welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm lebo diseko. our top stories: fear and hunger in western mosul. 500,000 million people face an uncertain future after so—called islamic state. we have a special report. they say they have no running water, no electricity, no access to medical supplies and people in the queue are really afraid the food is going to run out before they've been able to get some. no evidence of collusion between the trump election campaign and russia, but us officials say moscow did try to influence the result. brazil insists its meat is safe, but revelations about sales of rotten produce could hit its massive export market. move over angela merkel. can martin schulz become germany's next chancellor? and a class act. we meet the canadian who's scooped the $1 million global teacher prize. hello.

good to have you with us. one month on from the renewed offensive to finally re—take iraq's second city from so—called islamic state, we have a special report on the plight of the civilians of mosul. many thousands have fled the fighting, but the 500,000 people still there are facing a new battle to survive. our middle east correspondent first hand from the edge of al mansur district of western mosul. in the clamour for help, many go empty—handed. gunfire the gunfire from iraqi soldiers trying to control the crowd at an aid distribution. gunfire survivors of the caliphate, now at risk from hunger.

troops not keen for the chaos to be caught on camera. in the distanc% but those who flee the fighting here end up in overcrowded camps. there are no good options for the people of western mosul. you can see here the utter desperation in this area. local people here tell us this is the first aid supplies that have come here. they say they have no running water, no electricity, no access people in the queue are really afraid that the food is going to run out before they've been fiblé—tq—gfi’t'éfgmég" barely able to walk, but with many mouths to feed, hamda mohamed, whose family is living on bread and water.

gunfire i'm crying, she says, because my children don't understand why we have no food. they don't accept my excuses. is took our money to buy weapons. i hope they will burn. another woman has suffered a double loss. is killed two of my sons, she says. one had just got married. as the troops keep watch, there's tension in the crowd. forces to his former oppressors. what‘s t‘m—ifim— ' ~

and these guys, he asks. the is police beat us, and they beat us, just for asking forfood. is this the liberation they've brought us? nearby, some are returning to this battle—scarred neighbourhood. like abdul hami jasum, an ice cream seller. his home was occupied by is for three months. he says they threatened to hang his wife because she dared to oppose them. she hid in the fields to survive. unseen from house to house. their reign of terror has destroyed the fabric of his neighbourhood.

we can never live again with those who collaborated with is, he says. if i catch the man who informed on my wife, i will cut him into pieces. the battle for mosul may now be in its final phase. this ancient city emerging from modern—day barbarity. when the caliphate crumbles, there will be much to rebuild, including a divided community. 0rla guerin there. there is no evidence so far that president donald trump's campaign team colluded with russia during the us election, a top lawmaker says. but devin nunes, who is the head of the house of representatives intelligence committee, said he does believe russia tried to influence the result. 0ur correspondent, laura bicker, has more from washington. when it comes to the accusation that russia meddled in the 2016 us presidential election,

the question is, did they do it and what did donald trump and his aides know? well, the first question, did they do it, 17 intelligence agencies have come forward saying they have evidence russia tried to meddle with the 2016 election, and many of them say that they did so to help donald trump win. so that brings you to the second question, did donald trump or his aides know anything about it? did they collude with the russians to make this happen? so far we've heard evidence to say that there's nothing to say that donald trump or his aides knew anything about that, and that's what we've heard from representative nunes this morning on fox news. here's what he had to say. i'll give you a very simple answer, no. no evidence of any collusion? no evidence. up to speed, everything i have up to this morning. russia has always denied being involved in the 2016 election

and donald trump has always denied knowing anything about it. but there are some democrats who also sit on this intelligence panel who say there is some circumstantial evidence that something took place and they want it continualy investigated. here's one representative from texas. this will be an opportunity for us to have an open discussion about this investigation. i'm sure that we're not going to hear everything because we aren't in a classified setting, but i think there are a few things i'm hoping to hear. first whether any americans are being investigated for cooperating or conspiring with the russians who interfered with our election. second, the scope of that investigation, and third, a timeline for resolving it. léaéifigfiépuifilif—a fis—éfiéléééifii bgme grit"; gilt. gene! thit‘fif", as air they have seen no evidence that trump tower was wiretapped on the orders of president 0bama.

