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Defeating Islamic State militants crucial 'for security of Britain'

Islamic State militants seeking to "subvert and destroy the values of democracy" must be defeated, the Foreign Secretary has warned - saying action was crucial "for the security of Britain."

Foreign ministers from around the world were due to fly in to London today for a top-level summit discussing how to take the terror group down.

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Cameron vows to do 'everything' to stop people joining IS

The Prime Minister has promised the UK will do "everything [it] can" to stop people travelling to Iraq to join Islamic State fighters.

Speaking in No. 10, David Cameron told his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi:

The threat from extremist terror you face in Iraq is also a threat we face here in the United Kingdom.

We will do everything we can to help stop foreign fighters coming to your country and creating the mayhem we see today.

– David Cameron, Prime Minister

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