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Kurdish Forces Hold Jihadi Jack In Prison
A 21-year-old man from Oxford, who travelled to the Islamic State-controlled area of Syria in 2014, has said he is now being held by Kurdish forces fighting the group.
Jack Letts, dubbed "Jihadi Jack", is suspected of going to Syria to fight for so-called Islamic State. But he claims he is opposed to IS and has left their territory.
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US Backed Syrian Forces Advance On Raqqa
US-backed Syrian forces have advanced into the western part of so-called Islamic State's "capital" of Raqqa, they and a monitor report.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the move had opened up a second front inside the Syrian city. They entered the eastern part earlier this week. Its fighters were engaged in fierce clashes with the jihadists, it said.
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No Charges For Three British Men After Easyjet Terror Scare
Three British men who were detained in Germany after their conversations on board an Easyjet flight sparked alarm have been released without charge.
Their flight from Slovenia to the UK was diverted to Cologne after the pilot was alerted to a "suspicious conversation" with "terrorist content". "The criminal investigation against them has been halted. No evidence was found," police said. "We now believe that there was never any real danger."
All 151 passengers were evacuated from the Airbus 319 aircraft using emergency slides, and nine received medical treatment.
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March In Manchester Against Extremism Turns Nasty
Eight people have been arrested following a march by protesters in central Manchester opposing extremism.
Thousands gathered in the city almost three weeks after suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people and injured more than 110 at an Ariana Grande concert.
Bottles and flares were thrown as the UK Against Hate group and counter-demonstrators clashed and police said the protest "turned nasty". Greater Manchester's mayor said police "deserve better".
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Study Claims 327 Died At The East German Border
A new German study has put at 327 the number of people killed at the East German border during the Cold War.
Most were civilians trying to flee to the West from communist East Germany.
The 327 includes 262 who died at the Berlin Wall, and 24 East German border guards who were shot while on duty.
The study was done by a team at the Free University of Berlin. About half of those who died were aged 18-25. The youngest was a baby who suffocated in the boot of a car in 1977.
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Chinese Nationals Kidnapped From Pakistan & Killed By IS
The so-called Islamic State says it has killed two Chinese nationals who were abducted from south-west Pakistan by armed men in late May.
The IS-linked Amaq news agency made the claim in an Arabic statement on the Telegram messaging app.
China's foreign ministry said it was "gravely concerned" and working to verify the information. The pair are said to have been studying Urdu at a language centre in the city of Quetta when they were abducted.
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Australian Police Carry Out Raids After Siege
More than 150 Australian police officers have raided three homes after this week's deadly siege in Melbourne.
On Monday, gunman Yacqub Khayre was shot dead at an apartment building after he killed a man, took a woman hostage and wounded three policemen.
A 32-year-old man was arrested on Friday, but police said he was not "of national security interest".
The raids related to how Khayre had obtained weapons before the suspected terrorism incident, authorities said. Police have said Khayre, 29, made comments referencing so-called Islamic State and al-Qaeda during the siege.
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Iran Foreign Minister Declares Trump Comment As Distasteful After IS Attack
Iran's foreign minister has denounced as "repugnant" a White House statement on Wednesday's terror attack in Tehran that said Iran was a "terror sponsor".
President Trump had said he was praying for the victims, but added that "states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote".
But Javad Zarif said Iran "rejected such claims of friendship" and claimed the attackers from so-called Islamic State had been "backed by US clients". Thirteen people died in the attacks.
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Three More Arrested In Connection With London Terror Attack
Police investigating the London terror attack have made three fresh arrests, following raids involving armed officers in east London.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences and a third man was arrested on suspicion of drug offences.
Seventeen people have now been arrested in connection with Saturday's attack and five remain in custody. Eight people were killed when three men drove into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people.
All of those who died in the attack, which began at 21:58 BST on Saturday, have now been named.
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Third London Attacker Zaghba Was On Watch List
One of the London Bridge attackers was able to enter the UK, despite being placed on an EU-wide watch list.
Youssef Zaghba, a 22-year-old Moroccan-Italian man who lived in east London, was named as the third attacker.
Zaghba was stopped at an Italian airport on his way to Syria last year and was put on an EU-wide database but was not prosecuted, according to reports. The Home Office has so far declined to comment.
Pakistan-born Khuram Butt, 27, and Rachid Redouane, 30, both from Barking were the other two attackers who killed seven people and injured 48 others on Saturday night.
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