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　　The Iraqi Prime Minister has announced the start of a large military operation to recaptureFallujah from Islamic State fighters, the city which is 65 kilometers west of Baghdad has beencontrolled by IS for the past two years. James Earl reports. Using his offical Twitter feed,Haider al-Abadi said zero hour for the liberation of Falluja has arrived. Speaking on Iraqitelevision later on Sunday evening, he predicted a great victory for government forces. Early inthe day, civilians are warned to leave the area. Iraqi forces virtually surrounded the city andhave been heavily reinforced in preparation for assault on several fronts. The operation followsgains elsewhere by Iraqi troops including most recently the capture of the western town ofRutba.

　　The Greek parliament has approved a series of economic and financial reforms after emergencydebate on further austerity measures, the prime minister Alexis Tsipras said he wasconfident Eurozone creditors will now unlock funds the country need to repay loans. FromAthens, here is Yolande Knell. Protesters gathered outside the parliament building, as the latestausterity measures will voted through following four days of emergency debate. Tax rises on arange of goods and services will not be introduced over the next two years and Greek saysAthens will gradually be transferred to a new privatisation funds. The Prime Minister AlexisTsipras is trying to show his sticking to the term of bailout deal, Greece's third in five years thathe struck with international creditors last July.

　　The world largest insurance company Axa says it diverting itself from all its tobacoo relatedassets. The French Multinational media announcement on the sidelines of the annual WorldHealth Assembly in Geneva. From here, Imogen Foulkes reports. Over half a century after thefirst government warnings about the health risks of smoking, most of the biggest players in thehealth insurance market still invest in tobacco. Despite ever stricter regulations on packagingand advertising, People still smoke and tobacco remains a good financial bet. But now Axa theworld's largets insurance company, says it will ended investment, getting rid of 1.9 billiondollars of tobacco related equity and bounds.

　　All direct votes in Austria's presidential election have been counted, but the result is too closeto call. Norbert Hofer the candidate of the far-right Freedom Party and the former Green partyleader, Alexander van der Bellen are neck in neck. They will have to wait until the hundreds ofthousands of postal votes have been counted on Monday. You are listening to the latest worldnews from the BBC.

　　President Obama has begun a visit to Vietnam, aimed at strengthening defense and economicties. He is the third US president to visit since the end of the Vietnam War. From Hanoi,Jonathan Head reports. Vietnam is hoping the US will ease restrictions on sales of militaryequipment. Trading and investment are also important issues in the poor but rapidly growingeconomy of 90 million people.

　　The first World Humanitarian Summit organised by the United Nations begins today in Istanbul.Heads of states, aid agencies and others will discuss the financial response to crisis and heldbetter to distribute aid. President Erdogan of Turkey, who is hosting the summit, hasdescribed the international aid system has broken. He is calling for a new machanism for sharingthe burden of refugees.

　　The Libyan coast guards said it intercepted about 850 African migrants attempting to reachEurope in flatable boats, an official said the migrants included 11 pregnant women.

　　The British director Ken Loach has won the Palme d'Or for best picture at the Cannes FilmFestival for his film, I, Daniel Blake about poverty. Having accepted the award, Mr Loach saidausterity was a dangerous project driven by what he called new liberal ideas. The festival'sGrand Prix went to the Canadian director Xavier Dolan for the movie It's Just the End of theWorld. Shahab Hosseini from Iran won best actor for his part in The Salesman, a movie whichalso received the best screen play award. BBC news.