Terror Suspects Planned To Kill Police In Street

Beagle 2 Found 'Partially Deployed' On Mars

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 17 Januari 2015 | 00.48

A British spacecraft which disappeared as it approached Mars in search of alien life has been spotted on the planet's surface.

The Beagle 2 was presumed to have been destroyed because it had not been seen or heard from since December 2003.

But UK Space Agency chief executive David Parker has confirmed that photos taken by a Nasa orbiter spacecraft show it successfully landed 12 years ago.

He said: "The history of space exploration is marked by both success and failure. This finding makes the case that Beagle 2 was more of a success than we previously knew and undoubtedly an important step in Europe's continuing exploration of Mars.

"What we can say with some confidence today is that Beagle 2 is no longer lost and furthermore it seems we are not looking at a crash site.

"We have good evidence of Beagle 2 resting on the surface of Mars."

The images taken from 185 miles above Mars in 2013 and again last year show that the small lander touched down successfully close to its intended landing site.

However, it is believed that it did not fully deploy its panels, preventing it from contacting Earth.

Professor Mark Sims of the University of Leicester, who was an integral part of the Beagle 2 project, said: "I am delighted that Beagle 2 has finally been found on Mars.

"Every Christmas Day since 2003 I have wondered what happened to Beagle 2. My Christmas day in 2003, alongside many others who worked on Beagle 2, was ruined by the disappointment of not receiving data from the surface of Mars.

"To be frank, I had all but given up hope of ever knowing what happened to Beagle 2. The images show that we came so close to achieving the goal of science on Mars."

He said that damage to the craft could have been caused by a number of issues ranging from damage from a heavy landing or the airbag not rolling away and becoming stuck in the mechanism.

He added: "Personally I think it is a bad luck scenario, I don't think anything was wrong with the engineering, we we just unlucky on the day."

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Xbox And Sony Cyberattacks: Teen Arrested

A teenager has been arrested in Merseyside following cyberattacks on Sony PlayStation and Xbox systems last year.

The 18-year-old was held in Southport after a joint British and FBI-led operation on suspicion of unauthorised access to computer material.

He was also detained for alleged threats to kill, the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) said.

It was unclear whether the arrest related to the Christmas Day attack on Xbox and Sony which left millions of users offline.

Deputy Chief Constable Peter Goodman, the national policing lead for cyber security at the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), said it was a "significant" arrest.

He said: "This arrest demonstrates that we will pursue those who commit crime with the false perception they are protected within their own homes or hiding behind anonymous online personas."

Investigators, supported by the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), said the operation also focused on alleged "swatting" offences.

Swatting involves individuals giving hoax information online to law enforcement agencies in the US.

The information suggests a threat exists so police respond with tactical units.

Electronic and digital devices were seized by officers who arrested the teenager in Boundary Street, Southport.

Craig Jones, head of the cyber crime unit at SEROCU, said: "We are pursuing cyber criminals using the latest technology and working with businesses and academia to further develop specialist investigative capabilities to protect and reduce the risk to the public.

"Cyber crime is an issue which has no boundaries and affects people on a local, regional and global level."

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UK And US To Stage Cyber War Games To Test Banks

By Sophy Ridge, Political Correspondent, in Washington

Britain and the US will stage cyber "war games" together to boost both countries' resistance to cyberattacks.

David Cameron, who is in Washington to meet President Barack Obama and discuss the need to intercept internet communications and the setting up of the joint "cyber cell" to defeat cyberattacks, said there was a "broad agreement" between the US and UK.

An unprecedented amount of intelligence co-operation and information sharing between the two nations is expected to be announced at the talks.

Plans to force social media companies to share secret information will also top the agenda.

The Prime Minister has said: "We shouldn't leave a safe space in which terrorists can communicate with each other.

"There is a broad agreement that we need to have powers, in extremis, to intercept communications between terrorists. That is what America does today. It is what Britain does today.

"We share the intelligence and information between us and this has saved countless lives, not just in Britain and America but in other countries as well.

"We must go on sharing that information, both acting under our own legal systems, the legal system in America is different to the one here."

