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Philippine Clashes

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

The army in the Philippines says at least nineteen civilians have been killed in the southern city of Marawi, which it's fighting to recapture from Islamist insurgents.

Also in the programme: Ravi Shankar's sole opera Sukanya comes to the Royal Festival Hall in London; the humanitarian crisis in Mosul as Iraq's military assault on the city enters its final phase; and hard handshakes: Trumps vs Macron!

(Photo: a government soldier in position in Marawi. Credit: Reuters)

50 minutes

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Sun 28 May 201712:06GMT

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  • Sun 28 May 201712:06GMT

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