humphrey. there was a rather interesting statement put out today by the chinese state news agency. it wasn t long ago they were talking about the us threat, but now we have this lengthy article published in english about the enduring strength of mr xi s for americans and includes him sitting in a tractor. maybe there is some feeling to be done tomorrow. to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders are to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders are coming - to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders are coming to | think both leaders are coming to this summit looking for a little bit of breathing room. if you look at the situation in china, it s still feeling the effects of the pandemic. when you look at the economic growth, it s been quite sluggish. if you look at the situation in the united states, 2024 is a presidential election. joe biden w
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
welcome to bbc news. the iraqi government said today that the city of mosul has been liberated from so called islamic state, three years after it was first occupied by the extremists. the second largest city in iraq was where is declared its ‘caliphate‘ in 2014. since then, its grip on territory seen here in red has been gradually reduced in iraq and in syria. in the last nine months it s been targeted in mosul by the iraqi army, backed by us and coalition air strikes and has lost ground street by street. tonight, the defence secretary sir michael fallon congratulated the iraqis and highlighted the role played by the raf. but as our defence correspondent jonathan beale has seen in mosul, victory has come at a cost, with an estimated 800,000 civilians driven from their homes. 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, t
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