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Fallujah Battle Ensues Between Iraq and so-called Islamic State

Fallujah battle is underway says Iraq prime minister; Obama in Asia; Austria's controversial election.

The Iraqi prime minister says the military has begun an offensive to drive so-called Islamic State militants out of their stronghold in the city of Fallujah.

President Obama - on a visit to Vietnam - has stressed the benefits of growing co-operation between the US and its former communist enemy.

Austria's presidential election remains on a knife-edge, with postal votes set to determine whether Norbert Hofer will become the first far-right head of state in the European Union.

50 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 May 201605:06GMT

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  • Mon 23 May 201605:06GMT