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Islamic State hostages ‘forced into brutal prison fights by captors known as The Beatles’

An aid worker held by the Islamic State “Beatles” says he and fellow prisoners were forced to take part in “Royal Rumble” fights during 14 months in captivity.

Evening Standard

Report: US military must do more to avoid civilian deaths

A new report says the U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants

The Independent UK

Islamic State hostages were forced to fight each other, US court hears

Aid workers and journalists subjected to constant abuse, Federico Motka says at trial of El Shafee Elsheikh

The Guardian - UK

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U.N. peacekeepers deployed to northeastern Mali amid spate of killings

The United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali has deployed two units to the African country's tri-border area with Burkina Faso and Niger to respond to a spate of civilian killings, it said on Thursday.

Reuters

Surviving hostage relates ordeal in Islamic State captivity

A hostage who survived more than a year as a captive of the Islamic State is testifying about the beatings and torture inflicted on him by his captors

The Independent UK

Prime Paris attacks suspect insists on right to silence but manages to say a lot

Wednesday was eagerly anticipated as a crucial day at the Paris attacks trial. Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the suicide killers who murdered 130 people on the night of 13 November 2015, was to give his version of what really happened. The public benches were packed. The media showed…

Radio France Internationale

‘IS Beatle gave hostages going-away beatings’

A London-born Islamic State fighter accused of being part of the notorious ‘Beatles’ terror cell allegedly dished out “going-away beatings” to hostages who were about to be released, a US court has heard.

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Russia concerned at Islamic State's plans to destabilise Central Asia -report

Russia is concerned about the plans of militant group Islamic State to destabilise central Asia and spread instability to the country as well, the RIA news agency said.

Reuters

Prosecutor: Brit's brutality uncommon even for Islamic State

Prosecutors told a federal jury that a British national on trial for terrorist acts that resulted in the gruesome deaths of four American hostages had a reputation for outsize brutality

The Independent UK

U.S. prosecutors accuse alleged ISIS 'Beatle' of 'brutal hostage-taking'

A former British national accused of engaging in "brutal hostage-taking" as an alleged member of an Islamic State cell nicknamed "the Beatles" appeared in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday for the start of his criminal trial.

Reuters

Woman who travelled to territory of so-called IS not ‘prima facie a terrorist’

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of IS and providing funds to benefit the group.

The Independent UK

Manchester Arena bombing public inquiry has cost taxpayers £26.7m so far

Most of the money - some £18.6m - has gone on legal fees, including those on lawyers representing Ismail Abedi

Manchester Evening News

Paris attacks survivors disappointed again as evidence falls short of clear explanation

On Tuesday, the Paris attacks trial focused on the case of Mohamed Abrini, one of the passengers in the three-car "convoy of death" which brought the killers to Paris on 12 November 2015. At the last moment, Abrini decided that he could no longer be part of the plan. He…

Radio France Internationale

Israelis say gunman who killed 5 was West Bank Palestinian

Israeli police say the attacker who used an assault rifle to methodically gun down victims from a motorcycle in a central Israeli city was a Palestinian

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Five killed by gunman in Israel in latest deadly attack

A gunman on a motorcycle shot dead at least five people in Israel in the third deadly attack of its kind within a week.

Daily Mirror

'Terror in Tel Aviv' as six die after gunman opens fire randomly on busy street

A suspected terrorist opened fire on a busy street in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv killing at least five people in a random attack before he was shot dead by armed police

The Guardian - UK

Israel: at least five dead in Tel Aviv shooting

Reports say suspected Arab gunman killed at least four people in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, before he was fatally shot

The Independent UK

Lisa Smith ‘answered call to migrate to Syria’, court hears

The former Irish soldier denies membership of so-called Islamic State.

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The Independent UK

Lisa Smith ‘answered the call to migrate’ to Syria, court told

The former Irish soldier denies membership of so-called Islamic State.

The Independent UK

Israel raids homes of Islamic State suspects, arrests 2

Israeli security forces say they raided the homes of at least 12 Arab citizens and arrested two suspected of having ties to the Islamic State group, which claimed the killings of a pair of Israeli police officers over the weekend

The Independent UK

Many in Mideast see hypocrisy in Western embrace of Ukraine

Western countries have invoked international law within days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Reuters

U.S. trial begins for member of Islamic State 'Beatles' cell

An alleged member of a group of Islamic State militants that beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, faces a U.S. criminal trial beginning on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Trial to begin in Isis killings of US journalists and aid workers

If convicted, El Shafee Elsheikh faces a mandatory life sentence

The Independent UK

IS claims killing of 2 in Israel, 2nd rampage in a week

The militant Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a shooting in central Israel that police say killed two people and wounded four

The Independent UK

Israeli PM tests positive for COVID, is working from home

Israel's prime minister has tested positive for the coronavirus and is working from home as authorities piece together a fatal shooting that took place hours earlier

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