A court in the northern German city of Celle has convicted a radical Islamist preacher and three co-defendants for recruiting and radicalizing young people in Germany for the "Islamic State" terrorist group. He has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison. Prosecutors sought a sentence of 11.5 years for Abu Walaa, who is believed to be the "Islamic State" jihadist group's de facto leader in Germany . The defense, however, demanded an acquittal, with Walaa himself declining to make a closing statement last week. What did the court say? The court pronounced Walaa guilty of supporting and being a member of the terrorist organization. The judges said the Islamist preacher and his network radicalized young people — mainly in the country's Ruhr region and the state of Lower Saxony — and sent them to the IS combat zones. Three co-defendants received prison sentences of between four and eight years. Who is Abu Walaa? Walaa, 37, was born in Iraq and came to … [Read more...] about German court convicts ‘IS recruiter’ Abu Walaa
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Line Of Duty writer confirms another series – and hints at Bodyguard sequel
The creator of hit BBC drama Line Of Duty says it is set to continue beyond the sixth series which will air next month. Writer Jed Mercurio also said there was the possibility of Bodyguard coming back for a second series but he had not made his mind up. Millions of fans are awaiting the new series of Line Of Duty with the last series pulling in 9.1 million for the finale. Jed said: “What I do know is that season six proves there is much more ground for us still to cover and then in terms of other projects. I really want to carry on with Line of Duty as I think it still got some ground to cover. “I am in a fortunate position as a writer. To dream of getting to the point where people watch your work in such larger numbers and you get a little bit of name recognition as well. “In terms of other projects, I think that I learned a lot from the success of Bodyguard. It really was very heartening to see the way in which an audience would come to something that was completely … [Read more...] about Line Of Duty writer confirms another series – and hints at Bodyguard sequel
Eamonn Holmes calls out This Morning caller for lying – leaving viewers in hysterics
Eamonn Holmes left This Morning viewers in hysterics today as he bluntly called out a caller for "wasting their time". Ruth Langsford and husband Eamonn held a phone-in about tricky names to pronounce after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's struggle during Monday's press conference. Boris Johnson stumbled about six times as he tried to say 'tocilizumab' live on air in the Downing Street briefing. Opening up the phone lines to discuss words that viewers struggled to say, Lorraine told Eamonn and Ruth that she couldn't say the word cinnamon. But Eamonn was left with raised eyebrows when Lorraine pronounced the word perfectly. He exclaimed: "Why are you wasting our time for?!" And fans found the moment hilarious, with one tweeting: "'What are you wasting our time?' just love his blunt honesty #ThisMorning." While another commented with a crying laughing emoji: "Why would you embarrass yourself like this?" A third wrote: "Eammon saying how it is." … [Read more...] about Eamonn Holmes calls out This Morning caller for lying – leaving viewers in hysterics