end of all military operations. a prominent critic of the president we ll be speaking to the human rights advocate, bianca jagger. a show of solidarity for salman rushdie authors gather in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was attacked. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state terror group, has been sentenced to life in prison, by a court in virginia. el shafee el sheikh, who s 3a, was among a group of british is members, who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria, and became known as the beatles, a name given to them by their captives. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. el shafee elsheikh had always described himself as a simple iis is but that wasn t true. a trial lasting two weeks here a part of a cell of the nicest beetles due to their english accents. isis beatles the group rain of terror left the world reeling in nara. he was convicted of his part in a hostage murder plot
police in nicaragua detain a roman catholic bishop who s been a prominent critic of the president we ve spoken to human rights advocate bianca jagger who s following his case. he has been held hostage for the last 15 days without being allowed to go to officiate maths mass, will be allowed to get food or medicine. and a show of solidarity for salman rushdie authors gather in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was attacked. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state terror group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in virginia. el shafee elsheikh, who s 3a, was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. and then they would ask me to. el shafee elsheikh claimed he was a simple is fighter who wanted to help. but it wasn t true. he was part of
and japan takes its first tentative steps to reopening the country to tourists after a 2 year ban due to the pandemic. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the talktv presenter, daisy mcandrew, and the broadcaster, david davies. i david davies. want to bring you the actual front pages i want to bring you the actual front pages will be seeing tomorrow morning. the times leads with further industrial action on the railways, reporting that the union which represents train drivers aslef plans onjoining the rmt s planned strike. the sun reports on prince william being pictured selling copies of the big issue, and says it was inspired by his mother s undercover visits to help the homeless. millions of people will be given the chance to buy a home under plans by borisjohnson to allow housing association tennants the right to buy. that s according to the express. the guardian highlights the knock on effects of rising
well, in the bigger scheme of things for isis, in terms of isis military battles, completely insignificant. none of these british jihadists who turned up had any military experience whatsoever. they arrived in syria in the middle of somebody else s civil war with a completely warped version or vision of islam, some of it acquired in prison, having spent an early lifetime of petty crime and drug peddling. but they were useful to isis and propaganda terms. so isis leadership decided that they would give them free rein to look after these western captives and it raised a lot of money for them. so whereas the british and us captives were pretty much doomed from the day they were caught, because britain and us do not pay terrorists ransoms, the europeans were all released one by one, reportedly for huge ransoms. although no government has ever admitted to this. but they of course survived,
of somebody else s civil war with a completely warped version or vision of islam, some of it acquired in prison, having spent in early lifetime of petty crime and drug peddling. but they were useful to isis and propaganda terms. so isis leadership decided that they would give them free rain to look after these western captives and it raised a lot of money for them. so where is the british and us captives were pretty much doomed from the day they were in court. because britain and us do not pay terrace ransom. the europeans were released one by one, reportedly for huge ransom. although no government has ever admitted to this but they of course survived, went back home, told their stories and give evidence to investigators, including british detectives. these guys were just meeting out