The Latest Breaking News from John Cantlie

TV tonight: illicit affairs and revenge in a wonderful period drama

Emma Harte’s head and heart are torn in A Woman of Substance. Plus: a hen do from hell. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18

Hostage review – this portrait of a war reporter is jaw-dropping stuff

This documentary about British war correspondent John Cantlie – who was kidnapped by IS and is believed to have died in an airstrike – is full of remarkable yarns

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4

TV tonight: what really happened to John Cantlie in Syria?

The first of a three-parter that investigates the missing British photojournalist. Plus, acerbic sitcom We Might Regret This. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4

‘I hoped it was a cruel joke’: Mother of James Foley describes torment of son’s public killing by Isis

Diane Foley found out about the death of her son in a phone call from a journalist

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022

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 · Apr 1, 2022

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 · Mar 31, 2022

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 · Mar 28, 2022