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| David Haines killing: Foreign secretary discussing IS action | |
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| Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is meeting foreign ministers from around the world to discuss plans to tackle Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria. | Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is meeting foreign ministers from around the world to discuss plans to tackle Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria. |
| The summit in Paris is taking place two days after a video showing British aid worker David Haines's death emerged. | The summit in Paris is taking place two days after a video showing British aid worker David Haines's death emerged. |
| David Cameron has said the UK will "hunt down" the killers and that the "menace" of IS has to be destroyed. | David Cameron has said the UK will "hunt down" the killers and that the "menace" of IS has to be destroyed. |
| The militants have also threatened to kill a second Briton, Alan Henning, 47. | The militants have also threatened to kill a second Briton, Alan Henning, 47. |
| Mr Henning, a married father-of-two from Salford, previously worked as a taxi driver but had been a volunteer on an aid convoy in Syria before he was captured. | Mr Henning, a married father-of-two from Salford, previously worked as a taxi driver but had been a volunteer on an aid convoy in Syria before he was captured. |
| Mr Hammond is meeting foreign ministers, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, in Paris to discuss the international response to IS, which controls large parts of northern Iraq and Syria. | Mr Hammond is meeting foreign ministers, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, in Paris to discuss the international response to IS, which controls large parts of northern Iraq and Syria. |
| About 40 countries have signed up to a coalition to help fight the militant group, while US officials say several Arab countries have offered to take part in air strikes against IS militants in Iraq. | About 40 countries have signed up to a coalition to help fight the militant group, while US officials say several Arab countries have offered to take part in air strikes against IS militants in Iraq. |
| Opening the summit, French president Francois Hollande said IS "threatens the whole of the Middle East and the rest of the world", adding: "Every country is involved and we have to do everything to stop the indoctrination of our young, break the jihadi networks and remove the group's funding." | Opening the summit, French president Francois Hollande said IS "threatens the whole of the Middle East and the rest of the world", adding: "Every country is involved and we have to do everything to stop the indoctrination of our young, break the jihadi networks and remove the group's funding." |
| The summit is expected to focus on US plans to weaken the group by offering military support for Iraq, together with plans to stop foreign fighters joining IS and cutting its funding streams. | The summit is expected to focus on US plans to weaken the group by offering military support for Iraq, together with plans to stop foreign fighters joining IS and cutting its funding streams. |
| It comes as US air strikes have targeted IS militants in Iraq in recent weeks. The UK has not been involved in the air strikes but has flown surveillance missions and donated heavy machine guns and ammunition to authorities in Iraq to help fight IS. | It comes as US air strikes have targeted IS militants in Iraq in recent weeks. The UK has not been involved in the air strikes but has flown surveillance missions and donated heavy machine guns and ammunition to authorities in Iraq to help fight IS. |
| In the video released on Saturday night, a masked man holding a knife who appears to have a British accent is pictured beside Mr Haines and recorded as saying the aid worker had to "pay the price" for Mr Cameron's promise to arm the Kurds. | In the video released on Saturday night, a masked man holding a knife who appears to have a British accent is pictured beside Mr Haines and recorded as saying the aid worker had to "pay the price" for Mr Cameron's promise to arm the Kurds. |
| Mr Haines, a father of two, had been seized in Syria in March 2013 and was being held by IS militants. | Mr Haines, a father of two, had been seized in Syria in March 2013 and was being held by IS militants. |
| The 44-year-old was born in Holderness, East Yorkshire, and went to school in Perth and had been living in Croatia with his second wife, who is Croatian, and their four-year-old daughter. His parents live in Ayr. | The 44-year-old was born in Holderness, East Yorkshire, and went to school in Perth and had been living in Croatia with his second wife, who is Croatian, and their four-year-old daughter. His parents live in Ayr. |
| Mr Cameron said he would take "whatever steps are necessary" to keep the UK safe, calling Mr Haines a "British hero". | Mr Cameron said he would take "whatever steps are necessary" to keep the UK safe, calling Mr Haines a "British hero". |
