Baghdad-Backed Militia Takes Sinjar

Hours after Iraqi government forces captured the city of Kirkuk, another Kurdish stronghold in northern Iraq falls. Also, the Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, declares the city of Marawi "liberated" from militants, and why pole dancing could become an Olympic sport.

(Photo: A view of the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, west of the city of Mosul. Credit: AFP)