today the lesson has been learned by haider al—abadi, but haider al—abadi is in a difficult situation. 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 i

is anything straightforward in iraqi politics quiz night haider al—abadi no doubt...an he is trying to portray. certainly daesh... the group that calls itself islamic state. it has been defeated in iraq no doubt, but this is necessary to do that. but is it sufficient? isn't the only thing you need to do in iraq? not to mention syria, of course. iraq itself has got on that front a step forward. but the biggest problem now starts in iraq which is how to rebuild, rehabilitate positively. not socially, economically, but politically. you have a new militia which took part in the liberation of muscle. now they have to have something to do. exactly, and they are amending a part. this militia, known as a popular mobilisation force, it is inspired by the iranians revolutionary guard. and they are demanding political parts to play in deciding the future of iraq. do you think there is something quite important about the idea of the caliphate having fallen with mosul? the romance of the droopy berlin from all over the place, that there was a place and this was the perfect islamic

our other top story: the iraqi prime minister, haider al—abadi, has formally declared victory in thenorthern city of mosul from the islamic state group. mr abadi said he was consigning is to the dustbin of history though coalition forces warn there's still a way to go. hopefully we will hear from their top american general in iraq a little later on who confirmed that there was still some way to go and challenges lie ahead. they do feel they make significant gains in the city. also making news this hour — president trump's eldest son has admitted meeting a russian lawyer, who said she had damaging material about hillary clinton. it's being seen as the first concrete evidence of the president's inner circle talking directly to people linked to the kremlin. but donald trump junior tweeted it was normal to receive information about a political opponent. an investigation into allegations of money laundering by the pakistani prime minister, nawaz sharif, has found a significant disparity between his family's declared sources of income and their actual wealth. the investigation has recommen

our other top story and the iraqi prime minister haider al—abadi has formally declared victory in thethe northern city of mosul from the islamic state group. mr abadi said he was consigning is to the bin of history though coalition forces warn there's still a way to go. translation: our victory today is a victory against darkness, against brutality and against terrorism. and i declare from this place, i declare to the whole world, the end, the failure and the collapse of the so—called caliphate. i think so—called caliphate. ithink i'd so—called caliphate. i think i'd take exception that we've won the war. first of all i'd like to offer the coalition's congratulations to prime minister buddy and the prime minister security forces on the historic victory in mosul against an evil enemy. also making extraordinary efforts to safeguard civilian lives. i'd say that the war's far from over. the one major battle has concluded. there are a number of isis fighters still left in iraq that will have to be defeated before we end the war. america's top general in iraq. also making this hour: the whi

haider al—abadi delivered a victory speech in which he said he was consigning is to the bin of historyand this video is trending on bbc.com. thailand's prime minister has expressed his disapproval of one the country's most popular singers. lamayi has decided to tone down her act and she's been telling us all about it. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard accused the hospital of treating him... the hospital of treating him... the hospital treating him of lying to a judge. they say they have new proof the child therapy could help him. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. india's cattle trade, a major decision looms ahead of one that will affect business and religious communities in india. and it's venue saw growth, we look at the ambitious plans stretched across the 7000 miles between china and the uk —— it's the new silk road. good morning, asia, hello, world, glad you could join us for this tuesday addition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon and we kick off

haider al—abadi has been on the streets of mosul, congratulating the troops.ust back from the 620 summit and president trump says he'd like to set up a joint cyber security unit with russia. he said it would guard against election hacking and many other negative things. and this video is trending on bbc.com. in a scene reminiscent of winnie the pooh, this baby bear got his head stuck in a jar. two police officers found him thrashing around and came to his help. one held him down, while the other prized the jar off the poor little bear‘s head. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the parents of charlie gard, the 11—month old who has a terminal genetic disorder, handed a petition to great ormond street hospital asking for him to be allowed to travel to the us for experimental drug treatment. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. china paints a green path for electric car technology, is the rest of the world willing to follow? and women in india are fighting a taxing battle when it comes to