Under the plans, GCHQ and MI5 would join with the National Security Agency (NSA) and FBI to create a rolling programme of simulated war games involving attacks on the City and Wall Street to test their resilience.

It comes after a report by GCHQ warned that British companies are under attack by hackers, criminal gangs and foreign intelligence services.

Mr Obama is strengthening the US response to cyberattacks in the wake of the hack on Sony Pictures.

Earlier this week, Mr Cameron said he wanted to give the security services access to encrypted communications online, which are used by social media companies such as WhatsApp and Snapchat.

However, reservations were voiced in the US.

Andrew McLaughlin, former internet adviser to Mr Obama, said: "Slow hand clap for David Cameron, whose proposal to ban encrypted COMMS (leaving UK wide open to hacking, spying etc) is colossally stupid."

A White House spokesman also stressed the need to balance security with a right to privacy, and the importance of keeping a "functioning relationship" with internet companies.

However, Mr Cameron said: "We face the same challenge in Britain and in America.

"We are free countries, free societies where we don't want to interfere with the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens but, in extremis, it has always been necessary, after going through the proper processes, to make sure that if terrorists are talking to each other or communicating with each other and are about to commit an outrage, it's always been necessary to try and intercept that and try to stop those bombs, those attacks, those murders taking place."

Mr Cameron said the British system had "huge safeguards against intrusion" into privacy.

He added: "I believe the British public will back me when I say that we shouldn't allow terrorists to talk to each other without being able, in extremis, with a warrant from the Home Secretary signed personally by her, to intercept those calls."

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UK To Shiver As Sub-Zero Temperatures Bite

The Met Office has issued a level three cold weather alert for much of the UK, with warnings of plummeting temperatures, snow and ice.

Amber watch levels are in place for northeast and northwest England, as well as Yorkshire and the Humber as temperatures are set to fall to as low as -8C from Friday into the weekend.

"Be aware" warnings for ice and snow are also in place across Wales, the West Midlands, northwest, and west and northwest Scotland.

Sky News weather producer Rebecca Yussuf said: "It will turn much colder across the UK and Ireland over the next few days, with the return of widespread sharp frosts by night.

"Temperatures over the snowfields in Scotland will fall to lows of -8C (18F), whilst southern England and Wales will see lows of -4C (25F).

"There'll be a widespread frost each night, with icy stretches forming on untreated surfaces.

"Most places will also see a drop in day-time temperatures, with parts of Scotland remaining sub-zero over the weekend and into the first part of next week.

"Monday looks to be the coldest day, with temperatures struggling to get much above 2C (36F) and winds making it feel even colder.

"The cold weather will be accompanied by wintry showers, bringing the risk of hail, sleet and snow just about anywhere over the next few days, although coastal areas will mostly see rain."

Dr Angie Bone of Public Health England's extreme events team urged people to help vulnerable family and friends to keep warm.

"Cold does kill, even in places where the temperatures aren't at their lowest. Most of our advice on keeping warm in cold weather may seem like common sense, but it's important that we make the point that people should think about how cold can affect them.

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Gallery: Amber Alert For Snow In Britain

Snow on the A9 near Dunkeld in Scotland

A dusting of snow on the South Pennines

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Terror Suspects Planned To Kill Police In Street

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Two suspects killed in a Belgian anti-terror raid were planning to murder police officers in the street - and had police uniforms at their hideout, authorities say.

AK-47s, knives and explosives were found with uniforms and fake ID during raids on an apartment in eastern Belgium.

Two suspected Islamists were killed and a third arrested during a raid on the apartment in Verviers - one of 10 raids across the country.

The details emerged after hundreds of police across Europe raided properties targeting Islamist terrorists.

More than 25 people were held in Germany, France and Belgium amid fears of another terror attack following the Paris atrocities.

