good evening, welcome to bbc news. the iraqi prime minister haider al abadi has declared that the city of mosul has been liberated from islamic state. the prime minister has travelled to mosul, where he s been meeting fighters ahead of a formal victory speech later. earlier, iraqi forces were fighting to capture the last small area of mosul where islamic state militants were holding out. jen smith reports. celebrations on the streets of mosul, a city once a stronghold of the so called islamic state. the battle to retake the city from is started in october last year but today the iraqi pm visited the city to say it has been liberated, congratulating the army and the iraqi people. iraqi forces have been battling the remaining pockets ofjihadists holding out in a tiny area near the old city. sporadic bursts of gunfire could still be heard, with plumes of smoke rising into the sky. the long battle for control has come at a cost. the extremists have occupied the city for three yea
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