inside marawi, fires rage. hundreds of civilians are still trapped.from bunker and tunnels and are thought to have hostages. even with american help, the fight to recapture marawi will not be easy. michael bristow, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: he was the first batman on the small screen, but adam west has died at the age of 88. the day the british liberated the falklands and by tonight british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, had raised great hopes for the end of the division of europe. michaeljackson was not guilty on all charges. the screams of the crowd testament to his popularity and their faith in his innocence. as long as they'll pay to go see me, i'll get out there and kick 'em down the hill. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it's pretty neat. feels marvellous, really. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the office of britain's p

first of all, tell us what you have witnessed in marawi.es what you have witnessed in marawi. umm, yeah, a lot of airstrikes by the philippine army, quite heavily targeting districts still under the control of the militants who have been pushed back to a small area. lots of airstrikes. we can also hear a lot of clashes were the army was able to get to, especially on friday. we have heard exchanges of sniper fire friday. we have heard exchanges of sniperfire and friday. we have heard exchanges of sniper fire and automatic fire. the philippines reported 30 marines were killed in backlash. simon, do we know if anyone has been injured or killed? we seem to have lost him. that is a shame. unfortunately, we will have to move on. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: he was the original caped crusader. we look back at the life of adam west, batman from the 1960s tv series, who has died at the age of 88. the day the british liberated the falklands. they have began the task of disarming the enemy tonight. in the heart of the west german capital,

inside marawi, fires rage. hundreds of civilians are still trapped.ing from bunker and tunnels and are thought to have hostages. even with american help, the fight to recapture marawi will not be easy. michael bristow, bbc news. nearly twenty years ago, a separatist war broke out in what was then the serbian province of kosovo. nationalists, with the support of albanian rebels, declared independence, and thousands of people died before hostilities ceased. several nations refused to grant kosovo nation status. now the authorities have agreed to set up a special court to investigate war crimes. guy delauney reports. kosovo had a violent birth. it unilaterally declared its independence from serbia in 2008. but in the late 1990s, a violent conflict killed more than 10,000 people and required nato intervention. and it may be that some war crimes committed then haven't been properly investigated by the international tribunal in the hague. kosovo's ethnic serbs say they've never received justice for the crimes committed against them — murdered by albanian te

inside marawi, fires rage. hundreds of civilians are still trapped.unker and tunnels and are thought to have hostages. even with american help, the fight to recapture marawi will not be easy. michael bristow, bbc news. french parliamentary elections are this sunday and emmanuel macron will be hoping his party can go from no mp‘s —— and emmanuel macron will be hoping his party can go from no mps to the party of government. it's fielding candidates in almost all of the 577 seats. in keeping with his promise to renew french politics, half of those running on behalf of the president's party have never held office before. predictions that he may win an outright majority have surprised many. here's our paris correspondent, lucy williamson. president macron has promised to ta ke president macron has promised to take on some fronts's most entrapped bill problems. this collection will decide whether he has the political and public support to deliver. his party en marche! is currently to you to hold any seats in parliament and untiljust a to hold any seats in p

the army thinks it has marawi encircled now. match id cards to the wanted posters you see everywhere. but the maute group has survived heavy losses before. even after the battle of marawi is over, it could still strike again. let's talk now to jonathan, who's in the city of iligan, close to marawi. extraordinary tales, there. what is the very latest? it is something of a stalemate. we have heard for more than a week from the army that they say they control about 90% of the city. the fact is whatever part that is still under the control of the insurgents, and nobody is able to go outside this tiny protected pocket of the city, and there is a lot of fighting. every day, there are extracts. clearly, the army is unable to dislodge the militants. they are both very determined. they've say they want to die for is lahm. there is a feeling here in iligan that the government underestimated the numbers. there are hundreds of fighters that took pa rt are hundreds of fighters that took part in the fight for the city. —— die for islam. they

this is as far as we can safely go in marawi.can see the scars of battle on the building. the city government thought it could retake in just three days is still not under their control really two weeks later. it's clear they have badly underestimated both the strength and the numbers of the insurgents. there are civilians who have been trapped in insurgent held areas. this group has just escaped after hiding for 11 days. most of them are christians. the militants would have killed them. this woman is one of them. she has six young children. with little food to eat, they are now showing signs of malnutrition and needed treatment in hospital. translation: there was one time at night where we had billed as banging on the wall —— militants banging. the children were crying. they were afraid the militants would hear them. i didn't say anything to them at my heart was aching. i could do nothing. all these evacuees have stories to tell. this woman hid in a basement, listening to the gunman walking above her. a mother who persuaded the

