already, even before the old city has been reta ken, already, even before the old city has been retakenl. in other words, we have left mosul. in other words, we have surpassed the worst case. having said that, we have been able to stay under the leadership of the government and working with everybody just one step government and working with everybodyjust one step ahead. now as we are entering the final stages, we just as we are entering the final stages, wejust don't as we are entering the final stages, we just don't have the funding to support the huge number of people that have left and the 100— 150,000 civilians who are still inside of the old city. this is why we are asking the international community to stand in solidarity of the people of iraq and provide the funding that is so urgently needed. at its humanitarian need but what about the military need? humanitarian need but what about the military need ? that humanitarian need but what about the military need? that that is the humanitarian need. do you think as ceasefire is in order? it is clear that this is some of the most inte

before the old city has been reta ken, before the old city has been retaken, 900,000 civilians have leftwe have surpassed the worst case. even having said that, we have been able to stay under the leadership of the government and stay one step ahead. we are now entering the final stages and it is clear that we do not have the funding that is required to support the huge numbers of people who have left and the hundred thousand to 150,000 who have left and the hundred thousand to 150 , 000 civilians who have left and the hundred thousand to 150,000 civilians who at have not yet been able to leave the old city. we need to provide the funding that is so urgently needed. that is the humanitarian need, but what about in terms of the military need? do you think the intensification of this fighting, do you think a ceasefire is an order? this is some of the most intense fighting we have seen in the entire campaign to host islamic state from iraq. this is why the united nations, we have said it before, as strongly as we can, all of the parties involved have to do everything we can to ensure that c

this is the old city area. it is really the heart of the battle.d here, 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. our history is here, says this major, and we have to get it back. we have been fighting house—to—house and room to room against snipers and foreign fighters, including chechens. nearby, troops relax within sight of the bodies of is militants. they lie where they fell — in the streets they ruled with terror. the extremists are now facing defeat here, but it has taken three years to get this far. and immense damage has been done to the fabric of mosul and the unity of iraq. 0 rla 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the old city of mosul. we heard from some civilians who had escaped in 0rla's report. but what about those still trapped. lisa grande — the un humanitarian co—ordinator in iraq — exp

. >> why one group of archologists is demanding change after historic coffins are found in old city. first he said the keys, keys, keys to your car give me the keys to your car. >> philadelphia city councilman recounts the moment he was stabbed as a manhunt for the attacker continues. douse illman david oh is back home recovering from the terrifying ordeal. >> eyewitness news reporter hof hof is live outside southwest detectives where this investigation stands, alex. >> ukee, jessica, not only are police continuing to search for the stabbing suspect but looking to speak with two men that may have witnessed this violent crime and took videos of it on their phone. >> there was a vehicle where two guys came out and i thought they were asking me if i needed help do you need help. and then it occurred they were not talking to me but him. >> him councilman david oh is referring to is the man that stabbed him in the leg as he was unloading his car. >> he said, give me the car keys. give me your car keys, give me your car. >> after the initial stap, oh says the man attempted more jabs as med

reporter: what is happening is basically, the sdf have managed to encircle the old city of raqqa. there are no ways in or out of .hat city, which is besieged what we are hearing from the inside is that they are out of order on the islamic state group side. , veryer, very little food little ammunition, no real opportunity to get anything from the outside. of course, there are many, many civilians trapped inside that old city. it is believed that the islamic state group are using between 70,000 and 100,000 civilians as human shields in this battle. of course, the old city is also defended by a fortification, a law which is very high, which is centuries old but still intact. that, of course, is a next her problem for the sdf fighters trying to conquer it. we were inside the city today. around the old city, not inside it. but the situation there is extremely confused, extremely violent. there is a lot of gunfire. there are coalition bombings going on, many, many bombings. we witnessed a few of them. a situation -- like we saw cityians coming out of the , father and his son on a motorbi

