it takes time to recruit people, it takes time to bring those people on. iraqi forces say they've taken several villages to the south of mosul, hours after launching a major offensive to retake the western half of the city from islamic state militants. save the children warn there's around 350,000 children trapped in the city. president trump has attacked the media again at a rally in florida, where he defended his record in office, and labelled the negative coverage about him as "fake news." police in malaysia have named four north korean suspects who left the country the same day as the half brother of the north korean leader was killed at kuala lumpur airport last week. sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's karthi. fulham host tottenham in 30 minutes time in the fifth round of the fa cup, whle blackburn rovers entertain manchestert united later this afternoon. those sides are all aiming

tojoin non league club, lincoln city in the draw for the quarter finals of the fa cup, which takes place at 6:30 today. it's the first time in over a century a team outside the football league has made it to this stage of the competiion. alex gulrajani reports. lincoln have made history! this is one of the great shocks of the competition. burnley, the latest team to be upset by national conference side lincoln city. a first fa cup quarterfinal for them awaits and it's all down to sean raggett. 89 minutes on the clock when he popped up to keep lincoln's fa cup dream well and truly alive. who next? i would like to be at home, or a really big club where there is a big capacity and we are able to take all the supporters we would like to take. joining them in the quarterfinal draw later today will be millwall. they added to champions leicester's woes. a last—minute winner from shaun cummings booking their place in the last eight.

that is where huddersfield hope to be as well. they will have to do it all again against manchester city after holding pep guardiola's side to a goalless draw. fulham will be looking for inspiration from those results later this afternoon as they welcome tottenham to craven cottage. the premier league side needed a last—minute goal of their own to beat wycombe in the last round. but fulham, pushing for a play—off spot in the championship, believe that they can cause an upset. we are a very confident team at home. hopefully against spurs the gameplan will be the same, try to dominate possession, dominate the ball. it's another level, a premiership team, but it doesn't change our plan. blackburn rovers have more pressing issues in the league, with a battle to stay in the championship on their hands. they saw off blackpool in the last round. fa cup holders manchester united will provide a different test today. we are underdogs, it's everything to gain for us. it doesn't matter who they are going

to play, they are going to be a well drilled outfit and we have to be on our mettle. hopefully they have an off day and, on the day, anything can happen. with lincoln and millwall pulling off shocks so far, maybe blackburn can stop this from happening again. coverage of todays games then: fulham entertain tottenham — that's on bbc one at 2, while blackburn rovers welcome manchester united. tomorrow non—league sutton united will try to emulate lincoln city to reach the last eight when they face arsenal — again that's on the bbc, or you can listen to all three games on 5live sport. in the scottish premiership today, aberdeen are hoping to cut celtic‘s 27 point lead. they're away at kilmarnock and rangers, who are in third place, play dundee. judd trump and stuart bingham are currently playing

in the final of the welsh 0pen. stuart bingham, the 2015 world champion, you can watch that live on bbc two in wales, on the red button and on the bbc sport website. britain's dave ryding is in with a chance of a medal at the alpine world championships in st moritz in switzerland. after a strong opening run he's currently in fourth place in the men's slalom. currently in fourth place he slipped down in the final run, and tornado austrian won gold. no british man has ever won a world championship medal.

there is british interest at the bobsleigh world championship, which is being streamed on the website. bruce tasker and joel fearon are a quarter of a second outside the medals, with one heat still to go in the two—man bobsleigh — they were ninth in the standings after the third run. they couldn't improve on that. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show this week we are in sudan to explore the vast, ancient ruins that tourists rarely visit. there are about 220 pyramids here which is a lot more than the entire country of egypt. you canjust see them for kind of miles. we go behind the scenes at one of havana's hidden restaurants. and i'm in peru getting to grips with this acrobatic and very noisy dance. first up this week, we are taking a road trip through sudan.