inside marawi, fires rage. hundreds of civilians are still trapped.om bunker and tunnels and are thought to have hostages. even with american help, the fight to recapture marawi will not be easy. michael bristow, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news, still to come: a week after the london bridge attack, people have been urged to visit the capital's bars and restaurants, in a show of "unity and resilience". 0k, ok, let's go back to our main story. as we've been hearing, theresa may needs the support of the democratic unionist party, to give her a working majority in parliament following the uk election. they say discussions are continuing. so what will the dup demand in return for their loyalty? here's john campbell. political views here are firmly held and slow to change. on saturday mornings for the last five years, unionist protesters have gathered at belfast city hall. they're opposing a council policy to reduce the numbers of days on which it flies the union flag, a decision they feel undermines their british identity. they welcome the dup's ne

the headlines: troops step up the battle to expel islamist militants from marawi after the philippinesks its independence day. and the perfect marriage of bride and bollywood. how a viral video means indian weddings may never be the same again. live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. welcome. thanks for joining welcome. thanks forjoining us. it's 7am in singapore, and midnight here in london, where the british prime minister, theresa may, has tried to reassure her members of parliament by telling them "i got us into this mess, and i'm the one who's going to get us out of it." the election result has left the uk in political turmoil, not least over brexit. the state opening of parliament, where the queen reads out the government's agenda, may be postponed. and the opposition labour party says the government is in chaos. the bbc‘s laura kuennsberg reports. band plays. the band plays on in theresa may's backyard. strangely, business as usual at the back gates. at the front tonight, even after her personal disaster of the election, the prime min

inside marawi, fires rage. hundreds of civilians are still trapped.ker and tunnels and are thought to have hostages. even with american help, the fight to recapture marawi will not be easy. let's get more on our top story. the german chancellor angela merkel has called the british prime minister to offer her congratulations following the uk election. theresa may confirmed her intention for brexit talks to begin in the next couple of weeks, as planned. mark urban has been speaking to one of angela merkel‘s ministers, peter altmaier in germany. he began by asking him whether brexit negotiations will still begin a week on monday. it depends on the uk's decision when we will start. what we know so far is that uk has triggered article 50 and that means a delay of two years will be available to negotiate, transitional periods to negotiate citizens‘ rights. we hope all this can be done in due time, but we have never interfered with domestic political debates in the uk. we have allowed for sufficient time to decide when to trigger article 50. we have allowed

marawi is a predominantly muslim city in an overwhelmingly catholic nation.re than 200,000 people have fled, now living in overcrowded ebacc you are in centres. —— evacuation centres. coalition i can't look after my children on may own and my husband has died. keep fainting. —— on my young. the militants have stockpiled food and weapons, thought to be preparing for a long siege. sarah corker, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. nato says seven us service personnel have been wounded in an insider attack at an army base in the north of afghanistan. the attack happed at camp shaheen in the city of mazar—i—sharif. the afghan defence ministry said the attacker was an afghan soldier. more than 100,000 events have taken place across the uk to remember the labour mp, jo cox, who was murdered a year ago. her husband said she would be "incredibly humbled" by the gatherings taking place in her name. the "great get together" was based on the message in mrs cox's maiden speech in parliament — that "we have more in common — than which

what are your thoughts on the participation of us troops in marawi? i am not aware of that.w. i gave the power to the defence department. earlier, i wasjoined from our london newsroom by james putzel, professor of development studies at the london school of economics and an expert on the philippines. i asked him did the philippines need the assistance of the americans? they do, because the philippine military really doesn't have the capacity to be able to really block off and shut down the networks of those who have pledged allegiance to is, who are operating in mindanao. and so this has been known for a long time, and the us and the philippines have long—standing military agreements. so even when president duterte called president 0bama a "son of a whore," last year, and was, you know, and he is trying to diversify his own relationships internationally, those agreements stand. and in fact, when the ruckus broke out, it was known that the us had technical assistance for the fight in mindanao and it was going to continue. despite this technical assistance, we are ready have 5