. >> why one group of archologists is demanding change after historic coffins are found in old city. >> first he said the keys, keys, keys to your car give me the keys to your car. >> philadelphia city councilman recounts the moment he was stabbed as a manhunt for the attacker continues. douse illman david oh is back home recovering from the terrifying ordeal. >> eyewitness news reporter hof hof is live outside southwest detectives where this investigation stands, alex. >> ukee, jessica, not only are police continuing to search for the stabbing suspect but looking to speak with two men that may have witnessed this violent crime and took videos of it on their phone. >> there was a vehicle where two guys came out and i thought they were asking me if i needed help do you need help. and then it occurred they were not talking to me but him. >> him councilman david oh is referring to is the man that stabbed him in the leg as he was unloading his car. >> he said, give me the car keys. give me your car keys, give me your car. >> after the initial stap, oh says the man attempted more jabs as m

this is the old city area. it's really the heart of the battle, and if you look around here you get a real sense of how fierce the fighting has been. the desperate search for survivors after a massive landslide in china's sichuan province. more than 100 people are missing. thank you forjoining us. the united nations fears for the safety of up to 150,000 civilians trapped in the last enclave of mosul. it's still held by the so—called islamic state, but the iraqi army is closing in. the country's prime minister says mosul will be liberated within days. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin reports from the front line in mosul‘s old city. she's with cameraman nicholas hameon and producer firle davies. and a warning, their report contains some distressing images. a journey to the front line. 0ur windscreen, a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort from iraq's elite counterterrorism force. snaking forwards towards an enemy that's still inflicting casualties. like this wounded soldier, being rushed away as we arrived. and

reporter: the sound of gunfire across the old city of mosul. iraqi troops are launching their the islamict on state group. >> according to information from the intelligence services, 1,000 and 1,500 jihadists remain in the old ci city. reporter: but the battle to retake the old city is far from won. iraqi soldiers, supported by air strikes, have managed to penetrate only a few meters into the historic heart of mosul. the jihadist fighters have been preparing for this final battle since the beginning of the offensive last october. they've been reinforcing their defense. but iraqi troops say it's only a force of time before they the i.s. fighters out. >> the enemy is defeated, but and still use car bombs snipers. reporter: made up of narrow streets and densely populated, city comes with its open set of challenges. the army cannot advance in armored vehicles, which slows its progress. the other major concern is casualties. according to the u.n., as many people are believed to still be trapped in the old city. firefighter has become the 63rd person

they have now penetrated the old city. to many civilian casualties. this is mosul‘s general hospital. it now lies just a few hundred metres away from the front lines. these people, most of them are children. there are children, lots of civilian casualties, that you see here. most of them are fleeing, and on their way out, they are injured. with at least 100,000 people still in the old city, the number of casualties is likely to keep rising until the offensive to retake mosul from islamic state, which began in october last year, finally comes to an end. richard galpin, bbc news. the man who died at the scene of the terrorist attack at a mosque in finsbury park on monday has been named as makram ali. he was 51, and from haringey in north london. a preliminary postmortem examination found that mr ali died as a result of multiple injuries. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is at scotland yard. makram ali, the only person to have died in the attack on sunday night, going into monday morning, being formally named b

the announcement comes as iraqi forces recaptured the mosque in the old city of mosul.his comes exactly three years -bagdhadi --ader al >> it may be an ruins like much of the old city, but the is ature of the mosque symbolic victory for iraqi forces. >> the mosque is important because first it is a historic mosque and has a special value for the people of mosul. and second, it is here where as the declared state -- a controlled only a few pockets of the area making up only one square kilometer. militants are still putting up a fight, this means there is still danger for iraqi soldiers and 80,000 civilians in the old city. yet >>, many families are still there, hundreds of families, and they are in different parts of the city. it is miserable there, there is no water or bread at all. organizationonal for migration says that around 850,000 people have been displaced since the mosul offensive began last october. now by theoined adjunct fellow at the hopkins institute in washington, d.c. you know the territory well here around mosul. you were in the army, tell us how signif

for now, live in old city, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," back to you. >> turning to sports, it appears the process is really taking shape now. >> that's right. and this morning, we are welcoming the newest sixer to the city of brotherly love. >> with the first pick in the 2017 draft, the philadelphia 76ers select markelle fultz. >> there goes. markelle fultz is the player most people projected as the sixers first rounds pick. the guard from washington averaged more than 25-point a game as a freshman last season. our don bell went on one with fultz who says he knows all about philly fans. >> the fans are crazy, growing up, ai, even you go to watch play last year, fans there love you. no matter what's going on, they'll be behind you. >> i mean, they'll get on you, what you want them to do, get motivation, work harder, and they love their players. >> that's the truth. sixers fans celebrate the the pick with a draft party at the piazza at schmidts, we got the chance to hear what those fans liked about the newest sixer. >> he compliment ben simmons, simmons get the wide open shot, no

