Islamic State (Isis)

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• Isis claims it has US airdrop of weapons

  22 Oct 2014: Pentagon investigating claims but admits one load missing and it would be embarrassing if it ended up in terror group’s hands

• My brother wanted to be a jihadi – and society is creating many more like him

  22 Oct 2014: Robb Leech: Extremism of any kind is a symptom of an unhealthy society and, in order to eradicate it, we should look to treat its cause

• Denver girls bound for Syria questioned over possible plan to join Isis

  22 Oct 2014: FBI stopped three teenagers at Frankfurt airport, after parents reported their disappearance with passports and cash

• Father of IS hostage John Cantlie dies

  22 Oct 2014: Paul Cantlie, 81, whose son was kidnapped in Syria two years ago, has died from pneumonia-related complications

• David Cameron cracks down on use of charities to fund terrorist organisations

  22 Oct 2014: PM publishes draft legislation amid concerns about whether UK is doing enough to stop funding reaching Isis

• Five Britons a week travel to Iraq and Syria to join Isis, says Met chief

  21 Oct 2014: Britain’s top police officer warns about terror threat of returning fighters, as third Portsmouth jihadi reported dead in Kobani

• Life inside Kobani before Isis attacked – video

  Video (5min 23sec), 21 Oct 2014:

  Footage obtained by the Guardian from inside Kobani shows life for the Kurdish civilians living there just days before Islamic State (Isis) attacked the city

• UK to fly military drones over Syria

  21 Oct 2014: Government says Reaper drones will be deployed soon to gather intelligence, but insists move is not a military intervention

• Third Portsmouth jihadist reported killed in Syria

  21 Oct 2014: City’s religious authorities express shock following death of Manunur Roshid, 24, believed killed in battle for Kobani

• BBC’s Mishal Husain calls for social media campaign to combat Isis

  21 Oct 2014: Today programme co-host wants Muslim scholars to use internet to refute arguments put forward by extremist group. By Mark Sweney

• The truth about evil

  21 Oct 2014: The long read: Our leaders talk a great deal about vanquishing the forces of evil. But, John Gray argues, their rhetoric reveals a failure to accept that cruelty and conflict are basic human traits

• John Crace’s sketch: scary times for the Russian submarine as the Commons harks back to Trafalgar

  20 Oct 2014: The defence secretary must pretend the world depends on British armed services – until Julian Brazier ruins the illusion

• Turkey to allow Kurdish peshmerga across its territory to fight in Kobani

  20 Oct 2014: Dramatic shift in the Turkish position due to internal protests on government inaction and support for regional fight against Isis

• Before and after pictures show destruction in Kobani

  20 Oct 2014: UN aerial photographs show the extent of weeks of fighting between Islamic State fighters and Kurdish forces in the Syria-Turkey border town

• Joko Widodo takes office with plans for economic growth and political clout

  20 Oct 2014: Indonesia’s new leader has ambitious goals for reform, but may soon face opposition if he cuts fuel subsidies

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