THE images coming out of the latest hostage crisis in Iraq - capped by dramatic video of British captive Kenneth Bigley begging for his life - have transfixed Britons, left governments looking helpless and revived a classic dilemma about whether to negotiate with terrorists.

MILITARY chiefs have been struggling to bring control to the chaotic aftermath of the siege at a school in southern Russia, an expert said.

Military chiefs have been struggling to bring control to the chaotic aftermath of the siege at a school in southern Russia, an expert said today.

A TOP-LEVEL police investigation was under way last night after a secret dossier containing counter-terror plans for Heathrow Airport was found abandoned on a road.

Eight men were being questioned tonight over an alleged al-Qaida plot to unleash a terrorist bombing campaign in Britain.

The decision to deploy armed air marshals on some passenger planes is a “sensible” step in the fight against terrorism, an expert said today.

US TV network CNN has begun airing excerpts from a cache of video tapes acquired in Afghanistan that purport to show al-Qaida terror training, bomb-making and poison gas experiments on dogs.

CNN has been airing excerpts of videotapes purporting to show al-Qaida terror training, bomb-making and poison gas experiments on dogs.

A book about al Qaida produced by a British academic is on the best-seller list in the US.