however, what some are asking for is an investigation into whether wire surveillance was ordered on the trump campaign and why. all of these questions will be answered hopefully on capitol hill at this panel hearing. laura bicker in washington there. let's round—up some of the other main stories: there's been fightingronrthe edge e damascus, where rebels have launched a major offensive that's brought them close to the old city. government forces responded ofjobar, around two kilometres east of the old city walls. blood tests have revealed that a man who attacked soldiers at 0rly airport in paris on saturday had taken drugs and alcohol. 39—year—old zayed ben belgacem was killed after he put a gun to a soldier's head saying he wanted to die for allah. the man's father told french radio his son had never been a terrorist.

the socialist candidate for the french presidency benoit hamoh has told supporters at a rally that everything begins today in an effort to boost his campaign. in two weeks. since he won the socialist primary injanuary, the 49—year—old has failed to unite the party behind him. brazil's president michel temer has tried to reassure foreign countries about the scandal engulfing the meat industry. mr temer told ambassadors that his government is confident about the quality of brazilian meat, despite allegations that three major meat—packing firms had been selling rotten produce for many years. earlier our americas editor leonardo rosha gave me more details about the situation. they heard about it on friday

morning in brazil when federal police, more than 1000 agents raided the offices of some of the biggest meat producing companies and made arrests and they announced that they: have been byesi'dat'nd the meat industry in brazil for two years and that they found shocking practices. what are some of the things they found ? they found that some of these companies were using chemicals, even carcinogenic chemicals, to disguise the effects of rotten meat basically and that was being exported. officials in the brazilian government were taking bribes to give certificates for that meat and also substandard meet, using low quality meat in sausages, they were injecting potato in sausages, too much water in poultry. brazil is the biggest exporter of red meat and a major producer and exporter also of poultry and other meat and that has had a huge impact in brazil. the president's been trying to reassure foreign ambassadors and also other countries that brazilian meat is safe. it must be really worrying

for people in brazil. has anything been done to help them and reassure them? it's interesting that the president waited to release and to give the official big statement, which was targeted to the foreign market. brazil exports $12 billion from its meat industry every year and the people at home were reassured that the meat is safe but the big announcement was done now on sunday. and diplomats who have been with him to a steak house after that. you can see pictures of it now. he said, i'll show everyone brazilian meat is safe but that's not really the issue here. many people, people i know, are worried about consuming meat and what brazil is really worried about is the united states or european union banning brazilian imports. the social democrats in germany

have elected the former european parliament president, martin schulz as party leader, giving him an unprecedented unanimous endorsement. he'll now face angela merkel in the parliamentary election in september and she's sarah corker reports. bidding for germany's top job. no german social democrat has ever got his party behind him quite like this. winning all 605 votes, he was the unanimous choice to lead his party to the election in september. translation: everybody here, and in the country, feels it. the sdp is back again. we are back again! the party is enjoying a revival. so far this year it has attracted thousands of new members, and closed the gap in the polls on angela merkel‘s

christian democrats. martin schulz is 61 years old. he's from aachen in western germany near the dutch border. he once considered a career as a professional footballer before becoming a bookseller for 12 years. a former local councillor, an ex—mayor, mr schulz became an mep in 1984 and he was the president of the european parliament from 2012 to 2017. europe was built on the spirit of cooperation, of dialogue, mutual respect and solidarity. and it is about reviving this spirit and this is especially about reviving it when it comes to dealing with refugees who come to europe. mr schulz is her new challenger. his critics say he is more brussels than berlin but he has recast himself as a man of the people campaigning on social justice. sarah corker, bbc news.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: terror training on the thames. a major exercise for hundreds of police officers in london. today we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision. all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all this was a triumph for the christian democrats

of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible and that's this is bbc news. the latest headlines: 500,000 people are facing a battle to survive no evidence of collusion between the trump election campaign and russia. that is according to the head of the panel investigating the claims. the crew of an oil tanker hijacked by pirates off the coast of somalia say they feel as if they have been born again, after being freed by somali forces. the incident was the first hijacking of a ship in almost five years, and led to worries that somali pirates were back in business. janey mitchell reports. heading for calm waters,

