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11/06/2016 GMT

Libyan Forces Claim Sirte Success

BBC World Service - Newshour, Libyan Forces Claim Sirte Success

Tripoli takes control of strategic port; former IS hostages speak; Albania vs Switzerland

Libyan government forces take control of strategic port in the city of Sirte; former IS hostages remember their days in captivity; the divided loyalties of Albanian football fans

Forces aligned to the new unity government take control of the strategic port in the city of Sirte; former hostages captured by so-called Islamic State recall their days in captivity; the divided loyalties of fans watching the Albania vs Switzerland Euro match.

(Photo: A tank belonging to forces aligned to Libya's new unity government advances on the city of Sirte; Credit: Reuters)

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