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the iraqi government has announced its forces have finally taken full control of mosul, the city held by so called islamic state extremists for the last three years. this afternoon the iraqi prime minister travelled to mosul to declare it free of is after a nine month battle. iraqi troops were backed by american and coalition air strikes, advancing street by street in the final stages over the last few weeks. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has this report from mosul you may find some of the content distressing. 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 re just recovering bodies. with the heat, there s also the strong smell of decay. this man is hoping against hope that his brother and his family are still alive. their house was hit in an air strike just a few weeks ago. it was being used by islamic stat ....
hour that malaysian police have arrested a woman in connection with the death of the estranged half brother of north korea s leader, kim jong un. kim jong nam is thought to have been poisoned while waiting to fly out of kuala lumpur airport. the woman who was carrying vietnamese travel documents was detained at the same airport. police say they are now seeking several other suspects as they continue their investigation. sarah corker reports. was kim jong nam poisoned by assassins as he prepared to board a flight in the malaysian capital on monday? confusion and mystery surround the death of the half brother of the north korean dictator. now south korean officials say they believe he was murdered. translation: the government is certainlyjudging that the murdered person is kim jong nam. since this case is still being investigated we should wait for details until the malaysian government makes an announcement. just before he died, kimjong nam is reported to have told m ....
and lesbian christians in its stance on gay marriage and harrison ford lands himself in trouble after flying his plane onto the wrong runway narrowly missing a packed passenger jet. before we turn to events in the united states, some news hasjust come through regarding tata steel. workers have voted to accept reforms to their pensions. this is coming through from the unions in the last few moments. thousands of tata steelworkers had been balloted on this and all this in essence is about trying to save people s jobs. members were asked whether they would accept moving from a final salary pension scheme to a less generous scheme. the flip side of that would be continued commitment at port talbot and no compulsoryjob loss. the price was effectively accepting a less generous pension scheme. a 70% turnout in that ballad from one particular union. 72% of those workers accepting the deal. that is to give you a sense of the turnout from the community union. in essence, overal ....
protests in the suburbs of paris following the alleged rape of a black youth worker by a city police officer. and a miserable night for arsenal in tonight s champions league match against bayern munich. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: more champions league last 16 problems for arsenal as bayern munich take control of the tie thanks to three goals in 10 minutes at the allianz arena. good evening. president trump s public dispute with his own intelligence agencies has intensified. he s accused them of breaking the law by leaking classified information and he blamed them for the resignation of his national security adviser, michael flynn. mr flynn had admitted misleading colleagues about his contacts with russian diplomats. the president is now under even greater scrutiny following claims of repeated contacts between his team and russian officials during the election campaign. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. these are not the best of times. not yet four w ....
and the media. the subject of mr trump s anger reports, based on security sources, that his team had frequent contacts with russian intelligence during the election, just as the russians were being accused of trying to influence the election. later, israel s prime minister was at the white house, trying to make the middle east, not russia, the centre of attention. this from our north america editorjon sopel. these are not the best of times. not yet four weeks in, his travel ban has been blocked, his national security adviser has been fired, and the questions about his links with russia are piling up. and when the president is angry, the place he vents is on twitter, and, boy, did he let rip this morning. and, on the reporting of this: the president of the united states and the prime minister of israel. at his news conference with the israeli prime minister, no mention of concerns about links with russia and you d never have guessed that it was the president who had fo ....