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Iraqi forces storm Mosul airport, military base

U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces laying seige to Islamic State's last stronghold in Iraq have captured the city's airport and a nearby military base, according to state-run media, locations they plan to use as staging grounds for a thrust deeper into the militants' territory. Matthew Larotonda reports.