Air strikes target remaining Islamic State militants in Mosul

Air strikes, shelling and other heavy clashes have shaken a small sliver of western Mosul in renewed fighting, a day after the Iraqi government declared victory over Islamic State in the city.

In a sign that IS militants are still holding out in the shattered Old City, plumes of smoke rose as mortar shells landed near Iraqi troop positions and heavy gunfire rang out. Air strikes pounded the edge of the neighbourhood west of the Tigris River throughout Tuesday.