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spanish police said the driver carried out the attack is still possibly on the run. he shown on the bottom right. a man previously reported as the key suspect, moussa oukabir, was killed by police on friday. steve bannon has joined a growing list of casualties from the white house being fired from his role as chief strategist. bannon, who helped shape the "america first" message of mr trump's election campaign is returning to his role with the right wing website brightbart. —— breitbart. more than 460 people are now confirmed to have died in the landslide and flooding that hit sierra leone's capital freetown, according to the red cross. more now on the death of sir bruce forsyth — the bbc director general tony hall said that sir bruce had invented and then reinvented saturday night entertainment. our media editor amol rajan looks at how he managed to keep pace with the changing times,
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adapting to the evolving television landscape to become one of the giants of light entertainment. the nation that first met bruce forsyth has long since vanished. first on the bbc in the year that britain went to war, he came to prominence in a country and a culture that was very different. back then there was just one television station in black and white. that meant tens of millions sat together to watch the biggest shows. as britain fell in love with the small screen, it was sir bruce's mischievious smile that provided the humour and humanity. this evening, the bbc‘s director—general said: in many ways we're living through a golden age of television, with more choice than ever before and the freedom to watch what we want when we want. in many ways
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we're living through a golden age of television, with more choice than ever before and the freedom to watch what we want when we want. but something precious has been lost too — television still has the power to unite the country, of course, but very few shows can command the sorts of vast audience that sir bruce could rely on week in, week out. he had a way of making contact with an audience, either in a theatre or through a television camera. he was your friend and of course, he never let you down. he never underperformed. he never disappointed. he was a great picker of what shows were the right shows to do. sheer talent and likability meant he spanned the generations, staying not just relevant but riveting to viewers of strictly come dancing a full seven decades after his first performance. and uniquely today he spanned the genres too, prolific in dance, film, on stage and screen. bruce's legacy — the most entertaining, all—round, multi—talented performer this
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country has ever produced, absolutely amazing. but i think when you think of bruce, you smile. because it was his warmth, his charm, his sense of fun, the way he embraced you when you spoke to him. that came across to the public always. he was exceptional. through all the upheaval of post—war british history there had been a constance presence — the wit, warmth and wisdom of sir bruce. the more that britain and television changed, the more he stayed the same. truly, we will never see his like again. now on bbc news, our world. this is mosul, iraq's second city.
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devastation of the war. it feels like this is now functioning again. there is also a war going on here. there are still pockets of is fighters in the old city. the baghdad government has declared victory. i was here in 2013 in mosul then was one of the most dangerous cities on earth. i was making a film about the arab world's oldest paragliding club. 0h,
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arab world's oldest paragliding club. oh, you're such a show off! like life wasn't already hard enough. shia—led military government backed by the government in baghdad was suppressing a majority sunni population. it was these conditions that helped pave the way for isis. when isis took the city, i tried to contact the paragliders i'd met on my visit here in 2013. most had fled but this 42—year—old woman had decided to stay. i tried to keep in
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touch but eventually, the calls stopped. and this is what liberation looks like. iraq's second largest city, just ruins. a legacy of the months of bombardment and intense streetfighting. the bulk of this city is just completely destroyed and devastated. there is nothing left, nothing that is now not untouched. i can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like for the people trapped in this city. they weren't allowed out, isis wasn't letting them, and there was co nsta nt wasn't letting them, and there was constant bombardment here, and now
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overwhelmed. there is no one checking the people who are coming and going and so the security forces are concerned that some of these people could be isis fighters or isis supporters. this is shrapnel in the back and i am examine this side of the shrapnel and this... and just outside, another explosion.
