A group of core al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria is planning “mass casualty attacks” against the West, the head of MI5 has warned.

Protesters in London attacked a police van today as crowds swelled during angry demonstrations against rising university tuition fees.

FRANCE announced a vision for its 21st-century military — a leaner, smarter and more high-tech force, capable of detecting threats like terrorism early and deploying quickly to battlefields abroad.

Iran probably released the 15 British Navy personnel because it realised it could make no further political capital from holding them, a military expert said.

Details of a letter written by Dr David Kelly just three weeks before his death were revealed for the first time today as the inquiry into his suicide was opened.