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Isis claims responsibility for multiple attacks in Kirkuk
Gunfire rings out in city as militants wearing suicide vests target police headquarters and government buildings.
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Iraqi PM said operations going quickly as Kurdish troops and the Iraqi army advance into Mosul.
British military is using cyberattacks against the Islamic State in their Mosul stronghold
Secretary of Defence Michael Fallon said the military was launching the online attacks against IS.
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