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Scots aid worker's terrorist killer handed eight life sentences

ONE of the men from the terror cell responsible for the murder of Scots aid worker David Haines has been sentenced to life behind bars.

The National (Scotland)

‘Beatles’ terror victims were 'undeniably heroes' - US judge

Alexanda Amon Kotey, 38, originally from Paddington, London, showed no emotion as he was handed eight life sentences for his crimes

Wales Online

Blast kills more than 50 at Kabul mosque, its leader says

A powerful explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, its leader said, the latest in a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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‘Beatles’ terror victims were ‘undeniably heroes’ – US judge

Alexanda Amon Kotey, 38, originally from Paddington, London, showed no emotion as he was handed eight life sentences for his crimes.

The Independent UK

Athea Haines: It’s not easy to be the girl whose dad was killed by terrorists

The eleven-year-old daughter of a hostage killed by so-called Islamic State faced one of the men responsible for her father’s death in US court.

The Independent UK

'Beatle' gets life sentence for Islamic State beheadings

A British national who played a key hole in a scheme by the Islamic State to kidnap and kill Western hostages a decade ago has been sentenced to life in prison

The Independent UK

Daughter of murdered aid worker Alan Henning comes face-to-face with member of Islamic State terror cell dubbed The Beatles in US court

Moments before Alexandra Kotey was jailed for life for his part in the murder of western hostages, Alan's daughter Lucy told the court about her feelings of guilt

Manchester Evening News

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Brother of murdered Scots aid worker David Haines 'forgives' Isis terrorist over killing

Alexanda Amon Kotey, 38, has been jailed for life after admitting his role in the murder of US hostages in Syria.

Daily Record

British ‘Beatle’ terrorist given life sentence over deaths of Western hostages

Alexanda Kotey was one of four so-called Islamic State militants nicknamed The Beatles by their captives due to their British accents.

The Independent UK

IS claims bombing targeting Shiites in north Afghanistan

The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for two bombings in the country’s north that targeted the country’s minority Hazara ethnic group

The Independent UK

Terrorist 'Beatle' Jihadi Ringo in court over hostage killings including Alan Henning

The Islamic State terrorist is expected to come face to face with his victims' families

Liverpool Echo

Family of Salford man Alan Henning to come face to face with one of murdering 'Beatles' today

Alexanda Amon Kotey will come face-to-face with his victims' families in court today

Manchester Evening News

Islamic State 'Beatle' sentenced to life for murdering U.S. hostages

A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a lifetime prison sentence on a member of an Islamic State militant group nicknamed "The Beatles" that beheaded American hostages, at a hearing where one victim's mother told the defendant, "I will not hate you."

Reuters

Blasts on vans carrying Shi'ite Muslims in northern Afghanistan kill nine

Bombs exploded aboard two passenger vans carrying Shi'ite Muslims in the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday, killing at least nine people, an official said.

Reuters

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Evening Standard

British children born to Islamic State parents at risk of being raised as ‘career terrorists’ in Syria camps

A woman sits with her child on the ground at Camp Roj, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held

France 24

UN team ‘shocked’ but ‘safe’ after strikes hit Kyiv during Guterres visit

Kyiv officials said Ukraine's capital was hit by Russian missile strikes on Thursday as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Earlier, US President Joe Biden asked Congress to approve an additional $33 billion in military and economic assistance to "help Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression".…

Reuters

At U.N., Amal Clooney pushes for Ukraine war crimes justice

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney urged countries at the United Nations on Wednesday to focus on international justice for war crimes in Ukraine so evidence does not sit in storage - as it has done for victims of Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria.

France 24

'It's a policy of invasion': ADF rebels expand attacks in DR Congo

In the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have expanded their operations into Ituri province. On April 10 and 11, around 30 people were killed near the town of Komanda by the ADF, an Islamist group that was originally based in Uganda. The…

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The Independent UK

Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

Hunger is soaring across conflict-ridden Burkina Faso, a result of increasing violence by jihadi rebels linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has killed thousands and displaced millions, preventing people from farming

Reuters

Blast in northeastern Nigeria injures 11 people, say police

A blast in the capital of Nigeria's northeastern Taraba state on Friday evening injured 11 people including children, police said, days after an explosion claimed by Islamic State killed 3 people at a marketplace in a rural town in Taraba.

Evening Standard

At least 33 dead in mosque explosion in Afghanistan

At least 33 people have been killed after a bomb was detonated at a mosque and religious teaching school in Afghanistan, a Taliban official has said.

The Independent UK

Afghan IS group claims series of bombings targeting Shiites

Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings that targeted the country's minority Shiite Muslims

The Independent UK

Blasts across Afghanistan kill at least 10, injure dozens

Explosions across Afghanistan have killed at least 10 people and wounded scores more

France 24

IS group claims deadly blast at Shiite mosque amid series of attacks across Afghanistan

A series of explosions across Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 16 people and wounded scores more, according to police and health officials. The Islamic State (IS) group's local affiliate claimed an attack on a Shiite mosque in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, which killed at least 11 people.

Reuters

Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Northern Afghanistan

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday, according to a statement on the group's Telegram channel.

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