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lincoln city in the fa cup quarter final. and later on bbc news, a chance to see the vast ancient ruins of sudan. that s in the travel show, coming up at eight thirty. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a major new offensive is underway in iraq against the so called islamic state group, with security forces trying to regain full control of mosul. the city was seized more than two years ago, as is took control of northern and western iraq. iraqi forces launched their main offensive in october. and last month they recaptured the eastern part of mosul. but around three quarters of a million civilians remain in the western half where there ll be stiff resistance from is. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman nik millard are the only television journalists on the frontline with the iraqi forces. just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called islamic state. thousands of men and hundreds of armoured ve ....
this war that happened a0 years ago and what happened to these people was not properly understood, and not just for the world, but for the people of the country. iraqi security forces have been pushing forward in a major offensive aimed at taking full control of their second largest city, mosul, from so called islamic state. the city was seized more than two years ago as is moved into northern and western iraq. the offensive to remove the group began last october, with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of mosul last month. but the western half of the city is home to around three quarters of a million civilians and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman nick millard are the only television journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. they sent this report. just after sunrise, iraq bagai and what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called islamic state. began. thousands of men ....
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vin diesel returns for the eighth installment in the fast and furious series. film criticjames king gives us his verdict on this and the rest of the week s cinema releases. our main story at 5: the afghan government says 36 militants from the so called islamic state group were killed when the united states dropped one of its biggest non nuclear bombs in the eastern province of nanggarhar on thursday. the commander of us forces in afghanistan generaljohn nicholson said the attack had been coordinated with the government in kabul, and that no civilians were harmed. but there s also been criticism former afghan president hamid karzai condemned the bombing as inhuman. our south asia editor jill mcgivering reports. this is american hard power in action. the moment the us dropped, for the first time, the biggest non nuclear weapon it has. it was a moab, nicknamed the mother of all bombs , and it was targeting underground bases in eastern afghanistan, a stronghold of the so ....