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A Christian couple from the Kurdish controlled Iraq, have called on Western countries to arm the Kurds immediately.

"Grace" and "Soran" live in the city of Irbil in Kurdistan, where thousands of Christians, are taking refuge, away from Islamic State fighters who have given them an ultimatum: leave, convert to Islam, or die.

They say the conflict in Iraq is everyone鈥檚 problem, because Islamic State fighters are coming from around the world to fight in Iraq, and are destroying lives and communities.

The couple say the world must help them, or genocide will happen.

This clip is originally from the Shelagh Fogarty programme with Dominic Laurie on Friday 15 August 2014.