Saturday's newspapers are full of news of the Britons trying to lure other Westerners to fight for the militant Isis group in Iraq and Syria.

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The father of a British man who has appeared in a video aimed at recruiting fighters for the Islamist militant group Isis says he is "heartbroken" his son left the UK to fight in Syria.

The US imposes sanctions against pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, as Western leaders threaten new moves against Russia for its role in the crisis.

Robin van Persie says criticism of Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney in England's World Cup campaign is unjust.

Thousands of Shia militia loyal to powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr parade in Baghdad, raising sectarian tensions amid fighting in northern Iraq.

Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing, dies aged 60 after a long illness.

Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia agrees a new three-year contract with an option to extend to June 2018.