conference said -- on sunday, iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi travel to mosul to declare u.s.-backed iraqi troops had seized control of all of mosul from isis. according to the journalistic monitoring group air wars, u.s.-by coalition forces fired 29,000 munitions into the city during the nine-month assault. air wars is estimating between 900 and 1200 civilians were likely killed by coalition air and artillery strikes during the assault on mosul, but the overall death toll is significantly higher. the international red cross reports seeing a tremendous increase in civilian casualties in recent weeks. according to the united nations come almost 700,000 residents are still displaced, nearly half living in emergency camps. we will have more on mosul after the headlines with award-winning journalist azmat khan. "the new york times is reporting donald trump junior agreed to meet with a kremlin-linked lawyer during the 2016 campaign after being promised damaging information about hillary clinton. jared kushner, trump jr., and trump's then-campaign chairman paul manafort attended the

the iraqi prime minister, haider al—abadi, the iraqi prime minister has visited mosul to congratulateto rubble in the fight, as caroline davies reports. fireworks over baghdad last night. iraq is celebrating the defeat of so—called islamic state in mosul. but it's come at a cost. this is iraq's second biggest city. homes, streets, shops. reduced to ruins and dust. it's brought thousands have been killed, some will have been pa rt been killed, some will have been part of is, others were civilians. search and rescue teams continue to pull bodies from the rubble. these families have survived three years under is. now they're able to leave following nearly a million people who've already left their homes here. it may be a while until they can return. the fighting is ending but the humanitarian crisis is not. it will take months, maybe even years, for the people who have fled from their homes, they have lost everything, it will take months for them to go back to the damaged neighbourhoods. the un estimates it will cost at least £770 million to restore the city's basic infrastructure, such

it was safe enough for iraq's prime minister haider al-abadi to go to mosul and announce its liberation and congratulate troops on their victory. this victory has had its costs. iraqi army casualties were high: the army won't reveal figures, but the pentagon has said the elite unit that spearheaded the offensive suffered 40% losses. in addition, thousands of iraqi civilians died, so many trapped in what was iraq's second most populous city. an estimated 900-thousand iraqi civilians have been displaced, and most of mosul has been reduced to rubble. just over three years ago, isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi ascended the pulpit of mosul's grand mosque and proclaimed an isis "caliphate," or "islamic state," stretching from iraq to syria. now that mosque lies in ruins, and isis's stronghold in syria, the city of raqqa, is under siege by american-backed militias. reuters reporter stephen kalin is in mosul and joins me now via skype how significant was this moment? >> very significant. this is we're getting very close to the end of nearly nine month battle. there are still a small pocket ofÑi

today iraq's prime minister, haider al abadi, declared victory over isis in mosul, the country's second largest city, once home to two million people. isis captured mosul three years ago. the fight to liberate it began last october. holly williams has covered the iraq war extensively. she's in istanbul, turkey. holly, does this mean mosul is now rid of isis? >> reporter: no, anthony, not entirely. there were reports today of ongoing heavy clashes in mosul, and it could take weeks or even months to fully clear the city. and by "clear," i mean ridding mosul, not just of any isis fighters that are still holding out, but of booby-trapped houses, of roadside bombs, and of the networks of tunnels that have been found in every town and city that has been retaken from isis. i also think we can expect that isis may have left behind sleeper cells in mosul that will try to attack iraqi security forces and civilians. >> mason: holly, you were recently in raqqa in syria, which is the de facto isis capital. what's the status of the fighting there? >> reporter: well, anthony, u.s.-backed syrian forces

that is important because haider al—abadi is under pressure from nouri al—maliki, his predecessor, muchs sunni community, and the kurds, thinking of demanding a referendum for independence in september of this year. much of mosul has been left in rubble after this, how do they go about rebuilding the city? international forces are not going to come in and help like that, the americans have spent enormous sums of money in trying to rebuild iraq, u nsuccessfully. of money in trying to rebuild iraq, unsuccessfully. they are not going to contribute very much, i don't think. apologies, we have lost the line to the professor. but we got a good picture there of exactly what is happening in mosul and what is go to happen for the future of that city now. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining us tonight are the broadcaster penny smith and the journalist james rampton. stay with us for that. the parents of charlie gard — the ii—month old who has a fatal genetic disorder — hande

