Image copyright Rudaw Image caption Shifa Gardi was reporting live on the day she was killedA Kurdish female reporter has been killed while reporting on the battle for Mosul in Iraq.
Shifa Gardi, who worked for Iraqi Kurdish channel Rudaw, was killed by a roadside bomb as she covered the advance of Iraqi forces into western areas held by so-called Islamic State.
He said the plan was to cut supply lines and link up with eastern districts that Iraqi forces declared "fully liberated" last month.
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Iraqi forces press on towards western districtsIraqi forces continue to face stiff resistance from IS fighters bunkered in western districts.
Iraqi forces continue to face stiff resistance from IS as they advance.
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