and in iraq — islamic state's destruction of mosul‘s al—hadba minaret and historic mosque is condemnedited states and unesco. the us congress gets to see the new draft bill on healthcare — but four republican senators say they may not support the plan to replace obamacare. and, who wants to be a king or queen? no—one, according to prince harry in a candid interview with a us magazine. in syria, there's a new offensive under way to gain control of raqqa, the city which so—called islamic state regards as the capital of its declared caliphate. in the past few days fighting has intensified between is and the syrian democratic forces which are backed by the us. our correspondent gabriel gatehouse and cameraman fred scott are with the sdf on the frontline, and sent this exclusive report. this has been a long and brutal road. we're inside raqqa now, driving to the centre with the syrian democratic forces, the sdf, a coalition of kurds and arabs. they've onlyjust retaken this street off fighters that call themselves islamic state. here, is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. a n

and in iraq, islamic state's destruction of mosul‘s al—hadba minaret has been condemned by the unitedand unesco. now it is time for our newspaper review. "whisper it... you don't have to leave". the independent has that headline, showing a picture of british prime minister theresa may meeting france's president emmanuel macron at that eu summit. the article looks at mrs may's promise to ensure the rights of three million eu citizens in post—brexit britain. the new york times‘ website has developments in america's long—running debate on the health system. republicans have put forward a draft healthcare bill to replace 0bamacare. however, four of the party's own senators have signalled that they cannot support it in its current form. the financial times looks at how china's banking regulator is ordering domestic lenders to check for what it calls "systemic risk". the move sent stock prices in some companies diving. alleged hacking by russia has grabbed headlines in the us. well, an investigation by the times here in britain has found russian hackers have allegedly been trading the onlin

and in iraq, islamic state's destruction of mosul‘s al—hadba

to take raqqa — one of the last strongholds and in iraq, islamic state's destruction of mosul‘s al—hadbaet's stay with that story. dr denise natali is a research fellow at the institute for national strategic studies, within the national defence university, in washington. isis, by virtue of the fact that they have decimated this mosque, can be seen as having been militarily defeated in iraq and mosul. they are closing in. i would say military defeat, yes. but i would not say that that same process is happening in syria, particularly in raqqa. this is a different arena. it is far more complicated. there are different regional actors superimposed over a civil war. and the fact of the matter is is that the isolation phase in raqqa has been going on for months. and they have not achieved it yet. i would not necessary that look what happens in mosul and in so that the same thing is happening in raqqa. it has been far more complicated. and we still have the ideological component devices. again, there is still going to be some form of them in cyber and in the virtual space. that is what we will

and in iraq — islamic state's destruction of mosul‘s al—hadba minaret and historic mosque is condemnedts to see the new draft bill on healthcare — but four republican senators say they may not support the plan