Iraq Advances in the Battle for Mosul

Iraqi forces continue with their offensive to retake west Mosul. An estimated 650,000 civilians are trapped in the west of the city, and the UN warned that many people were “at extreme risk".

The Vice President of the United States Mike Pence is in Brussels meeting European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. EU relations with the US are at an all-time low at a time where internal politics and the rise of populism is rattling Brussels and seriously endangering the European project.

Angelina Jolie on Cambodia, politics and a 'difficult year'

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