egemen bagis, thank you for talking to us. the headlines on bbc news.k the bill for exiting the eu, to pave the way for the triggering of article 50. the iraqi army continues to make gains against so—called islamic state. following a night of violence in rotterdam, turkey's president warns the netherlands it will "pay the price" for expelling his foreign minister. iraqi forces have made more gains in west mosul, the largest city still under the control of the islamic state group. government troops, backed by a us—led coalition, recaptured the east of the city in late january, after more than 100 days of fighting. now they say a third of the west, which is almost completely surrounded, has been retaken. around 600,000 civilians are believed to be trapped inside. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin is with iraqi forces — you may find parts of her report distressing. a rare glimpse of western mosul. 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 bo

egemen bagis has also served as the turkish minister of eu affairs. telling me why his country's government is not backing down. the way members of the governing party are treated are inhumane, undiplomatic and unlawful. it is against the eu and the council of europe and the united nations. what did you make of the language the president is using? he has called the dutch nazi remnants. is it appropriate to be using that sort of language? the language he uses is a reaction to the illogical actions of the dutch government. is it appropriate, given europe's painful past when it comes to the nazis? that is not our mistake or our problem. but hitler was afraid of thejews, he was afraid they were getting too strong, and some people in europe think 5 million turks is quite a lot for europe and they are getting too strong. are you comparing the modern—day german government and the dutch government to the nazis? i am not comparing them to them, but they are reminding of the illogical actions of mankind towards others. they should respect that these people have