Al Qaida threatens to kill British-born hostage Luke Somers

Al Qaida has threatened to murder a British-born photographer they are holding, according to a terrorist monitoring organisation.

Luke Somers, an American citizen who was born in Britain, was captured in the Yemeni capital Sana'a more than a year ago and now the extremist Islamic group has issued a video with a message aimed at the US government saying it will kill Somers if its demands are not met.

The video, which the SITE Intelligence Group said had not yet been released publicly, begins with a reading in Arabic from Nasser bin Ali al Ansi, an AQAP official, before Mr Somers appears and gives a statement in English.

Al Ansi gave the US government three days to meet the demands or "otherwise, the American hostage held by us will meet his inevitable fate".