iraqi military are reporting that ies militants have blown up the famou5 landmark of the grand al—nuri mo5quemorsel. let us go to our correspondence in morsel. it has been confirmed now that the mosque was destroyed. i was there with a counterterrori5m force here in iraq. it is the force that advanced today to just 150 metres away from the mosque to just 150 metres away from the mo5que where to just 150 metres away from the mosque where i was to just 150 metres away from the mo5que where i was filming. i sent the pictures to the bbc. they were about to storm the mosque. two hours after we left, we held of the bad new5 after we left, we held of the bad news that ies destroyed at the mosque, news that ies destroyed at the mo5que, blew it up. ies have stated that it was the coalition that blew it up. some of the iraqi fighter5 we re it up. some of the iraqi fighter5 were just a few metres, i am talking about 20—30 metres. it is impossible to destroy it from up in the era. put this into context foreigners. what does this say about the overall battle for mo5ul? what does this say about the overall