this is bbc news. the headlines at 3.00pm: the prime minister of iraq announces victory over so—called islamic state in the city of mosul. the parents of terminally—ill baby charlie gard plea with great ormond street hospital to let him go to the us for experimental treatment. we think that this has a chance. it has up to a 10% chance of working for charlie and we think that is a chance worth taking. government ministers say unacceptable amounts of drugs and numbers of mobile phones are being found in prisons in england and wales. also in the next hour: going back to his roots — after 13 years away, wayne rooney rejoins his boyhood club, everton, as he says goodbye to manchester united. in half—an—hour here on bbc news, click looks at so—called ‘net neutrality‘ and how the internet may be about to change forever. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. the iraqi prime minister, haider al—abadi, has declared that the city of mosul has been liberated from the islamic state group. these are the latest pictures showing the scene in mosul‘s old city. sporadic gunfire could still be heard and bodies of militants lie in the streets. earlier, iraqi forces were fighting to capture the last small area of mosul where islamic state militants were holding out. our correspondentjonathan beale reports from the frontline. well, just in front of us is what the iraqi security forces say is the last bit of is territory that they predict will soon fall. meanwhile, rescue teams, search and rescue teams, have been going through rubble. this looks like it was an air

strike, considering that kind of devastation. and they are going through the grim job of trying to find bodies. but, of course, most of what they are finding is being put into bags. the chances of people being alive here are very, very slim. not just the devastation but the extreme heat, as well. we are seeing people who have been trapped under is control coming out looking gaunt, looking haunted, wanting food and water desperately, being taken down this road just past where the search and rescue teams are. it is still a grim job. there is still a lot of misery in mosul. let's have a look at the scene in

mosul now. that part of the city looks pretty calm. the fighting has been right in the city centre and inevitably in small, narrow streets there have been lots of opportunities for people to hide, ta ke opportunities for people to hide, take shelter and perhaps exchange gunfire as the iraqi army tries to cu rate gunfire as the iraqi army tries to curate the last remaining members of islamic state. it is pretty clear that the prime minister of iraq would not have come to mosul if he could not have properly claimed victory. the question is, what happens next after the military victory is declared against islamic state, in terms of politics. well, in the last hour, stephanie remion, an emergency co—ordinator working in mosul, told me that despite the declaration of victory, the situation on the ground is still very serious. the patients we receive are still having fresh wins, are freshly

injured or have been injured several days ago by a mortar or an air strike and have been waiting and not able to access any health care. we arejust seeing some able to access any health care. we are just seeing some pictures that are just seeing some pictures that are coming out of mosul as we speak, some live pictures of the scene. we understand the iraqi prime minister is on his way to declare victory. of course, after the declaration there is the practicality of clearing up on one of the most important elements of that is the work that you and your colleagues are doing in terms of medical treatment. what sort of numbers of people are you having to deal with and what are the facilities like to do so, given the city has been a battle ground for months? we are in one of only two hospitals in the western part of the city, so close to the front line. there are some rehabilitation points with patients are stabilised and then they are referred to other hospitals. we received the patients

who need immediate care. in about two weeks we have received over 400 patients, most of them with more related trauma injuries and urgent cases that required treatment within minutes of their presence in the facilities. many gunshot injuries, shelling injuries, blast injuries, burns from explosions, fractures, etc. the patients had been living in rough conditions. the cd had creation, exhaustion, especially with babies and children who have had to wait sometimes several days under the rubble of their houses that have collapsed on them. meanwhile, there is concern that the announcement of military victory won't be followed by political stability. now that the liberation of mosul is a great boost to the prime minister, temp three, and he badly needs this victory. this military victory to be

accompanied by a political one needs help international help financially, economic aid to rebuild the area. thusit economic aid to rebuild the area. thus it will be at political victory not just a military thus it will be at political victory notjust a military one. in a sense, this is just the notjust a military one. in a sense, this isjust the beginning, certainly not the end of the process of trying to notjust eliminates islamic state, but then create something stable and secure and not perhaps repeat some of the mistakes of the past. absolutely. in 2010 the american were able to eliminate, defeat al-qaeda, but failure on the pa rt defeat al-qaeda, but failure on the part of the iraqi government to win the hearts and minds of the people in that area really created an atmosphere conducive to a new al-qaeda and the americans at the time they thought al-qaeda would come back but not as fast or as

strong as this. today the lesson has been learned by haider al—abadi, but haider al—abadi is in a difficult situation, he needs all the support. neither west is aware to fight islamic state and the islamic militants we have to fight them either as well as militarily. i think the opportunity is open and they hope the west will seize this chance to build the damaged areas and prove to the iraqis that the west is on their side, not only using them to defeat al-qaeda or isis. let's talk now to hanan razek from bbc arabic. thank you for being with us. this is an important day. high important? it isa an important day. high important? it is a massive boost for the iraqi forces and the prime minister, haider al—abadi, and also a massive boost in the fight against the so—called islamic state. mosul used to be the second—largest city in

