The shocking images were taken in ISIS-held territory in the province of Homs and show the two accused men being savagely executed by up to four jihadis. Huge, bloodthirsty crowds are seen in the desert clearing where the group of executioners made a display of hugging the blindfolded couple (top and bottom left) and telling them they were forgiven of their 'sins', before pummeling them to death with hundreds of fist-sized rocks (main image).

Samuel Kvarzell (top left), Erik Naslund (top right), Eric Jansberger (bottom left) and Markus Asberg (bottom right) subdued an enraged homeless man who was viciously beating another rider on the train. They stopped the violence and held the attacker until the NYPD could arrive. The friends sprang into action after a frantic conductor yelled over the intercom: 'Are there any police officers on the train?'

EXCLUSIVE: As the 'Auschwitz bookkeeper' Oskar Groening goes on trial for his role in the murder of 300,000 Nazi death camp Jews, here are the three female SS guards who revelled in Hitler's Holocaust and will never face justice. Pictured left is Charlotte S, a 'merciless' woman who trained an Alsatian to attack inmates' genitals. Pictured right is Gisela S who was in charge of the standing cells - small, dark rooms where up to 15 prisoners were crammed into for days at a time

Bettie Jo, from Houston, Texas, tipped the scales at 47 stone (660lbs) but found it difficult to lose weight without the support of her husband Josh, she reveals on tonight's My 600lb Life on TLC. The 24-year-old (right) was housebound and unable to tend to her own needs and lived off a diet of fried chicken. Bettie Jo, who now weighs 35st 8lbs (500lbs) thanks to surgery, reveals on the show that Josh (pictured with her left) had become her 'caretaker' - helping her go to the toilet and into the shower, and putting powder between her rolls of flesh afterwards to stop her skin from chafing.

A teenage boy grins as he films a fight between his mother and girlfriend, first handing his mother a baseball bat as she stands on the porch of their US home shouting insults at her. The boy used a selfie stick so he is always in shot, apparently delighted as he smiles broadly down the lens with the brawl going on behind him. At one point, with her son's girlfriend's fingers wrapped around her face, the woman asks her son for help but he is too focused on smiling into the camera and says his girlfriend is 'too strong.'

A newlywed couple has been left bewildered after a photo taken on their special day revealed the 'creepy' face of an ghostly photobomber, which some believe could be their unborn baby. 'Me and my wife's favorite wedding photo... Until we saw what was between us... We still don't know who it was,' Reddit user Kevin Matthew Dennis, from Virginia. The couple still have no clue as to whether it was one of their guests.

American aid worker Warren Weinstein, 73, (left with his wife and bottom right after capture) and Italian national Giovanni Lo Porto, 39, innocent hostages held by al Qaida, were killed in separate drone strike operations in January this year on a border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The White House says it also believes two other Americans, both prominent members of the terrorist organization, al Qaida, were also killed during missions in the same region. President Obama took 'full responsibility' for the operations on Thursday, admitting that US forces can sometimes make 'deadly mistakes'. He gave his 'deepest apologies' to the families and revealed he had spoken to Weinstein's wife Elaine and the Italian Prime Minister on Wednesday. Weinstein had been filmed by his captors making three separate video pleas to Obama in 2012 and 2013, begging the US President to 'accept the demands of the Mujahideen and secure his release. When it became clear America would not be negotiating with his terrorist captors, Weinstein, appealed to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, saying: 'As one Jew to another, please intervene on my behalf so I can return to my family'.

Kim Richards taped an episode of Dr Phil this week after being arrested at The Beverly Hills Hotel one week ago. On Thursday details emerged of what happened during her sit down with the daytime talk show host. The 50-year-old Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star didn't like being questioned by Dr Phil and walked out of the interview crying. The full interview is set to air on Tuesday.

