welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is gavin grey. our top stories — the iraqi army retakes a third of western mosul from so—called islamic state, but at a huge cost to the civilian population. translator: three of my daughters are dead. they buried my heart. they didn't let me see them before they were buried. a second day of protests — turkey's president calls for sanctions as the diplomatic row with the netherlands intensifies. a crowd surge at an open—air concert in argentina leaves two people dead. officials say the event was "completely overrun". and south korea's ousted leader park geun—hye leaves the presidential palace, promising that the truth will emerge. hello.

iraqi government forces say they are making further advances against islamic state militants in mosul and have now recaptured around a third of the west of the city. about 600,000 civilians are thought to be trapped in the area still held by extremists. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin and cameraman nico hameon have been travelling with the iraqi forces. you may find parts of their report distressing. explosions. a rare glimpse of western mosul. explosions. urban warfare on a momentous scale. caught below, hundreds of thousands of civilians. this is the place where is proclaimed its caliphate. here it was born, and here, iraqi forces say, it will die. 0n the ground, they are advancing, but struggling to hold

what they capture. they pound is positions. then frantic gunfire towards the threat overhead. an is drone, maybe carrying explosives. they manage to shoot it down. well, this is as far as we can go for now. as you can, hear there is a lot of gunfire in the area. there are snipers in position on this street. we have cover here, so we won't be moving from this position, but within the last half an hour or so, we've heard three car bombs going off in the distance. we've also had a lot of incoming mortarfire — you can hear now the sounds of battle. the is fighters that are in this area are putting up fierce resistance. then the conflict came a bit closer.

the man who didn't flinch is major alani. hours later, he was wounded in battle. he is now recovering in hospital. troops using every weapon, even home—made rockets. then the rush to retrieve a casualty. we can't say how many have paid with their lives, iraqi forces don't reveal their losses. but they have the extremists outgunned and encircled. they believe victory is guaranteed in mosul, in time. but ending the caliphate may not end is. general abbas is in the thick of the battle.

he told us the narrow streets and civilian presence are complicating the advance. in front of us is all city, it is very hard because we need to keep to take care for the citizen. we need to be aggressive against is guys, we need to put very clear plan, to clear the area. that means we need to put a plan to survive our citizens. and as the fighting rages, more weary civilians leave scarred neighbourhoods where they have been caught between the militants and the army. few may have endured more than this man. is put an anti—aircraft gun near his house. an air strike targeting the extremists brought the roof down on his family.

translation: three of my daughters are dead. they buried my heart. my daughters were under the concrete of the house. they didn't let me see them before they were buried. as well as losing his daughter, and his home, he lost his leg. he prays god will destroy is, as they have destroyed iraq. 0rla guerin, bbc news, western mosul. in other news — new figures released by the united nations suggest 2016 was the most deadly year yet for children caught up in the war in syria. the un children's agency, unicef,

says more than 650 children died in the fighting, more than a third of whom were in or near schools at the time. 3a people have been killed after a bus veered into a crowd in haiti. officials say the bus first knocked over two pedestrians, killing one of them. the driver then attempted to speed away from the scene, ploughing into a group of street musicians. police say they are still trying to identify the driver. the french presidential candidate, francois fillon, has admitted that designer suits costing thousands of dollars were paid for by an anonymous friend in the latest controversy to affect his campaign. a french weekly said he had received clothing from the fashionable paris tailor, arnys — including two suits worth more than $13,000 — which were paid for by cheque in february. australia says it wants to ban unvaccinated children from childcare centres and preschools across the country. some state authorities already have

restrictions in place but the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, says he wants the ban to be made universal. mr turnbull described it as a life—and—death issue. turkey's president has called for international sanctions against the dutch government after it barred two of his ministers from making political speeches in rotterdam. recep tayyip erdogan described the netherlands as a "banana republic". the dutch prime minister responded by saying that his country would not be blackmailed. sarah corker has the latest. for a second day, there was tight security and angry protests. pro—government supporters gathered outside the dutch consulate in istanbul. the escalating dispute between turkey and the netherlands hit a new low after two turkish ministers were barred from making speeches in rotterdam. and just today, after likening the dutch to nazi fascists, there were more harsh words

