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Here in singapore, and this city has been under siege in philippines. On monday the government said it had a decisive progress to retake the city, but at least 100 civilians have been killed in 2000 people may still be trapped in a militant held areas. Our correspondent has more. We are seeing and much more optimistic note coming from the Philippines Bollettieri Spokesperson now, they seem to be making more progress in regaining the city, but in the first place we do not know how long it will ta...

Here in singapore, and this city has been under siege in philippines. On monday the government said it had a decisive progress to retake the city, but at least 100 civilians have been killed in 2000 people may still be trapped in a militant held areas. Our correspondent has more. We are seeing and much more optimistic note coming from the Philippines Bollettieri Spokesperson now, they seem to be making more progress in regaining the city, but in the first place we do not know how long it will ta...

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Agree with the assessment that iran versus israel, the tensions are de-escalating, or do you still worry that things could spiral back out of control? >> good day to you, sarah. and i thank you for having me, but for now the latest tranche seems to have been contained. everybody has done a lot of work too much to make sure that this does not spiral off into major regional confrontation. that said, i think we all have to do a lot of work to make sure that we address the whole ecosystem all the ca...

Its in their problem with iran or gaza, because, again, politically, that can be problematic for this biden administration as we look ahead to the election. >> coming up, again, no official word from the white house as yet. i am looking at a couple of things here and nothing yet. if i get anything, i promise to pass it along as soon as i do. >> but for now, back to you. >> all right, kevin, thank you very much. and yes, please break in with any any news you get. thank you so much, kevin corke in...

Security. were also committed to de-escalating. to trying to bring this tension to a close. you saw as well or you seal soon into the g-7 statement. a commitment to hold iran to account. to account for its destabilizing activities. holding it to account by degrading its missile and drone capabilities. and yesterday, the united states announced additional sanctions on iran. targeting uav programs. the steel industry, companies that are associated with the irgc, ministry of defense and its armed f...

Word — "lame". but world leaders worried about triggering a wider regional war have been urging israel to show restraint. we are committed to israels security. were also committed to de—escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close. back in isfahan, life for iranians appears to be going on as normal. what is not yet clear is whether what has happened here will end the latest dangerous round of violence in the middle east. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. lets bring you some break...

From local media, government agencies saying that there have been explosions and air defences happen activated but also any few denials as well. so an unclear picture i would say at the moment, just that one line about at least one israeli missile, so obviously we need some clarity about the scale and scope of this israeli retaliation, because that was clearly what it is, clearly an israeli retaliation but we dont know how large it is. istate an israeli retaliation but we dont know how large it ...

I expected more, to be quite honest. i think more would have been evenjustified, considering they sent 300 rockets to kill so many people. i think that were losing. we are losing the war with hamas, losing the war with hezbollah, - were losing the war with iran. we are losing and its a pity — we have so much strength . but we are afraid to use it. israels allies had urged it to take the win after intercepting hundreds of drones and missiles from iran last weekend. this missile fuel tank, pulle...

Were losing, and its a pity, we have so many strengths, i but were afraid to use it. air-raid siren. last weekend, iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles towards israel — punishment, it said, for the assassination of a senior commander in syria earlier this month. all but a handful were shot down before hitting israeli soil. this missile fuel tank pulled by israels army from the dead sea. israels allies urged it to take the win and avoid escalating the conflict. were committed to israels...