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| Islamic State: 'There is no time to lose' in fight against Isis, French President says as summit starts | Islamic State: 'There is no time to lose' in fight against Isis, French President says as summit starts |
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| There is "no time to lose" in the fight against the Islamic State (Isis), the French President has said at the start of an international summit in Paris. | There is "no time to lose" in the fight against the Islamic State (Isis), the French President has said at the start of an international summit in Paris. |
| François Hollande told delegates from more than 20 countries, including the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, that the "terrorist threat is global and the response must be global". | François Hollande told delegates from more than 20 countries, including the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, that the "terrorist threat is global and the response must be global". |
| His is was the first country to have offered to join the US in air strikes in Iraq and Syria, and Australia promised 10 military aircraft and 600 personnel on Sunday, but not combat troops. | |
| Arab countries including Saudi Arabia are also believed to be considering co-operation. | |
| David Cameron could announce air strikes against the Islamic State (Isis) next week after militants beheaded aid worker David Haines and threatened the life of a second British hostage. | David Cameron could announce air strikes against the Islamic State (Isis) next week after militants beheaded aid worker David Haines and threatened the life of a second British hostage. |
| Calling the group the “embodiment of evil” following the release of footage showing his murder, the Prime Minister vowed to “hunt down those responsible and bring them to justice”. | Calling the group the “embodiment of evil” following the release of footage showing his murder, the Prime Minister vowed to “hunt down those responsible and bring them to justice”. |
| David Cameron has vowed to 'hunt down' David Haines' killers He evaded the issue of air strikes in a speech on Sunday but said he would take “whatever steps are necessary" to destroy Isis and what it stands for. | |
| “We cannot just walk on by if we are to keep this country safe,” he added. | “We cannot just walk on by if we are to keep this country safe,” he added. |
| “We have to confront this menace.” | “We have to confront this menace.” |
| Sources told the Telegraph that Mr Cameron was resisting pressure to recall Parliament this week and will wait until after the Scottish referendum on Thursday to pitch for air strikes. He will outline plans to combat Isis at the UN General Assembly starting in New York on Tuesday and call MPs back to the Commons on Thursday, the paper reported. | Sources told the Telegraph that Mr Cameron was resisting pressure to recall Parliament this week and will wait until after the Scottish referendum on Thursday to pitch for air strikes. He will outline plans to combat Isis at the UN General Assembly starting in New York on Tuesday and call MPs back to the Commons on Thursday, the paper reported. |
| A Downing Street spokesperson quickly dismissed the reports as “speculation” but did not deny an announcement was being considered. | A Downing Street spokesperson quickly dismissed the reports as “speculation” but did not deny an announcement was being considered. |
| British Tornadoes and surveillance aircraft are already in Iraq carrying out intelligence and logistics operations. | British Tornadoes and surveillance aircraft are already in Iraq carrying out intelligence and logistics operations. |
| Still bruised from his Commons defeat last year where he failed to secure a vote approving military action against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, the Prime Minister is understood to be securing support for a new campaign. | Still bruised from his Commons defeat last year where he failed to secure a vote approving military action against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, the Prime Minister is understood to be securing support for a new campaign. |
| The Foreign Secretary previously said Britain would not bomb Isis targets in Syria, where the US is now expanding its operations from Iraq. | The Foreign Secretary previously said Britain would not bomb Isis targets in Syria, where the US is now expanding its operations from Iraq. |
| But a Downing Street spokesperson later denied the position, saying the Prime Minister “has not ruled anything out”. | But a Downing Street spokesperson later denied the position, saying the Prime Minister “has not ruled anything out”. |
