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is bbc world news. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington, where president trump has spoken about the appointment of a special counsel to take over the russia investigation into any potential ties with his campaign. he said the entire affair was a witch hunt which hurt the country , as he put it, and he denied ever asking the fbi director to end the investigation into his national security advisor michael flynn. from washington, aleem macqbool reports. the president s just not happy with the scrutiny he continues to come under over his links with russia. the entire thing has been a witch hunt. and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. did you at any time urge former fbi directorjames comey to close or back down the investig ....
welcome to bbc news. the iraqi prime minister, haider al abadi, has declared that the city of mosul has been liberated from so called islamic state. the prime minister has travelled to mosul, where he s meeting fighters ahead of a formal victory speech later. earlier, iraqi forces were fighting to capture the last small area of mosul where islamic state militants were holding out. a short while ago, hanan razek from bbc arabic told me how the liberation of mosul would be perceived across the region. mosul used to be the second largest city in iraq. it was the biggest city in iraq. it was the biggest city they could capture in the country. now, as they are defeated in the city they will have to retreat to some role, smaller areas and towns, so it means that the victory against islamic state is very eminent in the whole of the region, notjust iraq. i suppose it is hard to think of many advantages of them being in control in mosul, but at least it meant there was one place you c ....
united. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the iraqi prime minister, haider al abadi, has declared that the city of mosul has been liberated from so called islamic state. the prime minister has travelled to mosul, where he s been meeting fighters ahead of a formal victory speech later. earlier, iraqi forces were fighting to capture the last small area of mosul where islamic state militants were holding out. jen smith reports. celebrations on the streets of mosul, a city once a stronghold of the so called islamic state. the battle to retake the city from is started in october last year but today the iraqi pm visited the city today the iraqi pm visited the city to say it has been liberated, congratulating the army and the iraqi people. iraqi forces have been battling the remaining pockets of jihadists holding out in a tiny area near the old city. sporadic bursts of gunfire could still be heard, with plumes of smoke rising into the sky. the long battle for control has ....
people have been killed in a suicide car bombing in the capital kabul. it happened during the morning rush hour in the west of the city. here s a close up of the area you can see it s close to the university and some government ministries. it s also home to many from the shia hazara community. the taliban have claimed responsibility. they said they were targeting intelligence officials on this bus. but afghan officials said the people on the bus were employees from the ministry of mines. let s show you these pictures from the aftermath. 42 people were injured there are fears the number of casualties could rise. here s what one person caught up in the blast described. translation: two cars were burning, you could see bodies scattered. several shops were on fire. it was horrific, everyone was trying to run away, including women and people on their way to work. it comes less than two months after an even bigger attack in kabul that killed over 150 people. in fact, the ....
it s 8am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london, and 8am in manila, where china s foreign minister has urged north korea to end ballistic missile tests that have raised tensions across east asia. wang yi has met with the us secretary of state rex tillerson, at a gathering of ministers from south east asian countries, and in a few hours, more security meetings will take place. yogita limeye‘s report from seoul contains flash photography. putting on a united front at a meeting of south east asian nations, in manila, the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is on a mission. america wants more countries to isolate north korea, a day after all 15 members of the un security council voted to ban exports from pyongyang. the sweeping measures were even backed by china, north korean‘s ally and top trade partner. translation: the chinese side urge the north koreans to calmly handle the un security council resolutions and not do anything unbeneficial, such as a missile lau ....