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Singapore, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and 1am here in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may has ordered a Public Inquiry into the fire that devastated a residential block of flats in west london. 17 people are now known to have died. Many residents are missing, with whole families unaccounted for. Heres the latest from our home editor, mark easton, and i must warn you, there are some distressing details in his report. Slowly, inch by painstaking inch, Fire Officers continue their grim and dangerous work. Amid the soot blackened shell of what was once home to hundreds are some who did not make it out. Exactly how many, we dont know, but police today said they hoped the final death toll would not be in three figures. The scale of this tragedy is yet to become ....
North korea has been saying in response to a south korean invitation to co host the 2018 winter olympics. Lets go to mosul, in iraq, now. We have covered the story many times in the last three years. Back in 2014 the Islamic State group seized the whole city. In October Iraqi Forces mounted an offensive to retake it. These are the maps we have been collecting along the way. You can see how the territory marked in red controlled by is has got smaller and smaller and smaller as the months have gone by. Now we have this map, provided by the Iraqi Military i should say, this area is still controlled by is, we estimate it to be 2. 5 Square Kilometres in the centre of mosul. The bbcs team of 0rla guerin, nico hameon, bader catty and rich stacey, have exclusive acc ....
North korea has been saying in response to a south korean invitation to co host the 2018 winter olympics. Lets go to mosul, in iraq, now. We have covered the story many times in the last three years. Back in 2014 the Islamic State group seized the whole city. In October Iraqi Forces mounted an offensive to retake it. These are the maps we have been collecting along the way. You can see how the territory marked in red controlled by is has got smaller and smaller and smaller as the months have gone by. Now we have this map, provided by the Iraqi Military i should say, this area is still controlled by is, we estimate it to be 2. 5 Square Kilometres in the centre of mosul. The bbcs team of 0rla guerin, nico hameon, bader catty and rich stacey, have exclusive acc ....
This emerging world power of more than a billion people is still changing. Im on a journey to two extremes of this vast subcontinent. Crystal, ha rd crystals. White salt. Can probably taste it. I began in gujarat, in the far west. This is genuinely incredible, im in heaven. Pretty crowded. This week, ive travelled 2000 miles over to the north east. Im on the banks of the mighty river brahmaputra, and about to go to a very spiritual place. Its one of indias lesser known regions. Were really high up, and just to my right, the border with bangladesh. A part of the country which prides itself on its traditions. He makes it look so easy. Its incredibly difficult. But its also looking forward and embracing progress. So now, im on my way to go and see assams very own eco warrior. It is going to be an incredible adventure. Indias north east, a collection of eight states, almost cut off from the rest of this vast country, but for a tiny strip of land. At partition, a large swathe of this region ....
To pay their respects as the world remembers him. Russia says the bodies of 11 victims of the Military Plane crash in the black sea have been recovered and flown back to moscow. All 92 passengers and crew on board died when it came down shortly after taking off from sochi. At least four people are killed in the manila area as a powerful typhoon crosses the philippines capital. Bargain hunters turn out for boxing day sales, but its thought many have stayed home after already splurging on pre christmas discounts. Now on bbc news, its been a fantastic year for gbs olympians and paralympians. Nick hope looks back on a golden summer in rio in review 2016 gold rush in rio. Coming four years after a stunning london games, rio 2016 had a tough act to follow. And while the build up was far from ideal, with political scandals, a financial crisis and worries about the zika virus, brazil was always going to offer a spectacular setting for sou ....