Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 3am in the last stronghold of so called Islamic State, the syrian city of raqqa. The extremists are facing all out war on several fronts now. Across the border, iraqi troops have re taken most of the city of mosul, but not in time to save the famous mosque there. In raqqa, us backed fighters of the Syrian Democratic forces are close to pushing is out. Our correspondent, gabriel gatehouse, and cameraman, fred scott, are with the sdf on the frontline, and sent this exclusive report from raqqa. This has been a long and brutal road. We are inside raqqa now, driving to the centre of the Syrian Democratic forces, the sdf, a Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have onlyjust retaken this street from fighters that called themselves Islamic State. Here is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. A noise in the sky signals the presence of a drone. Wha
the world has lost one of the most iconic voices of the past century. tony bennett has died at the age of 96. with a career spanning seven decades, the jazz crooner won hearts around the globe for his take on the classics, and his high profile collaborations. david sillito has more. # i left my heart in san francisco. # cheering tony bennett, suave, charming, elegant. # san francisco. # in the world ofjazz and the great american song book, he was a master, the last of the greats from his generation. but making it look this effortless took years of hard work. we used to do seven to ten shows a day in the old days. if you had a hit recording, you would play the paramount
tony bennett, one of the last of the great american crooners, has died. he was 96. in a career spanning seven decades, he won 20 grammy awards for songs including the way you look tonight and i left my heart in san francisco. he collaborated with a wide range of stars, from frank sinatra and aretha franklin to amy winehouse and lady gaga. he was diagnosed with alzheimer s disease in 2016. here s our arts correspondent david sillito. # i left my heart in san francisco. cheering. tony bennett, suave, charming, elegant. in the world ofjazz and the great american song book, he was a master, the last of the great from his generation. but making it look
numbers. the government are keen to talk about illegal migration and stopping the boats, but when you look at legal migration, the number of people arriving in the uk last year it legally was 25 times the number of people who arrived by small boat. number of people who arrived by small boat- number of people who arrived by smallboat. ,, ., , ., the legendary jazz singer tony bennett, considered one of the last great american crooners, has died. he was 96. in a career spanning seven decades he won 20 grammy awards for songs including the way you look tonight and i left my heart in san francisco. here s our arts correspondent david sillito. # i left my heart in san francisco.#. cheering. tony bennett, suave, charming, elegant. # san francisco. ..#. in the world ofjazz and the great american song book, he was a master, the last of the greats from his generation. but making it look this effortless
iconic voices of the past century. tony bennett has died at the age of 96. with a career spanning seven decades ,the jazz crooner racked up 20 grammy awards, and won hearts around the globe for his take on classics like the way you look tonight, and i left my heart in san francisco. . david sillito has more. # i left my heart in san francisco.#. cheering. tony bennett, suave, charming, elegant. # san francisco. ..#. in the world ofjazz and the great american song book, he was a master, the last of the greats from his generation. but making it look this effortless took years of hard work. we used to do seven to ten shows a day in the old days. if you had a hit recording, you would play the paramount theatre, let s say, and you would start at 10:00 in the morning and leave the theatre at 10.00 at night.