the military battles and tries to regain control of the city of marawi. >> thank you from hong kong.takata is filing for bankruptcy. they never recovered from a deadly air bag scandal. ity aits air bags were shooting spl shrapnel into people. will, first of all, thakata was slow to address this. what does bankruptcy look like for this company? >> well, what takata is doing is selling most of their business operation to their rival in the united states based in detroit for just over $1.5 billion. the fine that takata owes the united states government for $1 billion for wire fraud, because they were deliberately ma nip nating informati manipulating information. the main number one priority is to pay that fine to the u.s. then the legal lawsuits, they are lining up for their share as well. hard it imagine any scenario in which many of the people seeking damages from takata will be reimbursed. honda suing the company. bmw. toyota. what this deal does is it allows that takata to continue operations. 60,000 employees around the world. majority of them will. and they will make the inflators

i agree that what is happening in marawi is a national crisis and something that we should deal withy. but i feel that the armed forces, historically, have faced more difficult challenges before and they can overcome this challenge once again and i have no doubt that the armed forces of the philippines will subdue the maute group. yes. a couple of days ago, the finance minister made a clear point of associating, as you put it, the maute group, associating them with drug crime. he said there is no doubt that much of the money they make and the way they operate comes from their involvement in organised drug trafficking. do you agree with that? that is probably the case but the question is, for the past year that they unleashed this deadly war on drugs, how come they did not touch these suspected drug lords who are supporting maute? the finance minister again in an important speech just the other day said it is time for the country to support a president who wants to see a philippines where obedience to the law is not optional. he has imposed martial law in the area around marawi and th

what are your thoughts on the participation of us troops in marawi? i am not aware of that. the defence department. stay with us on bbc news. there is plenty to come. feminism on film. we'll take a look at some of the movies set to make their mark at the sydney film festival. the day the british liberated the falklands and by tonight british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, had raised great hopes for the end of the division of europe. michaeljackson was not guilty on all charges. the screams of the crowd testament to his popularity and their faith in his innocence. as long as they'll pay to go see me, i'll get out there and kick 'em down the hill. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it's pretty neat. feels marvellous, really. welcome back. you are watching bbc news. this is bbc news. —— our top story: britain's prime minister insists she will preside over britain's successful exit from t

there's now been more than five weeks of fighting in the southern philippine city of marawi between theand fighters from the so—called is. the government had declared a temporary humanitarian truce in the offensive to recapture the city from the militants, for the muslim festival of eid. but any hopes that fighting would conclude by the end of ramadan have faded. earlier, i spoke to carmela fonbuena, a writer with the online philippine newspaper, rappler, who was on the ground in marawi for the first three weeks of the fighting. i asked her why the government forces had been unable to stick to their deadline. deadline to finish before the celebration is not exactly a categorical deadline. the military has started issuing the deadlines because they missed so many. it was something they really as spied for. i remember in week one, they were there. the generals were telling the people they would want them to go back at the ablett to go back to their homes to celebrate eid. that didn't happen yesterday. people called it the saddest eid celebration. they were in evacuation centres. the clash

the capture of marawi, a deadly coming out party for isis in this part of the world. >> marawi has changedin southeast asia. we need to be more worried that people with combat experience and leadership skills will be developing close to home. not in syria and iraq. >> isis in the philippines is a coalition of many islamist insurgence groups that have long plagued this country. but they've united for the very first time under the leadership of this man. >> tell me about him, what kind of a man is happy lan? >> happy lan is very bold fighter. >> this man, we will called him abugihad is former islamist militant. before leaving and joining witness protection he spent yars in t years with this man in the philippines. >> did he enjoy killing people? >> yes. when i spoke to him many years ago, he always think that killing no muslims makes allah happy. and i was shocked. >> in the month-long battle in marawi, isis killed scores of philippine soldiers and wounded hundreds more. the fighting triggered a humanitarian crisis. more than 330,000 people have fled their homes and hundreds of civilians are