haider al—abadi has been seen walking through mosul‘s streets, congratulating the troops alongside himted to make a speech, formally declaring victory, but that has not yet happened. a few hours ago, mr al—abadi took to twitter to deliver the news. iraqi security forces have been celebrating on the streets of mosul. it's three years since the group calling itself islamic state seized control of iraq's second largest city. it still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. these images from the old city show the scale of the destruction. earlier there were reports of continuing clashes, the so—called islamic state group still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. our correspondentjonathan beale reports from the front line. what was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. every building deeply scarred, or destroyed by months of war. we joined the search and rescue teams looking for survivors, but more often they're just recovering bodies. with the heat, there's also the strong smell of decay. this man is hoping against hope that his brother and his family are stil

the iraqi prime minister, haideral—abadi, officially described it as a triumph over darkness, brutalityefeated. a man who's confessed to being an ira bomb maker has told bbc news that he accepts "collective responsibility" for all of the group's actions in england. mick hayes says he was an "active volunteer" on the night in 1974 when 21 people were killed in the birmingham pub bombings. now on bbc news, monday in parliament.

haider al—abadi has been on the streets of mosul, congratulating the troops.ke to set up a joint cyber security unit with russia. he said it would guard against election hacking and many other negative things. and this video is trending on bbc.com. in a scene reminiscent of winnie the pooh, this baby bear got his head stuck in a jar. two police officers found him thrashing around and came to his help. one held him down, while the other prized the jar off the poor little bear‘s head. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the parents of charlie gard, the 11—month old who has a terminal genetic disorder, handed a petition to

it can't be often that they envy iraq's prime minister, but it was haider al—abadi who looked like ai'm joined by four leading lights ofjournalism. american journalist stryker mcguire, who's london editor for bloomberg markets, polly toynbee, columnist with the guardian newspaper, the portuguese writer eunice goes and mustapha karkouti, a broadcaster based in the gulf.

haider al—abadi delivered a victory speech in which he said he was consigning is to the dustbin of historyd this video is trending on bbc.com. thailand's prime minister has expressed his disapproval of one the country's most popular singers. lamayi has decided to tone down her act and she's been telling us all about it. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now as part of hardtalk‘s 20th anniversary season, another chance to see an interview first broadcast in 2013. welcome to hardtalk. i'm alan little. my guest today is the former bishop of edinburgh, richard holloway. he entered a seminary at the age of 1a, intent on becoming a monk. he rose to become the leader of the anglican church in scotland. but he gradually lost faith in many of the certainties in christianity, including the existence of god. he finally resigned from the church, accusing it of cruelly persecuting gay people. so did his own loss of faith betray those he once preached to? richard holloway, welcome to hardtalk. at the age of 1a, you left your working—class home in the west of scotland and went off to a ve

it can't be often that they envy that prime minister of iraq, but haider al—abadi looked like a leaderhis week on the streets of mosul, celebrating the defeat of islamic state. welcome to oui’ defeat of islamic state. welcome to our guests. good to have you back. tony blair was saying today that we have had a lot of followership lately, we need some leadership. is he right? i think it's true, we are leaderless at the moment. we have an incapacitated, paralysed prime minister who has lost her majority and has to depend on eccentric, northern irish mps. at the same time, we have a country that is being driven by its people. it is being driven by its people. it is being driven by the results of the referendum. nobody dare say, we are going to look at this again. people have not really changed their mind as much as we can see. some slight movement, but people want out. more and more, we get into the detail of what out means, and that looks more shocking for the future of this country. we are in a state of paralysis. until the people change their mind, a government is forced to continue to