| Speaking at a news conference on Sunday, Mr Cameron said the "menace" of IS had to be destroyed in a "calm, deliberate" way. | Speaking at a news conference on Sunday, Mr Cameron said the "menace" of IS had to be destroyed in a "calm, deliberate" way. |
| Downing Street has so far ruled out any immediate recall of Parliament but former military chiefs are among those who have called for the UK to join US air strikes. | |
| Analysis | Analysis |
| Frank Gardner, BBC security correspondent | Frank Gardner, BBC security correspondent |
| Strip away the ghoulish theatre of this latest beheading video from the so-called Islamic State and one thing emerges very clearly. | Strip away the ghoulish theatre of this latest beheading video from the so-called Islamic State and one thing emerges very clearly. |
| The jihadists of IS are angry and frustrated that their earlier blitzkrieg advance across Iraq has been stopped in its tracks, and even reversed in places, thanks to US air strikes and arms supplies rushed to the Kurds. | The jihadists of IS are angry and frustrated that their earlier blitzkrieg advance across Iraq has been stopped in its tracks, and even reversed in places, thanks to US air strikes and arms supplies rushed to the Kurds. |
| Incapable to date of shooting down America's F/A18 jets, this is the group's way of hitting back at a distant enemy through the medium of public information. | Incapable to date of shooting down America's F/A18 jets, this is the group's way of hitting back at a distant enemy through the medium of public information. |
| David Cameron, to whom much of the video is addressed, has had three choices: | David Cameron, to whom much of the video is addressed, has had three choices: |
| 1) back away from confronting IS, which he has ruled out | 1) back away from confronting IS, which he has ruled out |
| 2) continue as before, giving arms, ammunition and training to the Kurds to fight IS | 2) continue as before, giving arms, ammunition and training to the Kurds to fight IS |
| 3) step up the UK role, which now looks inevitable. | 3) step up the UK role, which now looks inevitable. |
| 'Broad coalition' | 'Broad coalition' |
| Conservative MP and retired Army Colonel Bob Stewart said that Britain should not rule out sending in ground troops. | Conservative MP and retired Army Colonel Bob Stewart said that Britain should not rule out sending in ground troops. |
| He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It's feasible. It's not desirable. Personally, I think we can't say that we will never, ever put infantry on the ground, which is what we're talking about, because circumstances change." | He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It's feasible. It's not desirable. Personally, I think we can't say that we will never, ever put infantry on the ground, which is what we're talking about, because circumstances change." |
| Col Stewart said the fight against IS could not be won from the air alone - but added he hoped it would not be Britain doing the "dirty work". | Col Stewart said the fight against IS could not be won from the air alone - but added he hoped it would not be Britain doing the "dirty work". |
| "What we want to do is build a coalition of people, local countries, who will actually go in on the ground," he said. | "What we want to do is build a coalition of people, local countries, who will actually go in on the ground," he said. |
| "Because one of the intentions may well be to draw us in so we are pulled in on the ground and then IS can present it as the Islamic world versus the evil West." | "Because one of the intentions may well be to draw us in so we are pulled in on the ground and then IS can present it as the Islamic world versus the evil West." |
| Mayor of London Boris Johnson said ground troops were "off the table for the foreseeable" future and that it would be "very difficult" to persuade the British public that such a commitment was necessary. | |
| US President Barack Obama said the US would work with the UK and a "broad coalition of nations" to "bring the perpetrators of this outrageous act to justice". | US President Barack Obama said the US would work with the UK and a "broad coalition of nations" to "bring the perpetrators of this outrageous act to justice". |
| Militants from IS have killed two US hostages in recent weeks, posting videos on the internet. | Militants from IS have killed two US hostages in recent weeks, posting videos on the internet. |
| They had threatened to kill Mr Haines during a video posted online showing the killing of US journalist Steven Sotloff earlier this month. They also released a video of the killing of US journalist James Foley last month. | They had threatened to kill Mr Haines during a video posted online showing the killing of US journalist Steven Sotloff earlier this month. They also released a video of the killing of US journalist James Foley last month. |