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Gallery: Terror Arrests Across Europe

Belgian, French and German police have arrested dozens of Islamist suspects after the magazine massacre in Paris and raids in Belgium in which two gunmen were killed. In Belgium, 13 people were arrested - one in Verviers and another nine in Molenbeek, two in Brussels and one in Sint-Agatha-Berchem

German police arrested two people in Berlin in a raid involving 250 officers

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And in Paris, prosecutors said at least 12 people were arrested in anti-terrorism raids

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Meanwhile, in the UK, Britons queued outside bookshops to buy the first Charlie Hebdo magazine since the Paris shootings.

Demand is high for the new issue, which carries a front-cover cartoon of a crying Prophet Mohammed.

Some queued from midnight, with around 1,000 copies available at UK stores, including the French Bookshop, in South Kensington, London.

In Belgium, Jewish schools were closed for the day and security forces surrounded the police HQ in Brussels.

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Gallery: French Special Forces Detain Suspect In Post Office Hostage Situation

Armed police surround the post office in Colombes outside Paris after a man holds a number of people hostage.

It was initially unclear whether the situation was linked to terrorism.

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Later reports suggested that the man was known to police and had called officers himself to alert them.

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At a news conference on Friday morning, Belgian authorities said 13 people had been detained in Belgium and two in France following the raids.

Eric Van der Sypt, a Belgian federal magistrate, said the terrorists' goal was to kill police on the street or in their offices.

He said some of the suspects had recently returned from Syria where they had been training and fighting with Islamic State.

In Germany, police raided 11 properties linked to radical Islamists, shortly after the Belgian operation.

The German arrests, involving 250 police, followed months of investigation into five Turkish citizens, aged between 31 and 44.

They are suspected of "preparing a serious act of violence against the state in Syria" and money laundering.

In France, 10 people were arrested overnight in anti-terrorism raids.

The raids targeted individuals linked to Amedy Coulibaly, who attacked a kosher supermarket in Paris, leaving four hostages dead.

Police in Paris also confirmed that a major city railway station - the Gare de L'Est - had been evacuated and closed in the morning because of a bomb threat.

There were also fears that a new siege at a post office in Colombes, outside Paris, today, may be linked to terror.

But the armed suspect was arrested quickly and all hostages freed. Sources indicate that the situation was not linked to terrorism.

Also in France, a series of funerals have been taking place for the cartoonists killed in the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris.

One was for the magazine's editor-in-chief Stephane Charbonnier, in Pontoise, north-west of Paris.

In a separate development, several French national media websites went down following a series of hacking incidents.

Elsewhere, police in Pakistan used a water cannon to disperse anti-Charlie Hebdo protesters at the French consulate in Karachi.

A photographer working for the French news agency AFP was wounded in the disturbances.

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Gallery: Belgian Police Target Returning Jihadists

Forensic officers work in the rain on Rue de la Colline in Verviers, eastern Belgium

Belgian police shot dead two suspects in a huge operation against jihadists who had returned from Syria and planned an imminent attack

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Muslims also marched in Middle Eastern cities, with the largest rally in the Jordanian capital Amman, where around 2,500 protesters took to the streets.

Some held banners that read "insulting the Prophet is global terrorism".

Amid the worldwide tensions, US Secretary of State John Kerry met President Francois Hollande in Paris to offer support.

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A retired Russian policeman who raped and murdered 22 women - in what he claimed was a campaign to cleanse his town of prostitutes - has been jailed for life.

Describing himself as a a "cleaner", Mikhail Popkov, raped and axed or stabbed the victims late at night in the Siberian city of Angarsk after offering to give them lifts in his police car.

Bodies of the victims - who included a teacher, a shop assistant and several prostitutes - were found dumped in woods, on the roadside and in a cemetery.

One had been decapitated and another's heart had been removed, while it is reported he had sex with some of the bodies after killing them.

Two other women managed to survive attacks by Popkov but suffered serious injuries.

The 50-year-old, who worked as a policeman at the time of most of the murders, described himself as a "cleaner" who was purging the city of prostitutes.

Prosecutor Olga Muzykova told Rossiya 1 television: "He drove out on the streets of the city at night looking for women.

"He either offered (his victims) a lift or the women flagged him down for a ride ... Then the crime was committed, almost always according to the same scenario.