from president erdogan. translation: the netherlands is nothing like an eu country. it is acting like a banana republic. the world has witnessed how those who had lectured turkey on human rights, rule of law and democracy for years are far from those values. what they did is a scandal. it comes after ugly scenes in rotterdam where riot police and water cannon were used to disperse hundreds of demonstrators on saturday. the protest turned violent after the turkish family minister was expelled from the country by dutch authorities. she was in the city trying to raise support amongst expat voters ahead of a referendum on expanding turkish presidential powers. translation: in holland, holland as a country that speaks of freedom and democracy, we were faced with very rough and hard treatment. it's very ugly europeans who talk

about women's rights and talk about how we should treat women in turkey. the dutch government said referendum rallies would stoke tensions just days before the general there. and the dutch prime minister wants an apology. some turkish politicians are talking about nazism and fascism in relation to the netherlands. this country, as the mayor pointed out yesterday, was bombed during the second world war by the nazis. it's totally u na cce pta ble to talk in this way. but what he got was a repeat of the comments, this time by the turkish foreign minister. barred from speaking in rotterdam, at a rally in france he called the netherlands the capital of fascism, a speech that will do nothing to calm this increasingly bitter and unprecedented diplomatic row. sarah corker, bbc news. two people have been killed and at least 12 injured at an open—air rock concert in argentina, which was attended

by about 300,000 people. people were crushed as crowds surged towards the stage of the concert, which featured the singer indio solari. pablo uchoa reports. it was supposed to be a night to remember but ended up in tragedy. hundreds of thousands of rock fans crowding this park in the small argentinian town of olavarria. more than twice the town's population. this is the man they travelled miles to cheer. indio solar is a former lead singer of one of argentina's most influential bands in the ‘70s and ‘80s. but here he has interrupted to the music, urging security to help fans up from the floor. the problems of organisation began to take centre stage early in the night. organisers had made bands for 170,000 people to attend but around 300,000 showed up. the situation turned deadly when the crowd surged towards the stage near the end of the concert.

translation: i can confirm that there are two dead. one has been identified, the other has not. there are 12 people in hospital and we are working with the health teams to reassure the families and put them in touch with the patients. indio solar is known for playing just one concert each year. he had chosen olavarria because 20 years ago, officials had refused permission for him to play there. at the time, they had fears about security. in the morning, large number of fans were stranded at the bus station, struggling to find buses to get back home. eventually, the authorities provided trucks to transport them to nearby towns. as argentina now looks for explanations, president mauricio macri offered his condolences to the families of victims and criticised the organisers were not following regulations. pablo uchoa, bbc news. the ousted south korean leader

park geun—hye has vowed that "the truth will out" after leaving office days afterjudges upheld a parliament decision to impeach her. massive crowds gathered to see ms park finally leave the president's official residence, the blue house. her departure means she no longer has presidential immunity from prosecution and criminal charges may well follow. our correspondent in seoul is steve evans. he told me what he made of the manner of her departure. well, i think it is an assertion that she is innocent. her difficulty is that 30 people around her have now been formally accused of various aspects of an alleged corruption scandal so it is quite hard to see that the person at the heart of those allegations is not going to get charged and her assertion is she has done nothing wrong and she will prove it. the difficulty i think is that before, while she was still

president, the special investigator wanted to talk to her to get her side of the story but it was never forthcoming. she simply said she has apologised several times but never for doing anything wrong. one of her apologies implied that her real fault was that she trusted people around her, particularly her best friend, too much. but that statement is a bold statement, i did not do it, and that will become clear. stay with us on bbc news, still to come — the thai dj taking techno to the world — we meet a rising star of the underground scene. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours then the soviet union lost an elderly

sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years hisjunior. we heard these gunshots in the gym. then he came out through a fire exit and started firing at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much do you think? i don't know really. i've never been married before. this is bbc news. i'm gavin grey. the latest headlines: iraqi forces have made more gains in west mosul

but fierce fighting is threatening the city's civilian population. there's been a second day of protests in turkey as the diplomatic row with the netherlands intensifies. rescue operations are continuing through the night at a landfill site near the ethiopian capital addis ababa where nearly 50 people have been killed by a landslide. residents have blamed the disaster on a decision to resume dumping at the site several months ago. lucy martin has more. desperate residents wait for news at this rubbish dump on the outskirts of ethiopia's capital. a massive landslide swept through the site on saturday, burying dozens of makeshift homes. many of the victims were women and children, squatters who scavenged for a living in the dump. many people are still missing, and today, excavators sifted through the rubbish, as authorities searched for survivors. translation: i heard that eight

