Canada marks its 150th Anniversary. 500,000 people attend celebrations in ottawa. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We begin in mosul, where, after intense fighting, Iraqi Forces Say theyve taken control of the so callled Islamic States main base. The militants have also been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. But fighting is continuing around part of the old city. Commanders say they are confident a final victory is in sight. A symbol of victory, planted this morning in what was the main base of is in mosul. Troops, weary after driving the militants from this vast medical complex, but vowing to hunt down every last one of them. We will keep chasing them and those who support them, says this man, and we will throw them in the garbage. Commanders say they have removed a cancer here, but one that has already spread. 0ur message is daesh is not only an iraqi problem, says colonel falah al wabdan. Its international. Explosion he
In hong kong, where there are concerns the visit of chinas president xi may have stoked divisions in the territory. 0n the face of it, mr xi was simply marking the 20th Anniversary of hong kong being handed back to china by the british, but he used the event to warn against any challenge to beijings control. The Foreign Ministry said the handover deal, Guaranteeing Two Systems until 2047, had no practical significance, and there are fears of new Education Programmes to bring the public into line. It was all smiles for president xi as he left hong kong on sunday, Shaking Hands with carrie lam, the new chief executive of the city, who is widely seen as a chinese ally. But he can be left with no doubt about the strength of feeling among many citizens of hong kong. Thousands of people took to the streets over the weekend in support of greater autonomy from beijing. A little earlier i spoke to the lawyer, former legislator veteran and democracy campaigner martin lee. I asked him what he mad
And london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 1am in Versailles Whether french president has been setting out his plans to reinvigorate the nation. As the 620 summit is in hamburg later this week, Emmanuel Macron promised a transformation of france and europe. The new leader made a passionate speech to a joint session of the National Assembly and senate but as we report, not eve ryo ne senate but as we report, not everyone was impressed. The dignity of the president ial office is something about which Emmanuel Macron feels very deeply. He came to versailles, a place of regal pomp and awe to talk to his legislators. He called and they came 900 deputies and senators in buses from paris. Newcomers to the assembly, like the mathematician and Macron Loyallist cedric villani, who saw nothing wrong with the president s unconventional summons. It is an exceptional, critical moment. The nation has gone through a terrible lack of trust recently.
And london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 1am in Versailles Whether french president has been setting out his plans to reinvigorate the nation. As the 620 summit is in hamburg later this week, Emmanuel Macron promised a transformation of france and europe. The new leader made a passionate speech to a joint session of the National Assembly and senate but as we report, not eve ryo ne senate but as we report, not everyone was impressed. The dignity of the president ial office is something about which Emmanuel Macron feels very deeply. He came to versailles, a place of regal pomp and awe to talk to his legislators. He called and they came 900 deputies and senators in buses from paris. Newcomers to the assembly, like the mathematician and Macron Loyallist cedric villani, who saw nothing wrong with the president s unconventional summons. It is an exceptional, critical moment. The nation has gone through a terrible lack of trust recently.
Studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and seven pm in washington, dc where the us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson has confirmed that the weapon fired by north korea on tuesday was an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. That means pyongyang may now be able to target the us state of lax alaska. Washington has called for a Un Security Council meeting on the issue. This is the moment that north korea says it came a major power, the launch of a missile which it says can reach across continents and deliver a weapon as far away as the United States. The news was announced on State Television with barely constrained joy. The presenter showing the handwritten order given by the countrys leader, kim jong un. He personally supervised the launch of a missile which he believes will secure him in power, protect his people and dismay his opponents to the south. Translation if north korea ignores our militarys warning and con