"By calling himself a cleaner, he was trying to justify himself. He was an ordinary serial killer."

The murders took place over six years from 1994, spreading fear among the city's residents before suddenly ending in 2000, when Popkov said he became impotent and contracted syphilis.

"Investigators managed to gather evidence implicating Popkov in 22 murders and two attempted murders of women," the Investigative Committee said in a statement after his sentencing.

Investigators had suspected a policeman was behind the crime because of the way he carefully covered his tracks.

Popkov was caught after investigators reexamined the case and carried out DNA testing of residents, focusing on those who drove a car make whose tracks had been found at crime scenes.

He was dubbed 'The Werewolf' by Russian media, and 'The Wednesday Murderer' by police, in reference to the day many of the bodies were found.

His former colleagues told the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper that he had actually taken part in investigating some of the crimes he has now been convicted of.

He retired from the police force in 1998, but was arrested in 2012 in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, where he had gone to buy a car.

Popkov will serve his sentence in a special prison colony for former law enforcers.

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AirAsia Crash: Recovery Ship Finds Fuselage

The fuselage of the AirAsia jet that crashed more than two weeks ago off the coast of Indonesia has been found.

The aircraft disappeared on 28 December while flying between Surabaya in Indonesia and Singapore.

All 162 people on board died.

The fuselage - the part of the plane that holds pilots and passengers - was found by the Singapore Navy's MV Swift Rescue, just under two miles from where the tail of the aircraft was retrieved last weekend.

The news was revealed by the head of the Singapore Navy, Rear Admiral Lai Chung Han, who said the Indonesian search authority could now begin recovery operations.

The rear admiral told Sky News Asia Correspondent Mark Stone: "The accident is a tragic event resulting in the loss of many lives.

"I hope that, with the fuselage located, some form of closure can come to the families of the victims to ease their grief.

"I would also like to thank all our SAF servicemen who have given this mission their all to help the Indonesians recover the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, and the fuselage.

"Especially to the crew of MV Swift Rescue, you never gave up - well done."

So far, 50 bodies have been retrieved from the Java Sea and searchers believe more bodies will be found in the plane's fuselage, bringing hope to relatives that the bodies of their loved ones can be retrieved for burial.

Victims' families had feared the search would be scaled down after the plane's flight recorders were found.

"We understand if the search becomes smaller ... but the bodies have to be found," said Frangky Chandry, whose younger brother was on the plane.

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Gallery: AirAsia Jet Tail Pulled From Sea

Search teams have recovered a section of the tail of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 from bottom of the Java Sea. Continue through for more images of the recovery...

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Wales A&E 'More Stressful' Than Iraq, Says Nurse

A nurse who worked at Wales' busiest emergency department has described how she suffered more stress there than she did when she was on the front line in Iraq.

The no-holds-barred account of her working life at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales was pinned to a noticeboard at the site - it was later read out at a meeting with senior managers.

The nurse, who spent six months in a field hospital in Iraq in 2003, told of how an expectant mother miscarried on the floor, a suicidal patient locked herself in the toilets and a woman suffered a suspected heart attack in the waiting area.

She told how the department was unable to cope with the amount of patients coming through the doors due to a lack of beds and experienced staff.

She wrote: "Our 10-bay resuscitation unit in Iraq was full most days of multiple traumas, gunshot wounds, explosive device injuries, children shot.

"I spent weeks in and out of the trenches being shelled, nursing soldiers under trolleys as the warning sirens went off.

"I know what stress is. I know what it is like to work under pressure and yet I can guarantee that the nurses with me in Emergency Unit today are facing higher levels of stress than we ever did in that war zone."

Tina Donnelly, director of the Royal College of Nursing in Wales, said the nurse's comments were "absolutely shocking" and "worrying".

She said: "This is a blow-by-blow account of a sister in an emergency unit demonstrating how complex and challenging working in emergency care is.

"All of these challenges relate to a need of staffing levels to be at their optimum level to deal with these complex care issues."

Health board officials said staff at all levels were working "tirelessly" to meet "extraordinary demand".