surrounded by somali forces almost a week after being seized. the boat is crewed by eight sri lankans now relieved! and grateful for their release. everybody here helped us a lot and saved our lives, which is important. what i can say is, we are dead and born. you know, all i can say, dead and born. at 68 years i am, i am dead and born. the vessel was hijacked by gunmen as it made its way from djibouti to mogadishu, reportedly just 18 km from the somali coastline. it was forced to change course and head towards alula. a fierce firefight then followed between the coastguard and armed men on board a skiff believed to be taking supplies to the hijacked vessel. a number of civilians

were injured by stray bullets. and the puntland coastguard had threatened to use force to retake the ship if negotiations with the pirates failed. the circumstances of the ship's release aren't clear, but the authorities say no ransom was paid. the incident had raised the spectre of a return to the days of the rampant somali piracy, which disrupted a major international shipping route and cost the global economy billions of dollars from 2005. armed escortszanmothepantigpiig on commercial vessels in 2012, and there are hopes that the crisis is now water under the bridge. preeifient trump hag tale regerterg__ was acting very, very badly. the us secretary of state, who was in beijing at the time, said tensions on the korean peninsula had reached a dangerous level. 0ur china editor carrie gracie reports from beijing. the smiles were somewhat strained

when the chinese president met america's top diplomat. they had intended to steady anxieties about where us—china relations are headed. but, as these players posed for the cameras, with these pictures of kim jong—un, north korea announced the successful test of a new rocket engine for its space and satellite programme. no wonder he declared a victory. rockets can be repurposed. be able to reach the united states. mr tillerson was in asia to warn that us patience is at an end, to give up its arsenal. china is in a bind.

it is frustrated by north korean recklessness, and anxious to find common ground with the new trump administration. but it is also sceptical about whether more economic pressure would force north korea to renounce nuclear weapons, and it is suspicious of american intentions in the region, ,, ,,, .,, china wants fewer americans in asia, not more. but, to meet the threat from pyongyang, us troops are on exercise in south korea, and the us is deploying a new anti—missile system there. so kim jong—un stole the headlines, as the big powers failed again to agree on how to stop him, his rocket test a calculated message of defiance, to both the us and his next—door neighbour, china. major counter—terrorism exercise on the river thames.

police said the operation was not in response to a specific threat, but part of ongoing training. nick beake was there. a chilling sight on the river thames. terrorists have hijacked a tourist boat, and taken dozens of passengers hostage. this is the police response. more than a dozen armed officers hurtle along the river to intercept the boat. it is a race to reach the hijackers, who are heading for the city of london to launch an attack. a few moments later, i122 2i=i2 321532; 22222 5.2 and open fire. 0ne terrorist is down, now they must take out the others. so they board the boat, neutralise the threat,

and secure the terrified hostages on board. this is the first major exercise the met and its partners have carried out on the thames. london is prepared. we train and work, and firearms officers are trained to the highest levels to go forward and confront this kind of threat. you know, there is no intelligence that this is going to take place, but we want to make sure we're prepared, we're ready for it, 233 22 32; 522? l23323252212 scotland yard says there is no intelligence to suggest anyone but last year an independent report commissioned by the mayor of london said security on the river thames should be improved. by inviting the cameras to watch this exercise this morning, the police are trying to achieve two things. first, show they are prepared for a terrorist attack. and second, remind the public that the threat level remains severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. t“? $33 52122211712ng 5191192? will have seen the shooting

of a terror suspect at a paris airport yesterday. yet another reminder of why the met and others prepare for the worst. nick beake, bbc london news, __ l, | a,i., ifnl 7,r\"777 |77a7 _ president rodrigo duterte's bloody crackdown on the drug trade in the philippines has made global headlines, but less well publicised is the country's urgent need for rehabilitatior‘ifacilities. , ~ , , in the manila area, there isjust one, and a bbc team has been to visit. when the drug campaign started, there was a sudden increase in the number of cases here. they were scared that they could either be incarcerated, 01’ some may even be killed. from the previous average of around 1,000 cases at any given time, we reee 2222243! 2 the adjustment period is really difficult for them.