it is a country that's been marked by conflict in recent years and some regions are still off—limits to tourists, but it is possible with careful planning to go and explore some of the country's amazing archaeological sites, pyramids and temples that date back thousands of years. we sent benjamin zan in search of the remains of an ancient kingdom 200 kilometres north of the capital khartoum. hey, guys, high—fives. how's it going? nice to see you. i'm going to give you a hug. how's it going? thank you for coming. no problem, sure. so, where are we going? we are going to see the pyramids? how long does it take? about four or five hours. we probably should go. do you have any sudanese card games we could play? you can put on your headphones and listen to your own music. that's not a game, that's

just being anti—social. and so we were off on a very long and very hot road trip. soon it was time for our first stop, coffee. the sudanese love their coffee and for good reason. does it annoy you that not many people know about these pyramids? it actually does because sudan has a very rich history. as a country so diverse it's huge, it was one of the biggest countries in africa, so that brings a lot of diversity because we were influenced by arabs, african countries and everything. but people don't know about all of that. people only know about what the media usually shows, the wars, the starvation, blah, blah, blah. exactly, it doesn't show anything that's rich and anything that would impress people into coming here. they believe pyramids, egypt, nile, in egypt. sudan has a very rich culture, it's very diverse, but still people don't actually know about it. sometimes that kind of makes you sad

because this country has like a lot of history. exactly. as we set off again we soon came across the ancient city of naqa. i can only imagine the civilisation that was here, that did this. it is like walking in history. it's the middle of nowhere. it's like this wire, that bit, i can go through easily. it is protected by a 12—year—old kid! it's beautiful. look at the engravings. this is a ruined, ancient city, one of the largest ruined sites in the country. back in the day it was an important part of the kushiti kingdom of meroe due to its proximity to the nile and it served as a bridge between the mediterranean world and africa. but now it lies pretty much unprotected.

the only real protection here comes from a group of villagers who periodically visit the well to get water. this is the closest thing to security of these temples. these are the local villagers who have come here to get water. that is pretty much it, there is no one else around. as we explored further we found some bones on the other side of the ruins. there are bones in here. i know. that is actually crazy, though. it is. it is like thigh bones. it looks so untouched, no one has been inside. as it was getting late we journeyed on. the roads here are a long and the sun sets fast and soon we realised the pyramids would have to wait until the following day.

we stopped at a roadside restaurant to eat. we have a sort of a barbecue but not your own idea of what barbecue is. there is food which is the local, traditional food of sudan. after the meal as we had nowhere to stay we asked around and found a man willing to accommodate us. the only catch was that we were going to be sleeping outside. we are actually sleeping outside which, to my surprise, is not that uncommon here in sudan. so do people actually sleep outside in sudan? basically in towns most people sleep outside because the sun works as an natural alarm. they mostly need to wake up early, like the first break of light, to go out like farmers and stuff. me and my new friends drifted off. the next morning it was finally time to see what we came here for. we got up early.

and made a quick stop at a coffee shop miles away from the pyramids. despite being so close, the owner told me neither he nor any of his friends or family had been taught the history of the pyramids. growing up did you tell each other stories about what the pyramids were? did people used to be scared of the pyramids? then we journeyed on to see them for ourselves. on arrival it was more impressive than i had imagined. we had the entire place to ourselves. 0h. how do you feel? we made it.

my legs. all right, so we are actually in the middle of the desert, kind of. we have got history for ourselves. look at it, it's just crazy. a major city completely unguarded. look at it, this isjust like the actual desert. these nubian pyramids are over 4000 years old and are a unesco world heritage site. despite that, though, they are completely deserted. visitor numbers are tiny, about 15,000 a year compared to the millions who go

to the pyramids in egypt. and due to being completely unprotected, the pyramids and the history here have been damaged and vandalised. clearly not many have respected it. still, it was like nothing i had ever seen. the door is even unlocked to one of the pyramids. mazin gave me a bit of a history lesson on what i was seeing. there are more pyramids in this section alone than in egypt. there are about 220 pyramids. you can notice that most of the heads of the pyramids are chopped off. that is an italian explorer. he came here in the 1830s and he chopped off like 14 pyramids searching for gold and we still don't know what he found. do you know what they were used for? yes, they were actually tombs for the black pharaohs and qeens back in the days.