Adam Cairns, chief executive of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, said the nurse "in no way" intended for the letter, which contains patient information, to be made public.

But he confirmed the nurse's story highlighting the "very real" challenges facing the unit.

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Prison Bus Falls Off Overpass And Hit By Train

By Sky News US Team

Multiple fatalities are being reported after a Texas prison bus carrying 15 people went off a bridge, landed on a railway and was struck by a train.

The accident involved a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) vehicle transporting inmates from Abilene to El Paso on Wednesday morning.

The Medical Center Hospital in Odessa told Sky News they have received five patients from the accident who are in a "serious or critical condition".

Local media are reporting deaths - according to a CBS station, two prison officers and eight prisoners were killed.

TDCJ spokesman Jason Clark told the Associated Press news agency the bus was carrying 12 prisoners and three corrections officers.

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Warnings As 'Thundersnow' Hits Parts Of UK

Parts of the UK are experiencing snow and icy conditions as commuters are warned to expect travel disruption today.

The Met Office issued an amber "be prepared" warning across central and southern Scotland, with Wales, Northern Ireland and much of England also on alert.

Network Rail suspended four train routes in advance of snow, while the AA warned drivers to be aware of "treacherous conditions".

In Wales a rare phenomenon called 'thundersnow' reportedly caused problems overnight, with warnings of more bad weather on the way.

Thundersnow occurs when thunder and lightning combine with a snowstorm and usually appears in late winter.

Sky News weather forecaster Nazaneen Ghaffar said: "The next 48 hours could see treacherous driving conditions for most of the UK and Ireland with the risk of ice and snow and then severe gales.

"Heavy snow will fall through the Central Belt, Fife and Perth and Kinross, with 10cm (4ins) or more over the highest ground.

"Elsewhere, a covering of snow is possible, even over the higher ground in southern England, whilst 2-5cm (2ins) is likely above 100m (330ft)."

The warnings follow fierce storms last week which left 120,000 homes without power in Scotland.

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Gallery: Twin Snow Showers Bring Disruption To Parts Of UK

Snowy roads in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Pic: Elizabeth Sullivan

A snowman in Caithness. Pic: Brian Milligan

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PMQs Clash Over General Election TV Debates

David Cameron has clashed with Ed Miliband over the Prime Minister's refusal to take part in TV debates ahead of the General Election without the Green Party.

The heated exchanges at Prime Minister's Questions came after Nick Clegg, Mr Miliband and Nigel Farage wrote to No 10 to pressure the PM into taking part.

Downing Street has re-iterated that Mr Cameron will not take part in any leaders' debates unless the Greens are included.

Referring to The Liberal Democrat's miserable showing at the European elections in May, the PM told MPs: "I'm all for these debates taking place, but you can not have two minor parties without the third minor party."

The Labour leader said Mr Cameron was making a "pathetic excuse" and accused him of "running scared" of taking part in the leaders' debates.

But the PM hit back, asking his rival: "Why is he so chicken when he comes to the Greens?"

The letter addressed to Mr Cameron reads: "In 2010 the televised leaders' debates provided an unprecedented opportunity for voters to see the party leaders debate the critical issues facing our country.

"In recent days, you have announced that you are unwilling to take part in debates as proposed by the main broadcasters for the 2015 General Election.

"I believe it would be a major setback to our democratic processes if these debates were not repeated in 2015 because of one politician's unwillingness to participate.

"It would be unacceptable if the political self-interest of one party leader were to deny the public the opportunity to see their leaders debate in public.

"Therefore, if you are unwilling to reconsider, the three party leaders who have committed to participate will ask the broadcasters to press ahead with the debates and provide an empty podium should you have a last minute change of heart."

A Downing Street spokesman said: "As the PM has said, we think the Greens should be included. Not only have nearly 300,000 signed a petition demanding their inclusion but they're also polling ahead of the Lib Dems in many opinion polls."

Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown told Sky News that David Cameron should not be allowed to hold democracy to ransom.

