around 400 is fighters are surrounded in the centre of the country's second largest city. have been taking place across the country to celebrate armed forces day. glastonbury‘s latest headliner arrives at the festival — jeremy corbyn is set to take the main stage later today. and at 14:30, this week the travel show comes from ghana. this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh in swiss cottage in north london, where today there is still anger and confusion among the residents of four tower blocks who last night were told to evacuate their homes due to concerns about fire safety. it has been incredibly busy here all through the day since first thing this morning. some people have still been arriving in the last few minutes with their bags packed, they go in there, they register their name and then they can begin the formal process of trying to get someone formal process of trying to get someone else to stay. we do not know for exactly how long they will be out of those tower blocks. some people have only made their way here of their own volition, nobody has knocked on their door an

in the largest cities reported to their peril social structure has emerged in those areas with police facing difficulty carrying out their duties the leak partly blames islamic extremism for the problem if. if . thank. some service providers have even refused to enter certain areas in april for example mail provider post wouldn't. be suburb citing security concerns can be made headlines last year when police opened fire after a mall before of thirty people began attacking officers with rocks. in fact the national police commissioner says the number of no go zones is even higher than as they said in that leaked reports you called for a change of approach we see developments in our country which are not going in the right direction always we see we have more than sixty vulnerabilities . around the major cities so sweet and if we see criminality there and we need to turn around development in those serious and we need assistance of. other parts of society we are all at international it's taking you further into bricks and if you're watching us in the u.k. or ireland it's larry king now s

here's what she had to say -- i live in one of the three largest cities in our state and i had two options for insurance this year, she wrote, the limited networks on both of those two plans eliminated a huge number of providers in fayette county. in addition to the limited access to care on these plans she said the lowest deductible option was -- listen to this madam president -- $10,000. the lowest deductible option, $10,000. for this kentuckian and for so many others, obamacare has failed. we must do better -- better for kentuckians and better for families all across the country, that's why we have to act. under obamacare health care costs are skyrocketing in kentucky just as they are skyrocketing across the country. we want to improve affordability. too many kentuckians have learned firsthand that the so-called affordable care act has really been anything but affordable. premiums and deductibles continue to climb higher as obamacare takes a larger bite out of kentuckians budget. a recent report shows that premiums have spiked in kentucky by 75% since 2015 when the law was fully impleme

around 400 is fighters are surrounded in the centre of the country's second largest city. 0ur correspondentine in mosul‘s old city, along with cameraman nicholas hameon and producer firle davies. her report contains images some may find distressing. a journey to the front line. 0ur windscreen, a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort, from iraq's elite counterterrorism force. snaking forward towards an enemy that is still inflicting casualties. like this wounded soldier being rushed away as we arrived. and families fleeing, too, on foot. escaping hunger and fear a beloved city robbed of life. no food, no water, mosul dead. this is the old city area, it's really the heart of the battle. and when you look around you, you get a real sense of how fierce the fighting has been. the damage is immense, in every direction. the narrow streets, a tight squeeze as troops close in on the last pockets of is resistance. we were told the militants were just 300 metres away. some on the receiving end of an iraqi missile strike. the extremists are now facing defeat here, but it has taken three years to ge

business nish to invest in the gulf answers and jagow r t meanwhile the mare of belgian second largest city and says almost five hundred sixty potentially radicalized people under the old control of those one hundred eighty nine are thought to pose a real danger mouse is over in all still in austria the country's foreign minister said muslim kindergartens should be closed or let's set this gustus development further now with. her son don't pay for all of it peter good to see is that what exactly did austria's foreign minister say. well sebastien curt's is an outspoken figure in the austrian government only thirty years old of course and he has caused quite a stir with what he's come out with in relation to islamic kindergartens he says that they should be shut down because they culturally and linguistically isolate children. kindergartens should prepare children for school so that they can speak german but muslim kindergartens a difference in terms of their ethnic can language principles we don't need them or so busting curt's has caused controversy in the past back in twenty fifteen he pro

