Welcome to bbc news. The Iraqi Government said today that the city of mosul has been liberated from so called Islamic State, three years after it was first occupied by the extremists. The second largest city in iraq was where is declared its caliphate in 2014. Since then, its grip on territory seen here in red has been gradually reduced in iraq and in syria. In the last nine months its been targeted in mosul by the iraqi army, backed by us and Coalition Air strikes and has lost Ground Street By street. Tonight, the defence secretary sir Michael Fallon congratulated the iraqis and highlighted the role played by the raf. But as our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has seen in mosul, victory has come at a cost, with an estimated 800,000 civilians driven from their homes. What was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. Every building deeply scarred or destroyed by months of war. We joined the Search And Rescue teams looking for survivors. But more often, they are just recoveri
Killed more than 100 civilians. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The uk independence partys only mp, Douglas Carswell, has announced hes leaving the party. He said he decided to leave because the party had achieved its goal of Pulling Britain out of the European Union adding that he was going on amicable terms. He will now represent clacton as an independent mp, but there are calls for him to face a by election. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. Shall we shake hands . shall we shake hands . I dont think we need to. We are relaxed about it. Fixed grins, but no handshake. There has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and has been no love lost between Douglas Ca Rswell and some has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and some in ukip for some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big deal. For some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big dealli am today leaving the Conservative Party and joining ukip. But his relationship with the th
Killed more than 100 civilians. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The uk independence partys only mp, Douglas Carswell, has announced hes leaving the party. He said he decided to leave because the party had achieved its goal of Pulling Britain out of the European Union adding that he was going on amicable terms. He will now represent clacton as an independent mp, but there are calls for him to face a by election. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. Shall we shake hands . shall we shake hands . I dont think we need to. We are relaxed about it. Fixed grins, but no handshake. There has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and has been no love lost between Douglas Ca Rswell and some has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and some in ukip for some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big deal. For some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big dealli am today leaving the Conservative Party and joining ukip. But his relationship with the th
Killed more than 100 civilians. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The uk independence partys only mp, Douglas Carswell, has announced hes leaving the party. He said he decided to leave because the party had achieved its goal of Pulling Britain out of the European Union adding that he was going on amicable terms. He will now represent clacton as an independent mp, but there are calls for him to face a by election. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. Shall we shake hands . shall we shake hands . I dont think we need to. We are relaxed about it. Fixed grins, but no handshake. There has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and has been no love lost between Douglas Ca Rswell and some has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and some in ukip for some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big deal. For some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big dealli am today leaving the Conservative Party and joining ukip. But his relationship with the th
Killed more than 100 civilians. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The uk independence partys only mp, Douglas Carswell, has announced hes leaving the party. He said he decided to leave because the party had achieved its goal of Pulling Britain out of the European Union adding that he was going on amicable terms. He will now represent clacton as an independent mp, but there are calls for him to face a by election. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. Shall we shake hands . shall we shake hands . I dont think we need to. We are relaxed about it. Fixed grins, but no handshake. There has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and has been no love lost between Douglas Ca Rswell and some has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and some in ukip for some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big deal. For some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big dealli am today leaving the Conservative Party and joining ukip. But his relationship with the th