FRANCE 24 reports from the front lines, where Iraqi forces backed by US firepower are taking control of a second bridge in Mosul.

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Iraqi troops have been tipped off that a group of civilians is hiding in a building near the front lines after their house was bombed.

A boy emerges from the rubble to explain that he is staying there with his mother and sister after their father was arrested by Iraqi troops.

Many Iraqis have stayed behind in Mosul, unwilling to leave sick relatives or their homes and belongings. And so far the army has not forced civilians to leave, despite the dangers they face.

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