hello, i'm philippa thomas, this is outside source. our top story — russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been sentenced to 15 days in prison following nationwide anti—corruption protests on sunday. i stopped expecting anything but a guilty verdict from the courts a long time ago. hundreds of demonstrators were detained in the biggest anti—government protests for five years. the kremlin says they were breaking the law and provoking violence. we'll bring you a report from the front line in iraq as the assault on mosul intensifies. that is an inaccurate weapon. it might be good for the tempo of the military operation but it isn't necessarily good for preserving civilian lives. in the syrian city of homs, the second phase of a major evacuation is getting under way. lyse doucet is there. children with infants in their arms, the elderly in wheelchairs and many of the fighters carrying automatic weapons.

in russia, alexei navalny has been jailed for 15 days for resisting police orders during nationwide protests. mr navalny is one of the most outspoken opposition leaders and he's one of at least 500 people held by police. there were protests in vladivostok in the far east and major ones in tomsk and novosibirsk. but it was the ones in st petersburg and right in the centre of moscow that drew thousands of people. the triggerfor the protests was this video. mr navalny released — claiming that the prime minister

dmitry medvedev controls a fortune that far outstrips his official salary. ahead of the ruling in the court mr navalny tweeted @navalny: hello everyone from tver court. the time will come when we willjudge them. steve rosenberg was in court for the verdict and gave us this update. i'm standing outside a moscow court house in a spring blizzard. a short while ago the russian opposition activist alexei navalny was found guilty of organising sunday's mass protests, anti—government protests across russia. he was fined the equivalent of around $350. then he was found guilty of disobeying police and for that was sentenced to 15 days injail. this police van behind me has arrived to whisk him off to jail. some of mr navalny‘s

supporters turned up to wave good luck signs, so that he could see them through the windows of the van. then police officers came up to them and took them away. earlier i managed to ask alexi navalny outside the courtroom how significant he thought yesterday's protest had been. it was alexei navalny who had called russians onto the street at the weekend to take part in anti—government protests. and people came across the country in dozens of towns and cities their thousands. the biggest protest was in moscow. i was on pushkin square where there were thousands of people. that protest was broken up by russian riot police. these protests have cemented alexei navalny‘s position as unofficial leader of the russian opposition. meanwhile the kremlin

today said it respected people's right to come out and voice their opinion but that repeated its belief that some of those protests at the weekend had been unsanctioned and therefore illegal. 0lga ivshina is following the story in moscow. and alexei navalny said that, and also the range of the cities that participated. this was more than 80 cities all over russia. in most of the city is the rallies were not allowed by the government, which means that people didn't take those risks to come to streets, which is very interesting, but many young people, students and even schoolchildren were taking part in the valleys. this says that alexei navalny managed to get his message

through not by traditional means of communication which are controlled by the government, but by unusual means, internet, social media. and he is spreading the message to the masses which are not watching the tv. and of course the prime minister was the focus of these corruption allegations. i want to show our viewers a tweet from the guardian's reporter in moscow. have we not have any official response from him? no, there was no official response. all we know is that the prime minister and alexei navalny from his instagram account and yesterday he was asked by one of his followers on instagram how did he spend his day, he replied, he had a nice time skiing. the united states is investigating whether a coalition—led air strike

killed at least 100 people in the iraqi city of mosul. it happened in the city's west ten days ago. the iraqi military disputes the death toll and blames booby—traps set by so—called islamic state. meanwhile the us—backed iraqi forces are still battling to drive is out of mosul. the bbc‘sjeremy bowen is there. he's been tweeting updates over the weekend. he's also watching residents just trying to get on with life. here's more from jeremy. this is the iraqi solution to an offensive that's stalled over the last week or so. attack again. it feels as if the air war over

mosul is intensifying. the gunship pilots fly low. they seem confident they won't get shot down. and every day a few thousand more people come walking out of the areas of mosul still held by the jihadists who call themselves islamic state. many said is used them as human shields, shooting out from the cover of their homes and streets. but the response, more air strikes, horrified them. translation: they destroyed our homes, our cars, everything. they destroyed us. entire families are gone, they are under the rubble. translation: a lot of people died.

children, women and men. houses collapsed on them. i lost both of my sons. some very sophisticated modern weapons are in this fight. and so are these. locally made rockets used over a short range, a blunt instrument. that is an inaccurate weapon. it might be good for the tempo of the military operation but it isn't necessarily good for preserving civilian lives. but they want to win this battle and they're using everything they've got. most of the people arriving in government—held territory are bussed out to camps. many said is fighters forced themselves into their homes. nine of this woman's family were killed in a big raid on the 17th.