they buried them here with their belongings, and clothing and everything. it's a sort of respect for the kings of course. what is the difference between these pyramids and those in egypt? it is what is inside. the pyramids in egypt are a lot bigger. these would go up to a0 metres, but then again the numbers of the pyramids themselves makes the difference. there are about 220 pyramids here which is a lot more than the entire country of egypt, like the pyramids there. just in this desert? just in this desert alone. you can just see them for kind of miles, can't you? exactly. it was coming to the end of an unexpected and surprising trip. i had seen a side of sudan that i never thought i would. the history and stories sudan holds are things you don't hear about too often. but when you see them for yourself it is something you will remember for ever. next up on the travel show we are in cuba's capital havana, meeting the chef who has set up a restaurant in his flat at the top of a tower block.

still to come on this week's travel show: ijoin a dance—off with a difference in peru's capital lima. so, don't go away. the travel show, your essential guide wherever you are heading. hello, i'm michelle chan, your global guide with top tips on the world's best events in the coming months. starting in england, hull is the uk city of culture this year. a 365—day event which kicks off with fireworks and light projections downtown.

there will be art installations across the city, as well as poetry readings, rock gigs and photography exhibitions. the city will be hosting the turner prize, the renowned annual arts award, as well as concerts and performances throughout the year. the social festival, usually a very british affair, is taking its house and techno to mexico and colombia this year, playing on march 17th and 18th in both nations‘ capitals. it might be even noisier in gadmen, switzerland, over the weekend of february 25th and 26th at the international dog sledding race. there will be more than 100 teams and at a slower pace there will be dog sled rides for kids while spectators wait for the winning team to arrive. staying in the snow in the austrian tyrol lifts are closed to ordinary skiers to make way for the cult ski race

white thrill which takes place in saint anton am arlberg. on april the 22nd over 500 skiers, and snowboarders gather on the beluga ridge for a mass start, perhaps the most intimidating challenge of the well named payne mountain. the record is eight minutes and 1a seconds. the cypriots port of paphos becomes the european city of culture this year. there will be street theatre and outdoor art installations, a mix of arab and eastern music, and later in the year the berlin philharmonic is performing. venues, all outdoors, open air concerts, cinema screenings are on beaches and there are outdoor exhibitions. in the czech republic the shockproof film festival plays on february 28th until march the 5th. from the capital prague to brno this alternative festival touts itself

as lowbrow and in bad taste, from the ludicrous and bizarre to camp and controversial. back in colombia the vallenato festival place from april 6th to the 30th. coming together will be the best composers of this genre of music. judges are on the hunt for the best drummers, lyricists and singers, but it is really the accordion players who steal the show. the winner is crowned rey vallenato and every ten years, and this year is one of those, a decade of winners play to be anointed the king of kings. the disposable film festival plays in san francisco on april 7th. here is a selection of some of the most innovative films shot with the help of a 3—d printer or entirely on a smartphone. there will be workshops, panel discussions and competitions showing quirky, online shorts and of course after parties. finally, it is time to dig out that

feathered headdress. carnival is fast approaching. some of my favourite places include the city of salvador in brazil, which are arguably more authentic destinations than rio. the party kicks off on february 23rd and in cooler climes, cologne in january begins its feasting and dancing at precisely 11:11am on february 23rd. that is my global guide this month. let me know what is happening in the place where you live or where you love. we are on e—mail and across social media until next time. happy travelling. and finally this week here in lima i am off to the outskirts of the city to find out about a 500—year—old tradition that was once driven underground and is now enjoying something of a revival. some people even say it could be the inspiration for break dancing. it is called scissor dancing and i am going to see if i can make the cut. the origin of the peruvian scissor

dance is shrouded in mystery. but many believe the tradition began in the highlands of the andes as an act of worship to the mountain gods. in the 1500s the dance was performed to show resistance to spanish rule. the movements display the performers‘ dexterity. and the scissors represented their resistance to spain. but the conquistadors thought it was inspired by the devil and it was banned. despite the ban, the traditions survived and the twisting, turning dance moves were passed down from generation to generation. now its importance in peru's history has been recognised by unesco.

