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A prison van believed to be carrying Aine Davis arrives at the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, as the alleged British member of the Islamic State group attends a pre-trial hearing accused of terror offences. Davis was part of a group of four known as the Beatles because of their British accents, which murdered hostages while fighting with jihadists in Syria. IMAGES
Kenyan police say they have arrested a suspect after the gruesome discovery of mutilated bodies in a Nairobi rubbish dump, and say he has confessed to killing 42 women. SOUNDBITE
Police cordon off the site in Brussels where police arrested a suspected gunman who shot dead two Swedish football fans, after opening fire on the assailant following an intensive manhunt in the capital. IMAGES
The European Parliament recognises Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism" over its war on Ukraine and urged the 27-nation EU to look to follow suit. Kyiv has been calling on the international community to declare Russia a "terrorist state" over its invasion of the country, and the Strasbourg parliament's decision will likely anger Moscow. SOUNDBITE
The mother of slain journalist James Foley, Diane Foley, says the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation welcomes the life sentence for El Shafee Elsheikh after the member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was sentenced to life in prison by a US court for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria. "With today's verdict we finally have a bit of justice," she says outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. SOUNDBITE
The US Attorney for the eastern district of Virginia announces that the two members of the notorious Islamic State kidnapping cell dubbed the "Beatles" pleaded not guilty in US court to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages. SOUNDBITE