she said she wasn't escaping the jihadists but air strikes that used tonnes of bombs on a single sniper. translation: they destroyed the houses when there are one or two or three so—called islamic state men inside them. they turn houses into cemeteries. they bring the dead out burned. we can't recognise them. my children, nine of my family killed. they call them smart bombs but this is stupid. my grandchildren, two are gone. the people of mosul have been left with impossible choices. risk death in their own homes or risk death crossing a front line. iraq has been shattered by the years of war and sectarian conflict that followed the us and british invasion. it might be too late to put this country back together.

i want to take you across the border now to northern syria. this is the tabqa dam. it's the largest in syria and has been under control of the so—called islamic state since 2014. us—backed syrian forces are trying to take it back. but efforts have been paused because the dam could be about to collapse. this image was released by the is news agency which says it shows a burnt control room. the un warns that would mean catastrophic flooding. syrian forces say the dam is fine. we'll monitor the situation and bring you news. meanwhile, in the syrian city of homs the second phase of a major evacuation is getting under way.

thousands of rebel fighters and their families are leaving the al—waer district as part of a deal backed by russia. here's lyse doucet. time and again this is how battles have ended over the course of the syrian war. a local deal. today it is the fighters from al—waer and their families who are being forced to leave. children carrying all their worldly goods that they can bring with them. infants in their arms. the elderly, the injured in wheelchairs. many of the fighters carrying their automatic weapons. these buses will take them further north close to the turkish border where they'll continue their battle against syrian government forces. the process has been supervised by the red jacketed officials of

the syrian red crescent. syrian military police as well as police from russia who helped negotiate the deal. it's a deal the government calls reconciliation, part of the process, they say which will bring syria closer to peace. but for the fighters that amounts to a surrender and forced departure. many of them are leaving their homes. once this process in al—waer is complete all of homs, the country's third largest city, will be back in the government's hands. a city that the opposition once called the capital of their revolution. today, in al—waer, it is coming to an end. stay with us — in a couple of minutes, we'll tell you about a new appointment in the trump administration. the president's son—in—law jared kushner will be in charge of a new unit to overhaul government bureaucracy. northern ireland's political parties

have been given more time to form a power sharing government. the democratic unionist party and sinn fein failed to strike a deal and the northern ireland minister said there is only a short window of opportunity know before they can get a political deal together. throughout this process the uk government has been active in making positive proposals to try and bridge these gaps and help the parties move things forward. despite these efforts, agreement at this stage has not proved possible. this will have impacts. we are rapidly approaching the point at which northern ireland will not have an agreed budget. this

is not sustainable and will have consequences for public services. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story: russian opposition leader alexei navalny, has been sentenced to 15 days in jail after his arrest on sunday at an anti—corru ption rally. mr navalny was one of hundreds of demonstrators detained at rallies across russia. the metropolitan police have told the bbc that no evidence has been found of a link between westminster attacker khalid masood and so—called islamic state or al-qaeda. masood's mother has released a statement saying she is deeply shocked, saddened and numbed by his murderous actions. that's on bbc world service. turkish citizens in six european countries have started voting in a referendum which could see turkey move from a parliamentary republic to a presidential one, boosting president erdogan‘s powers. around three million

people are eligible to vote outside of turkey. that's on bbc turkish. two girls were barred from flying on a united airlines flight because they were wearing leggings. the airline said they were travelling on airline said they were travelling on a special pass which required if certain dress code. donald trump has unveiled a new unit aimed at overhauling the bureaucracy of the us government. and he's decided the best man to run it is his son—in—law, jared kushner. the office of american innovation will reportedly have sweeping powers to reform government procedures. in a statement to the washington post donald trump said he's creating it because "government stagnation has hindered our ability "to properly function, often creating widespread congestion "and leading to cost overruns and delays. " anthony zurcher from washington.

how powerful does this make them?m makes him very powerful. it looks like jared kushner had been sidelined to people like steve bannon, no he seems to be having a resurgence. he has always been involved in foreign policy decisions but this gives him a wide range of four different areas. he will be co—operating with leaders of various companies, coming up with best practices, in order to try to improve government. when he has recommendations the question will be forever executive agencies take these recommendations, how much pressure of the trumpeter illustration can apply, we will have to see how it all shapes up.

