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Here is a brief look at Press TV newsroom’s headlines from 18:00 GMT, July 10, 2017 to 08:00 GMT, July 11, 2017.

Victory over Daesh

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has formally declared final victory over Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the northern city of Mosul. Abadi made the announcement in a live televised address from central Mosul. The premier said they have won the battle against brutality and terrorism. He said the false state of Daesh which was first announced from the city in 2014 has fully collapsed. He added that the Iraqi forces will now focus on clearing last pockets of Daesh. The announcement comes after a months-long battle to retake Mosul’s Old City finally bore fruit last week. The Iraqi army launched a massive offensive to retake the northern city last October. It was the last city under the terrorists’ control. The battle for Mosul has killed thousands and displaced nearly nine hundred thousand people.

Celebrating Mosul liberation

Iraqis have thronged the streets across the country to celebrate the liberation of the city of Mosul from Daesh terrorists. Loud applause and cheers filled the streets in several cities after the Iraqi prime minister declared the final victory over Daesh in Mosul. Government forces joined the jubilant celebrations and waved Iraqi flags along with the people.

Yemen cholera

A 10-week cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed three hundred thousand suspected cases. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the disease has claimed more than one thousand and six hundred Yemeni lives so far. Areas worst hit by the deadly disease are in the west of the impoverished country which have been fiercely affected by the Saudi war. Many health facilities have been destroyed by the Saudi shelling and bombardments across Yemen since 2015. The Saudi embargo on the country has also led to shortages of medical supplies.

‘Sectarian sedition foiled’

Major General Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, describes Daesh’s defeat in Iraq as a great victory for the whole world. Soleimani also said the terror group’s removal from Mosul is also a defeat for those who tried to encircle Iran through sectarian sedition. He admired the Iraqi army and the Popular Mobilization Forces for their role in liberating the city. Soleimani was speaking at a ceremony to commemorate the IRGC’s fallen General Sha’aban Nasiry who was killed forty days ago in western Mosul. He said General Nasiry’s death in Iraq led to a great victory which is putting an end to Daesh’s so-called caliphate.

Slamming Bahrain ruling

Amnesty International has condemned Bahrain’s top court for upholding a two-year jail term for leading rights advocate Nabeel Rajab. According to Amnesty’s secretary general, sentencing Rajab to jail for his TV interviews is shocking as it shows Manama’s zero tolerance toward freedom of expression. Salil Shetty demanded that the Bahraini regime release the activist immediately and unconditionally. Bahrain’s top court found Rajab guilty of publishing and spreading rumors and false news during his TV interviews in 2015 and 2016. Rajab is also on trial for comments on Twitter about the war in Yemen and torture in the kingdom’s notorious Jaw Prison. Rajab has been in jail on and off since 2012 on charges related to his rights activism.

UK Saudi arms sales

Britain’s opposition Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn has criticized a UK high court ruling that allows London to continue arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Corbyn said the court may have provided a legal basis for the arms exports, but this does not mean the government is acting ethically. He made the comment in a parliamentary session where Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed the High Court judgment as a proof that the British export control regime is functioning properly. Amnesty International has also condemned the court ruling as a potentially deadly blow to Yemeni civilians. Amnesty said the ruling is deeply disappointing and leaves the UK open to aiding violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen. The UK-based NGO, Campaign Against Arms Trade, had also sought an order to block export licenses for the multi-billion-pound arms with Saudi Arabia. But it failed to get the order.

Russia Crimea plants

Russia says the construction of two power plants in the Crimean peninsula will go ahead as planned. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said the Crimean region needed the power plants and that the first station would be completed by early 2018. The comments came after Germany's Siemens Company said that two of its gas turbines had been moved from Russia to Crimea against its will. The Kremlin claims that the power turbines being installed in Crimea were made domestically using Russian components. The European Union imposed sanctions on Moscow after Crimea re-joined Russia following a referendum in 2014. The US and its European allies saw the move as violation of international law, an allegation Moscow has vehemently denied.

Temer’s hard times

Brazilians have taken to the streets of Sao Paulo to protest against the government’s proposed economic reforms. The demonstrators called President Michel Temer corrupt and demanded his immediate resignation. They said the president’s proposed reforms will cause more unemployment and economic failures. Temer replaced former president Dilma Rousseff over a year ago with promises to turnaround the economic fortunes of Brazil via austerity measures. However, recent allegations of corruption within his administration cast doubt over his reform agenda.

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