the us to help fight islamist militants — as philippine troops struggle to recapture the city of marawing: this is what democracy looks like! thousands take to the streets for a gay pride march in washington — one of the biggest protests since president trump took office. the british prime minister theresa may says she will get on with the job of delivering a successful british exit from the european union, following thursday's disastrous election which saw her conservative party lose its parliamentary majority. with brexit talks starting in a week the prime minister has faced damning criticism from colleagues. vicky young reports. she's putting on a brave face, but theresa may knows she has thrown her party into turmoil. the shock of election night is still sinking in. after church this morning, the prime minister rang round colleagues who'd been defeated on thursday. she's in office for now, but for how much longer? i said during the election campaign that, if re—elected, i would intend to serve a full term. but what i am doing now is actually getting on with the immediate job and i t

inside marawi, fires rage. hundreds of civilians are still trapped. are thought to have hostages. even with american help, the battle to recapture this city will not be easy. it's been revealed that the ringleader of the london terror attack had tried to hire a seven and a half tonne lorry, instead of a van, to run down members of the public. police say the number of injured would have been much higher. eight people died in the knife and van attack almost exactly a week ago. here's our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. on the edges of borough market, they were repairing the damage today, replacing the doors that had been shot off by armed police in the desperate hunt to find the killers. the police are gone, but the market where five victims were stabbed to death remains sealed off. a scene of horror and heroism. we have stories of people who came out armed with chairs, other items, were throwing bottles and anything they could get their hands on with a view to try to prevent the attackers coming into pubs and bars but more importantly, to

the malaysian finance has been killed and another fighter has fled marawi. you categorical statements. they would issue reports saying things, but they did not really verify this categorically. obviously, the fighting on the ground is still difficult for the military. they are 110w difficult for the military. they are now dealing with terrorists in about one square kilometre, it is a urban wa rfa re one square kilometre, it is a urban warfare that has really challenge them. we are now on the fifth week. todayis them. we are now on the fifth week. today is day 35 of the clashes. they do say that what is most challenging is protecting the hostages. they are talking of at least 100 hostages. civilians are trapped in the main battle area. they say that they cannot really add vans because of these hostages. -- advance. south korea's president has proposed that north and south korea form a joint olympic team to take part in the 2018 winter games. he made his comments at the world taekwondo championships in south korea. moonjae—in said he hoped the two countries co

marawi is a predominantly muslim city in an overwhelmingly catholic nation.the battle moves into its 27th day, the damage to the city is extensive, while more than 200,000 people have fled, now living in overcrowded evacuation centres. translation: i hope my husband gets out. i can‘t look after our children on my own. i keep fainting becuase i‘m so stressed. the government says it‘s only a matter of time before troops liberate the city, but the militants have stockpiled food and weapons, thought to be preparing for a long siege. sarah corker, bbc news. let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at for more stories making the news now. three women have been killed in what the authorities in colombia say was a terrorist attack. the explosion occurred at a shopping mall in bogota. nine other people were injured. more than 100 migrants have been rescued by a cargo ship in the mediterranean sea. the merchant ship deployed emergency rafts after they saw the rubber dinghies carrying men, women, and children deflating off the coast of libya. all of the migrants were then transfer

marawi is a predominantly muslim city in an overwhelmingly catholic nation.egion and as the battle moves into its 27th day, the damage to the city is extensive, while more than 200,000 people have fled, now living in overcrowded evacuation centres. translation: i hope my husband gets out. i can‘t look after our children on my own. i keep fainting becuase i‘m so stressed. the government says it‘s only a matter of time before troops liberate the city but the militants have stockpiled food and weapons, thought to be preparing for a long siege. sarah corker, bbc news. a reminder of our top story... 58 people are missing and presumed dead from london‘s tower block fire. theresa may says that support for people caught up in the disaster was not good enough. in westminster anti—government demonstrators had gathered to protest against the conservatives agreement with the dup. people also raised concerns over the tower fire and other situation has been handled. our political correspondent mark lobel was there. hundreds of people have been protesting outside downing st

marawi is a predominantly muslim city in an overwhelmingly catholic nation. as the battle moves into its 27th day, the damage to the city is extensive, while more than 200,000 people have fled, now living in overcrowded evacuation centres. translation: i hope my husband gets out. i can‘t look after our children on my own. i keep fainting becuase i‘m so stressed. the government says it‘s only a matter of time before troops liberate the city, but the militants have stockpiled food and weapons, thought to be preparing for a long siege. sarah corker, bbc news. as we mentioned earlier, the entertainer bill cosby has walked free from a court in the united states after a judge declared a mistrial in his sexual assault case. the jury were unable to reach a decision on whether the 79—year—old was guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 13 years ago. the prosecution says it will seek a retrial. aleem maqbool reports. after so many accused him of being a calculating sexual predator, bill cosby is free now to go home. the jury didn‘t acquit him, bu

