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18/10/2016

Sean Curran reports from Westminster. The coming military battle with ISIS to regain control of Mosul in Iraq has been debated in the Commons.

The Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has told MPs the task of liberating the Iraqi city of Mosul from the grip of ISIS "will not be a quick operation".
Sean Curran reports from the Commons.
Also on the programme:
* The latest developments in the saga of the troubled Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
* The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt gets a committee grilling from MPs on the funding crisis in the NHS.
* Peers assess the impact of Brexit on the British economy.
* Boris Johnson explains to MPs why he wrote an article in favour of Britain remaining in the EU before campaigning for it to leave.

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Tue 18 Oct 2016 23:30

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