jazz, visitors head back to the 19205 jazz, visitors head back to the 1920s when music and style defines the era. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in the last stronghold of so called islamic state, the syrian city of raqqa. is is facing all out war on severalfronts. city of raqqa. is is facing all out war on several fronts. across the border in iraqi troops have taken most of the city of mosul but not in time to save the famous mosque. in raqqa us backed fighters at the syrian democratic forces are close to pushing is out. our correspondent gabriel gatehouse is on the frontline and sent this report. this has been a long and brutal road. we are inside raqqa canal, driving to the centre of the syrian democratic forces, the sdf, a coalition of kurds and arabs. they have only just retake coalition of kurds and arabs. they have onlyjust retake in these streets after
live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 3am in the last stronghold of so called islamic state, the syrian city of raqqa. the extremists are facing all out war on several fronts now. across the border, iraqi troops have re taken most of the city of mosul, but not in time to save the famous mosque there. in raqqa, us backed fighters of the syrian democratic forces are close to pushing is out. our correspondent, gabriel gatehouse, and cameraman, fred scott, are with the sdf on the frontline, and sent this exclusive report from raqqa. this has been a long and brutal road. we are inside raqqa now, driving to the centre of the syrian democratic forces, the sdf, a coalition of kurds and arabs. they have onlyjust retaken this street from fighters that called themselves islamic state. here is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. a noise in the sky signals the presence of
warns that what happens to banking jobs in london after brexit is no longer in the hands of the uk government. thanks forjoining us. donald trumpjunior has said he didn t tell his father about a meeting last year with a russian lawyer who was apparently offering to help the trump election campaign. interviewed by the hannity programme on fox news, he described the meeting asjust a nothing. opponents say he should have gone instead straight to the fbi. our washington correspondent david willis reports. congratulations, dad. we love you. donald trump jr congratulations, dad. we love you. donald trumer played a key role in his father s accent to the presidency, now his actions are almost threatening to undermine that victory. fearing further revelations about a meeting last year at trump talla rd about a meeting last year at trump tallard the president s eldest son chose to release copies of any mou exchange between him and the man who broke at that meeting. those e mails have r
and in the syrian city of raqqa, the islamic state group makes a final stand. we have a special report in our world in the next hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the hospital treating the terminally ill baby charlie gard says its staff have been subjected to intimidation, abuse and even death threats as a court battle rages over whether to stop his life support treatment. the hospital s chairman mary macleod said that charlie s case is a heartbreaking one, and she understands that emotions are running high. but she said that their can be no excuse for such behaviour. she gave further details in a statement. she said, the hospital has been subjected to a shocking and disgraceful tide of hostility and disturbance. earlier i spoke to our correspondent laura tra nt, who s been following the case. she began by explaining the hospital s response to the hostility. the chair of great ormond street, as you said, has referred to the many thousands of negative messages of the
So who knows what the battle damage assessments and the weapons use in places like syria and iraq were allegedly potentially from the israelis as well. so, again, turning our attention briefly, if you don t mind, benham, to gaza, the war against hamas there. now, the idf obviously has never taken its eye off that ball over the past week when they ve also been dealing with plans for iran. do you expect the offensive that prime minister netanyahu has wanted to carry out for some time now into the southern city of raqqa, which they is the last stronghold of the hamas leadership? do you expect that to happen shortly? i think there is a very interesting, at least it certainly seems the very interesting talk of a potential quid pro quo is in some way was at least tacitly aware of what this israeli targets that was doesn t necessarily have to blessed, but at least may have been aware of it. was that going to be something pocketed? would that be something limited