The foreign minister Philip Hammond says the government has not ruled out airstrikes on Isis after the extremist group threatened to kill a British hostage
24 Aug 2014: Special report In the first of a two-part series on the forces ranged against Isis in Iraq, meet the controversial Shia militia keeping the Islamists from moving on Baghdad
24 Aug 2014:
• Theresa May promises tougher approach to domestic extremism • MI5 claims it's closing in on identity of James Foley's killer • Philip Hammond rules out Assad alliance as old hands demand 'harsh realism'
Foreign secretary Philip Hammond says a video showing an Islamic State (Isis) extremist with a British accent beheading an American journalist appears to be genuine
Foreign secretary Philip Hammond says the UK would consider favourably any request for the supply of arms to help Kurdish forces combat Isis insurgents in Iraq