"The point is how to create circumstances in which we can go ahead with a democratic innovation, which you guys more or less invented, and the best answer to that is not to leave the decision to the politicians but leave it to the broadcasters.

"You just can't let the Prime Minister or anybody else basically hold our democracy to ransom by saying 'no'.

"My view is that if you guys, the broadcasters, have independently come up with an objective and impartial solution to this, we go ahead.

"If he doesn't, he can't be allowed to get away with it and we should have an empty chair, and we will attend."

More than 20 million people watched the televised leaders' debates in 2010 - after which the Conservatives and Lib Dems formed the Coalition.

A ComRes survey found that 55% of voters, compared to 23%, felt Mr Cameron was "acting cowardly in trying to avoid TV debates with the other leaders".

All three leaders have criticised Mr Cameron over the decision, with Mr Farage tweeting the PM was a "chicken running scared".

The Conservatives' reasoning behind the stance is that the Green Party is polling better than the Lib Dems and has had an MP in the Commons since 2010.

Senior Conservatives have blamed the debates for Mr Cameron's failure to win an overall majority at the last election.

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Paris-Style Terror Attack Likely 'At Any Time'

The Home Secretary has warned that terrorists could attack the UK at any time and that Britain's armed forces could be deployed in the event of a Paris-style attack.

Theresa May added that the police and security services needed powers provided in the blocked Communications Data Bill to protect the public and save lives.

She insisted the legislation was not a bid to allow the Government to "snoop" on the content of emails but to allow the police and security services to find out who was contacting whom.

But her comments to MPs come days after Britain's most senior policeman said an attack on Britain is "unlikely".

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said he was confident the police and security services already have the powers needed to keep people safe.

In an exclusive interview with Sky News he said the public should remain calm.

"I don't think (an attack) is likely but I think we all know it's a possibility," he said.

"The threat level is severe and so therefore that means a terrorist attack is possible.

"We do our best together with the security services to make sure the terrorists don't succeed and that we keep people safe. To date, that's broadly what we've been able to achieve."

In a statement to the House of Commons, Ms May said: "This is not - as I have heard it said - 'letting the Government snoop on your emails'.

"It is allowing the police and the security services, under a tightly regulated and controlled regime, to find out the 'who, where, when and how' of a communication but not its content.

"(This would allow police to) prove and disprove alibis, identify associations between suspects, and tie suspects and victims to specific locations.

"It is too soon to say for certain, but it is highly probable that communications data was used in the Paris attacks to locate the suspects and establish the links between the two attacks.

"Quite simply ... if we want the police and the security services to protect the public and save lives, they need this capability."

Two days ago David Cameron said that, to help the security serivces monitor terrorist communications, he would move to ban encrypted messaging services such as WhatsApp and iMessage if he wins the general election in May.

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Dieudonne Held Over Charlie Hebdo Facebook Post

French comedian Dieudonne has been arrested for allegedly defending terrorism in a Facebook comment referencing last week's attacks in Paris.

Prosecutors opened a case against the notorious comedian on Monday after he posted the remark, which appeared to sympathise with the Islamist gunmen who left 17 people dead.

Playing on the slogan "Je suis Charlie", the comedian wrote: "Tonight, as far as I'm concerned, I feel like Coulibaly."

The comment has since been deleted.

Amedy Coulibaly is accused of murdering a policewoman and then storming a kosher supermarket, shooting dead four shoppers.

He claimed to have been collaborating with brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, who slaughtered 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. All three gunmen were subsequently killed in police raids.

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Gallery: France Queues At Newstands For Charlie Hebdo

A queue of people wait outside a kiosk to get a copy of Charlie Hebdo in Saint Germain en Laye, France

People wait outside a newsagents in Paris. The latest edition of Charlie Hebdo since Islamist attacks on the magazines offices left 12 people dead has sold out in many parts of France

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Al Qaeda In Yemen Claims Charlie Hebdo Attack

Al Qaeda in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the attack on the offices Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 people dead, in a new video posted online.

