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Wednesday 23 September 2020
The European Parliament lifted immunity from prosecution today.
Mohammed Emwazi was killed in an air strike in November.
You’ve made it to Friday. Good work. Here are the nine stories you need to know.
Foley was killed by the Islamic State in August.
Why has there been a spate of beheadings? What should the group be referred to as? Has the West just gone to war with them?
The head of the FBI won’t be telling us who they think the person is.
Diane Foley said her family was warned it would be charged if it tried to raise ransom money to free James.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
US President Barack Obama authorised the aid today.
The President was criticised in the press after being pictured smiling while playing golf after making a public statement about the journalist’s death.
“He ultimately sacrificed his life to bring their story to the world.”
Terrorism experts say the group is not as strong as pre-911 Al-Qaeda.
The White House has confirmed that the video showing Sotloff’s beheading is authentic.
Sotloff appeared in the video in which James Foley was killed.
Just a wee bit tasteless…
Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, aka L Jinny, left his well-off London home last year…
Peter Theo Curtis is believed to have been released in the Golan Heights region.
“Dreams of family and friends take me away and happiness fills my heart.”
Worrying press arrests in Ferguson and the grisly murder of James Foley underlines it is in all of our interests to ensure journalists can report without fear.
It is estimated that terrorists net about $120m between 2004 and 2012 in ransoms.
Before you launch into the last day of the week, here’s everything you need to know.
The email says the militant group will “not stop until we quench our thirst for your blood”.
Foley’s family were in e-mail contact with those holding him.
We look in more detail at an issue which has caused widespread anger…
YouTube and Twitter have been removing footage of James Foley’s execution in Syria.
Here’s everything you need to know as you get your Thursday started.
Sadly, the journalist was killed by ISIS earlier this week.
Twitter has said it will suspend users who post clips of the video online.
The US president said the entire world was appalled by the brutal murder of journalist James Foley.
Are the general public ready for the stark reality of raw, amateur content – often from war zones – to be part of their mainstream media publications and broadcasts?
Diane Foley says the family has “never been prouder of our son Jim”.
Foley has been missing since being kidnapped in Syria in 2012.
James Foley went missing six weeks ago but news of his kidnap is only emerging now after his family broke their silence. It is the second time he has been kidnapped in recent years.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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