British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says there's "strong reason to believe" a British citizen has been killed by an al Qaeda cell in the west African nation of Mali.
The UK's highest court Wednesday ordered that the man known as Osama bin Laden's spiritual ambassador to Europe be deported to Jordan, despite claims that he faces torture.
Britain's home secretary said Wednesday she was "extremely disappointed" at a court's decision to release on bail a radical Muslim cleric known as Osama bin Laden's spiritual ambassador to Europe.
Radical preacher Abu Qatada, once called Osama bin Laden's "spiritual ambassador in Europe," was released on bail Tuesday in a court decision that dealt an embarrassing blow to the British government's anti-terror campaign
Saying he was being treated well, BBC reporter Alan Johnston appeared for the first time since his abduction in March in a video tape issued by his captors that was delivered to a Palestinian news agency in Gaza on Friday.
Britain's Foreign Office has been holding talks in London with the attorney of a jailed Jordanian associate of Osama bin Laden in a bid to secure the release of kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston, officials said Thursday.
Britain said Friday it has barred cleric Omar Bakri from returning to the country from Lebanon, where he was released by police after being detained for 24 hours.
Abu Qatada, believed to be among those detained by British authorities, was once described by a Spanish judge as being the "spiritual leader" of Osama bin Laden's group in Europe.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says there's "strong reason to believe" a British citizen has been killed by an al Qaeda cell in the west African nation of Mali.
The UK's highest court Wednesday ordered that the man known as Osama bin Laden's spiritual ambassador to Europe be deported to Jordan, despite claims that he faces torture.
Britain's home secretary said Wednesday she was "extremely disappointed" at a court's decision to release on bail a radical Muslim cleric known as Osama bin Laden's spiritual ambassador to Europe.
Radical preacher Abu Qatada, once called Osama bin Laden's "spiritual ambassador in Europe," was released on bail Tuesday in a court decision that dealt an embarrassing blow to the British government's anti-terror campaign
Saying he was being treated well, BBC reporter Alan Johnston appeared for the first time since his abduction in March in a video tape issued by his captors that was delivered to a Palestinian news agency in Gaza on Friday.
Britain's Foreign Office has been holding talks in London with the attorney of a jailed Jordanian associate of Osama bin Laden in a bid to secure the release of kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston, officials said Thursday.
Britain said Friday it has barred cleric Omar Bakri from returning to the country from Lebanon, where he was released by police after being detained for 24 hours.
Abu Qatada, believed to be among those detained by British authorities, was once described by a Spanish judge as being the "spiritual leader" of Osama bin Laden's group in Europe.
The two British houses of parliament remained locked in a grim war of attrition Friday over Prime Minister Tony Blair's proposed anti-terrorism law, as authorities prepared to release on bail eight foreign terrorist suspects.
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