united. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the iraqi prime minister, haider al abadi, has declared that the city of mosul has been liberated from so called 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 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 of jihadists 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
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
the iraqi government has announced its forces have finally taken full control of mosul, the city held by so called islamic state extremists for the last three years. this afternoon the iraqi prime minister travelled to mosul to declare it free of is after a nine month battle. iraqi troops were backed by american and coalition air strikes, advancing street by street in the final stages over the last few weeks. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has this report from mosul you may find some of the content distressing. what was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. every building deeply scarred, or destroyed by months of war. we joined the search and rescue teams looking for survivors, but more often they re just recovering bodies. with the heat, there s also the strong smell of decay. this man is hoping against hope that his brother and his family are still alive. their house was hit in an air strike just a few weeks ago. it was being used by islamic state figh
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welcome to bbc news. the iraqi government has announced its forces have finally taken full control of mosul, the city held by so called islamic state extremists for the last three years. this afternoon, the iraqi prime minister travelled to mosul to declare it free of is after a nine month battle. he congratulated iraqi armed forces on their victory and is expected to give a public statement shortly. iraqi troops were backed by american and coalition air strikes, advancing street by street in the final stages over the last few weeks. our defence correspondentjonathan beale has this report from mosul you may find some of the content distressing. what was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. every building deeply scarred, or destroyed by months of war. we joined the search and rescue teams looking for survivors, but more often they re just recovering bodies. with the heat, there s also the strong smell of decay. this man is hoping against hope that his brother and