iraq. it was the biggest city they could capture in the country. now they are defeated in this city there will have two retreats to some rule, small areas and times. it means the victory against islamic state is imminent in the whole of the region, not just imminent in the whole of the region, notjust in iraq. i suppose it is ha rd to notjust in iraq. i suppose it is hard to think of many advantages of them in control of mosul, but at least it was one could look to clear them out. the nature of their militancy, once they split up they vanish into the civilian population. absolutely. this is a big challenge for the government. mosul was densely populated, almost 900,000 people fled the fighting. we know that around 600,000 of those fled from the western part of the city

where the fighting was very intense and it was very difficult because it has narrow streets. it was street by street, house by house kind of fight. many people fled. it will put an extra layer of challenge for the government to know who is who. as they rebuild the city after the fighters went out. rebuilding the city will be a huge task, never mind the next stage, the political rebuilding and trying to get people to think again as iraqis and chair of the country as opposed to being a blogger heads. absolutely. this city is mostly in rubble. there is no building that escape the fighting.

now there will be a long process of rebuilding the city, which we understand might require up to $1 billion to rebuild it. there is also the political challenge. iraq is a country faces a lot of sectarian challenges and rebuilding the city and having political processes in this city will be a big process. for the prime minister, haider al—abadi, how big is the winning of mosul?m is big for him politically. it is in ha msters is big for him politically. it is in hamsters his position in the government. i think he will use that victory to go forward with his policies. thank you. we hope to hear from the prime minister, haider al—abadi, later. a ceasefire backed by the united states and russia is being observed in south—western

syria. early reports from the area say the truce appears to have taken hold, with local monitors saying there had been no air strikes or clashes. the americans, the russians and thejordanians were all involved in brokering the agreement between the syrian government and its rebel opponents. the parents of charlie gard have delivered a petition to great 0rmond street hospital in london calling on doctors to allow their terminally ill baby to travel to the us for experimental treatment. the petition has been signed by more than 350,000 people. the 11—month old boy's case is due to return to the high court tomorrow. sorry, we don't have that report. instead, let's go to great 0rmond street hospital. first of all, we have had this petition handed in from charlie gard's parents, but also many supporters. what has the

response been, 01’ also many supporters. what has the response been, or what would you expect from the hospital as a result of this? well, as a result of this petition, charlie gard's supporters are hoping that after a high court hearing tomorrow that charlie gard will be allowed to go to america for treatment. what is interesting here is that his supporters have come from america, from various places. they are wearing t—shirts and were very passionate earlier. we have seen charlie's parents just go into the hospital to hand in the petition. the petition has more than 350,000 signatures calling for charlie to be allowed to go abroad for treatment. up until now, the judges have sided with the doctors who have said that treatment will make a difference. charlie can't move 01’ make a difference. charlie can't move or breathe without help. his supporters are hoping that the decision in the courts will change

tomorrow when the high court hears his case. his parents were just speaking. they said that charlie deserved the chants and they are hoping that he will be allowed to go abroad for treatment. we just want to thank you all for being here. as alice has said, over 350,000 people have signed this petition. 0ur 350,000 people have signed this petition. our special thanks go to america and everyone in rome who are supporting us and believe that charlie deserves this treatment, as he rightly does, as we believe. thank you to the public as well in the uk. and to the media for supporting our cause for what is right. we are trying to take our son from one hospital where they do a lot of specialities, and it is a fantastic hospital and they do great things there, but unfortunately they are not specialists in charlie's

condition. though specialists are in america, where we want to go. ijust wa nt america, where we want to go. ijust want to thank everybody, really. seven doctors are now supporting us from all over the world, from italy, america, from england as well. they think this has a chance. it has up to 10% chance of working for charlie and we feel that if the chants were taken. we and we feel that if the chants were ta ken. we have and we feel that if the chants were taken. we have been fighting for this medication since november, we are not in july. this medication since november, we are not injuly. he is our son and we feel it should be our writers pa rents to we feel it should be our writers parents to decide to give him a chance at life. for a medication thatis chance at life. for a medication that is just oral no known side effects, major side effects, there is nothing to lose and he deserves a chance. he does not have catastrophic rain damage as sure you have read. there is no evidence of catastrophic brain damage. his brain is affected with this medicine can get into the brain and help that. there is more than a 50% chance of

crossing the blood brain barrier. he shouldn't have this chance a long time ago. they said it was unfair to leave them on a ventilator for three months with the treatment that might not work, he has not been on a ventilator for seven months. not work, he has not been on a ventilator for seven monthsm could have had the treatment twice over. they want to thank everybody who has supported us, signed the petition. let's get charlie the treatment he needs. if he is still fighting, we are still fighting. charlie gard's parents speaking just about an hour ago. a lot of people have come over from america because this case has made global headlines. with the night is one of those people from america. catherine is a lawyer and president and ceo of americans united for life. can you tell our audience why you are here today. i'm here today to support charlie's parents as they are

