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Newsday: Iraq Advances in the Battle for Mosul

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Newsday episode 0806

20/02/2017 GMT

Iraq Advances in the Battle for Mosul

BBC World Service - Newsday, Iraq Advances in the Battle for Mosul

The UN warns that civilians in Mosul are at extreme risk as the offensive continues

Iraqi forces continue with their offensive to retake west Mosul. An estimated 650,000 civilians are trapped in the west of the city, and the UN warned that many people were “at extreme risk".

The Vice President of the United States Mike Pence is in Brussels meeting European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. EU relations with the US are at an all-time low at a time where internal politics and the rise of populism is rattling Brussels and seriously endangering the European project.

Angelina Jolie on Cambodia, politics and a 'difficult year'

And the latest news from the worlds of sport and business.

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