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cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. and now, bbc world news. laura: this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. president trump takes to twitter with a terse message. i think the relationship the president had with merkel he would describe as fairly unbelievable. they get along well. laura: at the white house, the communications director is out. is this the start of a shakeup? putting a new twist on art, stepping inside the work. this new virtual reality experience is a treat. onra: welcome to our viewers public television in america and around the globe. how was the relationship between the u.s. and germany? it depends on who you ask. between the two countries continues. for the u.s. president, that means taking to twitter. he said, we have a huge trade deficit with germany and ....
the latter. overcome them. we will seek to do the latter. the test for all of us. we ll have reaction to the queen s speech, and the latest on theresa may s attempt to strike a deal with the democratic unionists to support her government. also tonight: a funeral for the first victim named in the grenfell tower disaster a syrian refugee who d been studying engineering. the duke of edinburgh enjoying royal ascot yesterday is in hospital tonight recovering from an infection. and it s been the hottestjune day since the summer of 1976, but there are storms on the way. good evening. the queen s speech, listing the government s plans for the new parliament, is dominated by the brexit process. the speech is also notable for the absence of some major policies which featured in the conservative manifesto. let s start with what s in the programme. there are 27 bills in total eight of those are linked to brexit. there s a bill to tackle domestic violence in england a ....
and 2am in the iraqi city of mosul where the great mosque of al nuri has been destroyed by the so called islamic state. the announcement came from iraqi forces close to the mosque as they pushed ahead with the offensive to retake the ias stronghold. the us general called it a crime against the people of muscle and all of iraq. let me show you some of the pictures taken by a bbc cameraman just about an hour before the mosque was hit. you can see the famous leaning minaret, with the city nickname, the hunchback. in 2014 the eye as leader made his only public appearance there. the is leader. these images were taken soon after the mosque was destroyed and you can see it is hardly recognisable. a little while ago our correspondent in mosul spoke with my colleague and gave the latest. it is confirmed that the mosque and the historical dome was destroyed a couple of hours ago. i was there in the evening with the counterterrorism force in iraq, which advanced to just 150 met ....
up one of the most famous landmarks in the city of mosul. the announcement came from iraqi forces who were very close to the mosque as they pushed ahead with their offensive to retake the is stronghold. an image of the past. the al nuri mosque in most all which had stood nearly eight centuries with its famous minarets. from above, drone footage shows it s now flattened one of them old city s most famous historical sites, a shadow of its former self. u.s. led coalition forces claim: however, is claims us aircraft destroyed the mosque. but, no matter who is telling the truth, this is a hugely symbolic moment. the mosque is where that in 2014 isis leader abu bakkar al baghdadi made his only appearance shortly after declaring a caliphate. it comes after this exclusive fitted shop by the bbc shows coalition troops within metres of the site. a few hours ago i was there with counterterrorism forces in iraq, which is the closest we ve gone today. just 150 metres away from the m ....