fighting for his life. all they want is to be able to give charlie at chants, to give him a chance that one of these ground—breaking new treatments that may be able to help him, to give them a significantly improved life. we have seen videos. i have sat beside charlie's bedside and his mum hasjoined me these videos of children who have significantly improved from these therapies. president trump and the pope had come out in support of charlie's parents, whilst great 0rmond themselves say that it is right to look into this new evidence that has been put forward to them at the high court, but up until now doctors have said that there is little hope for charlie, despite treatment. there are doctors around the world to have been supporting charlie who have been saying that there is hope and we are so thankful that at this point this hospital is

looking into that. it has petitioned the high court for a new hearing because we do believe it is right to get the second opinion that little charlie deserves. what are you hoping after the hearing tomorrow? it isa hoping after the hearing tomorrow? it is a preliminary hearing, then there is a follow—on hearing on thursday. we are hoping that the court will examine this evidence of these ground—breaking treatments and they will use that as a reason to allow charlie the chance to be transferred to another hospital, whether in the united states or italy and receive that treatment so that he can have a chance. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: the parents of terminally—ill infant

charlie gard have asked great 0rmond street hospital to let him go to the us for experimental treatment. hundreds of kilos and drugs and thousands of mobile bones were found in prisons last year. the government has described this as unacceptable. the shadow education secretary, angela rayner, has made clear that jeremy corbyn's suggestion that labour would look at ways of writing off student debts is only "an ambition". during the election campaign, the labour leader said the party would look at ways to reduce the debts owed by those who had paid £9,000 a year in fees. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is here to tell us more. a lot of attention on student fees, not least because of labour's promised to scrap them and the perception that's motivating and younger voters at this lecture made a difference that we haven't seen in previous elections. labour made a big play at the general election to attract the younger voters. a big

pa rt attract the younger voters. a big part of that was their policy on tuition fees, scrapping fees for university students in england. up to £9,000 is what you can pay as an undergraduate in england. it was a key pa rt undergraduate in england. it was a key part of labour's campaign promise to scrap that. jeremy corbyn also alluded to helping people who currently a re also alluded to helping people who currently are paying off their student debt. he didn't go as far as saying that he would wipe it out altogether, but this morning the shadow education secretary was asked about this. she made clear that although it is not quite a policy, it is definitely an ian and ambition to wipe out that debt. it isa it is a big abacus that i am working on with that. it is a huge amount, 100 billion that they estimate. it isa 100 billion that they estimate. it is a huge amount of money. we have to deal with this debt crisis that we are foisting on our young people. it is not acceptable. they are

leaving university with £57,000 worth of debt. it is unassailable. aren't you simply spraying around huge spending policies to recklessly? another hundred billion pounds ride on tuition fees at the last moment. that is some sober you have to find. jeremy said that was an ambition, something he would like to do. we will not announce we are doing it unless we can afford to. that is more than double the uk defence budget, as much as the government spends in education in total in england. it is a vast sum of money and it is not possible to just suddenly find that money to wipe out student debt. that is why we are seeing labour saying that it is an ambition, not a promise. the tories have suggested that labour is making a shambolic promise and the only way to pay for it would be higher taxes. the newjustice secretary has

pledged to tackle the problems of drugs and violence in prison after new figures revealed more than 200 kilos of drugs and 13,000 mobile phones were found in jails in england and wales last year. david liddington said the government was increasing the number of prison officers following cuts under the last coalition government. here's our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani. london's pentonville prison late last year. orders from inmates for drugs and mobile phones being delivered by gangs on the outside. packages thrown or catapulted over walls and security netting. prisoners use makeshift hooks to recover them. it is big business. new figures from the ministry ofjustice show the industrial scale of what's happening. 225 kilograms of drugs seized last year, 13,000 mobile phones, 7,000 extra sim cards. prison inspectors have repeatedly criticised jails for failing to stop the smuggling, which adds to violence inside. what i am determined to do is try to bring about improvements, to build on what my predecessor liz truss did in getting extra prison officers and putting in place effective measures to detect more

accurately the problem we have with drugs, the new challenge we have with drones and mobile phones in prison, so they are more secure places. each jail in england and wales now has hand—held mobile phone detectors, and there are 300 more sniffer dogs looking for drugs. ministers have also pledged 2500 extra prison officers by the end of next year. critics say that is still fewer staff than in 2010 and the smuggling will continue to have a huge impact. the numbers are pretty eye—watering, a huge number of finds for both drugs and mobile phones, that is a good thing because the trade in prisons is very dangerous, it causes bullying, violence and self harm inside the prison, and outside the prison families have money extorted from them to pay for all these drugs and phones. this is one of the biggest challenges, stopping gangs from using drones under the cover of night. walls cannot stop the airborne