largest city in iraq, a city of two million people, fell in a day. to a terrorist organization that we had not imagined was in the first order of terrorist organizations. >> narrator: but these fighters were not new. they had been at war for more than a decade, ever since the american invasion of iraq. they have used beheadings, suicide bombings, and mass killings to implement a violent plan. a plan designed and carried out by this man: abu musab al-zarqawi, the founder of isis. >> narrator: the secret history of isis began at the cia in the aftermath of 9/11. there was an urgent question about abu musab al-zarqawi. >> i was an analyst working on the team that was charged with evaluating whether or not al-qaeda and iraq had conspired together to conduct 9/11 attacks. >> narrator: at the agency's counterterrorism center, analyst nada bakos was tasked with learning everything she could about zarqawi. >> on the team, as an analyst, the big question was whether or not zarqawi was part of al-qaeda at the time. >> narrator: bakos began by piecing together

at least in his home state of texas, he's running a city that was then and is now the seventh largest city in the country, dealing with a lot of problems that affect people's lives every day, he's gonna disappear into a federal cabinet, he goes to washington, he becomes part of the problem, not part of the solution in the rest of the country, why was this a good decision, what'd you accomplish, what'd you learn? - the satisfaction that i got from serving at hud was the knowledge that the work that you're doing is helping to provide opportunity for folks who are low income, folks who are middle class but are willing to work hard and are just trying to reach their dreams in the united states and to go and see the country and see what's working and what's not, i got to visit 100 different communities in 39 different states, i never would have had the opportunity to do that, at least in the same amount of time, as mayor. the satisfaction of being mayor was that you kinda have the wind at your back, there's a sense of community, a pride in the city, that's what it felt like being mayor because

retailr at tempur-pedic.com >>> located in the heart of the nation, warsaw is the capital and largest city in poland. it is known as the phoenix city. because of a history of rising from the ashes of war and oppression over the course of centuries. on one busy downtown street is a flashpoint of warsaw's volatile past, mokotow prison. >> been to over 20 american prisons. they're usually located in remote areas far from cities for security reasons. so we're on these busy warsaw streets and we turn and these massive blue doors open up and we enter into this facility. and when we were inside and i was standing on prison grounds, i would look up and see apartment buildings surrounding us, businesses. >> the prison was built in 1904. it used to be called the place of no return. between world war ii and the fall of communism in 1989, it housed a countless number. of freedom fighters, many of whom were tortured and killed in mass executions. the monument on the prison wall honors the victims. >> there are probably over 1,000 people who had been tortured and executed at this prison during the vario

istanbul's annual gay pride march say it will go ahead despite a ban by the authorities of turkey's largest cityturkish police have fired rubber bullets. performances are in full swing for the final day of glastonbury, where ed sheeran will bring the show to a close on the pyramid stage later tonight. and after a chaotic race, red bull's daniel ricciardo wins the azerbaijan grand prix. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. camden council in london says around 200 residents from 120 households are still refusing to leave several tower blocks that have been judged by the fire services too dangerous to live in. the council says those residents risk holding up work to make their homes say. —— safe. tests are continuing on cladding from tower blocks around the country after it was revealed every one of the 34 samples tested has failed to meet fire safety standards. the cladding tested so far is from buildings in 17 local council areas. i have to ask a supervisor whether they will let me back in if i leave... despite being told his tower block isn't safe, roger evans is refusing to go, believing the

yangon is myanmar's largest city. the rise of democracy has brought economic growth.nd the streets are abuzz with energy. not far from the city center is the headquarters of proximity designs, a social enterprise, providing support to farmers. of the organization's 700-plus staff, around 100 are based in yangon. the remainder are out in the field, posted in over 150 rural areas across myanmar. funded mainly by donations from businesses overseas, the body markets affordable farming equipment, also offering micro finance and leasing out farming tools. >> this year, i want to do, set up a rent. so the point is, you rent and you own. >> yeah, i think it's good. obviously, people can't come up with the cash. so we have to provide a different way. >> co-founder, debbie, was born in yangon, but her father's work in forestry in the u.n. saw her childhood in much of the united states and europe. husband, jim taylor, assists her as ceo. the two first met as university students in the u.s. after graduation, they joined an international ngo, working to counter poverty, and eventu

