Jonathan Miller
Iraq: why this isn’t 2003 all over again
The legality of any future British air strikes on Iraq may be clear – but the justification for US intervention in neighbouring Syria is much less obvious.
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Jonathan Miller
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Should Britain join air strikes in Iraq?
Julie Lenarz, director of foreign policy think tank Human Security Centre and Simon Jenkins, the author and journalist debate British military action in Iraq.
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Cameron puts the UK on a war footing in Iraq – but not Syria
The UK is on the path to war with Islamic State militants as David Cameron recalls parliament to debate military intervention in Iraq, and warns Britain must not be “frozen with fear”.
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Depressed and alone: the mental health of radical extremists
Islamic State fighters often present themselves on social media as a fearless band of brothers, but a new report finds radicalised jihadis are more likely to be anxious, depressed and lonely.
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Iran’s Rouhani addresses the UN – in tweets
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani gives his view on how to tackle Islamic extremism in the Middle East – and tweets most of it as he does so.
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Kylie Morris
IS top of the agenda at UN
President Obama arrives at the UN to deliver nothing less than a call to war against extremism. Exhorting nations to join the United States in its campaign against the jihadists of the Islamic State.
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Gary Gibbon
Commons to vote on Iraq IS attacks on Friday
Seeking parliamentary approval before military action has brought in a new era that inhibits prime ministers in a way that would be unthinkable to their predecessors.
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Britain prepares to join fight against Islamic State in Iraq
Britain could recall of parliament to discuss military action in the Middle East after David Cameron warns the fight against Islamic State was one the UK “could not opt out of”.
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Up to five British jihadis reported dead in US airstrikes
With airstrikes on militants in Iraq and Syria set to intensify, reports emerge that British-born jihadis have died in the attacks in Syria. One is named as 19-year-old Ibrahim Kamara from Brighton.
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Alan Henning ‘pleads for his life’ in new IS recording
The wife of British hostage Alan Henning urges Islamic State to release him after she received an audio message from her husband pleading for his life.
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Kylie Morris
US seeks ‘bandwidth’ to deal with IS, Ebola and the Ukraine crisis
Achieving a unified approach in dealing with the threat from Islamic State is one of several challenges facing the US at the United Nations General Assembly this week.
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US air strikes in Syria – Q&A
In the early hours of the morning, US air strikes targeted Islamic State and other Islamist groups in Syria for the first time. Channel 4 News asks whether it is legal, and where it might end.
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Muslim leaders condemn Islamic State’s Alan Henning threats
The kidnap and threatened murder of British aid worker Alan Henning by Islamic State (IS) militants is not permissible under sharia law, prominent Muslim clerics have warned.
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France launches airstrikes against IS in Iraq
France says its jets had launched strikes inside Iraq for the first time since the country promised to join military action against Islamic State insurgents who have taken over parts of the country.
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Why is Australia facing a domestic terror crisis?
Isis is urging followers to carry out public beheadings, says Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. How did the country become a target and how do counter-terrorism officials respond?
