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Battle for Mosul: IS Destroys Ancient Mosque
Iraqi forces say so-called Islamic State has blown up the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul.
The mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul in which Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his only public appearance as leader of the so-called Islamic State has been destroyed.
We hear from a village in Gambia where most of the men have headed for Europe, but provide a lifeline for the families they've left behind.
And in Swaziland, school children are facing hunger after two years of drought.
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