they hope that the old city would be finished before that. ago.hat the old city would be finished before thatm ago. they hope that the old city would be finished before that. it is so would be finished before that. it is so memorable that back in 2014 the islamic state group leader abu bakr al—baghdadi gave a speech inside is very mosque. why would they destroy it? it is the same reason. it is very simple for them. they know, from the media and unofficial media, the iraqi army want this, to destroy the iraqi army want this, to destroy the idea of the caliphate which announced from the mosque. this is very important for them. if they stormed the mosque and they finished the placed where abu bakr al—baghdadi appears in front of the people publicly, it means that the caliphate will be finished and the idea of the caliphate will be destroyed completely. then they will lose mosul and finish isis's assistance in any big city in iraq. let's have a look at some of the other news for you. the conservative government in britain has outlined plans to parliam

olde city eats runs every thursday through august 31st. look out for discounted food and drinks for more than 25 participating restaurants and bars. >> my neighborhood i have never been there. >> see jim wandering around with the margarita in his hand >> yes. >> and wine coolers. >> yes, exactly. >> yes, i know. >> i think we have a great day on the way here. humidity has dropped off. feels very comfortable outside temperature looks seasonal today. lower 80's, that is where we belong we will keep it there throughout the rest of the afternoon. storm scan is quiet, and stay there throughout the day but we will return to an unsettled pattern, but it had to take place into tomorrow. starting it off just with a very quiet view of storm scan to get you out the door, no worries other than sun glare, once that sun does rise. i will jump to tomorrow morning about this same time when that next warm front begins to lift in. it is mainly a cloudy day but we will have some showers that fire up here, over the span of the entire day, but there may be som

for months we were reporting on mysterious story graves unearthed from construction site in the old city. the final chapter is rewritten as work begins to identify the remains. eyewitness reporter david spunt is in old city with the latest, david. >> hundreds of remains found behind me months ago and l&i got a complaint xhor remains were found and l&i could not vam date the compliant. construction continued. original remains from a few months ago they have been moved for analysis. >> reporter: one by one 3 300-year-old wooden coffin from philadelphia were unloaded off a truck. >> it's so rare we get an opportunity to rally see across section of society at a particular point in time. >> and meteorologist kimberly moran is talking about year 1 1707 to 1859 some of the earliest citizens were recently discovered at this old city construction site and remains were in storage boxes under i 5 since discovery. >> why were they left behind and who were they. >> hundreds of people, men, women and little children were supposed to be moved by 18 59 to church in southwest philadelphia and it never ha

they have now penetrated the old city. trapped inside the city. but the upsurge in fighting is leading to many civilian casualties. this is mosul‘s general hospital. it now lies just a few hundred metres away from the front lines. these people, most of them are children. there are children, lots of civilian casualties, that you see here. most of them are fleeing, and on their way out, they are injured. with at least 100,000 people still in the old city, the number of casualties is likely to keep rising until the offensive to retake mosul from islamic state, which began in october last year, finally comes to an end. richard galpin, bbc news. let's speak now to mina al lami from bbc monitoring, shejoins us from reading. a terrible act of destruction as we've been hearing, but do you think does signify that is are facing defeat? i think the group was already heavily under pressure in mosul even before the destruction of the mosques, but what this shows is that it's a desperate measure from is, kind of saying, if we don't have

also in old city. moving back over the bridge. traffic lights out and malfunctioning on north 2nd around callow hill street. we'll end with mass transit. west trenton outbound service, all outbound service for now is dealing with 15-minute delays due to signal problems. the rest of mass transit on or close to schedule. >> thank you. >>> president trump has reveal what he thinks about attorney general jeff sessions' testimony on capitol hill. his reaction up next. >>> also, a family offended. the father of a penn state pledge who died during fraternity hazing explains the troubled behavior he watched unfold after their court hearing. >>> and later, the gift of life. philadelphia doctors perform a miracle for a family facing a rare challenge. >>> 6:14. we're following breaking news in north philadelphia where a pregnant mother was shot during a home invasion. pamela osborne joins us live from police headquarters with the breaking details. pam, tell us how this happened. >> reporter: that woman and her boyfriend were asleep in an ups

