Kurdish fighters have entered Sinjar in northern Iraq, a day after launching an offensive to retake it from Islamic State (IS) militants.  The Kurdistan Regional Security Council said in a tweet that Peshmerga forces had entered "from all directions" and were clearing the town of IS.

The Kurdish offensive is supported by US-led coalition air strikes.  Meanwhile, the Iraqi army says it has launched an offensive to recapture the western city of Ramadi from IS.

The army press office said the offensive was under way "along the northern, western and south-western axes, with air support", the official al-Iraqiyah TV reports.

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