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'Thousands' Harmed in Mosul Battle

The Islamic State group has been largely driven from Mosul, but at a cost to human life

The Iraqi Government says the Islamic State group has been largely driven from the city of Mosul, ending years of occupation. But experts fear many civilians died during fierce fighting to free the city.

Also: China's trillion-dollar investment in the "New Silk Road"; and an album of drawings by 18th-Century English artist Thomas Gainsborough has been discovered at Windsor Castle.

Picture: The rubble-strewn Mosul skyline after months of fighting. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

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Mon 10 Jul 201713:06GMT

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