state have mounted a counter attack against iraqi troops, who are trying to recapture parts of the old cityf mosul. iraqi commanders say that british fighters, as well as chechens and other foreigners, are among the militants. firefighters in southern spain are battling to stop a huge forest fire causing widespread damage to a national park that's home to rare species of wildlife. the blaze has led to the evacuation of more than 2,000 people. pakistan's prime minister, nawaz sharif, has cut short a visit to london to return home, after more than 140 people were killed when an oil tanker exploded in punjab province. those are the main stories. time to catch up with all the business news in the world business report. the biggest recall in automotive history leads to the bankrupcty courts. japan's takata has had to recall more than 100m airbags across the world. yet another italian rescue job. two more banks get government bailouts — the third time that's happened in a year. is it isita is it a sign of more trouble for the eurozone? welcome to world business report. i'm susannah streeter. the

iraqi troops advancing into the old city of mosul are encountering fierce resistance from islamic statepain are battling to stop a huge forest fire causing widespread damage to the donana national park that's home to rare species of wildlife. the blaze in a pine forest near the city of huelva, in andalucia, has led to the evacuation of more than 2,000 people. 0ur reporter guy hedgecoe is in madrid. what is the latest state of the fire? well, 500 or so firefighters are on the ground battling the blaze at the moment with 20 aircraft supporting them. there have been very high temperatures but the big factor here has been a high wind in the area which has been changing direction constantly and that has been very difficult for the authorities to know where the fire will spread to and there have been concerned, it mentions this, donana national park, this huge national park to the east of where the fire started, it started to spread into the park but the authorities are hoping to control it to prevent it spreading any further.|j hoping to control it to prevent it spreading any further. i know

for months we were reporting on mysterious story graves unearthed from construction site in the old city. the final chapter is rewritten as work begins to identify the remains. eyewitness reporter david spunt is in old city with the latest, david. >> hundreds of remains found behind me months ago and l&i got a complaint xhor remains were found and l&i could not vam date the compliant. construction continued. original remains from a few months ago they have been moved for analysis. >> reporter: one by one 3 300-year-old wooden coffin from philadelphia were unloaded off a truck. >> it's so rare we get an opportunity to rally see across section of society at a particular point in time. >> and meteorologist kimberly moran is talking about year 1 1707 to 1859 some of the earliest citizens were recently discovered at this old city construction site and remains were in storage boxes under i 5 since discovery. >> why were they left behind and who were they. >> hundreds of people, men, women and little children were supposed to be moved by 18 59 to church in southwest philadelphia and it never ha

we are now entering the old city. iraqi special forces, the very forces that broke through isis defenses, and started advancing toward the mosque. we drove until the streets got so narrow we had to leave the protection of our humvees behind as gunfire rang out in every direction. the stench of death, from the body of isis fighters rotting in the sweltering heat, filled the air. as you walk the streets of the old city, you get indication of the damage and destruction around here. whole neighborhood have ceased to exist. after eight months of fighting. it still continues. and not over yet. the general told us they're starting to face e-mail isis fighters on the battlefield for the first time. it is their ultimate point of weakness now, he said. they have the same ideology, that's why they're fighting. the iraqi military has begun opening exit routes for shell shocked residents to flee the city with the u.n. warning of rising civilian death toll and unimaginable risks of facing those trapped inside. as the battle enterin

this is the old city area, it is really the heart of the battle.e 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 get this far. and immense damage has been done to the fabric of mosul and the unity of iraq. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the old city of mosul. at least five bodies have been recovered after a huge rescue operation has took place in south—west china. where more than a hundred people are feared to have been buried by a landslide. the search is taking place in a mountainous area of sichuan province, close to tibet, after the side of a mountain collapsed following heavy rain. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. chinese rescue teams have been digging through mounds of rubble in the village searching for survivors. more than 40 homes were bu