Josi Harrison (left) was a pupil at Clatskanie Middle and High School, Oregon (inset), when she was blackmailed by older boys into giving them a naked picture which they shared with others. Her school did nothing to protect her and other girls. The 16-year-old was blackmailed into giving a naked picture to a ring of boys led by Jerrus Lumijarivi, (top right) an older pupil who went on to sexually assault her. Other boys alleged to be in the ring have not been charged and were never disciplined by her school (bottom right). The school district has paid $75,000 in compensation to Josi and the same amount to two other girls. But many more were affected as Lumijarivi confessed the police that he had virtually every girl in the school in his collection of naked pictures. Jodi has waived her right to anonymity to tell Daily Mail Online: 'It took me about two years to actually understand that that's not how people act and that it's not okay. That's what I thought was normal. I'm glad I can share my story with other people so that they hopefully have the courage to come forward with their stories.'

Lawyers for Michelle Carter, 18 (main), said Thursday that she's 'bewildered' over the involuntary manslaughter charges against following the suicide of her friend, Conrad Roy III (inset) last July. They are trying to have her case moved out of Bristol County, saying it's 'impossible' for her to receive a fair trial in the area because the District Attorney is the victim's third cousin. Authorities claim Carter, of Plainville, texted with Roy minutes before he killed himself in the parking lot of a Fairhaven parking lot, encouraging him to do so, before organizing a fundraiser and seeking sympathy for his death.

The new Adam Sandler film ran into a huge problem on Wednesday when a group of extras stormed off the set. Native American actors appearing in The Ridiculous 6, a spoof of The Magnificent Seven that stars and was written by Sandler, left the set after they became offended by the script's jokes about their race and culture. It was so bad in fact that even the cultural adviser for the movie walked off the set.

Dusty the kangaroo was rescued by Ashley and Felicity Stewart, from Western Australia, two years ago and now the little joey believes he is one of the couple's dogs. Dusty rides around the property in the back of Mr Stewart's truck along with his dogs, Lilly and Rosie, sleeps with them on a dog bed, eats with them, asks for scratches, and even tries to sneak dog treats when he can.

A second spectacular blast from the Calbuco volcano (inset) in southern Chile has covered nearby towns and villages in a thick layer of ash (pictured). Yesterday's dramatic explosion was the first time the active volcano had erupted in over four decades, shooting ash and smoke over six miles into the air. There are now serious fears the ash could contaminate water supplies and cause severe respiratory damage to locals. 4,000 people have already abandoned their homes in the cities of Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt, 18 miles away from the source of the eruption which one local described as 'an atom bomb'.

Bailey Murrill, of Denton in Texas, had been inexplicably paralyzed for 11 days after losing all feeling and movement in her legs and was being cared for in hospital. She regained feeling in her legs and decided to surprise her favorite nurse as she came on shift. As the woman came towards her (left) Bailey stood up and her nurse screamed (center). The pair then hugged (right) and tearfully the nurse said 'I told you, just keep that faith.'

Fiona 'Kitty' Carroll was on Kemah Boardwalk on Wednesday evening while her father worked on his boat nearby, but when he checked on the girl 'after a brief moment', she was gone, police said. Her bucket was found in the water but there was no sign of the little girl, who had celebrated her fifth birthday earlier that day. On Thursday morning, the Kemah police announced that the girl's body had been found in the water near the marina around 9am.

Phoenix Mercury standout player Brittney Griner and fiancee and fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson were arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct following a fight at their home in a Phoenix suburb. The two 24-year-olds were booked into jail in Phoenix following their arrests Wednesday and later released. Agents for the players did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Officers arrested Griner and Johnson after a fight between the couple turned physical, Goodyear police spokeswoman Lisa Kutis said.

EXCLUSIVE: Tess Holliday, from LA, is the first size 22 (UK size 26) woman to be signed to a modelling agency and has hundreds of thousands of fans. The 29-year-old wanted to be a model for years but was turned down because of her 5ft 4in height and size - 18st 5lb (250lbs). But after forging ahead on her won and gradually building an enormous social media presence, with 625,000 followers on her Instagram page alone, she became too important for agencies to miss and earlier this year she was signed by MILK. She talks to FEMAIL about being bullied, loving her body and Katie Hopkins. Pictured: Tess models the new plus sized summer range for Yours Clothing.