children who were studying the holy koran were all buried somewhere in the middle of the rubble. this landfill has been a dumping ground for the capital's garbage for more than a0 years. there have been smaller landslides in the past, but nothing like this. authorities warned the landfill was running out of room, and it closed last year. but dumping resumed, after a new landfill was rejected by residents. translation: we told them not to dump on the top. i think the decision by the city's officials to resume dumping waste was the main reason for this accident. i think around 150 people were here during the landslide. local authorities have vowed to relocate those who live here. but, for these families, action has come too late. lucy martin, bbc news. this weekend the united nations has warned of a looming humanitarian

crisis with 20 million people facing famine. its experts say that without urgent help many will simply starve. there's growing concern about four countries in particular: nigeria, south sudan, yemen and somalia, and our correspondents in the region have been to some of the affected areas. we begin with andrew harding in somalia. the southern town of baidoa is at the heart of somalia's struggle against famine. thousands of families are on the move here. these people arrived this morning, looking for food, looking for water. now, half the population of this country is in need of aid at the moment. drought is the main problem, but so is conflict. in the countryside around here, for instance, al—shabaab, the militant islamist group, is still in control. aid agencies say they desperately need more funds. they only have a fraction of what they need, and what they have been promised. and of course, remember, this is just one of four countries currently threatened by famine.

famine has already been declared in parts of south sudan. but this is a man—made crisis, and those fleeing war come here to northern uganda. around 2,000 people cross the border daily. this has become africa's biggest refugee crisis, and the world's third—largest, after afghanistan and syria. people can no long stay in their villages and towns, because of fighting between the government and rebels. those who come here bring with them harrowing tales of violence and a desperation to avoid starvation. but it is notjust east africa that is struggling with drought and hunger. here in nigeria, in west africa, mass hunger has been fuelled by the brutal, seven—year insurgency of the islamist group boko haram, in the north—east of the country, where so many people have had to flee their homes because of the fighting.

it's estimated 8.5 million people are in need of food aid, and 75,000 children are at risk of dying in the coming months. all this week on bbc news, we will be taking a look at the hunger crisis of four badly affected countries, and asking what can be done to help 20 million people facing famine. the uk government has called on politicians to back its plans on exiting the european union when the brexit bill returns to the house of commons. if the bill is passed, prime minister theresa may could trigger article 50, which formally starts the brexit process, this week. here's our political correspondent vicki young. theresa may wants to get on with it. for months, she has vowed to kick—start brexit talks by the end of march. but some here in parliament are fighting to get safeguards written into law before the negotiations begin. today, the brexit secretary tried

to reassure mps and peers that they would get a vote on the prime minister's final deal with the eu. but... what we can't have is the — either house of parliament reversing the decision of the british people. they haven't got a veto on it. do you think anyone is talking about that? well, what does it mean otherwise? people talk about meaningful votes. what does it mean otherwise? peers have defeated the government twice, and labour's standing firm. people say to the prime minister, and i wrote to her on friday, reflect on what the house of lords has said, by majorities of nearly 100. they have sent back two really important issues. this issue of the eu nationals, and the issues of the vote. reflect on that. don'tjust have this obsession with getting article 50 triggered this week. the two—line brexit bill is still making its way through parliament. last week, the house of lords made their changes. the government will try to overturn these in the commons tomorrow.

if they succeed, the bill returns to the lords almost immediately. and if they give way, the final stage of royal assent could be completed tomorrow night. so the government has some parliamentary hurdles to get over this week, but ministers seem confident that theresa may will be able to stick to her original plan, formally telling the rest of the eu that the uk is ready to start negotiating its exit. and attention is turning to exactly what kind of deal, if any, the uk can get. the prime minister has said publicly that no dealfor the uk is better than a bad deal, but that would mean tariffs on our exports, under world trade organisation rules. under world trade organization rules. my fear is that what this is really about, is us deliberately, not the prime minister, but others, deliberately ensuring that we have no deal, and no deal pretty soon. and in that event, wejump off the cliff on to wto tariffs and nobody in this country,

the people of this country, don't have a say. some cabinet ministers seem relaxed about the possibility. as it happens, we would be perfectly ok if we weren't able to get an agreement, but i'm sure that we will. mr davis admits the government is preparing a contingency plan in case there is no deal, but he doesn't think it is remotely likely. look, it's going to be tough. let's make no bones about it, there will be tough points in this negotiation. but it's absolutely in everybody‘s interest that we get a good outcome. parliament's debate about this bill isn't quite over, but after months of talking about the talks, formal negotiations will soon be underway. she's a true jetsetter. nakadia mungphanklang has made quite the impression in the techno—music world that she's considered one of thailand's most prominent underground djs.

