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
But managers say there was never any risk to the public. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. The vietnamese Prime Minister pushes for a two Way Trade Deal with america. Will President Trump consider it a priority . Find out how this boss built her business when banks would not lend her any money. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. The vietnamese Prime Minister will be keen to negotiate bilateral trade deal with us President Donald Trump when they meet later. This comes several months after washington dropped out of the Transpacific Partnership. Earlier i spoke to a man who will meet him tomorrow night. He told me why a two Way Trade Deal is so important for vietnam. Vietnam is very disappointed when President Trump backed out of the Transpacific Partnership on his first day in office. In vietnam, it is quite a two for vietnam that he is the first Leaderfrom Two for vietnam that he is the first leader from South East Asia to see the president. If th