“What has my child done wrong?...There’s no more time.”

An online message purportedly from Islamic State warned that a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot who the extremists hold have less than “24 hours left to live”.

An online message purportedly from Islamic State group says a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot it holds have less than 24 hours left to live.

Japan’s deputy foreign minister has expressed hope that his fellow countryman and a Jordanian pilot held by Islamic militants will return home “with a smile on their faces” as criticisms mounted over the government’s handling of the crisis.