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haider al—abadi has been on the streets of mosul, congratulating the troops just back from the 620 summitand president trump says he'd like to set up a joint cyber security unit, with russia. he said it would guard against election hacking and "many other negative things". and this story is trending on bbc.com. in a scene reminiscent of winnie the pooh, this baby bear got his head stuck in a jar. two police officers found him thrashing around and came to his help. one held him down, while the other prised the jar off the poor little bear‘s head that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now as part of hardtalk's 20th anniversary season, another chance to see an interview first broadcast in 2013. welcome to hardtalk. my guest today is the former bishop of edinburgh, richard holloway. he entered a seminary at the age 01:14, intent he rose to become the leader of the anglican church in scotland. but he gradually lost faith in many of the certainties in christianity. including the existence of god. he finally resigned from the church, accusing it of persecuting gay people. did his own

the iraqi prime minister haider al abadi has declared victory over the islamic state group in iraq'scity most all. here he is speaking earlier. translation: our victory today is a victory against darkness, against brutality and against terrorism. and i declare from this place, i declare to the whole world the end, the failure and the collapse of the so—called caliphate. the terrorist state of daesh which was declared here in mosul three years ago has gone. our victory today was made possible by the iraqi people who sacrificed their lives to put an end to this evil entity which will end up in the dustbin of history. mosul‘s significant not just because it's iraq's second largest city. it's also where this man, the leader of is abu bakr al—baghdadi declared the group's so—called caliphate three years ago. the campaign to retake mosul began in october — you can see how the iraqi army gradually gained territory — areas in red show is control, and green is the iraqi army. but the end of the fighting doesn't mean the end of the suffering. more than 800,000 people have fled the fighting and

the iraqi prime minister, haider al—abadi, has declared that the city of mosul has been liberated fromslamic state. the prime minister has travelled to mosul, where he's meeting fighters ahead of a formal victory speech later. earlier, iraqi forces were fighting to capture the last small area of mosul where islamic state militants were holding out. a short while ago, hanan razek from bbc arabic told me how the liberation of mosul would be perceived across the region. mosul used to be the second—largest city in iraq. it was the biggest city in iraq. it was the biggest city they could capture in the country. now, as they are defeated in the city they will have to retreat to some role, smaller areas and towns, so it means that the victory against islamic state is very eminent in the whole of the region, notjust iraq. i suppose it is hard to think of many advantages of them being in control in mosul, but at least it meant there was one place you could look to clear them out from. presumably, the nature of their militancy is once they are split up they can do vanish into the civilian popula

it can't be often that they envy iraq's prime minister, but it was haider al—abadi who looked like ato discuss leadership this week, i'm joined by four leading lights ofjournalism. american journalist stryker mcguire, who's london editor for bloomberg markets, polly toynbee, columnist with the guardian newspaper, the portuguese writer eunice goes and mustapha karkouti, a broadcaster based in the gulf. welcome to you all. and leadership. is he right?m and leadership. is he right? it is true we have a leader in this country at the moment, we have an incapacitated and powerless prime minister who has lost her majority and has to depend on eccentric northern irish mps. and at the same time, we have a country that is being driven by its people, driven by the results of the referendum. nobody dares say we're going to look at this again. the people haven't really changed the mind as much as we can see. some slight move but basically people want out, and yet more more we get into the detail of what i would means, the more shocking it looks for the future of this country. so we are in a state

the iraqi prime minister, haideral—abadi, officially described it as a triumph over darkness, brutality terrorism. but the head of us—led coalition forces warned that is has still not yet been completely defeated. a man who's confessed to being an ira bomb maker has told bbc news that he accepts "collective responsibility" for all of the group's actions in england. mick hayes says he was an "active volunteer" on the night in 1974 when 21 people were killed in the birmingham pub bombings. now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello, and welcome to monday in parliament. the main news from westminster: after the 620 summit, the prime minister is confident about the uk's position in the world — but dismayed at america's position on climate change. i spoke personally to president trump to encourage them to rejoin the paris agreement and i continue to hope that is exactly what he will do. theresa may is reaching out to other parties on big policy issues — labour says her government has run out of steam. if the prime minister would like it i am very happy to furnish her with a copy of our ele

