'Islamic State' video scrutinised by UK security services
- 4 January 2016
- UK
The UK's security and intelligence agencies are examining a video by so-called Islamic State, to identify a man and young boy with British accents.
The video purportedly shows the killing of five men who IS says were spying for the UK.
The authorities will also be carrying out voice-print analysis to match what is heard against individuals known to have travelled to Iraq and Syria.
The man threatens attacks in the UK, during the 10-minute film.
He also says the footage, which has not been independently verified, is a message for Prime Minister David Cameron.
After the apparent killings the young boy, who seems to be aged about six or seven years old and is wearing military-style clothing, is seen pointing into the distance and talking about killing "unbelievers".
Indian air force base attack enters third day despite claim all militants were dead
Home secretary says two gunmen remain, contradicting earlier statement from a minister that all involved in an attack on the Pathankot base were dead
Indian officials have announced that at least two gunmen remain at an air base near the Pakistan border, more than two days after the attack began and 24 hours after authorities indicated all of the gunman were dead.
Authorities have vowed to end the siege on Monday and kill the attackers.
At least seven soldiers and four gunmen have been killed in the fighting at the Pathankot air force base in Punjab province so far.
On Sunday, home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi told reporters that the last two gunmen had been cornered and would be “neutralised” soon.
One year on, Charlie Hebdo blames God for killings
Latest update : 2016-01-04
French Satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo is preparing one million copies of a special edition to mark the anniversary of the deadly Islamist attack on its offices with a cover featuring a bearded man with a gun, representing God.
“One year on, the killer is still on the run”, reads the front page splash.
Charlie Hebdo, known for satirical covers lampooning Islam and other religions as well as politicians, lost many of its top editorial staff in the January 7 attackswhen Islamist militants opened fire on journalists inside the newsroom.
The attack was claimed by al Qaeda's branch in the Arabian Peninsula, known as AQAP. It followed a 2011 firebombing of its offices that forced the publication to move premises. Staff at the magazine had been under police protection since it published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2006.
America: land of the furious, home of the rage
January 4, 2016 - 12:58PM
Nick O'Malley
US correspondent for Fairfax Media
The anger in America has been palpable for years, and for a long time it has appeared the angriest Americans were conservative ones, in particular, conservative white Americans.
Seventy-three per cent of whites said they get angry at least once per day.
You can hear it in tirades on talkback radio and in snarling cable news editorials.
It is the dominant characteristic of a new industry of online news providers, and of the commentary of the bloggers and social media hawks who are informed by it.
You can detect white conservative anger in the militia takeover of a federal government office in Oregon this past weekend, in the constant passage of ever-freer gun laws in Texas, in resentment towards the Black Lives Matter Movement, in Fox News's endless war against the imaginary war on Christmas.
Tale of the missing Hong Kong booksellers: Government wants answers
Updated 0843 GMT (1643 HKT) January 4, 2016
Hong Kong's leader has appealed for information after the mysterious disappearance of five people linked to a publisher of books critical of China.
C.Y. Leung said there was "no indication" that those reported missing had been taken to mainland China by Chinese security agents, an accusation raised by some opposition political leaders in Hong Kong.
Instead, Leung stressed that only Hong Kong law enforcement agencies had the legal authority to enforce laws here.
"Anyone who thinks they have information that may lead to a better understanding of the whereabouts and the reasons why they seem to be missing from Hong Kong would be welcome to provide such information to the Hong Kong government authorities," he said.
Abe to push for constitutional revision as ruling bloc seeks Upper House majority
BY MIZUHO AOKI
STAFF WRITER
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday his long-held goal of amending the pacifist Constitution will be one of the key issues in the Upper House election this summer.
In his first news conference of 2016, Abe pledged an all-out effort to maintain the ruling bloc’s majority in the Upper House.
“We will call for amending the Constitution during the election campaign as we’ve done before,” Abe said. “Through such calls, I’d like to deepen public debate” on the issue.
“I would like the LDP and Komeito to secure a majority in the Upper House,” he said, referring to the Liberal Democratic Party’s junior coalition partner. “I will do my utmost to achieve that victory.”
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