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16/10/2017 GMT

Iraqi Forces Enter Central Kirkuk

BBC World Service - Newshour, Iraqi Forces Enter Central Kirkuk

Thousands flee Kirkuk as Iraqi troops seize control of disputed city from Kurdish forces

Thousands flee Kirkuk as Iraqi troops seize control of disputed city from Kurdish forces.

Iraqi forces take over key buildings in Kirkuk three weeks after an independence referendum. 

Also on the programme: the fate of the American soldier who wandered away from his unit, was captured by the Taleban, and later swapped for foreign fighters by President Obama, pleads guilty to desertion; and the investigative journalist on the island of Malta, killed when her car blew up earlier today.

(Photo: Iraqi children step on a Kurdish flag as forces advance towards the centre of Kirkuk. Credit: Getty)

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