yesterday, prime minister haider al—abadi declared the country's second biggest city liberated from isy 2 million people. so what has been left and what does the future hold for the lives of those caught up in the conflict and the city's streets left littered with rubble? the bbc‘sjonathan beale is in the heart of the war—torn city, and has witnessed rescue teams searching for survivors in wrecked buildings. ali says he spoke to his brother on this phone when he was trapped somewhere under the rubble. and then he stopped answering. this territory just there is under is control, just a small parcel of land. the families are making their way through any way they can. and as you can see, they are really desperate. these families said they had little food or water. they've left behind loved ones under rubble. many will carry the scars of this battle for the rest of their lives. let's talk now to raffaello pantucci, director of international security studies at the foreign affairs think tank the royal united services institute. from newcastle we have dr ahmed sabaawi, who was born and raise

the prime minister, haider al—abadi, visited the city to congratulate his troops. 0ur victory today is. i declare from this place, i declare to the whole world, the end and the failure and the colla pse the end and the failure and the collapse of the so—called caliphate. 0ur correspondentjonathan beale is in the city where troops this morning were still dealing with the last few pockets of is militants. we are at the front line of one of the last pockets, we are told, of resistance. there are snipers up there, 200 to 300. but you can see the devastation around here from the heavy fighting. every car and building wrecked. even though the iraqi prime minister said they are on the verge of victory, in his words, there is still a battle ahead, there is still is fighters out there and the battle for mosul is not over. let's speak to the head of american troops in iraq and syria. thank you for joining troops in iraq and syria. thank you forjoining us. there is a big delay on the line. thank you. actually i am the head of all coalition troops. there is a long delay on the line. you one mac th

we saw them ourselves coming to an end, and while haider ider w here, the wrong sort, really, in the dozens, really, dug in to the rubble there. we've seen them emerge, surrendering themselves after intense air strikes from the united states. people bedraggled, covered in dust, walking towards iraqi special forces perhaps simply ran out of bullets but literally dozens of houses combing through in the afternoon. that violence may still be going on or stopped, we have pulled away. all the same the broader political message is, yes, isis' main hold of territory here in iraq in its second biggest city of mosul has come to an end. declared an end to caliphate, carrying out a victory march for some time while the awful work of cleaning mosul had been continuing. kate, despite the fact the broader military task is over the political one begins now. yes, pockets of isis in other cities around the country still to be cleaned up but iraq has to begin healing between its sunni and shia ethnicities. tough to make happen now but essential for people who felt isis were their best bet. finding anot

. >> woodruff: one week ago, iraqi prime minister haider al abadi proclaimed victory over isis in mosulreality on the ground is different, as the fight continues in parts of the old city, against isis holdouts. as special correspondent marcia biggs, and videographer alessandro pavone report, the human toll of the fighting is becoming apparent. and it is horrific. a warning: many viewers may find images and accounts in this story disturbing. >> reporter: this is what so- called liberated mosul looks and sounds like... ( explosion ) in a small pocket of the old city, the war against isis seemingly ongoing. and this is the old city from ground level, a scene of utter devastation-- entire neighborhoods flattened by coalition airstrikes. leaving the few survivors to search for the remains of their loved ones. bashar and ali's families were together in this house hit by an airstrike 28 days ago. ali names the dead one by one. >> ( translated ): my mother, three brothers, three sisters, my father, two sisters in law, and two nieces. >> reporter: and you're the only one left from your family. >

. >> reporter: prime minister haider al abadi visited mosul yesterday, and he returned tonight, formallylaring victory over the militants, known in arabic as daesh. >> ( translated ): our victory today is a victory against darkness, brutality and terrorism and from here we announce to the entire world the end, the failure and the collapse of the mythical state and the daesh state that was announced here in mosul three years ago. >> reporter: but that victory has come at great cost. five months of aerial bombardments and house-to-house fighting have left much of western mosul in ruins. killed in the fighting, and nearly a million fled their homes. it's estimated that around 1,000 iraqi soldiers have died were killed in the campaign. "the new york times'" rukmini callamachi was in mosul this morning. she says despite the claims of victory, there was still isolated fighting. >> that it's accurate to say that most of the city is now under iraqi control but there is definitely a pocket of resistance here in western mosul. >> reporter: and isis is far from a spent force. it still controls area