america's tenth largest city. >> i was thinking a small city maybe in the few tens of thousands of peopleand i'm looking at it it's bigger than san francisco. >> you know there's a million people here. >> now i do. yeah. >> apple is not saying why they pulled the conference out of san francisco's mosconi center after such a long run. perhaps they had outgrown the space or meals were getting too expensive. whatever the case, the 10,000 employees will jam the hotel rooms, restaurants and cafes. >> the downtown association estimates the downtown to be up to a million dollars per day. but it's also an uber and lyft driver who's looking forward to possible surge pricing. >> i'm sure there's a lot of money to be made. i want to get my piece of the pie. >> along with san jose police surrounding the building. the eastbound lanes of san carlos street were blocked off but that was always the plan. >> i don't know everything is calm. everything is fine. so nothing to worry about. >> sjpd says scaling back then conference because of last night's terrorist attack will be the wrong move. >> i think we

it is the second-largest city. the historic landmark and the famous area were blown up. local television showed images of smoke billowing into the sky. it is the very venue from which they proclaim the government many years ago. >> last eye, they blew up a mosque in which he declared a caliphate. it was a significant moment in the last 24 hours. >> we call on the united nations to shed light on these crimes. and to stop the islamic state group. the islamic state group showed their ugliness today. iraqi civil society organizations and civil rights groups to register these crimes as acts of terrorism. >> the fighters claim the u.s. aircraft destroyed the complex. the previous report said if they had rigged it with explosives to prevent the advanced of iraqi forces. >> a professor of islamic studies in the u.k., thanks for joining us on france 24. tost of all, when it comes the famous -- it was very beautiful. how much of a loss is it to islamic history and culture? >> it is a huge fundamental loss. ofwas very famous in terms the different legends. of whyve views in terms t

destruction was an admission by the militants that they are losing the fight for iraq's second-largest city. u.s..s. group says it was act forces who destroyed the mall. what's the situation there now? >> trying to get as close as possible to the mosque. .t's very hard snipers are less useful. there are special operation forces. which reaches up to it actually moving into the area of the mosque it self. i wasn't able to push quite that far. i suspect they blew it up slightly preemptively and they knew they needed to tattle for the mosque. genie: this mosque and its minarets have been trademarks of mosul for centuries. is it irreparable damage? >> yes. it is completely destroyed. sounds foreen making this before and i suspected they were going to be covering this operation. they were never going to allow the iraqi forces to enter. it's actually -- absolutely terror for the iraqi forces to actually enter it. genie: thank you. defense forces in syria continue to close in on islamic's date group fighters. using -- isis using both jones and the traps. we have this exclusive. to supply the most a

raqqa, syria's six largest city, is located not far from the iraqi border. kurdish militia and the war monitoring groups it reported the airstrikes and shillings from the coalition had hit targets along the city border. upright for stand very long, because there are snipers hiding and there are drones flying over us that are dropping bombs. wrathe operation called " destroyates" seeks to soldiers that have held the city captives since 2014. a sign reading "islamic state syria and iraq" have turned their attention in a defense against the american coalition, that is months in the making here it syria forces made its way quickly to the area on wednesday, but the long battle is just beginning. situation and yemen continues to go from bad to worse. the number of people affected by a cholera outbreak is now approaching 100,000, and epidemic was declared last month. the country's health care system has been almost completely destroyed. many people are on the brink of famine. kate, let's head back to the u.k. where voting is still under while longer.le the economy i

streetlights don't sound controversial but privacy concerns in the largest city in bay area. >>> the veteran who lost his home to foreclosure and abc7 responding. >>> sexist comment igniting new controversy at uber. >>> sandhya >>> here's more of our breaking news story. 24 story apartment building, home to hundreds of people has been destroyed by fire in london. look at all the smoke still coming off it. live video showing it still smoldering right now. smoke seen for miles across the city. witnesses report that people were trapped inside, authorities fear it could collapse causing even more damage. >>> new at 11:00, san jose city council is moving ahead with a pilot program to try out new streetlights. >> but will the new technology include cameras? katie? >> reporter: the short answer is no, pilot program will not employ cameras but the devices that will go on the light poles are camera-ready should the city decide to activate that feature. this is a traffic camera used at intersections throughout san jose but what if also cameras on streetlights aimed at things other thang cars?

