Childhood friends Mohammed Ahmed and Yusuf Sarwar, both 22, from Birmingham, have been given extended sentences of 17 years and eight months at Woolwich Crown Court for travelling to Syria to join an al Qaida-linked terrorist group.
A judge sentencing two friends from Birmingham to 12 years and eight months in prison for travelling to Syria to join a terror organisation has said the pair were set to commit acts of terrorism.
Speaking at Woolwich Crown Court today, Judge Michael Topolski QC described the pair as "fundementalists who became interested in and deeply committed to extremism"
He told Yusuf Sarwar, a part-time student, and unemployed Mohammed Nahin Ahmed, they had taken "determined steps to prepare and travel to Syria to seek out and engage in armed combat
The Democratic presidential candidate may also have shown his cards on his choice of running mate.
The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
Fears over an impending second wave of coronavirus dominates Wednesday’s front pages.