. >> reporter: iraqi prime minister haider al abedi has talked about victory after 48 hours of iraqise streets celebrating the demise of isis in mosul but really across iraq as opposing force. even as he spoke, the area we were in just this morning was still seeing clashes. here's what it looked like this morning. it's like something supernatural has hit it. this destruction, absolutely breathtaking and a sign of dust and bones that isis has left in their wake. old city mosul, the damage new, the city gone. mosul almost free of isis. elsewhere, iraqis are celebrating victory, dancing in the streets. yet here, the streets are still being ground to rubble. in the last 100 yards of isis, the group that once held iraq and syria down here to their last bullet, we're told. there it is. through the heart of mosul, it marks the end of isis territory in iraq, really, but between these iraqi special forces and body of water, the victory are still dozens of isis fighters still holding out. american air strikes hammer them. that's the intensity and proximity of the fighting here, the air strikes

the iraqi prime minister haider al—abadi has declared that the city of mosul has been liberated fromamic state. the prime minister has travelled to mosul, where he's been meeting fighters ahead of a formal victory speech later. earlier, iraqi forces were fighting to capture the last small area of mosul where islamic state militants were holding out. jen smith reports. celebrations on the streets of mosul, a city once a stronghold of the so—called islamic state. the battle to retake the city from is started in october last year but today the iraqi pm visited the city to say it has been liberated, congratulating the army and the iraqi people. iraqi forces have been battling the remaining pockets ofjihadists holding out in a tiny area near the old city. sporadic bursts of gunfire could still be heard, with plumes of smoke rising into the sky. the long battle for control has come at a cost. the extremists have occupied the city for three years. hunger, thirst, fear and aerial bombardment. we lived in a cellar. look at this, our house was destroyed on top of us. thousands of civilians hav

but in baghdad, this evening, prime minister haider al-abadi proclaimed a "big victory" over isis-- or "daesh" in arabic. >> ( translated ): all the displaced must return to their homes. we are continuing to liberate all our land from daesh. the iraqi people ended the myth of daesh in record time, although the world thought that this was not possible. >> brangham: meanwhile, in syria, a kurdish-led militia has breached the heart of the islamic state's self-proclaimed capital, raqqa. the u.s.-backed forces today punched through the wall around the old city and are now pushing into the most heavily fortified portion of the isis stronghold. president trump's first face-to- face meeting with russian president vladimir putin will happen this friday. they'll meet on the sidelines as the g-20 summit begins in hamburg, germany. the white house says there will be no specific agenda for the meeting. there's word that canada will apologize to a canadian citizen for the alleged treatment he received at the guantanamo naval base. it's widely reported that he'll also be paid nearly $8 million. omar

. >> bill: haider al-abadi went to mosul.he world could not imagine that iraq could eliminate them. this is a moment of pride for them. as you move from street to street, and you work to eliminate whatever packets there the focus of the conversation it goes from iraq to syria. the future of isis. where is that future? >> as we know, isis will hoist its flag wherever there is a vacuum, collapse of political authority. like iraq, like syria, where i expect that to be next without mixed shiite-sunni population. yemen, bahrain, the fuel for isis was at the competition between iran and saudi arabia for control of syria, and which prolonged the syrian civil war and also the harsh policies of the iraqi government against the sunni population, which led to the growth of isis's support among the population as a way to defend themselves. i would look to see isis be reborn there in an area that is suffering from the proxy war between iran and saudi arabia. >> bill: interesting. do you have a name for that? >> i would say lebanon and yem

in a statement, president trump congratulated haider al-abadi and all the iraqis who won over the terrace who suffered. chairman for the institute of war and fox news military analyst noises. great to see you, general. for small, psychologically, what does it mean for ices, to the fighters to have the coalition retake before? >> this is a big victory. for the iraqi security forces as a present side, the government of iraq. also for the american-led coalition there. general townsend is our guide their companies one the best operational commanders that we have ever produced. our troops just a superb job. and prices, huge setback for sure. shanna, three years ago, the world was shocked when isis came storming end. the iraqi army come as you remember, fled with their leaders i had a dumb, clean mosul. the citizens were exposed, and then they went on a killing spree that was three long years ago. minute nine month siege to some of the toughest urban fighting, shannon, we have seen in the military since world war ii peer block by block, billing by billion, and in some cases, room by room. it'll