Nasser al Ansi, one of the chiefs of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), said the Paris attack was carried out in retaliation for the satirical magazine's publication of images depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

He said the attackers - identified as Said and Cherif Kouachi - were acting on the orders of al Qaeda's global commander, Ayman al Zawahiri.

In the video, entitled "A message regarding the blessed battle of Paris", al Ansi said: "We, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the messenger of Allah.

"The leadership of (AQAP) was the party that chose the target and plotted and financed the plan.

"The heroes were chosen and they answered the call.

"Congratulations to you, the Nation of Islam, for this revenge that has soothed our pain.

"Congratulations to you for these brave men who blew off the dust of disgrace and lit the torch of glory in the darkness of defeat and agony."

He also warned of more "tragedies and terror" in the future.

It has not been possible to immediately verify the authenticity of the video, however it carried the logo of the al Qaeda's media group al Malahem.

AQAP recently called for its supporters to carry out attacks in France and is the same group which communicated with the men who killed Fusilier Rigby in London in May 2013.

The video comes as the first edition of Charlie Hebdo published since the massacre hit the newsstands.

It features another image of the Prophet Mohammed on its front cover. The cartoon has tears in his eyes, holding a "Je Suis Charlie" sign under the headline "All Is Forgiven".

The so-called "survivors' issue" sold out within hours.

New video has also emerged of the Kouachi brothers on the streets of Paris after last week's attack.

The footage shows the two masked figures calmly returning to their getaway vehicle moments after murdering eight journalists, including the magazine's editor, and four others.

The pair reload their weapons, before one shouts: "We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed, we have killed Charlie Hebdo."

Both claimed to have trained with AQAP before they were shot dead in a police raid.

Amedy Coulibaly - who is accused of killing a policewoman and then shooting four people at a kosher supermarket in Paris - said he was coordinating with the brothers but claimed to have been associated with Islamic State.

The gunmen were known to French intelligence agencies and had been on a US terror watch list for some time.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has now declared a "war against terrorism".

He said: "France is at war against terrorism, jihadism, radicalism... (not) Islam and Muslims.

"I don't want Jews in this country to be scared, or Muslims to be ashamed."

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Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims

Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters

The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues

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Al Murray Pub Landlord To Run Against Farage

Comedian Al Murray has said he intends to stand for Parliament at the General Election in the guise of The Pub Landlord.

The star - whose creation is famed for extolling the joys of all things British - plans to stand against Nigel Farage in Thanet South, Kent, for his newly-formed Free United Kingdom Party.

Explaining his decision to stand, The Pub Landlord said: "It seems to me that the UK is ready for a bloke waving a pint around, offering common sense solutions."

His comments will not be lost on many of those familiar with Mr Farage, who is often pictured in pubs with a drink in his hand.

A website Murray has set up for his campaign carries the slogan: "Other parties offer the moon on a stick. We'll do better than that: a British moon on a British stick."

Mr Farage's team claimed to be unconcerned about the threat posed by The Pub Landlord.

The politician tweeted: "The more, the merrier! @almurray."

A spokesman for the UKIP leader said: "At last, serious competition in the constituency."

Oxford-educated Murray has created a 13-point action plan in the guise of his patriotic character, in which he promises: "The pound will be revalued at one pound 10p, so it will now be worth 10p more. Common sense.

Other proposals include ideas for the currency: "I pledge that the UK will leave Europe by 2025 and the edge of the Solar System by 2050. Common Market sense."

And a pledge on law and order: "Unemployment causes crime: I propose to lock up the unemployed. Common sense."

In his online address, Murray explains: "The reason I'm standing is because the system is broken, we all know it is. You hear people saying 'you shouldn't vote'. Well you should vote boys and girls, you should vote for me."

He also promises "1p a pint", although "crisps will remain at the current price".

Earlier this week the Happy Mondays dancer Bez - whose real name is Mark Berry - launched his own political bid as he confirmed his plans to stand for election for his Reality Party in Salford.

However, it has since emerged that the party has been deregistered by the Electoral Commission, which ruled its name was too similar to the Realists' Party.

Bez was reportedly advised to change the name by Monday, but failed to do so.

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