on a summer evening in July 1917,
:21:08. > :21:09.the entire ship was destroyed She sank almost instantly, with
:21:10. > :21:13.the loss of almost all her crew. Only two of those on board
:21:14. > :21:18.at the time survived. The team of volunteer divers
:21:19. > :21:20.spent hundreds of hours surveying the wreck,
:21:21. > :21:24.piecing together its story. Lying at a depth of around 100 feet,
:21:25. > :21:28.and among the many artefacts they discovered, the telegraph,
:21:29. > :21:33.a main anchor, cutlery lying half buried in the sand
:21:34. > :21:38.around the wreckage. As part of the commemorations,
:21:39. > :21:40.Vanguard's white ensign A century on, honouring
:21:41. > :22:04.the many lives lost Dog ownership is very popular in
:22:05. > :22:07.Thailand, especially among the younger generation. A marketing
:22:08. > :22:13.company in Bangkok is encouraging employees to bring their own dog to
:22:14. > :22:15.work, as they say it helps reduce work-related stress. This is how it
:22:16. > :23:53.works... Definitely an antidote to office
:23:54. > :23:57.stress in Thailand! The British Houses of Parliament have been let
:23:58. > :24:01.up for the first time with the rainbow flag to celebrate 50 years
:24:02. > :24:08.since homosexuality was partially decriminalised. In England and
:24:09. > :24:10.Wales. An estimated 1 million people watched the annual London Pride
:24:11. > :24:13.parade on Saturday and some of those who partied into the night told us
:24:14. > :24:22.how they survived with hours of dancing...
:24:23. > :24:26.CHEERING All I can do is connect with all of
:24:27. > :24:31.the love and energy around me to get me through this pain! Roller-skates,
:24:32. > :24:36.the best way. If you don't wear heels, where roller-skates as you
:24:37. > :24:42.get height and Yukonite! Enjoy yourself and be with people and be
:24:43. > :24:49.proud. Drink lots, speak lots, have a good time and love lots. Be
:24:50. > :24:54.friendly to everyone and everyone will be friendly back. Keep
:24:55. > :25:01.hydrated! But smile, it's a good adrenaline. Take a break and sit
:25:02. > :25:04.down! I had an operation, in the middle of April, so I'm a little
:25:05. > :25:10.delicate. That's why I'm not wearing heels. Keep hydrated, use suntan
:25:11. > :25:23.lotion and party like there's no tomorrow! Gray and say happy Pride
:25:24. > :25:33.to everyone! Happy Pride! I haven't heard ye! And as usual, behind the
:25:34. > :25:38.camera, Sayed! Happy Pride WWE thank you., well done!
:25:39. > :25:40.Police in California have rescued a bear cub
:25:41. > :25:49.In a scene reminiscent of Winnie the Pooh -
:25:50. > :25:53.honey straight from a pot - the tiny bear was seen thrashing
:25:54. > :25:55.around in an attempt to set itself free.
:25:56. > :26:00.One held it down, while the other prized the jar off the poor
:26:01. > :26:04.Don't forget you can get in touch with me and some
:26:05. > :26:12.of the team on Twitter - I'm @KarinBBC
:26:13. > :26:13.Good evening. Sunday was a day of mixed fortunes in terms