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With help from the U.S., Kurdish peshmerga forces say they have seized the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State, in one of the most significant counter-attacks since the militants swept through the north last year. Mana Rabiee has more.
Kurdish peshmerga forces enter Sinjar to begin clearing the northern Iraqi town of Islamic State militants. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
With assistance from U.S. airstrikes, Kurdish forces say they have made progress in an offensive to retake the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
French police intervened to clear demonstrators from a central Paris square where a crowd of thousands had gathered in front of parliament to protest President Emmanuel Macron's government imposing a controversial pensions overhaul without a parliament vote. Lines of police with shields and batons drawn advanced towards the square, while others fired water cannon after a fire was lit in the middle of the square. IMAGES
On a visit to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls on Russia to "step back" and choose the "path of diplomacy", as tensions brew between Russia and the West over a potential invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE