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Inspired the foundation of the National Trust. And ben has the weekend weather. Good morning. The weather does not particularly look inspiring this weekend. There will be some rain at times and it will be blustery as well. All the details in 15 minutes. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Motorists should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, thats the message from the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling. Hes Urging Drivers to consider a less polluting v...

Inspired the foundation of the National Trust. And ben has the weekend weather. Good morning. The weather does not particularly look inspiring this weekend. There will be some rain at times and it will be blustery as well. All the details in 15 minutes. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Motorists should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, thats the message from the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling. Hes Urging Drivers to consider a less polluting v...

One thing he did get right today, he did change the rules of engagement that i think did help speed up the plan. general, youre just wrong about that. so we -- >> i dont agree with that, congressman. thats not true at all. there was not that many changes in the rules of engagement. you talk to the soldiers on the ground and theyll tell you that. >> i have talked to soldiers on the ground, including leadership as well. i will tell you, the plan on the ground has been on the ground. this plan to g...

Has been able to flourish, taking advantage of the security vacuum that has been created during the war. right now its uncertain exactly what affect these air strikes will have on al qaeda. to give you a bit of comparison in 2016, according to monitoring groups, the united states carried out 38 such strikes. well, were only a few months into 2017 and it looks like theyre about at that number, martin. >> ian lee, im sorry for the pause there. joining us now from cairo. thank you very much. a do...

Every day iraqi forces are freeing me neighborhoods from the fear of living under isis. but even as they are beating back the terrorists they continue to kill iraqi civilians. and their families, from a distance. isis now lobbing mortars into crowded neighborhoods. in all the world health organization says 40,000 civilians will need treatment for trauma injuries they received in the mosul offensive. cnn international correspondent phil black is live in erbil, iraq, this morning. hi, phil. >> hi,...

One of the big international challenges awaiting donald trump is the battle to retake the iraqi city of mosul, a battle thats been raging for about a month now. isis or more accurately isil is fighting back planning to launch more suicide attacks in retaliation. throughout the presidential campaign trump planned to knock the hell out of isil. joining me now is our london-based foreign correspondent matt bradley. thanks so much for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> lets talk about the consp...

Reportedly used wooden decoy tanks to trick the coalition airplanes from not attacking those areas. so a lot of tricky maneuvers there and a lot of those civilians have not been able to get out. hallie? >> lets talk a little about donald trump, the president-elect will obviously inherit this u.s.-backed operation in mosul. are people in iraq concerned? how do you think that will affect the operation? >> reporter: look, if youre talking about generals and politicians, i think there is some concer...

In mosul. to mobilize and rise up eventually against the islamic state. >> reporter: once government centers are under iraqi control it is more likely u.s. forces would move in to advise directly. as the mosul offensive moves forward, in syria, planning is under way for military operations against isiss declared capital raqqah. >> we know because raqqah holds such importance to them and the citizens there, those that remain are in every day in great danger. we know that something is going to hav...