Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

A man who had watched beheadings by Muslim extremists on television painted the slogan “murderers out” on a takeaway run by a Pakistani family.

Church bells tolled and officials laid wreaths across Europe on Armistice Day to pay tribute to the millions of soldiers killed during World War I.

A teenage terrorist has been sentenced to eight years for grooming a young man with learning difficulties to carry out a Lee Rigby copycat killing.

Plenty to watch on the tellybox tonight.

Security services are facing mounting questions over claims that the British graduate believed to be murderous extremist Jihadi John was known to MI5.

Mohammed Emwazi, the Briton identified in reports as Islamic State executioner ‘Jihadi John’, has been described as “extremely kind” and “extremely gentle” by a man who has known him since 2009.

A teenager is facing years behind bars after being found guilty of hatching a plot to behead a British soldier inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.

The recent arrest of two men who were planning an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack in Sydney (Irish Examiner, February 11), shows the importance of a constant vigilance by a state’s intelligence apparatus.

A teenage Muslim who idolised the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby was arrested as he made his way to behead a British soldier, a court heard.

Barack Obama has warned against rushing to curb civil liberties after talks with David Cameron on how to tackle the terrorist threat.

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

Michael Adebolajo, one of the two Islamic fanatics found guilty of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby who was from Middleton in Greater Manchester, England, has lost a bid to challenge his conviction.

Facebook faces another challenge after new research revealed that half of the social network’s users in the UK and US are using it less frequently than they used to.

Facebook has blood on its hands, according to the sister of Lee Rigby, after a report found the social network failed to take action over an online chat in which one of the killers vowed to slay a soldier.

Intelligence agencies in the UK could not prevent the murder of soldier Lee Rigby despite his killers featuring in a total of seven error-filled operations before the attack, a British parliamentary watchdog has found.

Britain could be carrying out airstrikes in Iraq within days after the cabinet unanimously backed action against Islamic State (IS).

One of the Islamic fanatics who murdered soldier Lee Rigby has been given permission to appeal against his sentence.

Actress Olivia Colman got her third TV Bafta in two years as hit crime drama 'Broadchurch' scored a hat-trick at the annual awards tonight.

One of the two murderers of soldier Lee Rigby has launched an appeal against his whole-life prison term, the UK's Judicial Office confirmed today.

One of the Muslim fanatics who murdered soldier Lee Rigby has been sentenced to die behind bars and the other jailed for at least 45 years for the horrifying killing.

AS 2013 closes, here is my countdown of what were the stories that left the most impression on me during the year.

The mother of one of the Muslim extremists who butchered Fusilier Lee Rigby has asked the soldier’s family to forgive her son.

Questions remain over why police and intelligence agencies did not monitor the Muslim fanatics who beheaded a young soldier more closely, and an inquiry is being carried out by MPs on the Intelligence and Security Committee into how much they knew and whether the killers could have been stopped.

Two British men have today been found guilty of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.

One of the men accused of murdering Lee Rigby has offered no evidence in his defence.

One of the men accused of murdering Lee Rigby has told a jury he loves al-Qaida and does not regret what happened to the soldier.

A jury in London has heard the alleged murderers of Lee Rigby lay in wait for a serviceman to kill - and he was the solider they spotted first.

One of the alleged murderers of British Fusilier Lee Rigby told detectives the soldier was struck in the neck until his head “almost detached”, a court in London has heard.

An armed police officer thought one of Lee Rigby’s alleged murderers was going to kill her as he ran towards marksmen waving his hands in a chopping motion, a jury has heard.

A first aider who rushed to help murdered soldier Lee Rigby heard one of his alleged killers talking about “religion and Afghanistan”, a court has heard.

The widow of soldier Lee Rigby left court in tears today as jurors heard eyewitness accounts of how he was run over and attacked with a meat cleaver and knives.

Video footage of soldier Lee Rigby being mown down by a car and his alleged murderers dragging his body into the middle of the road has been shown to a jury.

Soldier Lee Rigby was the victim of “a cowardly and callous murder” by two men who wanted witnesses to see “the consequence of their barbarous acts”, a jury in England has heard.

Former UK foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind has said every large scale terror plot faced by the UK since the July 7 attacks would not have been foiled if the intelligence agencies could not intercept emails and other communications.

Tommy Robinson has said he left the English Defence League (EDL) after realising the organisation had become “part of the problem” in his quest against Islamic extremism, rather than a solution.

Two men accused of murdering a British soldier in London earlier this year have pleaded not guilty.

Members of an Islamic centre in Britain which suffered a suspected overnight arson attempt have said they are “very saddened” by what appears to be an anti-Muslim attack.

A 21-year-old woman has been charged with terror offences over video clips about the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with terror offences after allegedly making a series of video recordings about the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.

Groups such as Europol identify clues that help predict who the possible terrorists of the future could be. Cormac O’Keeffe talks to Pat Byrne, the head of Europol’s US office

Five members of prison staff have been suspended after Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo lost two teeth when he was restrained in jail.

Terrorism plots in the UK are becoming simpler and smaller - unlike the 7/7 attacks designed to cause mass casualties.