from a small rural village in thailand to the bright lights of berlin, here's her story. now to mexico where there was an extraordinary finish they say that football is a young man's game. well, just say that to kazuyoshi miura. he's become the oldest professional football player to score a competitive goal. miura, who's 50 and 1a days old, achieved the record by scoring the only goal in yokohama's1—0 victory over thespakusatsu in japan's second division. the record was last set in 1965 by the english footballer stanley matthews, who scored his last professional goal at the age of 50 years and five days. now to mexico where there was an extraordinary finish to their leg of the world rally championship. here you can see the race leader british driver chris meeke coming off the track only to find himself in a car park. but after initially seeming to lose his way he quickly dodges round the parked cars making his way back onto the track. luckily the diversion didn't cost him too much time and he crossed the line, dragging part of a barrier with him

to take the win. this is bbc news. good evening. we've got a lot of largely dry and pretty mild weather on the cards for much of the week ahead. but, with clear skies sunday night, monday morning starts on quite a chilly note. it is not a bad day, though. it's looking mainly dry, and many of us will see some sunshine around too. the front that we saw on sunday that brought cloud and some drizzly rain clearing away towards the east and we've got this area of high pressure building in from the south—west. that's going to be dominating the weather through the next couple of days. so first thing monday, temperatures five or six degrees in most of the towns and cities, but it's certainly a chilly start to the morning in more rural spots. northern ireland, temperatures have been down to freezing already. elsewhere, just one or two degrees above freezing, so we are likely to see a touch of frost for one or two prone spots during the morning.

let's take a look around the country, then, 8:00am in the morning. some sunshine widely across southern england, much of wales, too, in fact. temperatures starting to slowly pick up, so a fresh feel to things, but it's dry and bright from the word go. a bit more cloud as we move north across northern parts of wales, north—west england too, perhaps a bit of mist and hill fog. for northern ireland and for scotland, variable amounts of cloud, but some bright, bright spells in between that cloud, and temperatures first thing around about seven or eight degrees. so, as we move through the day, cloudier conditions towards the north—west, sweeping south—eastwards, so slightly cloudier skies for the midlands, parts of wales later on in the day. the south—east of england and east anglia remaining largely dry, with plenty of sunshine, and temperatures here around about 16 degrees or so. also, further north, for scotland and for northern ireland, it's a decent—looking, mostly dry day, with some spells of sunshine. so light winds for most of us. as we move through monday evening, there will be some rain across the north of scotland, turning quite breezy here, too, whereas elsewhere across the country it is remaining largely dry. but as we move through into tuesday, what we are going to see is this

frontal system trying to push from the north—west towards the south—east. that's going to introduce windy conditions from the atlantic. so some brisk winds, particularly across northern parts of scotland, where we could see gusts of 60 to 70 mph. further south, across the country, it is a cloudier sort of day compared to monday, but still mild. 1a of 15 degrees in the south, and we will see some blustery and heavy showers across northern parts of scotland, but most places generally dry. into wednesday, high pressure dominates our weather, so i think almost everywhere should stay predominantly dry during the day on wednesday, and we should see some decent spells of sunshine, with temperatures up to around 15 degrees or so. now, the generally settled theme continues as we head through wednesday and on into thursday, but there will be some cooler and more unsettled weather on the cards, coming in from the north—west later in the week. bye for now. the latest headlines from bbc news. iraqi forces have retaken a third of western mosul, the largest city still under the control of the islamic state group. but fierce fighting is threatening the city's civilian population. us officials have said any

is fighters still in the city are going to die there. turkey's president has called for international sanctions against the dutch government after it barred two of his ministers from making political speeches in rotterdam. recep tayyip erdogan described the netherlands as a "banana republic". the dutch prime minister insisted his country wouldn't be blackmailed. two people have been killed and at least twelve injured at an open—air rock concert in argentina, attended by about 300,000 people. witnesses said people were crushed as crowds surged towards the stage of the concert, which featured the singer indio solari. time now for hardtalk.