this is a young man and an a p pa re ntly this is a young man and an apparently uncomfortable spotlight. but we show our viewers a tweet from the new york times breaking the story. this is because he became the point man on foreign contacts for the cup campaign. exactly. campaign. exa ctly. h e campaign. exactly. he was in contact with the russian ambassador to the us. a p pa re ntly russian ambassador to the us. apparently he also had a meeting with a russian development bank. he has been having these back channel meetings outside the department of the state adds traditional diplomatic channels with various foreign leaders. he will be under a bit of a spotlight like to see exactly what role he played in the trump administration's relations with russia. as you know during the campaign there was some questions about the kind of ties that the tramp campaign had with russian officials, and they had been in some hot water, and that is an ongoing fbi investigation into possible russian meddling in the elections

and any influence the tram company may have had on that. let us go back to the kind of thing that donald trump is promising during the campaign. one of the promises was he would build highways, bridges, dams, reform american infrastructure. as it is harderfor him to get american infrastructure. as it is harder for him to get onto that no, isn't it? it is. the health care loss, failure to advance that reforming congress, was a blow to this administration, they needed to get that taken care of quickly, they needed to get some of quickly, they needed to get some of the taxes down that were involved, in order to tackle projects going forward such as infrastructure. it seems that infrastructure, which could have been a bipartisan issue, has been pushed back indefinitely. they are focusing on tax reform next. they can get through that, and that is a big job, then they will go on to infrastructure. they are being put under the gun here. they are on their backheel is a bit. and building infrastructure could be

an issue that wins bipartisan support from democrats as well, but as our reporter reports, that will not be an easy task. the tallest damn in the richest nation on earth is no longer a source of pride. after heavy rain as overflow channels began to crumble. nearly 2000 californians had to flee. neither water level has fallen the damage is laid bear. what happened here is a wake—up call. in a country where infrastructure spending has been out of fashion for decades. the lesson is simple. the longer you put off repairs or upgrades the greater the risk and the higher the cost in the end. but that is exactly what the us has been doing. more than 2000 american

dams are rated as not efficient. we clearly missed if you things. when i say we, it is the regulators, third—party independent consultants. this is a catastrophic event but we are all learning from this. with bands and parading troops, the celebration over the lincoln tunnel... in the last century the us oi’ tunnel... in the last century the us or two big building booms, the first game in the 19305, roosevelt's new deal put5 million5 game in the 19305, roosevelt's new deal put5 millions of americans to work on projects like this, the second was in the 19505 in 19605 with the construction of interstate highway system. minutes after he was elected president, donald trump, 5ee third. they are going to rebuild our infrastructure. it will become second to none. mr trump is

particularly scathing about america's airports, once icon5 particularly scathing about america's airports, once icons of progress, america's airports, once icons of progre55, he now calls them third world. but lo5 progre55, he now calls them third world. but los angeles international i5 world. but los angeles international is already spending billion5 on more date5, new railway5, smarter terminals, funded not by government, backed by passenger fees and private capital. rb really wants to be? we certainly are not. but as the experience third world? absolutely not. we are a airport. we have fantastic facilities already but we are digging into that next level which will be the gold standard airport. showcase projects are one thing but when it comes to more mundane repairers to road5 thing but when it comes to more mundane repairers to roads and bridges and dams, the us is to trillion dollars short. life as we knew it in the 21st—century in the united states i5 knew it in the 21st—century in the united states is going to increasingly look like what is moral and other pa rt5 increasingly look like what is moral and other parts of the world, especially in latin america. it is not going to be a 21st—century

we5tern not going to be a 21st—century western country. the challenge it seems as not to make america a great again to stop it from falling apart. let us renew their business. the oil price is dropping again after a recent rally. you can see the turbulence in the prices. at the start of last year prices went to 13 year laws, but the rebound at following a landmark deal between members of the opec cartel to limit production ri5e5. that group met again at the weekend and there are que5tion5 again at the weekend and there are questions over whether the agreements will be extended. let us find out what is happening from our correspondent in new york. we are seeing west texas intermediate crude fell again, four tenths of 1%, i5 intermediate crude fell again, four tenths of 1%, is concerned that we continue to see, which is there are worries about too much supply is hitting the market, there are worries about what this she'll boom that we have seen here in america is

