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  The coalition has carried out hundreds of strikes against IS in Iraq Continue reading the main story Islamic State What is Islamic State? Why is IS so violent? Rare visit reveals 'brutal' IS Can IS be defeated? A chemical weapons expert with the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Iraq has been killed in a coalition airstrike, the US military has said. Abu Malik's training provided IS with "expertise to pursue a chemical weapons capability", a statement said. He served as a chemical weapons engineer under former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, before joining al-Qaeda in Iraq and then IS, the US said. The US-led coalition has carried almost 2,000 strikes against IS targets. Mr Malik was killed in a raid near Mosul on 24 January, according to the US. His death is expected to "degrade and disrupt...

A nurse and two babies were killed in the gas explosion Continue reading the main story Related Stories In pictures: Mexico gas explosion Mexico blast blamed on explosive mix Nine babies found alive in the rubble of a Mexican children's hospital after a gas blast have undergone DNA tests to help reunite them with their parents. The testing was necessary as the babies were not wearing identity bracelets, Mexico City Mayor Angel Mancera said. The explosion on Thursday killed a nurse and two infants and injured more than 70 others. It is believed to have been caused by a leak in a hose from a gas lorry fuelling the hospital's tanks. "There are parents who have identified their children, but as the babies did not have bracelets on, we have to follow a protocol to identify them," Mr Mancera was quoted by Reuters as saying. Tank workers struggled for ...

The euro needs Greece, the EU's economic affairs commissioner told the BBC Greece belongs in the eurozone and the single currency depends on there being no "Grexit", the EU economic and financial affairs commissioner says. Pierre Moscovici told the BBC's Hardtalk "we will do everything" to prevent Greece leaving the eurozone. But he said the Greek government had to respect previous commitments. The new finance minister has meanwhile said he will not negotiate bailout terms with the "troika" - the global institutions overseeing Greek debt. The left-wing Syriza party won last weekend's election on an anti-austerity platform, promising to have half of Greece's debt written off, and to roll back on deep cuts to jobs, pay and pensions. "We believe that the place of Greece is in the eurozone, the euro needs Greece and that Greece needs and wants to be in the eurozone," ...