Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is off this week. Hes in france but hes not hanging out with the new french president thats what Vladimir Putins been doing today. The two leaders had a get to know you meeting at versailles. And you really have to wonder how cordial it was given that days before the French Election mr macron Accused Moscow of interfering in his poll. At a tense press conference, Vladimir Putin insisted any implication of russian meddling was rubbish. From paris, Lucy Williamson reports. Despite the sweltering weather, this meeting held A Touch Of Frost from the start. At the entrance to frances versailles palace, the two leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small grin smiles. Two hours later after their first meeting, the mood was, if anything, even cooler. France and russia have backed different groups in the syrian conflict. Emmanuel macron said that while france did not want to destabilise the syrian state they were red lines that must no
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