Jihadis see themselves as being engaged in a war as old as Islam itself: a struggle for global supremacy against Christianity, writes historian TOM HOLLAND.

The small tablets of the highly addictive substance Captagon are produced in Syria and are credited with helping ISIS fighters in the country stay alert for days at a time during gruelling gun battles.

The U.S. military is working on improving a device that could be used to detect concealed bombs and suicide vests such as those used in the Paris attacks from more than a football field away.

Jeremy, the captain of the commando team that raided the Bataclan to take out the jihadis inside, said hundreds of bodies were strewn across the floor, with 'tons of blood everywhere'.

'There are wars today everywhere, and hate,' the pontiff said after the worst terror attack in French history, the bombing of a Russian plane over Egypt and a double suicide bombing in Lebanon.

Anonymous declared cyber war on ISIS last week, but jihadists, who use a number of encrypted apps to communicate under the radar, are clearly unimpressed with the hacktivists' efforts.

In a much-lauded speech on This Week last night Mr Neil said the ISIS death cult of 'ragbag' 'loser jihadists' would be destroyed after the deaths of 129 people in Paris a week ago.

Jasmine El Yousfi (pictured), 20, risked her safety to comfort an injured woman as an ISIS gunman fired 30 bullets into the restaurant where she was working, as part of a series of attacks in Paris.

London based Jocelyn Burton (pictured) became the focus of a bank probe after she received an order from a wealthy Russian client to cast a pair of lamps in the shape of two intertwined silver dolphins.

Derren Brown has transferred the panache of his TV show onto the stage in this head-spinning production of his latest tour, writes Jane Fryer.

Rev Jonathan Robinson, an acquaintance of former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, is accused of attacking a 15-year-old boy twice in 2011, after 'kidnapping him and taking him to New Delhi'.

Bahar Mustafa (pictured) - student union diversity officer at Goldsmiths University, London - announced today she was leaving her post just 24 hours after the student president stood down.

Vicky Thompson, 21, from Keighley, West Yorkshire, was found dead at men's jail HMP Leeds last Friday. She had told friends she would kill herself if she was not sent to a women's prison.

An Air France flight destined for San Franciso has been spotted making several loops over the English Channel before heading back to Paris.

In a letter to parents, Chris Beirne, pictured, headmaster of the all-girl Beaulieu School, Jersey, said there was 'considerable concern' over the use of drugs and alcohol at after-parties.

The crash took place as the elderly man attempted to reverse into a space behind another car on the side of the road in Rowley Regis, West Midlands.

Lax rules mean it is easier for buy-to-let landlords to expand their property empires, stoking fears that first-time buyers are being shut out of the real estate market.

Labour last night pledged to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act as the Tories plot to water it down.

Jenny Chapman's bizarre claim to fame is that she's the UK's loudest snorer. Six years ago she enlisted herself in a boot camp for chronic snorers and her snore was recorded at a remarkable 111 decibels.

PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk, who describes the idea that humans should have more rights than animals as a 'supremacist perversion', doesn't care what offence she causes.

Two to four cups of coffee a day can help dieters keep flab at bay after shedding unwanted fat, thanks to its high caffeine content, according to researchers in Hannover, Germany.

Police have arrested six members of Sicily's Cosa Nostra mafia, including its boss Giuseppe Lo Bue (in picture) as they foiled a plot to kill Interior Minister Angelino Alfano.

Researchers in Sweden have developed fully functional cyberplants engineered to host analog and digital electronic circuits, and the leaves can change colours.

Two asylum seekers openly argued with a judge yesterday as they were accused of taking part in the gang rape of a schoolgirl.

Police interviewed a female Tory activist who said she was sexually harassed by 'Tatler Tory' Mark Clarke. Seemingly endless scandals about Mr Clarke have Tory chiefs at each other's throats.

The Conservatives have descended into a morass of scandal and sordid allegation, with so-called 'Tatler Tory' Mark Clarke accused of bullying, blackmail and now sexual harassment.

In a moving speech in Westminster, Muslim MP Sadiq Khan warned more must be done to prevent children accessing extremist materials on the internet and encourage integration.

Princess Charlotte is getting on well with her 'noisy' big brother, the Duchess of Cambridge today revealed during a visit to a men's mental health support group in Denbigh, North Wales.

Elaine Kao, who lives in Hong Kong, had the body of her beloved Golden Retriever, David, flown to a pet cemetery in Hollywell in Wales after scouring the web to find somewhere to lay him to rest.

The unidentified pensioner was angry that a Stagecoach bus in Manchester was pulling away from its stop before she got on, so she chased it down and confronted the driver.

The 15-year-old sparked a huge police search when she disappeared last Friday after being dropped off outside Ibstock Community College, Leicestershire, by her parents.

How much should you spend on the centrepiece of your Christmas decorations? And can you really tell the difference between a luxurious tree and a thrifty one?

in a bid to dupe nine of her biggest fans, Adele, 27, underwent a major transformation for Friday's Adele at the BBC special.

Julie Davis, 45, from Hampshire, came up with the idea after working in the US where birth photography is 'commonplace.' She said the pictures are 'tasteful and precious.'

Maths teacher Wakass Haruf, 30, is accused of telling children they were worse than a 'kaffir' - a non-believer - if they chose sport over worship at Park View School in Birmingham. (file picture).

Go to any fast-food restaurant and you'll see super-sized pictures of the food on offer looking mouth-wateringly ravishing. VINCENT GRAFF compares promo photos with the reality ...

Proposed changes would remove all mentions of feminism, with only one female political thinker mentioned by name, while the suffragette movement is squeezed into section on pressure groups.

Britain appears to be raising a generation of dangerously naïve children, after new research found that millions of youngsters believe everything they read on the internet.

Salon worker, Lang Van Pham, of Penarth, south Wales, was found guilty of assaulting his customer Anais Petherick after she refused to pay for a manicure that was attempted eight times.