mark, thank you, mark lowen there.facing the threat of another rebellion by her own backbenchers today as she tries to maintain support for her brexit plan. mps have started debating the next steps in the process ahead of a vote in the house of commons later this afternoon. simon mccoy is in westminster. reeta. the question here at westminster is less whether theresa may will lose tonight's vote and more what damage a defeat would do to her renegotiations with the eu. with members of the backbench european research group expected to withdraw their support for the government, downing street fears another commons defeat will send out all the wrong signals, as our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. it should have beenjust it should have been just another day at westminster, but instead, there is trouble in the air again. the prime minister is facing another revolt from her own mps. the house of commons has another chance to debate and vote to back or block theresa may's attempts to get changes to her brexit d

see is fighters standing around, there's no fighting happening at the moment. 0ur correspondent mark lowenaining civilians. the stf are not going to launch this final assault on baghouz until they have cleared the civilians from inside. the fear of a massacre, they are managing to get people out, about 30 truckloads left today but i think that the whole thing is taking longer than was expected. we were told a few days ago it might be 24-48 told a few days ago it might be 24—48 hours, it is dragging on now it could take another 3— four days, and along with civilians you have diehard islamic state fighters who are refusing to surrender and vowing to fight to the death. they are less ofa to fight to the death. they are less of a concern frankly for the sdf, if they stay in there with kurdish led forces on the ground and us air power they do not stand much of a chance in assaults. a government panel in botswana has recommended lifting a four—year—old ban on elephant hunting. it would allow regular, but limited, culling and the canning of the meat for pet food. botswana is home to thousands of

it had been under attack by american backed forces for the last two weeks. 0ur correspondent mark lowenminutes we heard from the syrian 0bservatory for human rights monitoring group, that this last patch of territory held by islamic state has finally been captured. we had extensive negotiations in the last few days to try to get the islamic state fighters to surrender and civilians being used as human shields to be evacuated. that has not happened and so the last piece of territory held by the islamic state group has fallen. extremely symbolic at its height islamic state controlled territory the size of the uk but this is not the end of the islamic state group. some of the fighters. they are in last last patch of territory we escape, we understand that the escape through tunnels in the desert. and after so much damage and poverty, there could bea much damage and poverty, there could be a resurgence of islamic state in the next few months and years if sustained pressure is not brought to bear against them. if your employer asked you, would you get a microchip implanted into your hand? th

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our correspondent, mark lowen, sent us this update from erbil in northern iraq. 30 truckloads of civiliansdie hard ones vowing to fight to the death but when the kurdish led forces on the ground and us air power move into that final pocket, which is imminent, possibly over the next 2a-a8 imminent, possibly over the next 2a—a8 hours, they stand very little chance against them. they are going to camps for displaced people in northern syria, including a camp where shemema begum was held last week. i spoke to a humanitarian officer who said there are no a0,000 people in that camp and that supplies are very limited. fighters are trying to stop civilians from fleeing. the syrian observatory for human rights, a monitoring group, said there was one is officer who was executed for encouraging civilians to leave the pocket, so they are trying to keep them there to try and force that final —— stall that final assault but it is a matter of hours. just a reminder of the breaking news coming to us from the united states this hour, the singer r kelly has been charged with ten counts of aggravated sexual

our correspondent, mark lowen, joins us live from erbil in northern iraq.ust a tiny amount? less tha n does it have? just a tiny amount? less than half a square mile and it is important to clear that area of civilians before the kurdish led forces storm in for a final assault. that is what has been happening over the last few days and i think has taken longer to clear than expected. another 30 or so truckloads of civilians left today, many had been human shields. the eis fighters, and there are still quite a few who are refusing to leave, they are deed i had one is fighting to the death. —— the is fighters. —— they are fighting to the death. over the next 2aa fighting to the death. over the next 2a a a8—hour is, they stand very little choice against the kurdish led forces. there are still civilians there? well the exodus continue? it will continue and they are going up to camps for internally displaced people in north—east syria. including one camp where begum was found. those camps are very limited and i as fighters are trying to stop the civilians from fl

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a little earlier our correspondent mark lowen gave us the latest from erbil in iraq.as finally been captured. there were extensive negotiations over the last few days to try to get the is fighters holed up there to surrender, and civilians who were being held as human shields to be evacuated. that has now happened, and therefore the last bit of territory heard by the islamic state group has fallen. it‘s extremely symbolic. remember that at its height, is held territory the size of britain and controlled 8 million people across to iraq and syria. but this is not the end of the islamic state group, remember. some of the is fighters who were holed up there in that last patch of territory we understand have escaped through tunnels into the desert. there are still sleeper cells across iraq and syria, and the fear that after so much war, so much damage, so much poverty in these two countries, that there could be a resurgence of is in the next few months and years if it is not... if sustained pressure is not brought to bear against them. the competition watchdog has dealt a

here's mark lowen in irbil. this is not the end of the islamic state group, remember. territory we understand have escaped through tunnels into the desert. there are still sleeper cells across iraq and syria and the fear that after so much war, so much damage, so much poverty in these two countries that they could be a resurgence of is in the next few months and years if it is not if there is not sustained pressure brought to bear against them. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we'll give you your daily brexit update — today theresa may has been in brussels. the prime minister has said she is "saddened" by the resignations of three conservative mps have resigned from the party today. asked whether she would do anything differently in response to the mps‘ various criticisms of the government's brexit strategy, theresa may insisted her approach was in keeping with the wishes of the british public. the question of our membership of the european union has been a matter of disagreement in our party for many years now and it was never going to be easy for the