and its backbreaking moves would put many break dancers to shame. although the scissors are not sharp, learning to control them while dancing and leaping can take years. almost all of them start when they are a child. it has very long years to start. for example five or ten years, it depends on the dancer.

today teams from two different towns are having a scissor dance duel. these battles can last for up to ten hours as the performers move and spin to the music. it seems like anything goes, but the one rule is that you absolutely cannot drop the scissors. and i'm going to get a lesson to see how it's done. don't shake hands with those. so the top ones stay still and the bottom one... 0h. it's all in the thumb, the thumb and the wrist. first, i've got to get to grips with the scissors. the aim is to hit the handles together in time to the music. the blunt blades are not

connected, so holding them in position is really tricky. there is no way i am going to be able to do this and coordinate my feet. and it is notjust mastering the scissors. this is the one that makes your knees bleed. learning the dance moves takes some serious commitment. does it hurt to do the jumps and land on your back? does it hurt your head and your knees? do you have injuries? is that blood on your trousers? wow, that's dedication. oh, and i'm getting a hat.

gosh, as if it's not hard enough! after a few minutes i'm exhausted. i can't even imagine how hard it would be to do these moves up in the andes where the thin air makes everything so much harder. these guys are true athletes. it's hard work. that was so much harder than i expected. i've got new found respect for these guys. but sadly that's all we have got time for in this week's show. coming up next week: somebody at the pub told me tonight is supposed to be the coldest night of the year. so i'm glad i'm going into an unheated church to sleep. krista is braving the english

weather to find out why more and more people are camping out in old churches. dojoin us for that if you can and don't forget if you want to follow the rest of the travel show team on theirjourneys in real—time, you can sign up to our social media feeds. all the details are on your screen 110w. in the meantime from me, carmen roberts, and the rest of the travel show team here in lima, it's goodbye, but let me leave you with some more scissor dancing. we have had glorious sunshine in

kent, you can see aeroplane trails there in the sky, further west, across the pennines murky conditions spreading in across the high ground, saddleworth near 0ldham, thanks to oui’ saddleworth near 0ldham, thanks to our weather watchers for accepting pictures in. through the afternoon we will see the cloud, foggy, damp drizzly conditions too, outbreaks of rainfor drizzly conditions too, outbreaks of rain for west scotland. east scotla nd rain for west scotland. east scotland holding on the brighter weather. for the football matches which have killed off, dry here in london, but for blackburn rovers against manchester united, some low cloud threatenling skies, you could getan cloud threatenling skies, you could get an odd spot of drizzle. we will see a band of rain push southwards so see a band of rain push southwards $03 see a band of rain push southwards soa mild see a band of rain push southwards so a mild night though, with cloudy sky, the temperatures staying up between nine and 11, warmer than it should be during the daytime, tomorrow, a band of rain pushing south washed, watch out for windy weather in the north east. mild with highs of 1a degrees or so.

this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of prison officers in london and the south east of england are to get a pay rise of up to £5,000. this will take time. it's not somethingy can sort out in weeks or months. it takes time to recruit people, it takes time to bring those people on. iraqi forces say they have captured several villages on the first day of their offensive to retake western mosul from so called islamic state. save the children warn 350,000 children are trapped in the city. this is a rack‘s last city held by the islamic state. the assault on it

is now underway. the chief executive of sainsbury‘s has called for "fundamental reforms" to business rates, amid concerns increases could spark high street store closures. police in malaysia have named four north korean suspects in the killing of the half brother of the north korean leader. donald trump attacks the media again at a rally in florida. but the president also made a robust defence of his first four weeks in office and has insisted that a new spirit of optimism is sweeping the us. and lincoln city await to see who they'll play in the fa cup quarter final. the draw is at 6:30 tonight.