As the Duchess of Cambridge prepares to welcome her second child, her posse of glamorous friends and relations is readying itself to support her. FEMAIL reveals who's who in Kate's (inset) life and sheds light on the vital role they will play as she becomes a mother for the second time. (L-R) Kate's sister Pippa to whom she is extremely close, Marlborough College school friends Emilia Jardine-Paterson and Alicia Fox-Pitt and old friend and fashion entrepreneur Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs.

Juan Carlos was allegedly so smitten with Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (right), who is 27 years his junior, that he considered leaving his wife Sofia. The bombshell allegation is made in a new book entitled Final De Partida, which was written by royal correspondent Ana Romero. Juan Carlos is pictured with the woman said to be his lover at an awards ceremony in Barcelona in 2006, left.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Pretty chat show host Lejla Zvizdic (pictured before the surgery, left and after, right and inset) had visited the Karabeg Clinic in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo for a private beauty treatment. But the 35-year-old said that within days of the surgery her face had blown up out of all recognition leaving her looking like a 'monster.'

Adrian Langlais (right in left image, top right) died on March 19 in Fort Worth, Texas, and police say his mother Jessica Langlais' (center in left image) and boyfriend Christian Tyrrell (far left, bottom right) is to blame. Family say they started noticing bruises on Adrian in November, but that Langlais ignored their warnings that Tyrrell might be causing them. Doctors found bruises, bite marks and serious head trauma on the boy when he was rushed to the hospital on March 18, after seizing while in Tyrrell's care. Tyrrell was arrested Wednesday on capital murder charges, and is being held on $1million bond.

In the latest trend for Star Wars movie lovers, parents are posting videos on YouTube of their babies watching trailers for the new Star Wars Film. Episode VII - The Force Awakens will be released December 18.

A young red fox is pictured vying for a large deer bone as he crosses a frozen lake in Furen in Japan. While the fox appears to have some success fending off a flock of crows (top left), when a pair of eagles turn up he gets into a fix. He first holds the bone boldly in his jaws as an eagle approaches (top right). But when it advance (bottom left) and is joined by a second the odds appear to be pitted against the young fox, and he takes a tumble (bottom right) as he defends and loses his claim on the deer bone.

A father has told how he's embraced 21st century parenting by using a drone to walk his eight-year-old daughter to school. Chris Early, who owns a production company in Knoxville, Tennessee, bought a quadcopter to make commercials but he decided he could use it for personal surveillance purposes too. The tech-enthusiast released footage of one of his remote chaperoning session to ABC News , showing how he is now able monitor his child's whereabouts from the skies.

A wild Asian elephant became trapped in the mud during the night and was lying on her side in a state of exhaustion when locals came across her. Using only ropes and wooden poles, more than 20 of the villagers teamed together with police officers to free the elephant before she died of starvation, dehydration or exhaustion. After three hours of effort and without any heavy machinery their efforts were finally rewarded when the animal was dragged out of the swamp. Rescuers quickly administered anti-infection and anti-shock drugs to help stabilise the elephant's condition and have pledged to do everything they can to bring it back to health.

A rescue cat in Utah has become an unlikely mother to a litter of abandoned puppies. Video footage shows the friendly feline named Kit letting the four newborn Chihuahuas nuzzle her fluffy belly. The pups were apparently discovered in a discarded shoe box on Tuesday afternoon and taken to the Humane Society for immediate treatment.

The photographs show female soldiers and fighter pilots in action among the ranks of armed forces around the world, including in Syria, Pakistan and North Korea. One image shows fighters from the Sawt al-Haq battalion (top right) of the Free Syrian army in Aleppo. Another shows female North Korean soldiers (bottom left) on patrol near the border with China. Pro-Russian rebels (bottom right) are also pictured in Donetsk, Ukraine, while another image shows US Army soldier Norma Gonzales (top left) waiting to be flown by helicopter to a base in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan.