'A Million Iraqis Could Flee' Fight For Mosul

Up to one million Iraqis could be forced to flee their homes as the war against Islamic State intensifies, the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned.

The flight of so many people could pose a "massive humanitarian problem" for Iraq, the Geneva-based aid group said.

It said it is preparing for the worst, particularly in the Mosul area - IS's de facto Iraqi capital.

US-backed government forces have trained their sights on the city since retaking full control of Fallujah, 30 miles west of Baghdad, after a vast operation against IS which was launched in May.

"Up to a million more people could be forced to flee their homes in Iraq in the coming weeks and months, posing a massive humanitarian problem for the country," the ICRC said in a statement.

More than three million civilians are already displaced inside the country and 10 million people are in need of assistance.

Around Mosul, the United Nations is also preparing for what it has described as the largest relief operation so far this year to provide food, water and shelter for people fleeing the area for between three and 12 months.

Coalition victories in IS-strongholds are shrinking the size of the "caliphate" the group proclaimed over large parts of Iraq and Syria two years ago.

The latest warning on the deepening humanitarian crisis comes as a British-based watchdog said IS had executed 24 civilians in northern Syria.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday the killings had taken place "in the last 24 hours" after jihadis retook a village called Buyir from the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance.

Valls 'Open' To Ban On Foreign Funding Of Mosques

France's prime minister has said he is "open" to an interim ban on the foreign financing of mosques in the country following a spate of attacks claimed by Islamic extremists.

Manuel Valls also called for imams to be "trained in France, not elsewhere" and said the nation needed to forge "a new relationship" with Islam.

He said he was "open to the idea that - for a period yet to be determined - there should be no financing from abroad for the construction of mosques".

Security forces in France are under scrutiny after it emerged both jihadists who slit the throat of a Catholic priest at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on Tuesday were known to police.

Nineteen-year-old Adel Kermiche was awaiting trial on terror charges and had been placed under house arrest and was wearing a tag, having attempted to twice travel to Syria.

Scramble For Old Book After Elon Musk Tip

Second-hand copies of an out-of-print history book have soared in price from £4.50 to £75 after tech pioneer Elon Musk recommended it.

The boss of Tesla Motors and SpaceX told a Bloomberg reporter that he liked the book Twelve Against The Gods by William Bolitho, saying: "It's really quite good."

Bolitho, a South African journalist, profiled 12 great figures from history in the book, including the Prophet Mohammed, Casanova, and Napoleon.

Before Mr Musk's recommendation, just a handful of copies were trading on Amazon for about £4.50.

Second-hand copies of the book are sold out

But just hours after his recommendation the price of copies of the book had soared to £75 per copy, and soon after there were no copies left at all.

Amazon's page for the book, which was first published in 1929, now reads 'Out of Print-Limited Availability'.

The English-language version of the book is also out of stock on a number of other popular booksellers websites.

On Amazon.co.uk, the book has just two reviews - both give it five stars.

One reviewer said: "You'll not likely find a more entertaining books of historical essays in modern print," while the other said: "I have had this book and re-read it off-and-on for years. The colorful details of their grand glorious adventures are wonderful."

Mr Musk is famously well read - he taught himself about rocket science by devouring books on the subject.

Now he reads more widely, and recommends his favourites from time to time.

Scramble For Old Book After Elon Musk Tip

Second-hand copies of an out-of-print history book have soared in price from £4.50 to £75 after tech pioneer Elon Musk recommended it.

The boss of Tesla Motors and SpaceX told a Bloomberg reporter that he liked the book Twelve Against The Gods by William Bolitho, saying: "It's really quite good."

Bolitho, a South African journalist, profiled 12 great figures from history in the book, including the Prophet Mohammed, Casanova, and Napoleon.

Before Mr Musk's recommendation, just a handful of copies were trading on Amazon for about £4.50.

Second-hand copies of the book are sold out

But just hours after his recommendation the price of copies of the book had soared to £75 per copy, and soon after there were no copies left at all.

Amazon's page for the book, which was first published in 1929, now reads 'Out of Print-Limited Availability'.

The English-language version of the book is also out of stock on a number of other popular booksellers websites.

On Amazon.co.uk, the book has just two reviews - both give it five stars.

One reviewer said: "You'll not likely find a more entertaining books of historical essays in modern print," while the other said: "I have had this book and re-read it off-and-on for years. The colorful details of their grand glorious adventures are wonderful."

Mr Musk is famously well read - he taught himself about rocket science by devouring books on the subject.

Now he reads more widely, and recommends his favourites from time to time.

Scramble For Old Book After Elon Musk Tip

Second-hand copies of an out-of-print history book have soared in price from £4.50 to £75 after tech pioneer Elon Musk recommended it.

The boss of Tesla Motors and SpaceX told a Bloomberg reporter that he liked the book Twelve Against The Gods by William Bolitho, saying: "It's really quite good."

Bolitho, a South African journalist, profiled 12 great figures from history in the book, including the Prophet Mohammed, Casanova, and Napoleon.

Before Mr Musk's recommendation, just a handful of copies were trading on Amazon for about £4.50.

Second-hand copies of the book are sold out

But just hours after his recommendation the price of copies of the book had soared to £75 per copy, and soon after there were no copies left at all.

Amazon's page for the book, which was first published in 1929, now reads 'Out of Print-Limited Availability'.

The English-language version of the book is also out of stock on a number of other popular booksellers websites.

On Amazon.co.uk, the book has just two reviews - both give it five stars.

One reviewer said: "You'll not likely find a more entertaining books of historical essays in modern print," while the other said: "I have had this book and re-read it off-and-on for years. The colorful details of their grand glorious adventures are wonderful."

Mr Musk is famously well read - he taught himself about rocket science by devouring books on the subject.

Now he reads more widely, and recommends his favourites from time to time.

Scramble For Old Book After Elon Musk Tip

Second-hand copies of an out-of-print history book have soared in price from £4.50 to £75 after tech pioneer Elon Musk recommended it.

The boss of Tesla Motors and SpaceX told a Bloomberg reporter that he liked the book Twelve Against The Gods by William Bolitho, saying: "It's really quite good."

Bolitho, a South African journalist, profiled 12 great figures from history in the book, including the Prophet Mohammed, Casanova, and Napoleon.

Before Mr Musk's recommendation, just a handful of copies were trading on Amazon for about £4.50.

Second-hand copies of the book are sold out

But just hours after his recommendation the price of copies of the book had soared to £75 per copy, and soon after there were no copies left at all.

Amazon's page for the book, which was first published in 1929, now reads 'Out of Print-Limited Availability'.

The English-language version of the book is also out of stock on a number of other popular booksellers websites.

On Amazon.co.uk, the book has just two reviews - both give it five stars.

One reviewer said: "You'll not likely find a more entertaining books of historical essays in modern print," while the other said: "I have had this book and re-read it off-and-on for years. The colorful details of their grand glorious adventures are wonderful."

Mr Musk is famously well read - he taught himself about rocket science by devouring books on the subject.

Now he reads more widely, and recommends his favourites from time to time.

Scramble For Old Book After Elon Musk Tip

Second-hand copies of an out-of-print history book have soared in price from £4.50 to £75 after tech pioneer Elon Musk recommended it.

The boss of Tesla Motors and SpaceX told a Bloomberg reporter that he liked the book Twelve Against The Gods by William Bolitho, saying: "It's really quite good."

Bolitho, a South African journalist, profiled 12 great figures from history in the book, including the Prophet Mohammed, Casanova, and Napoleon.

Before Mr Musk's recommendation, just a handful of copies were trading on Amazon for about £4.50.

Second-hand copies of the book are sold out

But just hours after his recommendation the price of copies of the book had soared to £75 per copy, and soon after there were no copies left at all.

Amazon's page for the book, which was first published in 1929, now reads 'Out of Print-Limited Availability'.

The English-language version of the book is also out of stock on a number of other popular booksellers websites.

On Amazon.co.uk, the book has just two reviews - both give it five stars.

One reviewer said: "You'll not likely find a more entertaining books of historical essays in modern print," while the other said: "I have had this book and re-read it off-and-on for years. The colorful details of their grand glorious adventures are wonderful."

Mr Musk is famously well read - he taught himself about rocket science by devouring books on the subject.

Now he reads more widely, and recommends his favourites from time to time.