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Battle for Mosul: Operation to Retake Iraqi City from IS Begins

The UN has expressed "extreme concern" for the safety of up to 1.5 million people in the area.

The UN has expressed "extreme concern" for the safety of up to 1.5 million people in the area. Also, Italian identity; Syrians resettling in Britain; France's attempts to boost entrepreneurship; Uganda's imported vitamin boost.

(Photo: Tanks move across the Nineveh Plains towards Mosul. Credit Orla Guerin)

50 minutes

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Mon 17 Oct 2016 09:06GMT

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  • Mon 17 Oct 2016 09:06GMT

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