. >> the battle to reclaim mosul the second largest city in iraq will be underway any time now. ey are fighting forces in western part of city sign isis fighters destroyed a twelfth century mosque long time residents called it devastating. >> since the apartment fire in london investigators are fapd out across the is the dwroy see if other buildings may have fire code violations. last night women were evacuated from several bawldzings because they do not pass safety tests. residents we're told yesterday evening their homes did not pacifier safety standard and were advised to leave immediately mem around 600 apartments were affected and they were told to leave as precaution and may not be able to return home up to four weeks. fire safety up suspecttors say main concern is external cladding on the buildings may not be fire resist apt and found problems with fire doors and gas pipes. local government officials have been urge iptly checking similar apartment blocks and prime minister says authorities are acting to >> we urged local thor tuesday to send in samples of cladding and mate

streetlights don't sound controversial but privacy concerns in the largest city in bay area. >>> the veteran who lost his home to foreclosure and abc7 responding. >>> sexist comment igniting new controversy at uber. >>> sandhya you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking that. come with me. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. mom, i'm taking the subaru. don't be late. even when we're not there to keep them safe, our subaru outback will be. (vo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> here's more of our breaking news story. 24 story apartment building, home to hundreds of people has been destroyed by fire in london. look at all the smoke still coming off it. live video showing it still smoldering right now. smoke seen for miles across the city. witnesses report that people were trapped inside, authorities fear it could collapse causing even more damage. >>> new at 11:00, san jose city council is moving ahead with a pilot program to try out new streetlights. >> but will the new technology inclu

terrorist groups demised yesterday after iraqy troops took the mosque in the city of mosul, the largest city in isis self-declared caliphate and the group's capital in iraq. this is a major symbolic step for the coalition of nations fighting isis because it was in this 850-year-old mosque that abu bakr al baghdadi, isis' leader declared isis a caliphate three years ago when the group was at the height of its power. all of this comes as anti-isis forces in nearby syria surrounded raqqah. but there's still a lot more to be done. hundreds of isis fighters are holed up in the old city and many retreated to their desert hide outs. and their ideology far beyond syria and iraq that remains a formidable threat. >>> tennis star venus williams has been found at fault for a fatal car crash in florida earlier this month. police say williams drove into an intersection in palm beach gardens on july 9th and was hit by an oncoming car. the passenger in the second carrier car was injured. police found williams was at fault for violating barson's right-of-way. she's not been cited or charged. the crash is sti

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this battle for mosul, this is the second largest city in iraq. t's been going on for more than nine months. so, we can expect a lot more fighting, especially in the dens and alleyways of the old city. of course, the group's ideology and the reach of its organized terror extends far beyond syria and iraq and that remains a formidable threat. we've seen that in terror attacks, not just in europe, but also throughout the middle east. so, this latest victory comes just as anti-isis forces in neighboring syria have managed to racka. we can expect a final assault on that city in the coming months. when the prime minister of iraq says that isis is finished but that iraqis are going to continue fighting. he does mean that there is a victory here. wasn't as much as a contradiction as it might have sounded. this is a crucial, symbolic blow against islamic state. >> it would appear premature for the governor to consider this. caliphate isn't going to walk away from iraq or presumably they reorganize and they return to the battlefield there and else where. >>