the first two months is — of course, you're here, having a structure in your life, from the previous time, you're not. they could do whatever they want. now, they have to follow a certain set of rules and regulations. it is really tough on them. so what behaviours they learn here, they bring it home. and then from there: jrtacttjallyrhelps theta: out, be more organised in life, and hopefully stay away from drugs. some of the views from inside manila's only drug rehab centre. the $1 million global teacher prize has been won by a canadian who teaches in a remote school in the arctic that can only be reached by air. maggie macdonnell has created life skills programmes for students, and set up a fitness centre, as well as a community kitchen. at the award ceremony, in dubai,

she said she hoped the prize would highlight the importance of the inuit community. it's definitely overwhelming right now, but i think we we'll know the meaning if we can continue to keep that media attention, and that political action on my community. i would love to be able to work with my students to establish an environment for the programme that will reconnect youth with a lot of cultural traditions. before we go, the survey ship of space x has returned to the earth resuppiying the international after resupplying the international space station —— spaceship. that is all we have time for now. thank you

for watching bbc world news. hello there, good morning. big changes on the way over the next couple of days. we've got some weather fronts moving through. once they do, we start to get this cold north—westerly wind, and that is going to bring some much colder air across our shores. that will be most noticeable later on on monday and into tuesday in particular, much colder air. it's going to be quite a chilly sort of feel to things on tuesday, particularly in the wind. and there will be showers around, and some of those could be quite wintry for some of us. before we get there, though, it is wet and a windy start to the day today, but the cloud, the wind, and the rain should help to keep temperatures up for most places first thing this morning. in fact, for the southern half of the uk, temperatures of around about the double figures. a bit lower than that in the north of scotland, but generally speaking, no real problems with the temperatures this morning.

but it will be quite wet and quite windy, a fairly messy picture. got quite a lot of isobars on the chart, so it is quite windy, and there is a fair bit of rain to be had as well. in fact, in the western side of scotland, we are going to see pretty strong winds through this morning. could see gusts up to, what, 50, maybe 60 mph. that will push that rain ever eastwards, quite quickly. but still some wet weather in the north of scotland, but something a bit drier beginning to develop out west. but some showers are never too far away. sunny spells and showers in northern ireland through the morning. england, that gets all the way down towards lincolnshire, east anglia, through the midlands, to wales and the south—west. largely dry, actually, in the south—eastern corner, but cloudy and windy. don't have to go too far west to find the wetter and windier weather. so a large area of wind and rain across much of england and wales through this morning. not a pretty picture on the roads, with a lot of spray and surface water, so take care for the morning commute. that wind and rain makes its way to the south—east for the afternoon, with something a little bit brighter coming along behind.

but, with some showers, relatively mild in the south—east, 13 or 1a degrees, but with the wind and the rain our temperatures will get back into the single figures towards the north and west. that trend to the lower temperatures continues through monday evening, and as the sun goes down, we start to see wintry showers getting down to lower levels in parts of scotland, northern ireland, and into northern england, as well. further south, it will be quite cold, but essentially dry. there will be a touch of frost, north wales and northwards, icy stretches and some snow hazards as well, first thing on tuesday. anf it will be a cold day on tuesday, a cold and windy day. but some sunshine, particularly for eastern areas. some wintry showers of a high ground, but in the north and west of the uk, some of the showers will be heavy, potentially thundery, sleet and snow readily getting down to lower levels. 0n into wednesday, and there will be a cold start to the day, again, with a touch of frost away from the south—east, where it will be quite wet. elsewhere, a scattering of showers. the latest headlines from bbc news. i'm lebo diseko. survivors of so—called islamic state are facing a shortage of food in western mosul,

as iraqi troops continue their offensive to retake the city. thousands who've fled the fighting are living in overcrowded camps. as many as half a million people have no running water, electricity or access to medical supplies. a top us lawmaker says there's no evidence so far that president donald trump's campaign team colluded with russia during the us election. but devin nunes, who's the head of the house of representatives intelligence committee, said he does believe russia tried to influence the result. brazil's president has tried to reassure foreign countries that the corruption scandal engulfing the country's meat industry doesn't mean its products are unsafe. it follows allegations that three major meat—packing plants had been selling rotten produce for many years. now on bbc news, dateline london.