orla guerin, bbc news, in the old city of mosul.ng place in south—west china, where more than a hundred people are feared to have been buried by a landslide. the search is taking place in a mountainous area of sichuan province, close to tibet, after the side of a mountain collapsed following heavy rain. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. chinese rescue teams have been digging through mounds of rubble in the village searching for survivors. more than 40 homes were buried when the top of the mountain collapsed causing a major landslide in this remote causing a major landslide in this re m ote pa rt causing a major landslide in this remote pa rt of causing a major landslide in this remote part of western sichuan province, . remote part of western sichuan province,. working in constant rain, and with roads covered by mud and rocks, the rescue effort has been difficult. and yet local officials say some survivors have been pulled out and taken to hospital. they say this has included a couple and also a baby. translation: at around fiv

. >> jenny, it is not on that level but we have something going on in olde city at second and chestnut. hi there, jenny. >> reporter: second and chestnut there were 250 people outside here and some of those people stayed through the night we are watching as sun comes up here in olde city, more people are arriving here at the pennsylvania path toomey's office for another day of protest. these people want their voices heard and they want pennsylvania leaders to stick up for their need, wants they say this will devastate people by cutting medicaid and cuts taxes on those with higher incomes, eliminates individual and employer mandates and allows young people to stay on their insurance plans until age 26. under this bill people with preexisting conditions cannot be hit with higher premiums or denied access to care which many think is a good thing but people outside toomey's office says there is just too much bad in this bill. >> they need health insurance for so many different reasons. even healthy kid need health insurance because they need preventive care. if you have a body, you need he

this is the old city area, it's really the heart of the battle. 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 get this far. and immense damage has been done to the fabric of mosul and the unity of iraq. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the old city of mosul. with all the sport — here's holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre. it was always going to be a mammoth task. the british and irish lions have been well beaten by the all blacks in the first test in auckland. despite some sparkling moments from the lions, new zealand won by 30 points to 15 — and maintained their 23—year unbeaten run at eden park. our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching. there are a team carrying the hopes of four nations on the shoulders. the lions ma

beautiful look outside our studios in olde city. we will look at your weather forecast in about 30, but we want to check on tropical storm cindy because it continues to lose strength this morning as it head toward our area this morning people across south east are taking a lot damage, storm made land fall in louisiana, spawned tornadoes and water sprouts right here. >> well, when water goes down, we have a lot of cleaning up to do. the boat didn't get tore up or floated off, it is not too bad >> it is actually a pretty good shape. everything tied down and secure. >> so, scott is in for sue serio this morning. you have been tracking this one. is there concern this storm dumped up to 12 inches of rain in the south east and gulf and it is moving our way, scott a lot of devastation with all that heavy rainfall parts of the southe, gulf coast, some of that tropical moisture is heading right to the delaware valley, not anticipating 12 inches but locally an inch or more before all is said and done. grab an umbrella because cloud cover will

islamic state militants have blown up the iconic building located in mosul's old city, a symbol of theity for more than eight centuries. is claims that u.s. airstrikes destroyed the mosque. there is a fierce battle to undertake iraq's --second strongest city. correspondent: they were two of mo -- mosul's most famous landmarks. now it hahas beenen destroyed be isislamic state gro. the u.s. military purportedly shows the moment the mosque was blown up. this is all that remains of the site. on thursday, smoke was still rising from the area where the mosque usesed to be. the iraqi army was and 50 meters of the mosque when jihadist soldiers set off the blast. initiaially islamic state leadership released d a statemet claiming it t was a u.s. s stri. the al-nuri mosque hohold significicance forhehe is jihadists. their leader declared himself highly -- claiph there. since then, is's flag has flown from the top. the fight to free mosul from is has beenoioing on for r eight months. coalition forces have back to the last of the fighters into a narrow part of the old city in the streets around th

this is the old city area, it's really the heart of the battle. 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 get this far. and immense damage has been done to the fabric of mosul and the unity of iraq. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the old city of mosul. five bodies have been found as part ofa five bodies have been found as part of a rescue operation in chinese —— in china. chinese rescue teams have been digging through mounds of rubble in the village searching for survivors. today is armed forces day. more than 300 events are taking place across the country to celebrate the work of our armed forces. the main event has been taking place in liverpool, where a parade and raf fly—past have marked armed forces day. a short time ago, our

