Three Islamic extremists will be sentenced today for a suicide bomb plot designed to kill thousands of passengers on transatlantic airliners.

The jury in the trial of eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets retired to consider its verdicts in London today.

A British Muslim accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners said today he agreed to take part in an “al-Qaida-style militant” video attacking western foreign policy.

A British Muslim accused of leading a transatlantic airline bomb plot admitted today that he planned to explode a device at a UK airport terminal.