An operation to retake control of the city of Mosul from the Islamic State has been launched by a coalition of the Iraqi military, Kurdish Peshmerga, and other allied forces.
About 330 jihadists from the Islamic State are believed to have been killed in RAF air strikes in Iraq, the defence secretary has said.
A video has emerged online showing Islamic State militants smashing ancient artefacts to pieces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
The US have launched a series of new air strikes against Islamic State (formerly ISIS) militants in Iraq, despite threat from the group that they will execute another US captive.
Militants from the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) have vowed to wipe the United States “off the map”, denying that the air strikes has affected its military power.