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if we look at what is left of the city -- as you mention, it is the old part of the city. a fraction of iraq's second oldest city. they have liberated the majority of mosul. what is left is a very complex urban environment where troops have to fight to recapture what is left. this old city with its very narrow streets and alleyways. it's difficult for troops to move with their vehicles. they have to dismount, they have to move on foot. they will be meeting resistance not just in terms of isis snipers and fighters, but we're talking about booby traps and car bombs that isis has planted. we've heard they have their eod teams on the ground trying to dismantle some of the bombs. they are finding them along the way. and of course, the biggest concern is for the civilian population. there are all sorts of estimates. somewhere between 100,000 to 150,000 civilians, about half of them children. essentially being used as human shields by isis in that part of the city as we enter what could be the bloodiest phase of this fight, dave. >> thank you. >>> there's a remarkable record appa

reporting live in old city, pamela osborne. nbc 10 news. >>> proposal continues on the "today" show later this morning. republican senator rand paul will be live to say why he's taking a stand against the party's proposed bill. >>> man who called himself dirty old santa is facing charges for attempting to lure what he thought was a 14-year-old girl for sex. arrested after an undercover sting in delaware county. say the 56-year-old made plans to meet an undercover cop posing an a girl at an ice cream shop in ridly yesterday. investigator say he was a seasonal employee at a macy's in philadelphia, but they cannot confirm if he played santa. >> 5:36 right now. police in bucks county can warning to be on the lookout for a peeping tom who targeted a teenage girl inside a mall bathroom. told police she was in a stall tuesday afternoon when she saw a man's hand come under the stall holding a phone. she screamed and the man ran off near the food court. we spoke with her mom. we'll get that sound a little bit later. we are not identifyi

old city and center city. walnut street still blocked right now between fourth and fifth street because of that collapse that happened yesterday morning. vine street expressway we're on a good run this morning. we have to problems or delays. had a earlier a little bit of a disabled vehicle. right around broad street. that's gone. in between broad street and schuylkill expressway is still open and not dealing with construction. end here with bridges opening on standby for the burlington bristol around 525. we're clear over the . >>> controversial comment. 5:35. actor who joked about assassinating the president. plus, protecting your memory. doctors lay out three things you can do to reduce the risk of alzheimer's disease. >>> too much for a young soul. the parents of a pennsylvania teenager post a revealing obituary that places blame for their daughter's suicide. >>> 5:15. new report says three good habits you should be practicing now if you want to reduce your risk of alzheimer's and dementia. control high blo

but now they are within a few hundred meters of the old city. islamic state is hemmed in here, almost surrounded. and they are fighting back. >> sniper. >> snipers, booby-traps, suicide bombers. i.s. has weaponized fear. they've done this perhaps more successfully than any other group. but these fighters seem immune to terror. this war has been going on for longer than world war ii. this is about as far forward a position -- about as far forward as they have managed to hold, but as you can see, there is still sniper fire going on here. welcome to raqqa, the capital of the caliphate under siege. among the kurds, men and women fight alongside one another, even on the front lines. there are no distinctions. delilah is 22 years old. she was studying to become a nurse, but here she has found her true calling. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter: returning from the front, fighters described intense all night battles as islamic state uses its network of tunnels to stage sneak attacks behind the lines. this is going to be a long, hard fight. if i.s.

remains have been stored in south philadelphia, since they were found at a construction site in old citys want to know who these historical philadelphians were. >> we want to learn about the health, about disease, how disease went around early city population, we want to learn burial practices, we want to learn about the material culture of the past and then ultimately we want to get these people back in the ground where they need to be. >> all in my neighborhood, so i find this very fascinating. the people studied lived between 1707 and 1859. >> well, hundreds of military and firefighters returned to get control after massive wild fire in southern california. fire officials say the flames started near a campground. the blaze spread over 760 acres, threatening nearby homes, and an animal shelter. officials say no homes were damaged. and no one was hurt. the cause of the blaze is under investigation. >> staying in southern california, brush fire tears through hillside in malibu. smoke filled the air as dry vegetation went up in flames fueling the fire. the heavy smoke could be seen for mi