| Isis threatened the life of Alan Henning, another British hostage The Liberal Democrats and Labour are believed to be reluctant to endorse air strikes in Syria, where military action could raise legal issues if carried out without the Government’s consent. | Isis threatened the life of Alan Henning, another British hostage The Liberal Democrats and Labour are believed to be reluctant to endorse air strikes in Syria, where military action could raise legal issues if carried out without the Government’s consent. |
| The Iraqi Government, by contrast, has called for international military aid to fight Isis, which now controls a third of the country. | The Iraqi Government, by contrast, has called for international military aid to fight Isis, which now controls a third of the country. |
| Barack Obama has confirmed America’s commitment to “degrade and destroy” the group, which beheaded two US journalists before Mr Haines, and several Arab states including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are reported to be answering John Kerry’s call for allies to join strikes. | Barack Obama has confirmed America’s commitment to “degrade and destroy” the group, which beheaded two US journalists before Mr Haines, and several Arab states including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are reported to be answering John Kerry’s call for allies to join strikes. |
| Australia also promised 10 military aircraft and 600 personnel on Sunday, but not combat troops. | Australia also promised 10 military aircraft and 600 personnel on Sunday, but not combat troops. |
| Britain will continue the action taken so far, including arming Kurdish forces and providing humanitarian help, and Mr Hammond is meeting the US Secretary of State in Paris later today. | Britain will continue the action taken so far, including arming Kurdish forces and providing humanitarian help, and Mr Hammond is meeting the US Secretary of State in Paris later today. |
| A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter overlooking a village controlled by Isis near Mosul Footage of Mr Haines being murdered, possibly by the same man known as “jihadi John” who beheaded James Foley and Steven Sotloff, emerged on Saturday night. | A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter overlooking a village controlled by Isis near Mosul Footage of Mr Haines being murdered, possibly by the same man known as “jihadi John” who beheaded James Foley and Steven Sotloff, emerged on Saturday night. |
| Mr Cameron described the aid worker, who had been working to establish refugee camps in Syria when he was kidnapped in March last year, as a “British hero”. | Mr Cameron described the aid worker, who had been working to establish refugee camps in Syria when he was kidnapped in March last year, as a “British hero”. |
| The 44-year-old, who grew up in Scotland, had two daughters and lived in Croatia with his wife Dragana. | The 44-year-old, who grew up in Scotland, had two daughters and lived in Croatia with his wife Dragana. |
| On Friday, the Foreign Office released a statement from his family pleading for Isis to respond to their attempts to get in contact. | On Friday, the Foreign Office released a statement from his family pleading for Isis to respond to their attempts to get in contact. |
| Mr Haines’ life had been threatened at the end of the video showing the murder of Steven Sotloff and in a similar pattern, a second British hostage was revealed in the most recent footage. | Mr Haines’ life had been threatened at the end of the video showing the murder of Steven Sotloff and in a similar pattern, a second British hostage was revealed in the most recent footage. |
| Alan Henning, a volunteer aid worker from Salford, was captured in December in an aid convoy near Syria’s border with Turkey. | Alan Henning, a volunteer aid worker from Salford, was captured in December in an aid convoy near Syria’s border with Turkey. |
| The 47-year-old was shown to cameras with a knife to his throat as the jihadist who had murdered Mr Haines vowed to kill him if Britain continued action against Isis. | The 47-year-old was shown to cameras with a knife to his throat as the jihadist who had murdered Mr Haines vowed to kill him if Britain continued action against Isis. |
| Former colleagues said he took an “extra risk” by ignoring warnings to return to war-torn Syria last year. | Former colleagues said he took an “extra risk” by ignoring warnings to return to war-torn Syria last year. |
| Catrin Nye, from the BBC Asian Network, described him as a “very likeable” and “funny” man who had a” life-changing experience” at refugee camps in Syria. | Catrin Nye, from the BBC Asian Network, described him as a “very likeable” and “funny” man who had a” life-changing experience” at refugee camps in Syria. |
| “He described holding the children…and how that really affected him,” she said. “He told me he had to go back.” | “He described holding the children…and how that really affected him,” she said. “He told me he had to go back.” |
| Additional reporting by agencies | Additional reporting by agencies |