新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/07/12（在线收听）

IS大魔头巴格达迪被炸死；中东反恐前进重要一步

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi

Coming up：

--The Islamic State has confirmed the death of its top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

--French president Emmanuel Macron's has been criticized for claiming women having "seven or eight children" are hampering development in African nations.

--Paris and LA have been chosen to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, but who comes first remains undecided.

For more on this, CRI' Suyi is now joined on the line by Professor Greg Barton professor of global islamic politics at Deakin University；Bukola Ogunsina, a journalist with the China-Africa press center in Beijing；Paul James, host of Beijing hour；Mark Dreyer,sports journalist and founder of the china sports insider website，early spoke with Suyi