right now, you're looking at exclusive drone footage obtained by cnn of the old city of mosul before r the destruction of the historic mosque. the terror group blames washington and terrain. >> iraq's foreign minister said when isis blew up the 800-year-old landmark, there it goes, it was making it's official announcement of their defeat. >> let's bring in nick paton walsh live in erbil iraq. >> reporter: you see from most levels here there is the cultural damage done to iraq's heritage condemned by innecessaryco. and a war crime in the past few weeks. the sheer disregard for human life shown by isis as this harrowing phase of the conflict reaches a very bloody and unfortunate climax. it shows extensive destruction, now filmed from quite distance there. and there is the dust there. and we're also seeing images from isis, part of that propaganda which we won't show you but do show you from a ground level substantial destruction. there can be no doubt that the morph is pretty much obliterated here. and the key point here, george, is that this should have been one of the most sacred simp

this is the old city area, it is really the heart of the battle, and if you look around here you willeam start for the british and irish lions down under, as the all blacks deliver another crushing victory. good evening. 3a high rise buildings around the country have failed fire safety tests on their external cladding, according to the latest government figures. thousands of buildings, including some schools and hospitals, are now being checked following the grenfell tower disaster. around 600 buildings are due to undergo the tests, with local authorities working urgently to identify the buildings at risk. duncan kennedy reports. the government asked councils to sendin the government asked councils to send in samples of cladding from buildings they were most concerned about, but only 3a tests on cladding had so far been carried out, involving 17 councils. but every one had failed. the councils include manchester, camden, plymouth and hounslow. retrofitting of sprinklers should be one of our responses here. when your chief fire officer of your region tells you that, clearly as a leader

but now they're within a few hundred metres of the old city.hemmed in here, almost surrounded, and they're fighting back. sniper. snipers, booby—traps, suicide bombers. is has weaponised here. they have done this perhaps more successfully than any other group. but these fighters seem immune to terror. this war has been going on for longer than world war two. this is about as far forward a position... gunfire. ..about as farforward as they have managed to hold. but as you can see, there's still sniper fire going on here. welcome to raqqa, the capital of a caliphate under siege. among the kurds, men and women fight alongside one another. even on the front lines there are no distinctions. delilah is 22 years old. she was studying to become a nurse but here she's found her true calling. returning from the front, fighters describe intense all—night battles as islamic state uses its network of tunnels to stage sneak attacks behind the sdf lines. this is going to be a long, hard fight. if is loses raqqa, it will surely mean the end of the caliphate. b

we have had rain overnight but we have sunshine in olde city, it is 62 degrees. our high, mixture of sun and cloud and aforementioned stray shower, now tonight we have a low of about 58, clearing up, beautiful day tomorrow but what happens after that is in the seven day forecast. >> thomas, my daughter madison on her way to your house for a party. >> that is what i'm hearing. >> it is on social media. >> it is, snap gram, instant chat. >> whatever it is. >> it is animal house, bob. >>> good morning. live look at 95 near woodhaven road. everything damp and wet from the overnight rain we had. be careful. slippery out there we are seeing sun popping, that will give us sun glare once we get rain drops taken off of your windshield there. we will go 95 southbound delays into girard avenue, school's out but camp is opened, it is day one of the camp kelly i'm heading to baseball camp later on today we will take you their life, and during good day starting at 9:00, brooklawn circle has some flooding in south jersey because of the blocked drains and a accident north on 295

now he is overseeing a 50 million-dollar renovation, of the bourse in olde city. >> people literallyame here and used this as a meeting place to exchange goods. we are doing same exact thing but 150 years later. >> he says next year bourse will be packed with young professionals. the philly neighborhood are unique with charm, restaurants , a culinary flight around the world, tourist say that philadelphia is now a destination, not just a stop over on the way to new york and washington. >> right now it is already fresh and we are adding to it. just a hundred times better. >> reporter: mcgraph says bourse renovation is just tip of an iceberg full of growth and surprise. >> young people want to be here because it is affordable, and it is cool, and it has been cool for 300 years. >> it has been cool for 300 years and still cool, i love that line in that story right there bourse will be an exciting project, one of the many projects here in philadelphia we have come so far. at one time tower of independent hall, different then it was that was one of the tallest buildings in the city. it is