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. >>> iraqi military officials say they are closing in on the largest city still occupied by isis. they have advanced into the heart of mosul for a historic mosque dating back to the 12th century and the u.n. warns thousands of women and children are trapped in the pocket of isis control. >> there are many families hundreds still there -- >> isis still controls roughly one square mile of that city. same-sex marriage is legal in germany. the prime minister voted against it but allowed the passage by allowing them to vote according to their conscious. they were allowed civil unions but not all rights. >>> tennis star venus williams is blamed for a car crash that led to the death of a 78-year-old man and we learned that the victim's family file aid lawsuit. >> reporter: the police do not believe that williams acted recklessly but someone died as a result of the accident and they must now thoroughly investigate what happened. police in palm beach gardens stress it was an accident but still fault venus williams who killed the man and injured his wife linda. >> she is devastated be this

. >>> the bay area's largest city is seeking help from autonomous automakers to help make streets safer and less congested. here's abc7 news reporter, david louie. >> reporter: by this fall, they could test how autonomous vehicles could improve safety and break the bottle necks drivers curse. >> we could see that it improves safety, and not be a beta test. we want to improve the quality of life for the city. >> reporter: they want two roundtable meetings held earlier this year brainstorming about better ways to link passengers to the mineta san jose airport. self driving cars could be cheaper than a light rain link. and silicon valley has 26 companies working on the technology. >> they are all autonomy. they are going to go elsewhere and leave the valley if we don't give them somewhere to test the cars. we will see proposals from giant companies like google and small companies we have not even heard yet. and reducing fatalities is another goal. in 2014 and 2015, the toll was 23, a 20-year high of pedestrian deaths. >> i am sure there will be a lot of people trying to rush in. >> in san

. >>> the infrastructure in the country's largest city is in such poor shap declared a state emergency. andrew cuomo of new york plans to sign an executive order to accelerate everies to include the city's subway system and its service. including in it needed repairs and cars and other equipment. there have been lots of derailments lately. the governor pledged to direct an additional billion dollars for capital improvement. this comes just days after a subway train derailed increasing concerns that the system is not just unreliable and not on time, but unsafe. >>> across the country in los angeles, a tunnelling start up began dig iging under the city create a tranetwor elon musk's venture called the boring company, just completed the first segment of the tunnel in l.a. last month, he said that the first tunnel would run from the airport known as lax to culver city, santa monica, westwood and sherman oaks t plan calls for other tunnels to cover more of the greater l.a. qua. >> maybe he wants to consider the name of the boring company. coming up, in ten years, the iphone has transformed

you know, america's 10th largest city. an app developer from amster dan -- >> reporter: i was thinking it was a small city and it's bigger than san francisco. >> you know there's a million people here. >> now i know. >> reporter: apple is not saying why they pulled the conference out of san francisco after a long run. perhaps it was outgrowing the space or the meals and hotels were getting too expensive. the downtown association estimates the impact to be a million dollars per day. the driver for the brew bike and an uber and lyft driver is looking forward to possible surge pricing. >> i'm sure there will be a lot of money to be made. i want my piece of the pie. >> there was a heavy security presence with apple's own security team and san jose police surrounding the building. the eastbound lanes of san carlos were blocked but that was always the plan. >> everything is calm and quiet. so nothing to worry about. >> reporter: scaling back the conference would be the wrong move. >> we need to continue and carry on to coin the

other plans call for bringing regular garbage service and porta poties to about ten of the cities largestencampents. the city counsel is set to discuss these proposals and others later this month. in oakland dan kerman kron 4 news. (steve) still ahead... skies began to clear... but not before leaving behind a few more rain drops for the weekend...(grant) meteorologist lawrence karnow is back with what to expect.... lawrence karnow: skies began to clear today but not before leaving behind a few more rain drops in the south bay. otherwise there was plenty of afternoon sunshine but cooler than normal temperatures. the winds really picked up in the afternoon and continue very breezy in spots. now it's time to focus on the weekend. low pressure in the gulf of alaska will head toward the state to usher in cooler temperatures. there's even a slight chance we could see a few showers or isolated thunderstorms. whoa! you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking that. come with me. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. you're not taking tha

