BBC News
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VIDEO: A history of calling Obama a Muslim September 18, 2015
After Donald Trump fails to correct one of his supporters calling Barack Obama a Muslim, we look back on the history of this phenomenon.
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VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show September 18, 2015
As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe September 18, 2015
Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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VIDEO: Pressure on Zagreb reception centres September 18, 2015
The BBC's Christian reports from one of the registration centres in and around the Croatia capital Zagreb.
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VIDEO: Trump laughs off Obama 'Muslim' question September 18, 2015
Donald Trump is criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
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VIDEO: German town 'running out of room' for migrants September 18, 2015
The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the town of Rosenheim in Germany, where giant tents are being constructed to accommodate asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Waxworks unveiled of F1 stars Vettel and Hamilton September 18, 2015
As Singapore's Formula 1 Grand Prix gets into gear, the BBC's Rico Hizon meets two of the top challengers, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel - in waxwork form.
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VIDEO: Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence September 17, 2015
Kenyan Tejas Hirani has won 48 motor-racing championships despite being just 17 and not yet having a driving licence.
Global Jihad
– CAUCASUS EMIRATE TO JOIN ISIS
Extremist militants in Russia’s Caucasus, known also as the ‘ Caucasus Emirate ‘ have pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State ( Daesh ) in a voice recording released on YouTube on Sunday 06/21/2015 , they said militants in… Continue reading
– ISLAMIC STATE’S MAGAZINE ‘DABIQ’
* ‘Dabiq’ is the Islamic State’s non Arabic periodical online Magazine, named after a key site in Muslim apocalyptic mythology. Dabiq is a place in Northern Syria near Aleppo The town is the site of the decisive battle of Marj… Continue reading
– THE WANE OF AL QAEDA & THE RAISE OF THE ISLAMIC STATE
After two more senior Al Qaeda leaders, Mokhtar Belmokhtar and Nasser al-Wehaishi were killed by American UAV missile attacks another former executive leader Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi (M), the man US terrorism analysts call “the most influential… Continue reading
– THE JIHADI JUNCTIONS TO EUROPE
A . – The Balkan Junction – British jihadis recruited by Islamic State are using land routes run by human traffickers to travel unnoticed via the Balkans and Turkey to fight in Syria – and to slip back into Europe… Continue reading
– CONFUSING MEETING IN PARIS
On 06/02/2015 delegates from 27 countries met in Paris to discuss the war against the Islamic State in the Middle East. The conference was comprised of Middle Eastern countries and Western powers who participate in the coalition of airstrikes against… Continue reading
– AL-NUSRA, ALLEGEDLY, AIMING ONLY AT ASSAD’S REGIME
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra, has been ordered by the jihadist network not to use the country to launch attacks on the West, the group’s leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani (pic) has said. But his statements did include a… Continue reading
– ABU ALAA AL-AFRI – THE NEW ACTING LEADER OF ISIS
* Abu Alaa al-Afri, also known as ‘Haji Imam’ and whose real name is Abdelrahman Moustafa Qurdashi, is a professor of physics and a teacher in Tal Afar [northwestern Iraqi city] in Nineveh, and has dozens of… Continue reading