But are they clearer or have they made the picture more murky . Join us tonight at 7. 45 here on bbc news. Good evening. The families of the victims of two british extremists belonging to the so called Islamic State group and captured in syria, have called for them to face justice in court. Alexanda kotey and El Shafee El Sheikh were part of a team of four is members whose british accents earned them the nickname the beatles. Us Officials Say the group are accused of executing 27 hostages. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford has more. They became the most infamous gang of foreign fighters in the self styled Islamic State, callous torturers and public executioners of hostages. Jihadijohn, his real name mohammed emwazi, now dead. Aine davis, in prison in turkey. And the two men captured last month, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh. The two were detained by american backed syrian kurd fighters. Kotey, the kurds said today, was trying to escape into turkey. The gang are sus
In the past hour, President Trump has blocked the release of a classified memo that rebutted claims that there was anti trump bias in the fbis russia investigation. The white house said the memo, written by democratic congressmen, couldnt be released because it contained classified material. Lets go now to our north america correspondent peter bowes for more. I had some very Smart Questions to ask about with redacted information and why this was going to appear as double standards but apparently the democrats are now saying Something Else . They are saying they will consider some reductions and actually it isnt a huge surprise. I think we have been half expecting that this would happen, certainly over the last few days, the signs we re over the last few days, the signs were that the white house would probably come back and say that out of security considerations, it was not able to release the document which, as you have already said, is essentially a reduction, is essentially a reduct
Scientists grow human eggs in a laboratory for the first time. Remote driving system activated. Weight, which side of the road as it . Just drive. Calm down. And in the film review well be talking black panther, as marvels highly anticipated movie is released. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at five. Our main story, families of some of the victims of two british Islamic State jihadists, whove been captured in syria, have called for the men to face justice in court. Alexanda kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh were seized by Kurdish Forces last month. Bethany haines, whose father david was murdered by the cell, says the men should be forced to look the people whose lives theyd destroyed in the eye. Nicolas henin, a french journalist held by the group, says they should stand trial in britain. Us Officials Say the group has murdered more than 20 hostages. Richard galpin reports. 34 year old Alexanda Kotey was captured in Eastern Syria last month, along with 29 year old El Shafee Elsheik
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