josaphat toner and his colleagues are in a long country drive from tanzania as largest city of daraa salaam to lake victoria the region whether in many albion or communities when i was born there himself it is said to ghana because i needed to drive really armed and you know as. you know because of the. situation because of this situation crumbling sometimes is very nice. they meet their first i'll be you know in search of help before even leaving the city in the suburbs they meet a teenager who's begging for money from passing drivers stuck in daraa salaams never ending traffic jams why are you here don't you know how bad it is for you to stand out in the sun for such a long time i know. i'm alone and need money to live. many people with. and being disconnected from so sad and sometimes you can see even this guy when he was begging. every day at school is the same for the l.b.o. children they wake up early eat breakfast go for lessons and have lunch and dinner one of the three campus gods will be sure to lock the gates at six every evening there are one hundred students in this boar

her election in 2006 made richmond the largest city in the u.s. to be led by a member of the green party and joining the increasingly crowded feel to replace gavin newsom, running for governor. >>> another delay to tell you about at the start of the smart train service in the north bay as the federal government does one final review of the system. and there are still plans for the soft opening in the coming weeks. >> reporter: the commuters in marin and sonoma counties have been eagerly awaiting the opening of the smart train rail service but once again they will have to wait a little bit longer. the real system board of directors previously anticipated starting late last year, and then later this spring. today officials say it has been pushed back perhaps to july but gave no firm date. >> we do not to open one day sooner than we feel the system is safe, and that is what everybody is working on. have a little more patience because we are almost there. >> reporter: before the service can start between san rafael and santa rosa, the federal railroad

battling eisel allied groups who invaded the south an island of mindanao and captured one of its largest cities and the u.s. military is there to providing assistance the u.s. embassy in manila claims that the philippines government requested the aid and apparently it wasn't the president who asked for help but the philippines army with the army brigadier general saying to a.p. that we don't have good surveillance equipment so we asked the u.s. military for help now the philippine army stressed it was only the equipment and no boots on the ground however the pentagon said it's also sending an additional three hundred to five hundred u.s. troops to support regular training activities and note the details now the president know well it turned out he didn't until the help arrived. but made an appeal as it didn't even know that the medic going to love him it was with . technical and president attorney did not see. say whether his military went over his head he only said that because of the longtime close ties between the u.s. and its colony is army has always been very pro-american and now almost a

. >> new tonight, the bay area's largest city is seeking help from autonomous auto makers to help makesan jose streets safer and less congested. >> it is hoping to tap into talented over two dozen silicon valley companies. here's abc news reporter david louie. >> reporter: by this fall san jose could become the first large city to see its congested streets testing how autonomous vehicles can improve safety and break the bottlenecks that drivers curse. >> we want to ensure this is something that improves safety and not simply becomes a beta test for a company that is at the edge. we want to ensure that we do this in a way that improves the quality of life for our city and that's why we're being proactive. >> reporter: san jose is asking tech companies involved in autonomous vehicles to submit proposals. two round table meetings held earlier this year brainstormed about better ways to link passengers at the downtown cal train station to the san jose airport. self-driving cars might be a lot cheaper than an $800 million light rail link. busy stevens creek boulevard is always choked in tra

troops today launched what they hope will be their final assault to retake mosul, iraq's second largest cityrom isis militants. wth support from u.s. warplanes, iraqi tanks and soldiers have stormed the densely-populated "old city" section of mosul. more than 100,000 civilians are believed to be trapped in mosul, with dwindling supplies, isis has held the city since 2014. the army's campaign began eight months ago. in portugal, more than 1,000 firefighters and soldiers are trying to contain fast-moving forest fires that have claimed at least 61 lives. portugal's prime minister says the toll is expected to rise in what he calls "the biggest tragedy" the country has experienced in decades. a lightning strike is believed to have ignited the largest fire in a mountainous region about 100 miles northeast of portugal's capital, lisbon. more than half the victims had tried to flee the flames and were found trapped inside or near their cars. voters in france have given their new president, emmanuel macron, a big boost in parliamentary elections. partial official results suggest his centrist "republi

