London, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Thanks forjoining us. It is sam Thanks Forjoining us. It is 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 3am in mosul, where iraqi forces have made a breakthrough in their offensive against the so called Islamic State, in iraqs second city. Theyve taken the airport, a key point in the battle to drive the militants from the western half of the city. This report from the front lines. Before the attack came the air strikes, rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, talks en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack of the airport is under way. All night long weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. And in daylight, they didnt let up. This factory flew the is flag yesterday. Today it burned. In less than four hours iraqi forces had breached the airport perimeter,
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