A video posted on the internet today showed purported al-Qaida militants beheading a man said to be an Iraqi security force member.

Former Newmarket-based trainer Kamil Mahdi faces being warned off by the Jockey Club’s disciplinary panel tomorrow after having an appeal dismissed over a lifetime ban on keeping horses.

Former Newmarket trainer Kamil Mahdi is due to be sentenced at Mildenhall Magistrates Court tomorrow after admitting five counts of causing unnecessary suffering to racehorses.

Taliban leader Mohammed Omar is reported to be in northern Afghanistan, urging his troops to fight the Northern Alliance.