a matter of belgium's second largest city of antwerp says almost six hundred potentially radicalized people are currently being monitored by the authorities of those nearly two hundred are believed to pose a significant danger is more of what the mayor had to say. i would like to be able to have my police officers conduct more patrols and nowadays we have a policing strategy that's more manageable you basically we can carry out surveillance but we've placed restrictions and i would like to have more powers in this respect liquid in him as a mayor i would like to have more options for when hate breached in certain places little see to enable us to do better police work would be mean and shut these people down if necessary new law will lag behind events or laws and with you and it's hard to explain to the public that you had your eye on a terrorist before he did something but couldn't take action you couldn't and let's get out of that and we just six months europe has seen eleven terror attacks with plots falls on average every nine days it's acts of left up to fifty people dead and mo

point five million soldiers and civilian employees which if tallied up with amount to the fourth largest city in the land of the free so is the home of the brave switches allegiances securing a multi-billion dollar deal with tar despite the saudi blockade and trumps accusations of funding terrorism a local businessman plan to airlift four thousand cows to help the country might just have been out shown by a high flying all american fast food stunt so as the absurdity of a chicken burger in the stratosphere finally settles in in actuality a food bank from the ground has hit record new heights that's one point two million a murdered sea food parcels handed out each year around fifty percent going to children just as harsh austerity measures since two thousand and eight have forced more and more people to survive below the breadline with an angry marginalized population looking for answers we asked the questions the mainstream media hasn't and we go underground. with some of this week's buried news nearly two years ago today a neo nazi opened fire in a us church killing nine people in a racially

. >> reporter: hate crimes like this are on the rise, up 6% in 25 of the largest cities in 2016. african americans are the most common target the hate crimes at nearly 30%. in march, james jackson got on a bus from baltimore to new york city to target black people. he ended up killing 66-year-old timothy caughman for no other reason. >> talking (bleep) stupid spanish around here. >> reporter: and lately, several videos have gone viral of people spewing hateful speech on a daily base. >> my hope is that a museum like this ultimately is a place that allows america to find common ground, maybe understanding, and maybe, just may be, a little bit of healing and reconciliation. >> reporter: the noose at this museum was the second such incident on smithsonian grounds in less than a week. saturday, a noose was found hanging on a tree near another museum. anthony, both cases are still under investigation. >> mason: jericka duncan, thank you, jericka. coming up next on the cbs evening news. the latest annoyance-- robo calls that go right to voicemail. and the album that expanded the bounda

as isis loses its grip on iraq's second largest city, its fighters today blew up mosul's great mosque that stood for 840 years. its minute relt leaned like the tower of pisa. the mosque is where abu bakr al-baghdadi declared a so-called islamic caliphate in 2014. isis now controls just a few neighborhoods of the city. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," an american aid worker in mosul run through isis gun fire to rescue a child. and before he opened fire on members of congress, the gunman went sightseeing. you control your blood sugar. get into a daily groove. ♪ let's groove tonight. ♪ share the spice of life. ♪ baby, slice it right. from the makers of lantus®, ♪ we're gonna groove tonight. toujeo® provides blood sugar-lowering activity for 24 hours and beyond, proven blood sugar control all day and all night, and significant a1c reduction. toujeo® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. it contains 3 times as much insulin in 1 milliliter as standard insulin. don't use toujeo® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar or if you're al

described in swedish media as no go zones have sprung up across the country particularly in the largest cities the report adds a parallel social structure has emerged in those areas with police facing difficulty carrying out their duties they're the lead party partly by blames islamic extremism for the problem. i am. i will services have even refused to enter those areas in april may all provide a post north refused to enter stockholm's wrinkle for two weeks citing security concerns going to be made headlines last year when police opened fire after a mob of around thirty people began attacking officers with rocks where the situation increasingly precarious police are calling for a change of approach towards the areas becomes of the national police commissioner says the number of no go zones is even higher and stated in the leaked report. we see developments in our country which are not going in the right direction always we see we have more than sixty vulnerable erial see in around the major cities of those in sweden and we see criminality there and we need to turn around development in those