american special forces have joined the battle in the southern philippine city of marawi against militantsho've declared allegiance to the islamic state group. the fighters have held parts of the city for nearly three weeks despite intense urban fighting. the us forces will provide technical support to philippine forces. a major rescue operation has taken place in the mid—atlantic after a yacht race that set out from the uk was hit by a severe storm. one boat sunk and several other crews had to abandon their vessels. a passenger cruise ship, the queen mary 2, was among boats that were drafted in to help the rescue. now on bbc news, it's time for our world. they are the unlikely sporting heroes in a country ripped apart by conflict. syria is in the midst of a bloody civil war, but the national football team is trying to send a message it hopes can transcend political and religious differences. i'm following the team as they compete for a place in football's biggest tournament — the world cup. some syrians refuse to support the team because it's associated with the assad regime, but for othe

american special forces have joined the battle in the southern philippine city of marawi against militants who've declared allegiance to the islamic state group. the fighters have held parts of the city for nearly three weeks despite intense urban fighting. the us forces will provide technical support to philippine forces. a major rescue operation has taken place in the mid—atlantic after a yacht race that set out from the uk was hit by a severe storm. one boat sunk and several other crews had to abandon their vessels. let's. .. the ethiopian government and humanitarian agencies say emergency food aid for nearly eight—million people affected by drought will run out at the end of the month. the drought has been blamed on successive failed rains. other parts of the horn of africa are also affected. janey mitchell reports. no rain here means no livestock as sheep and goats starve, and these herder families taking refuge in makeshift shelters at a camp for internally displaced people in the arid south—east of the country are dependent on handouts. translation: the drought has badly affected ou

it comes a day after the us said it was providing technical assistance for the operation in marawi atf the government in manila. now on bbc news it's dateline london. hello. thursday was supposed to be may's day in the british prime minister's plan to strengthen her hand by holding and winning a general election. instead, she was left calling out "mayday" to a party in northern ireland, asking it to keep her conservative party in power, after her parliamentary majority evaporated. as forjeremy corbyn, the previously beleaguered leader of the labour party, he lost the election but won plaudits for his campaign and inspired a new generation of young voters. with me to discuss where this leaves british politics, and the imminent negotiations to get out of europe, are the biographer and long—standing contributor to germany's die welt newspaper, thomas kielinger, from ireland, the writer and broadcaster brian o'connell, janet daley, columnist with britain's sunday telegraph newspaper, and owen jones, columnist with the guardian newspaper here in the uk. welcome to you all. janet daley, whe

american special forces have joined the battle in the southern philippine city of marawi against militants who've declared allegiance to the islamic state group. the fighters have held parts of the city for nearly three weeks, despite intense urban fighting. the us forces will provide technical support to philippine forces. a major rescue operation has taken place in the mid—atlantic after a yacht race that set out from the uk was hit by a severe storm. one boat sunk and several other crews had to abandon their vessels. a passenger cruise ship, the queen mary 2, was among boats that were drafted in to help the rescue. now on bbc news, click. this week, preparing for the worst in vr. a bunch of new apples. and the bouncy, strokey, stretchy, bendy, slimy world of soft robotics. it is hard to believe that the world is safer than it used to be. it is, but the nature of the terror attacks in the west in the last few years — the increasing use of vehicles, knives and guns to carry out prolonged attacks — have forced the authorities to think differently about how to deal with a terrorist incident

it comes a day after the us said it was providing technical assistance for the operation in marawi at request of the government in manila. now on bbc news, it's time for talking books. decades of conflict in kashmir has affected every aspect of life in the valley including music. now the scene is being taken over by a younger generation of so—called resista nce younger generation of so—called resistance musicians. . there are more restrictions in kashmir. i saw a young guy being shot, i write a song about that. i see young children being blinded by pellets. an inhuman force being used against them, and i write songs about that. music plays translation: sufi music is all about spirituality and praising god. translation: sufi music is all about spirituality and praising god. i think there is more to it, you know? they reflect current times as well, you know? it appeared to me that music is a strong entity. it can be a powerful medium. translation: there is a lot of grief in kashmir. music helps to soothe the pain. we know the pain of losing a person. people getting shot, you know, peopl

