Hammond in Iraq to meet country's new prime minister
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is in Iraq to meet the country's new prime minister Haider al-Abadi.
Hammond said he was holding discussions on combating extremism and improving national unity.
Cameron secures vote to strike 'psychopathic terrorists'
The Prime Minister has won overwhelming backing for British air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State militants, who he characterised as "psychopathic terrorists who are trying to kill us".
The vote for action was buoyed by Labour MPs, many of whom rejected a previous motion for a military response to chemical attacks in Syria in August 2013.
ITV News' Political Editor Tom Bradby reports:
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Welby: Islamic State is a 'once in a millennium threat'
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has told ITV News the rise of Islamic State militants is a 'once in a millennium threat'.
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British soldiers train Kurdish forces in Iraq
A "small specialist team" of British soldiers is training Kurdish forces near the town of Erbil in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said.
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FBI in bid to ID English-speaking militant in IS video
The FBI want help to identify an English-speaking militant captured on a video released by the Islamic State last month.