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 take to push out those last pockets of resistance while the group. They have shown themselves to be tenacious, very well armed and very tough to get out of the city. They cannot put a timeline on it. The military has regained control of most of the city, controlling people going in and out, there will be interesting to see, once this is over, people will want to know how many of the group who got involved in this attack, this hardline militant group, how many of them managed to escape than once th
It is sam is tuesday the greatest newsday. It is 8am in singapore and iam in london. Marawi has been under siege for nearly a week by islamist militants. On monday, the government has said it made decisive progress to retake the city but at least 100 civilians have been killed and 2000 people may still be trapped in militant held areas. Our correspondent has more. We do not know how long it will take. They have been hard to evict from the city. I do not think anyone can put a timeline on it. They can 110w can put a timeline on it. They can now control people going in and out of the city. Once this is over, people will want to know how many of the group that got involved in the attack, this hardline militant group, how many of them managed to escape and once that is done, there are bigger question is that the philippines government have tienza and one is how this terrible battle which has caused so much damage was allowed to take place. It was supposed to be a routine operation to detai
Police investigating the Manchester Concert bombing say theyre now sure the attacker, salman abedi, carried out the atrocity on his own. Further success for Frances Emmanuel macron. His party looks set to secure a big majority in the first round of the countrys parliamentary elections. Also in the next hour, well be reviewing tomorrows headlines in the papers including the i, which has more on Michael Goves return to cabinet as theresa may begins the task of rebuilding her government. And in sport, Lewis Hamilton wins the Canadian Grand Prix in montreal, narrowing the gap with Sebastian Vettel in the drivers championship. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may says she intends to serve a full term as Prime Minister, and is getting on with the job. She has been speaking tonight, after reshuffling her cabinet, and said what the public wanted to see was government providing certainty and stability. Lets have a look at some of the reshuffle details. Michael gove makes a surprise
Police investigating the Manchester Concert bombing say theyre now sure the attacker, salman abedi, carried out the atrocity on his own. Further success for Frances Emmanuel macron. His party looks set to secure a big majority in the first round of the countrys parliamentary elections. Also in the next hour, well be reviewing tomorrows headlines in the papers including the i, which has more on Michael Goves return to cabinet as theresa may begins the task of rebuilding her government. And in sport, Lewis Hamilton wins the Canadian Grand Prix in montreal, narrowing the gap with Sebastian Vettel in the drivers championship. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may says she intends to serve a full term as Prime Minister, and is getting on with the job. She has been speaking tonight, after reshuffling her cabinet, and said what the public wanted to see was government providing certainty and stability. Lets have a look at some of the reshuffle details. Michael gove makes a surprise
Police investigating the Manchester Concert bombing say theyre now sure the attacker, salman abedi, carried out the atrocity on his own. Further success for Frances Emmanuel macron. His party looks set to secure a big majority in the first round of the countrys parliamentary elections. Also in the next hour, well be reviewing tomorrows headlines in the papers including the i, which has more on Michael Goves return to cabinet as theresa may begins the task of rebuilding her government. And in sport, Lewis Hamilton wins the Canadian Grand Prix in montreal, narrowing the gap with Sebastian Vettel in the drivers championship. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may says she intends to serve a full term as Prime Minister, and is getting on with the job. She has been speaking tonight, after reshuffling her cabinet, and said what the public wanted to see was government providing certainty and stability. Lets have a look at some of the reshuffle details. Michael gove makes a surprise