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28/05/2017 GMT

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Civilians killed in Marawi in continuing clashes between the army and Islamist insurgents

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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)

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