The target was an Al Qaeda-linked group, Khorasan, apparently nearing ‘the execution phase’ of a plot against airports and passenger planes in the West. The American attack on the terrorist group was separate from airstrikes on 14 Islamic State targets in Syria carried out by the US and five Arab nations. In the early hours of yesterday Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched against hideouts, training camps and a bomb-making factory used by Khorasan and Islamic State. Fighter jets included America's £87m F-22 stealth Raptor - the first time the US has used the F-22 in combat. The jets hit targets in and around IS stronghold of Raqqa, where the Western hostages were thought to have been held.
Agony of hostage's wife as he begs for his life: As U.S. blitzes ISIS, terror group taunts Briton's family with desperate recorded message sent in response to airstrikes
Barbara Henning released a statement calling on the terrorists to free her husband after receiving the recording. There have been no details on the nature of the audio. The 47-year-old father of two was captured by the group’s fanatics last December while delivering aid in Syria. They have threatened to behead him.
- U.S. strikes to avert another 9/11: America deploys its awesome arsenal - including its new F-22 Raptor stealth fighter over fears Jihadis were about to launch attacks on passenger planes
- Plot to 'blow up airliners with toothpaste bombs' was being planned by unknown 'Khorosan' terror group that was hit alongside ISIS in US strikes on Syria
- RAF jets could be bombing jihadis by the weekend: Cameron signs off on military action against ISIS militants
- ISIS posts new video of their British hostage John Cantlie showing him forced to criticise military build-up against terror group as 'a new Vietnam'
- Agony of hostage's wife as he begs for his life: As U.S. blitzes ISIS, terror group taunts Briton's family with desperate recorded message sent in response to airstrikes
- Why the old foe Iran is suddenly a crucial ally, by MICHAEL BURLEIGH
- Revealed: The car makers' 'tricks' to boost their MPG claims that leave drivers forking out up to £400 more every year for petrol
- Rate rise will leave one in four struggling to pay their mortgage: Report finds fifth would cut back on clothing and food to pay loans
- £1million? A quarter of children claim they could give it away! Study dispels common belief that youngsters are selfish
- Nurses' poor handwriting and maths 'is costing lives': Death rate at two hospitals falls 15% when staff were given electronic devices to record information
- Eat healthily and exercise regularly? You can still get Type 2 diabetes: One in 10 diagnosed with condition found to be perfectly normal weight
- Pupils face 4½ hours of exams in new maths GCSE: Students will also face tougher rules on calculators as part of shake-up
- Ed fluffs his lines (and a kiss) as he leaves out the deficit: Leader appears to forget to deliver section that promised to 'get the deficit' down
- How 'Gareth' the IT man from Kentish Town upstaged Ed Miliband's 'man of the people' act... and he voted Lib Dem
- A clunker of a speech... and even a kiss that missed: QUENTIN LETTS sees the lacklustre Labour leader struggle to impress even the faithful
- Tempest over Obama's tea cup salute: Commander-in-chief sparks anger by saluting Marines with drink in his hand
- 'This is only the beginning': Pentagon reveal how dozens of smart bombs have blitzed ISIS in Syria and tell terror group more missiles are on their way
- BREAKING NEWS: New arrest warrant for abduction with intent to defile issued for nursing assistant who was last person seen with missing UVA student Hannah Graham
- Fake or freak? Woman, 21, claims to have paid $20,000 to surgically add third breast in desperate bid to become a reality TV star
- 'Drunk' man mauled to death by white tiger after leaping into its enclosure at Delhi zoo
- They're fake! Woman who claims to have surgically implanted third breast is a self-proclaimed hoaxer who once reported a '3 breast prosthesis' stolen from her luggage
- Student 'raped teacher at high school after he body-slammed her and choked her until she passed out'
- 'He tried to run us off the road!': Woman's terrified 911 call about harrowing encounter with Rob Bironas before former Tennessee Titan fatally crashed his SUV
- Obama makes light of New York traffic chaos he causes by saying 'it's actually pretty smooth for me'
- What really happened behind Palace doors in royalty's darkest hour: A prince too frightened to view Diana's condolence book. The Queen gripped with anxiety. An insider reveals the torment over the princess's death
- U.S. strikes to avert another 9/11: America deploys its awesome arsenal - including its new F-22 Raptor stealth fighter over fears Jihadis were about to launch attacks on passenger planes
- 'I just shot my daughter and shot all my grandkids and I'll be sitting on my step when you get here': Chilling 911 call of Florida man who killed his family before turning gun on himself is released by officials
- 'You can either make history or be vilified by it': Leo DiCaprio lectures UN on climate change (but no mention of his four homes, private jets and renting the FIFTH biggest yacht in the world from an OIL billionaire)
- McDonalds in Illinois, Kleenex in South Dakota and KFC in... Kentucky: Map reveals the most-Googled brands in every state
- Cyclist whose 'speeding' crash killed CBS executive's wife calls the incident 'an unavoidable accident'
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LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE 2014
Ed fluffs his lines (and a kiss) as he leaves out the deficit: Leader appears to forget to deliver section that promised to 'get the deficit' down
Ed Miliband dropped any mention of Britain’s vast budget deficit, immigration and welfare from his final party conference speech before the General Election at the Labour conference in Manchester. The party leader had been expected to promise to make immigrants ‘learn English and earn their way’ and suggest that all those who can work ‘have a responsibility to do so’. However, he failed to touch on the key points and aides confirmed the speech, given without notes, had ‘changed’ as it was being delivered. After the speech, Mr Miliband was forced to brush off an embarrassing mishap after he went in to kiss wife Justine - who pulled away at the crucial moment (right). The pair laughed off the error and later had a peck on the lips in front of the waiting crowd (left).
