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Islamic State 'Beatles' cell member El Shafee Elsheikh convicted of beheading hostages by US court

After a six-week trial and four hours of deliberations, a federal jury in Virginia finds 33-year-old El Shafee Elsheikh — whose British accent earned the Beatles' nickname — guilty on charges including lethal hostage-taking and conspiracy to commit murder.

ABC News

Police welcome conviction of British 'Beatle' IS terror cell member in US

The jihadist, who grew up in London, was accused of being one of a gang of four IS militants nicknamed 'the Beatles'

Wales Online

Brother of murdered Scots aid worker David Haines welcomes guilty verdict of Isis terrorist

David Haines, from Perth, tragically lost his life at the hands of the twisted terror cell, known as 'the Beatles' in September, 2014.

Daily Record

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U.S. jury finds member of Islamic State 'Beatles' cell guilty of terrorism offenses

A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty in U.S. court of terrorism offenses on Thursday.

Reuters

Brit convicted as 'Beatle' in Islamic State beheadings trial

A jury has convicted a British national for his role in an Islamic State group hostage-taking scheme that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago

The Independent UK

Salah Abdeslam breaks silence to explain his role in 2015 Paris attacks

Surviving Paris attacks terrorist Salah Abdeslam on Wednesday surprised the special criminal court in Paris by agreeing to answer questions about his specific mission on 13 November, 2015. While zones of doubt and mystery remain, Abdeslam did provide new information on several key issues.

Radio France Internationale

Prosecution: Briton was 1 of 3 'Beatles' hostage- takers

Prosecutors in a British man's terrorism trial say the only thing jurors need to know to convict him is that he was one of three Islamic State hostage-takers known as “The Beatles."

The Independent UK

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Man who murdered MP David Amess smirks as he's told he'll die in prison

Ali Harbi Ali, 26, from North London, was handed a whole life term at the Old Bailey for the murder

Manchester Evening News

At U.N., Nadia Murad launches guidance on collecting rape in war evidence

Human rights activist Nadia Murad launched global guidelines at the United Nations on Wednesday on how to safely and effectively collect evidence from survivors and witnesses of sexual violence in conflict.

Reuters

IS supporter given life sentence for murdering UK lawmaker

An Islamic State supporter has been given a whole-life sentence for stabbing a British lawmaker to death in revenge for his voting in support for airstrikes on Syria

The Independent UK

Man who murdered UK lawmaker Amess sentenced to life in prison -Sky News

A "fanatical Islamist" inspired by Islamic State was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for the murder of veteran British lawmaker David Amess by knifing him to death in a frenzied attack in a church where he was meeting voters, Sky reported.

Reuters

"Drop that f****** knife": Moment terrorist who killed MP is tackled to ground by unarmed police

Ali Harbi Ali will spend the rest of his life in prison after being handed a whole-life jail term for the murder of Southend MP Sir David Amess

Manchester Evening News

ISIS fanatic who murdered MP David Amess smirks as he's told he'll die in prison

Ali Harbi Ali, 26, smiled and winked at members of the press as he was taken to the cells after Mr Justice Sweeney gave him a whole life tariff for the murder of MP Sir David Amess in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex

Daily Mirror

British man fighting in Ukraine forced to surrender to Russians

Aiden Aslin said his unit in Mariupol has run out of food and ammunition and can no longer hold out

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Russia ‘using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq against Ukraine’

Iraqi militias and others say undercover networks being used to supply materiel such as RPGs and anti-tank missiles

The Independent UK

Isis morphs and grows in Pakistan and Afghanistan amid fear of more attacks

The terrorist group’s attacks have risen in Pakistan but declined in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve killed him’: David Amess murder was last act of two-year plot

Ali Harbi Ali had long been looking for an MP to assassinate before stabbing Amess at church surgery

The Independent UK

Jurors take just 18 minutes to convict terrorist who murdered MP Sir David Amess

Ali Harbi Ali refused to stand in the dock as the unanimous verdicts were delivered.

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Reuters

Man found guilty of murdering UK lawmaker David Amess

A 'fanatical Islamist, who was inspired by Islamic State, was found guilty on Monday of murdering British lawmaker David Amess, who was knifed to death in a frenzied attack inside a church where he was meeting voters.

Wales Online

Ali Harbi Ali found guilty of murdering MP David Amess in retaliation for Syria

Ali was also found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism

The Independent UK

Terrorist guilty of ‘cold and calculating’ murder of MP Sir David Amess

London-born Ali Harbi Ali, 26, was convicted of carrying out the atrocity at Sir David’s constituency surgery in Essex in October last year.

The Guardian - UK

Ali Harbi Ali guilty of murdering MP David Amess in terrorist attack

Twenty-six-year-old stabbed long-serving Conservative after being fuelled by Islamic State propaganda

Reuters

In north Syria, business hub hopes to drive recovery from war

In an industrial zone in northern Syria's rebel-held city of Al-Bab, Abu Omar al-Shihabi's smelter churns out iron bars he says can compete with any produced in Syria and beyond.

The Independent UK

Islamic State morphs and grows in Pakistan, Afghanistan

A ruthless Islamic State affiliate, known as Islamic State in Khorasan Province or IS-K, emerged in eastern Afghanistan in 2014

The Guardian - AU

Iraqi man alleging 35 family members were killed by Australian airstrike denied compensation

Man applied to Australian government for act of grace payment over Mosul strike targeting Islamic State in 2017

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