MILITANT SEIZE IRAQ SECOND CITY

10 June 2014 Last updated at 13:41 GMT

Militants seize Iraq's second city

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Iraq's prime minister asks parliament to declare a state of emergency after militants take control of the country's second city, Mosul.

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