for a month, the philippines military has struggled and failed to recapture marawi, even though they it daily from the sky. the government has also declared martial law here, setting up checkpoints, the security forces are on the hunt. they're looking for dozens of suspected isis militants, also searching for prisoners who escaped from a jail that isis broke open during the first day of their attack. the capture of marawi, a deadly coming-out party for isis in this part of the world. >> this has changed the picture of extremism in southeast asia. we need to be more worried that people with combat experience and leadership skills will be developing close to home, not in syria and iraq. >> reporter: isis in the philippines is a coalition of many islamist insurgent groups that have long plagued this country. but they have united for the very first time under the leadership the this man. tell me about him, what kind of a man is hapilan. >> a very bold fighter. >> reporter: this man is a former islamist militant before renouncing violence and joining witness protection, he spent years in

denies asking the us to help fight islamist militants, as troops struggle to recapture the city of marawi

special forces are helping the philippine army fight islamist insurgents in the southern city of marawi. the us involvement comes after months of hostility towards washington by the philippines president, rodrigo duterte. the queen mary ii cruise liner is helping in a major rescue in the mid—atlantic after yachts taking part in a race were hit by a huge storm. at ten o'clock, we ll have a full roundup of the day s news. first it's our world: football on the front line. they are the unlikely sporting heroes in a country ripped apart by conflict. syria is in the midst of a bloody civil war but the national football team is trying to send a message it hopes can transcend political and religious differences. i am following the team as they compete for a place in football's biggest tournament, the world cup. some syrians refused to support the team because it is associated with the assad regime. but for others, even those who have fled for their lives, the team is a symbol of national pride. the team has defied the odds by beating some of asia's biggest and best. now they are on the road aga

the us helps the philippines remove islamic state militants from marawi.

asking the us to help fight islamist militants, as philippine troops struggle to recapture the city of marawifice. this is what democracy looks like!

the militants linked to isis seized controlol of marawi cityn may 23. in the united states, the attorneys general of maryland and washington, d.c., are suing president trump, accusing him of violating the emoluments clause of the constitution by accepting millions of dollars in payments from foreign governments to hiss companies while serving as u.s. president. the lawsuit centers on the trump international hotel and washington, d.c., which is to the white house. representatives of saudi arabia, turkey, and kuwait have all stayed at the hotel since trump's the net ration. -- inauguration. the lawsuit is the first of its kind, and comes as trump is also facing multiple investigations over his ties to russia. meanwhile, new york state attorney general eric schneiderman says he's investigating the eric trump foundation following a forbes investigation that revealed trump's son's foundation took $100,000 of donations that were supposed to go to children with cancer and instead funneled the money to the for-profit company of the trump organization. californi

duterte, has ordered the military to crush islamist militants occupying parts of the southern city of, marawi people have died, including 20 civilians. and more than 180,000 residents have had to flee. sidneyjones is director of the institute for policy analysis of conflict injakarta and an expert on terrorism groups. she told me why the conflict has been so drawn out. i think nobody expected this would be as well planned a takeover as it was. and we are dealing with a coalition of islamic state that can marshal hundreds of fighters, and there is nowhere else in southeast asia where this is the case. it has generated totally euphoria amongst indonesian and malaysians of islamic state. how significant is that? foreign fighters being members of the maute group? i think it is extremely significant. people have been afraid before that we would see foreign fighters coming back from syria and iraq, but now we are seeing foreign fighters from within the region being motivated to get to mindanao and joined the jihad the region being motivated to get to mindanao and joined thejihad there. the father a

philippine marines have been killed in the three week bat toll drive islamist militants from the city of marawi. today the u.s. military unleashed a drone strike on al shabaab militants in somalia. the air strike destroyed a command center used by the al-qaeda linked group. officials say as many as ten militants were killed. >> u.s. backed forces in syria and iraq continue to gain ground on isis militants in the cities of raqqa and moss all. jonathan vigliotti has the latest from the london bureau. >> elaine, raqqa has long been considered the islamic state's capitol in syria and now at least part of it has been ripped from the terror groups hands. although the area in question is small thrk is a symbolic defeat, a milestone that comes after two days of intense fighting by u.s.-backed forces. the fighters morning. 12 isis gunman were killed including a commander. the british observe stoar for human rights who has been monitoring the war say forces now control two neighborhoods in the city and have just entered a third. the battle is, however, likely to be long and difficult as the extremist gro

