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. Its 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 fighters h
In south africa is loosening. He will relinquish leadership of the anc at the end of year. And whether he will complete his term as south africas president is uncertain, as allegations of cronyism and corruption pile up around his government. My guest to day it is thuli madonsela, south africas Public Protector until late last year. She exposed a web of worrying connections between the state and big business interests. But are her concerns about to be buried . Thuli madonsela, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for being here stephen. It is such a honour. Well, i think we have to begin with that explosive report that you wrote and published before leaving the office of Public Protector at the end of last year. It was all about your concerns about State Capture. The idea was that certain big business interest, perhaps individuals, had undue influence on the government. You wanted a fully fledged Judicial Commission of inquiry to be set up within 30 days of your reports publication. Seven mo
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. Its 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 fighters h
In south africa is loosening. He will relinquish leadership of the anc at the end of year. And whether he will complete his term as south africas president is uncertain, as allegations of cronyism and corruption pile up around his government. My guest to day it is thuli madonsela, south africas Public Protector until late last year. She exposed a web of worrying connections between the state and big business interests. But are her concerns about to be buried . Thuli madonsela, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for being here stephen. It is such a honour. Well, i think we have to begin with that explosive report that you wrote and published before leaving the office of Public Protector at the end of last year. It was all about your concerns about State Capture. The idea was that certain big business interest, perhaps individuals, had undue influence on the government. You wanted a fully fledged Judicial Commission of inquiry to be set up within 30 days of your reports publication. Seven mo
In aleppo, after the last rebel fighters and civilians leave the eastern half of the city. And we speak to a seven Year Old Girl whose plight has moved people Around The World with her descriptions on social media of life under siege in aleppo. And we will look at tomorrows front pages. The Daily Express warns that the uk faces christmas storms, with 90 mph gales and torrential rain. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. German police say there is clear evidence linking their main suspect a tunisian man, anis amri, to the attack on a Christmas Market in berlin. His fingerprints have been found in the lorry that was driven into shoppers on monday, killing 12 people. Speaking at the family home in tunisia, amris brother called on him to give himself up. Chancellor merkel said today she was proud of the calm way in which germans had responded to the attack, as our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. It is new footage that hasjust emerged. The scene immediately after mondays a