'He should hang his head in shame': Alex Salmond attacks Cameron after he says the Queen 'purred down the line when I told her Scotland had voted No'
Mr Cameron's indiscreet remarks were picked up as he went on a walkabout with former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, when he also vowed to 'sue' pollsters who had given him stomach ulcers. His comments were blasted by Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who led the campaign for independence, as 'absolutely pathetic'.
Under fire, the ageing hippy they called Mr Panic: Embattled Tesco chairman 'doesn't know what he is doing' say insiders
Police launch probe into the Alice case blunders: Clues may have been missed on the first day as it is revealed suspect's landlord was convicted paedophile
The internal probe will examine what was done in the immediate aftermath of the 14-year-old’s disappearance – the so-called ‘golden hour’ when most cases are solved. The Metropolitan Police faces criticism over delays in asking the Latvian authorities for help in catching prime suspect Arnis Zalkalns. In another twist, it emerged yesterday that Zalkalns had been living with a convicted paedophile before he went missing. Lionel Ferris, 68, pictured, owned the house in West London where Zalkalns lived with his girlfriend and daughter. Mr Ferris, who died behind bars a few weeks ago, is thought to have been recalled to prison for breaking his parole.
HOW THE WORLD LOOKS FROM WESTMINSTER
WESTMINSTER TODAY
- Miliband snubs Gordon Brown after praising every Labour MP who campaigned against independence... apart from the former PM
- 'I'll keep the Tory child benefit cap, says Ed Balls in U-turn after four years of attacking Osborne's strategy
- Union torpedoes Ed Miliband's new homes pledge - on Day One of Labour's party conference
House of horrors: More than 100 green-fanged spiders the size of tablespoons invade young family’s home
Dan Jackson and his three-year-old son Ruben (pictured left) are scared to go outside their Southampton home as 'tube web spiders' have filled every hole and crack in their garden and walls (right). The black creatures with shiny green fangs sew distinctive tube-shaped webs inside cracks and holes and wait by the entrance for prey to touch the strands. Now Mr Jackson, 29, is worried they may get into his house and harm his son, as their bites can cause a sharp injection-like pain.
DJ Dave Lee Travis faces jail after being found GUILTY of groping TV personality but CLEARED of assault on stage hand - and jury fails to reach verdict on third charge
Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has been found guilty of groping a female TV personality, who was working on the Mrs Merton Show in January 1995. Travis, who arrived at court with his wife Marianne Griffin (right), was cleared on a second indecent assault charge and the jury was discharged after it was unable to agree a verdict on a count of sexual assault. Travis, who became a household name in the 1970s (inset), faced a retrial after jurors failed to reach verdicts on two of the charges earlier this year. He becomes the third celebrity scalp to be claimed by high-profile sex crime inquiry, Operation Yewtree. The former radio star was warned that he could face a prison sentence of up to 10 years for the crime.
First day of Autumn: Britain wakes up to blanket of mist and fog but it soon disperses to make way for warm sunshine… which is set to last until early October
Parts of the UK awoke to a thick blanket of fog and poor visibility this morning, but the conditions soon deteriorated to make way for the dry and warm weather which is set to last into next week. The Met Office has predicted temperatures of up to 21C in some parts of Britain on Thursday, several degrees above the 16.5C average for this time of year. It will be a welcome relief to those who were greeted by thick fog this morning, with some parts of the country including east Devon, Hampshire, Kent and Richmond Park in London (left and top centre), experiencing extremely low visibility levels. However, the fog soon dispersed to make way for a beautiful sunrise, including in Avonmouth, Bristol (right) and at Primrose Hill, north London, where dozens turned out to mark the autumnal equinox.
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THE WORLD AT A GLANCE
Israeli special forces kill Hamas militants suspected of murder of three teenagers after they storm their West Bank hideout
Two Palestinians suspected over the abduction and murders of three Israeli teenagers have been killed by Israeli special forces who stormed a West Bank hideout. The deaths of the two well-known Hamas militants, Amer Abu Aisheh and Marwan Qawasmeh, ended one of the largest manhunts conducted by the Israeli security forces. The deaths came after a special police counter-terrorism unit was led to the suspects hideout in an area of Hebron about a week ago. Three members of Qawasmeh's family was also arrested.
WORLD NEWS
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- Al Qaeda allies were 'in final stages' of plans to attack American homeland from terrorist safe haven in Syria when US airstrikes hit
- Refugee crisis mounts at Turkey's border as 400,000 flee ISIS advance and fresh violence erupts
- Pictured: Moment Syrian plane is shot from the sky by Israeli missile as it 'violates' airspace over the Golan Heights
- French tourist captured by ISIS ally in Algeria faces death 'in 24 hours' over country's role in bombing terror group
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- Israel's number one baby name is MOHAMED - but authorities tried to fix annual official list to keep it secret
- Bid to tighten Spain's abortion laws dropped by pro-life prime minister after storm of protest
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