says more than 300 people are known to have been killed in the battle against islamist militants in marawie presence of fighters from the so—called islamic state had made it a brutal conflict. police in paris have arrested a man who's suspected of attacking a prominent centre—right candidate while she was campaigning for the french parliamentary elections. the former environment minister, was left unconscious for several minutes on thursday after a man grabbed her election pamphlets and thrust them in herface, knocking her to the ground. more than 100,000 events occurred across the uk to remember the labour mp, jo cox, who was murdered a year ago. her husband said she would be "incredibly humbled" by the events taking place in her name. the great get together was based on the message in mrs cox's maiden speech in parliament that "we have more in common than that which divides us". an egyptian court has recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the killing of the country's top public prosecutor. hisham barakat died in a car bomb attack two years ago. the countr

nearly 250 militants in its fight against the islamist maute group holed up in the southern city of marawiontinuing to pound militants allied to is with air strikes and artillery. the military says resistance is dwindling 26 days into the offensive. sailors missing after the uss fitzgerald collided with a container ship offjapan have been found dead. seven sailors were left missing and three injured after saturday's collision, which the us navy said almost sank the destroyer. singapore's veteran politicians have called for the end of a bitter family feud over the will of the former leader lee kuan yew, who died in 2015. mr lee's younger son says his father wanted his home to be demolished as it says in his will. but his older brother and singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong have raised concerns over the addition of that clause. the british government is bringing in a team to improve the official response to the grenfell tower fire disaster in west london. some residents have complained that they got little or no help after it happened. police have issued new pictures from inside the

the philippine daily inquirer leads on the conflict in marawi. says are among those fighting the army in the south of the country. it believes their knowledge of the local terrain is making it increasingly difficult for government forces to re—take the city. the china daily puts president xijinping on its front page. he's in kazakhstan for a security summit. but it's this picture that really caught our eye. it's a student getting a supportive hug from a teacher before taking the national college exam. over 9 million students are taking the test this year, and if you're one of them we wish you the very best of luck. what is spoken discussions online, babita sharma? well rico, a lawyer in singapore is using the headteacher of a prestigious school for confiscating his son's mobile phone. —— suing. the secondary school has banned students from using phones during school hours. the lawyer is now claiming damages arguing the school has infringed personal property rights. june 8 marks world oceans day, but a new report is sounding the alarm overjust how

prisoner exchange offer by maute militants, facing fierce government offensive in southern city of marawier abdullah maute is willing to release a catholic priest held by the group in exchange for the freedom of his parents and relatives captured by the military. the japan times features a beautiful picture that speaks of relations between vatican and japan. japan's traditional noh theatre was performed in rome's magnificent palazzo della cancelleria to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the start of this diplomatic relation. a film that exposes london's sex industry underworld has just had its european premiere at the edinburgh film festival. the receptionist is based on a true story of a chinese woman who killed herself in london eight years ago. only after her death, her friends learned she had been working as a prostitute in an illegal massage parlour. began a journey to find out about her secret life — and as the result made this film. —— one of those friends began a journey to find out about her secret life — and as the result made this film. i'll be speaking to her in just a moment,

nearly 250 militants in its fight against the islamist maute group holed up in the southern city of marawips are continuing to pound militants allied to he is with air strikes and artillery. military says resistance is dwindling 26 days into the offensive. sailors missing after the uss fitzgerald collided with a container ship offjapan have been found dead. seven sailors were left missing and three injured after saturday's collision, which the us navy said almost sank the destroyer. damage was significant. this was not a small collision. it was right there near the pilot's house, and there near the pilot's house, and there was a big puncher, a big gash underneath the water line. chinese foreign minister huang yi has met his russian, indian and south african counterparts who are in beijing for the first brics foreign ministers‘ meeting on bilateral matters. huang did not meet though with representatives from brazil. these meetings are ahead of brics leaders‘ summit to be held in china in early september. singapore's veteran politicians have called for the end of a bitter family feud over th