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everybody is out in old city. it's thursday night a good night to be out. warm night as well. temperatures are warm in the 70s after highs in the 80 today's. not a cloud in the sky right n now. atlantic city 83. philadelphia 82. wilmington 82. trenton 80. allen ton and reading in the upper 70s. just beautiful day no matter where you were i now the city we're at 79. not much win at this moment. the wind is dying down. millville 80. and 81 degrees in atlantic city. warm down the shore with a stiff westerly wind keeping that sea breeze away. tonight temperatures will fall through the 70s if you're going out tonight very comfortable. lows to night will be falling into the 60s. now coming up we'll talk about a sunny stretch for the beginning of june. something we did not have in may. we'll have the hurricane outlook as hurricane season begins today, and some weekend rain it's not going to be all perfect but we'll show you the best time to be outside. for now though guys we'll send it back to you. >> enjoy the sunshine, kathy. >>> to story you saw first on fox. south jersey teacher

. >> ♪ >>> we have an update tonight on an olde city construction site in philadelphia that used to beetery back in the 18th century. that's why it was noteworthy when human bones and fragments of coffins were discovered several months back. it has happened again. "action news" reporter vernon odom has the story. >> reporter: at second and arch today construction on a new apartment building remains shut down partly because of an area wide labor contract dispute and because it appears even more coffins and skeletal remains have been discovered. >> at about 14 feet down, there are additional burials that have been located on the site. and that -- the plan now is to hire a professional archaeologist to come in and do a proper excavation of those remainsism back in the wintertime construction work was briefly shut down when 80 to 100 coffins and skeletal remains were found here. because scientists wanted to recover the findings and do their vital research. >> prior to really the 20th century maybe pack in the 19th century a little bit there's just not a lot of really good information about

-led military coalition's assault on mosul's old city. two french reporters and a freelance journalist were also injured in the explosion on monday. the u.n. warns as many as 150,000 people remain trapped in a desperate situation in mosul's old city amid the offensive. elsewhere in iraq, airwars says as many as 19 civilians were reportedly killed when a u.s.-led coalition airstrike hit a mosque last wednesday in tal afar, which is about 50 miles west of mosul. new research on climate change has revealed that nearly one-third of the world's population is now exposed to deadly heat waves. the study, published monday in the journal "nature climate change," comes as airlines canceled more than 50 flights out of phoenix, arizona, because the scorching 118-degree heat made it impossible for the planes to take off. it is expected to hit up to 120 degrees for an height in phoenix today. the heat wave also shattered temperature records across the west coast, including in sacramento, san jose, and san francisco. meanwhile, in portugal, soaring temp

they have now penetrated the old city. account the lives of the civilians trapped inside the city. but the upsurge in fighting is leading to many civilian casualties. this is mosul general hospital. it now lies just a few hundred metres away from the front lines. these people, most of them are children. there are children, lots of civilian casualties, that you see here. most of them are fleeing, and on their way out, they are injured. with at least 100,000 people still in the old city, the number of casualties is likely to keep rising until the offensive to retake mosul from islamic state, which began in october last year, finally comes to an end. richard galpin, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather now. a very different day converter yesterday and in fact for the past five days we have had temperatures over 30 degrees but for now the heatwave is over. more clout across the country and feeling fresh as well. —— cloud. you can see there is a lot of cloud around there in shropshire and it is the same in mos

. >> street by street, house by house, these iraqi soldiers are searching the heart of mosul's old cityone week after the launch of an assault on the last area held by the islamic state group the army has already taken two thirds of the historic center. monday morning, they announced the recapture of the al farook neighborhood in the corner of the north city. progress is slow. the jihadis have set traps everywhere. >> they do not surrender. their last resort is to blow themselves up. when they have used all their ammunition, they become suicide bombers. >> in these tight quarters, danger is everywhere. rubble prevent the use of armored vehicles. snipers are dug in. >> the operation is in progress but it requires precautions when advancing in order to preserve the lives of civilians and troops. >> the old city lies largely in ruins. a symbol of mosul dating to the 12th-century blown up by , the same foradis the mosque. two architectural treasures gone forever. less than one square kilometer remains for the iraqi forces to retake. there are likely only several holdingjihadi fighters out a