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and just outside, another explosion. a reminder that this war is still not over. at the height of the fighting, dr hasim was treating up to 700 people a day. now the numbers have dropped to 500, and notjust from industries but illnesses caused due to the lack of clea n but illnesses caused due to the lack of clean water. returning home could be deadly. according to the army,
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retreating isis fighters have wreaked 90% of the buildings with improvised explosive devices. do you have the resources? coming, do you have enough men to... is that another one? so many more still in this area? the iraqi military is now accused of killing people they suspect of belonging to isis. the government
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say they are investigating these allegations. when islamic state swept into mosul three years ago, the world watched in horror as they unleashed their reign of terror. initially, many she welcomed isis. they saw them as liberators from an oppressive shia— dominated government. and 0nce home to over a million books on philosophy, law and literature. rare maps, ancient manuscripts and a ninth century koran have all been lost. this is one of iraq's most
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famous universities, it is now com pletely famous universities, it is now completely destroyed. isis was using this as a headquarters. they converted the science labs into makeshift weapons factories. computer, mathematics. when iraqi forces retook the east of the city they discovered what they had long suspect did and fiat. —— suspected and fiat. eccles such as sulphur mustard. —— chemicals. according to the pentagon, the university was central to isis wall chemical weapons programme. we arejust inside what used to be the computer department. there is hardly anything left here, but classes have now resumed so we are going upstairs to have a look at one of the classrooms. hi, hello. this seat of
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at the university. when isis came to power, she had to give up her studies, but much worse was to come. religious police, known as the hisbah, controlled everything. shaving, smoking, using a mobile phone, were all considered immoral, and the punishment for these transgressions, any thing from public lashings to execution. for the three years isis ruled the city, very little information came out about life inside the caliphate. it's difficult to believe that as foreigners we can now drive freely in the streets. but it's a false
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sense of security. it's not safe here in east mosul. there are fears that many isis fighters have just gone back into the community. now checkpoints everywhere, we still have to be so careful. i've come to visit dr hazim, from mosul hospital, at his home in the east of the city. nice to see you. thank you for having us. as—salamu alaykum. this is traditional food? this is traditionalfood? we can come freely to go home now, but life
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you feel now? are you able to breathe freely? thinking back to the paraglider they met here in 2013, i remember the love they had for the city. and the freedom they sought through their sport, soaring above mosul. 0ne freedom they sought through their sport, soaring above mosul. one of them was a true rebel. the wind is like a man's heart, it changes every two minutes! through a contact, i discovered she had stayed in mosul.
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she had even stood up to isis, running for election to the city council. but that rebellious, outspoken streak was eventually to cost her. friends say she was taken from her home and shot in the street. the people of mosul now have to rebuild a broken the people of mosul have suffered a great deal in these past few years. now they have to rebuild broken and divided city. real reconciliation will be a battle. and all the while, isis fighters are hiding among the population. waiting in the shadows. let's ta ke let's take a look at what the weather has for us this weekend. we will see some sunshine this weekend
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which is the good bit, there will be a few showers around and general rain into the western side of the uk on sunday, but still a lot of dry weather to look forward to this weekend. 0ne place where it will start off rather cloudy with plenty of showers is north—western scotland where we will have ghastly wins, where we will have ghastly wins, where showers will bubble up, there will be bigger gaps between those showers, so a bigger chance of staying dry. a warm day in north—east scotland, temperatures similarto north—east scotland, temperatures similar to those of yesterday. looking at the weather picture through saturday night we will start to see some thick cloud arriving in the south—west, that continues on sunday with some low cloud hill fog patches and turning humid and drizzly, outbreaks of rain pushing to northern ireland, perhaps the north—west of wales, some of that could be heavy but it still leaves a swathe of north—east uk that stays dry with some sunshine around on sunday. that's a weather. hello. this is bbc news. i'm gavin grey. within the past hour, we've been getting reports from spain that say police are still looking for the man they now believe drove a van
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into crowds, killing 13 people along barcelona's main boulevard on thursday. after a second attack in cambrils, a dramatic shootout followed in which five suspected terror suspects were killed by police. one of them was thought to be the driver of the barcelona van, but latest reports suggest it was someone else.
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