Ukraine and Islamic State crises give Nato new purpose
The threats from Islamic State and the Russian intervention in Ukraine have changed the mood at the Nato summit as leaders face a dangerous new world reality.
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The threats from Islamic State and the Russian intervention in Ukraine have changed the mood at the Nato summit as leaders face a dangerous new world reality.
David Cameron and President Obama show a united front as leaders are to meet at a two-day Nato summit in Newport, South Wales.
As the UK weighs up joining the US in airstrikes targeting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Iraq’s government says that an airstrike has killed the right-hand man of the leader of IS.
It began as an offshoot of Al-Qaeda barely 18 months ago. Now Islamic State are more successful than Al-Qaeda ever were, with over 10,000 men under their command – and a self -declared caliphate in which to fight.
Scan the statements and pronouncements from American politicians of all stripes today, and you’ll see how the murder of Steven J Sotloff has spurred the political world here into rhetoric, if not action.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby deplores the lack of a global strategy from world leaders for what he said could not be understood as a local problem.
Amid the rise of and widespread exhibition of the vile inhumanity of the Islamic State, has been the tender opening of dialogue between two vast regional enemies – Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The US will not be intimidated by Islamic State militants, President Obama says, after the White House confirmed that a video showing the beheading of a US journalist was authentic.
British supporters of Islamic State take to Twitter in the wake of the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff seeking to justify his killing.
The timing of the release of the latest Islamic State video, showing Steven Sotloff’s murder, suggests the lives of other western hostages could be at risk.
Islamic State militants release a video apparently showing the beheading of US hostage Steven Sotloff – just days after the killing of American journalist James Foley.
It only takes one wannabe British jihadist to slip through the net so the government’s new anti-terror proposals must grapple with what measures can stop the flow.
The prime minister is set to announce new measures in the House of Commons to counter the threat from the Islamic State, amid tense negotiations between the two coalition parties.
Hundreds of demonstrators descend on Newport protesting against Nato’s nuclear weapons policy – but not quite the 10,000 predicted.
The US may have become more cynical about the impact of a president. But it still cherishes the aura of the office – which means “no drama Obama” simply won’t do.