contraband so the police and prison governors are trying to identify the gangs behind them. so far 11 men have beenjailed for a total of 40 years, but most experts say many more are ou there determined to do the same, because there is big money still to be made. dominic casciani, bbc news. everton have confirmed that the former england captain wayne rooney is to return to his old club from manchester united. rooney, who is 31, says he's delighted and thanked united for 13 successful years in manchester, as richard conway reports. he is, quite simply, one of the greatest strikers in english football history. rooney! 0h—ho! that is absolutely fantastic! wayne rooney was a teenage prodigy, but his goal—scoring exploits endured. he leaves manchester united as their record goal—scorer, but with his playing time increasingly limited under manager jose mourinho, he is heading back to where his story started, at everton. it would be good thing

to get another evertonian in through the doors, one as high—profile as wayne. he shows where everton are. he would be able to come in and give everton a real strength in depth with regards to the striking position, which everton have not had over the past couple of seasons. wayne rooney announced his incredible talent to the world with this stunning goal against arsenal at the tender age of 16. he starred for england too and is now his country's leading goal—scorer. sir alex ferguson, who signed him for manchester united in 2004, has said rooney would have excelled in any era. but rooney's relationship with him and the old trafford fans was not always smooth and he came close to leaving for rivals manchester city on one occasion. there was talk about wayne rooney perhaps moving to china, maybe even america, but in the end he has opted to come back to where it all began for him as a young boy. and the fans, well, they'll be walking through these gates at the start of the new season knowing that he is back in the blue of everton. the man who discovered rooney

as an eight—year—old playing for a junior team in liverpool says he remembers a boy who simply loved to score goals. the strength of him. he was only a little lad, but that was young wayne. he has been a long time gone. too long, really. welcome home. with some critics thinking he is a shadow of the player he once was, everton fans will hope this move home can inspire a return to his very best. and, perhaps, for a player whose emotions are always close to the surface, there may be a sense of unfinished business at a club he's always held close to his heart. the lake district should find out today whether it will be given unesco world heritage status. if successful, it would become the uk's 31st such site, as caroline rigby reports. from the great barrier reef to the taj mahal and grand canyon, they're some of the most recognisable sights in the world.

soon, the lake district could be a member of their prestigious club. later today, delegates from unesco will announce whether they deem the region irreplaceable and inspiring enough to be protected under world heritage status. it would be lovely if it did. it would be great if it was voted as one of the top places in the world to see. i've been coming here for over 40 years. it's changed a lot. it's really popular, but there are so many beautiful things here that need to be recognised and protected. with its towering peaks and glistening waters, the national park currently attracts around 18 million tourists a year, who contribute over £1 billion to the local economy. but critics worry obtaining world heritage status could see even more visitors descend on the region, putting extra pressure on the landscape. 0thers argue it would mean greater funding and investment. a world heritage site, it would really demonstrate the changing landscape, because it's not natural, that's shaped by people, farming practices, poets. they've all talked about this

landscape, and people will come and see it. it will draw new customers, new visitors who've never heard of the lake district. it's quite a tick—box to visit a world heritage site. poet william wordsworth once described the lakes as "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found". but will unesco agree? if successful, it would become the uk's 31st world heritage site, joining the likes of stonehenge, hadrian's wall, and the houses of parliament. i would have thought that was the world eating view. let's get the weather. contrasting weather fortunes take us through sunday evening. we have warm sunny spells for much of england and wales, although some cloud has built. for scotland and northern ireland, more cloud here. watch out

later this evening and overnight for some heavy and possibly thunder re—showers in parts of east anglia. by re—showers in parts of east anglia. by the end of the knights of this rain in scotland feed into north england and north wales. it will be a cooler, fresher night. monday would be a day of sunshine and scattered showers. especially in parts of east anglia and the far south—east of england, there could be intense downpours here into the afternoon. there is the chance of a few showers at wimbledon. not quite as warm as it has been in south east england. by tuesday, again, showers around and goes across southern part of big uk may merge to give longer spells of rain and it will feel cooler. hello. this is bbc news. the iraqi prime minister says the city of mosul has been liberated from the islamic state group. the parents of charlie gard deliver

a petition to great 0rmond street hospital in london, calling on doctors to allow the terminally ill baby to travel to america for experimental treatment. hundreds of kilograms of drugs and thousands of mobile phones were found in prisons in england and wales last year. the government has described the situation as "unacceptable." sir vince cable, who's favourite to be the next leader of the liberal democrats, says he believes brexit may never happen. a business tycoon has submitted plans to build a third runway at heathrow, which he says would be £5 billion cheaper than the current scheme. now on bbc news, click.