doing to the price of oil. speaking to people in the past there have been a sense of optimism that perhap5 been a sense of optimism that perhaps by 2018 we would see the price of oil climbing back to $60 per barrel. at the moment that is ha rd to per barrel. at the moment that is hard to imagine. let us broaden things out and talk about how the market5 things out and talk about how the markets are feeling about the trump presidency. health reform goe5 markets are feeling about the trump presidency. health reform goes by the wayside. he wants to get onto tax reform but can he? all eyes on wall street just a tax reform but can he? all eyes on wall streetjust a short distance from here, was on how the market5 would open this monday. there has been concern, certainly amongst investors, about what happens next to donald trump's legislative agenda. can he pushed through on things like tax reform, infrastructure spending? all of the5e infrastructure spending? all of these things that investors had assumed would come to pass, given that they had a president famou5 assumed would come to pass, given that they had a president famous for the art of the deal. that is why you

have seen this tremendous run—up in the stock market since the election in november. over the last few days you have seen the dowjones falling. it seems to have broken that street. it seems to have broken that street. it calls ju5t it seems to have broken that street. it calls just slightly down, having recovered a lot of the losses from earlier in the day, but there are definitely que5tion5 know about how effective he can be, and whether or not he can get things done, specifically on tax reform, whether he will perhaps have two dial down his ambition to get some of that through. there has been some good news for apple, the silicon valley giant, it has won an important copyright ruling in china which means it will not be banned from selling the iphone six in the country. a chinese firm sought a ban last using this particular smartphone model infringed its intellectual property. today a court ruled there was not enough evidence. china is an important market for apple, research suggests they sold 44 million

smartphones are there in 2016. our business reporter explains why apple is struggling to increase its market share. it has particular ways of operating and often western companies find that difficult but it is not impossible. there are still strong sales of devices like the apple, but last year they were down by 33%, so it does seem like a local companies are coming up with budget phones, and they are really taking off in the country. apple was allowed to continue to sell the iphone six during the appeal process so it is never really been banned, but it does go to show that if you take on apple when you had to be very sure about what you are fighting because it isa about what you are fighting because it is a huge machine and it will keep pushing, it has the resources and the money to really fight these cases. much more to come. do stay with us. the most significant weather story

across the globe at the moment as severe cyclone debbie, as is expected to make landfall on the queens suncoast in the next couple of hours. it has been slow moving. it has intensified. you can make out the eye of the storm on the satellite picture. residents of the queen slant coast have been warned for several days. gusts of wind in excess of 250 kilometres per hour. significant disruption potential due to this storm. we are likely to see the potential of storm surge, rainfall in excess of 500 millilitres, 20 inches, damaging gusts of wind, and even when delays and shifts further south, still some heavy rain expected close to major populated areas of brisbane. forsyth america heavy rain still an issue particularly across northern peru. a

state of emergency remains in force for some cities and villages in the far north across higher ground. excessive rainfall here. we could see another 300 — 500 millimetres of rain. that is also the case for ecuador added to of columbia. north america, some stormy weather pushing into the pacific north—west, this frontal system making its way across the rockies, bringing some mountain snow, but as it interacts with warm and moist area pushing up through the gulf of mexico, that warm moist air colliding with calder area, and that's where the front will potentially trigger of dramatic thunderstorms over the next few days, possibly even some tornado activity, as it goes towards texas, oklahoma, into the mississippi valley. something to keep a close eye on. moving to india, a different

story, it is the heat that is a feature. clear skies by day or night saw temperatures not falling far. by dave the rocket up. 6—8 above average for the time of year. temperatures in excess of 41 degrees we could break the all—time record high for this time of year. ona high for this time of year. on a quieter zero after recent stormy conditions across iberia high pressure in charge for much of europe at the moment. clear skies by night, chilly starts to the daily, plenty of warmth and spring sunshine to look forward to. temperatures will respond. for some of us temperatures could be into the high teens. take care. hello, i'm philippa thomas, this is outside source. let's look through some of the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. russia's opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been sentenced

to 15 days in prison following nationwide anti—corruption protests on sunday. hundreds of demonstrators were detained in the biggest anti—government protests for five years. the kremlin says they were breaking the law and provoking violence. the un general assembly has held its first ever debate on a global nuclear arms ban. but most of the world's nuclear powers, including the united states, stayed away from the talks. there is nothing i want more for my family than a world without nuclear weapons. but we have to be realistic.