22/06/2014 BBC Weekend News

One of Britain's most senior police officers says the war in Syria

represents a "long-term" terrorist threat to the UK.

The warning comes from the Head of Counter Terrorism for the

The identity of a second British man who appeared in a recruiting video

for the Islamist extremist group, ISIS has been confirmed.

Our security correspondent, Frank Gardner, has more.

British jihadists in Syria. They are with ISIS, the most bloodthirsty of

all the insurgent groups in the Middle East. Who are these young

men? This is Rayeed Khan from Cardiff. This is another 20-year-old

from Cardiff, described by his father as a medical student. His

friend says he dropped out of college. Here is his brother, just

17 years old, from Cardiff or he is described as being quiet. In

Cardiff, where there is a large, peaceful Yemeni community, his

father told of the effect the actions of his son had on the

family. My wife had a nervous breakdown. It is affecting all the

family. I'd trust the British authorities. I do not want him to

come back in a coffin. Who are ISIS? They match last year having grown

out of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. -- they emerged. They have even been

disowned by the Al-Qaeda leadership. It makes use of

extensive social media. 80% of western fighters who went to Syria

are believed to be with ISIS. It is rich with an estimated wealth of

more than ?1 billion in cash and assets, taken from robberies,

extortion and donations. For now, ISIS is preoccupied with the Middle

East where it has taken over town after town in Iraq. Government

officials worry about the Britons who go out to join them and then

come back. I am afraid we will be living with consequences of Syria

from a terrorist point of view let alone the world geopolitical

consequences for many, many, many years to come. Is 65 British

jihadists have been detained on their return. The authorities will

have their work cut out trying to keep track of them. About 10% of

foreign fighters get involved with terrorist plots and activities on

their return to the west. ISIS continues with its propaganda

campaigns. It has a charismatic message which goes mostly

unchallenged. In Iraq, rebels from the group,

ISIS, are making more gains in They claim to have captured two

crossings on the border with Syria Government officials say the town

of Rutba, on the main route linking Meanwhile Iraqi government forces

have been fighting back, bombing rebel held areas and reportedly

killing dozens of people. Our world affairs editor,

John Simpson, is in Baghdad. His report contains some

flash photography. There are still plenty of Shia

volunteers, enthusiastic about heading off to fight ISIS. The

security situation is getting decidedly worse. The news came today

that four more towns near the Syrian border, west of Baghdad, have fallen

to ISIS. That means, for large stretches of territory, the border

does not exist. ISIS can flood into Iraq as it pleases from Syria. The

Iraqis have had some successes, as these pictures of recent missile

strike show. The 300 hellfire missiles they had have now been used

up. The Iraqis are complaining bitterly that the Americans are slow

about sending them more. When I met the Foreign Minister in Iraq he made

it clear they needed outside help. I have requested formally for air

power support. Iraq does not have a single fixed wing fighter plane. The

Americans themselves only started using spy planes and satellites to

track ISIS two weeks ago. They have long known about the threat that

ISIS post. The Iraqi army, after its pathetic performance ten days ago

when it effectively ran for it, is starting to do a bit better. Now

only the most pessimistic people here think that ISIS will be able to

capture Baghdad. Now it is a city of blast walls and roadblocks. In the

11 years since the British and Americans raided Iraq, I have not

seen a worse crisis than less, not even at the height of the sectarian

bombings and kidnappings. Now the future of Iraq as a country could be

at stake. Police searching for the killer of a

Saudi Arabian student in Essex are appealing for information about a

man seen in the area where she died. He was wearing

a distinctive Italian, designer, beige-coloured jacket, and is

described as being in his late teens to 30 years old, with thick dark

hair and a tanned appearance. Nahid Almanea, who was 31,

was stabbed 16 times as she walked along a footpath

in Colchester last Tuesday. Senior members of the Labour Party,

including the former leader Lord Kinnock, have been rallying

behind Ed Miliband insisting he is the right man to lead the party

into next year's general election. The comments came

as an opinion poll in the Observer newspaper, suggested less than

a quarter of voters approve The former Conservative Defence

Secretary, Liam Fox, has backed David Cameron's opposition to the

former Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker becoming the

next President of the EU Commission. Mr Cameron has made it clear he may

force an unprecedented vote Our political correspondent

Vicki Young reports. David Cameron insists it is not

personal but when it comes to the future of the EU, he does not see

eye to eye with the front runner for one of the top jobs in Brussels. I'm

not a spokesman of the British Prime Minister. He favours

closer time -- he favours closer ties between EU countries. It is

feared he would not drive through economic and political reforms. Some

Eurosceptic Conservatives think their leader is right to speak out.

If his agenda is wrong for the people of Europe and Britain, the

British premise that is right to stand up against it. It is so much

better to see a Prime Minister willing to fight a battle and take a

bloody nose than not to fight at all. To not fight gets us on the

juggernaut route to ever closer union. Mr Cameron says the heads of

government in Europe must decide. The European Parliament believes the

choice should reflect recent election results. Its biggest

political group, the European People's party, has put forward Mr

Juncker. If the Tories were part of the European People's Party, he

could have made that argument at the Dublin summit and he may well have

prevailed. He won the election and here it is. Mr Cameron does have

some support but he here it is. Mr Cameron does have

opponents, including Angela Merkel. David Cameron will tell the

president of the European Council here tomorrow that he is willing to

force a vote on here tomorrow that he is willing to

Juncker. Increasingly, it looks like he will be on the losing side

Juncker. Increasingly, it looks like this argument, not a good sign to

someone who wants to renegotiate Britain a Prost if membership of the

European Union. -- Britain 's membership.

The England captain, Steven Gerrard, says he'll take his time to

consider his international future following the team's exit

He said he was "hurting very badly" and was especially disappointed

Live now to our chief sports correspondent,

Inquests into England's well cut failures are nothing new. They come

around every four years but never perhaps as early as this. Today the

squad trained here for the seventh and final time. There is pressure on

the two leaders of England, today for the first time since the X it

from the World Cup were confirmed. Both the captain and coach talked

about their futures. He has presided over one of England 's worst ever

World Cup is. The FA has backed Roy Hodgson and the manager explained

why he deserved to stay in the top job. The players are a very strong

group, a solid group. They are more than accepting of the work we are

trying to do. They share our goal, our vision. With the backing of the

FA and the people around me, I feel I am the right man to continue. As

far as I am concerned, I am recovering from a very bitter

experience, a war experience. Two games where I thought we would do

better. England 's loss at the hands of Europe by capped image will

campaign. Steven Gerrard admitted he is now considering his international

future. -- a miserable campaign. Sign that I am still hurting very

bad and broken from what has gone on in the last couple of weeks. I need

to get away, go on holiday and basically clear my head before I

make that big decision. This chastened team and its leader have

to pick themselves up for a final game against Costa Rica on Tuesday.

Pride is all they have to play for. It has come to something when

England treat a World Cup match as effectively a friendly. We Hodgson

has said he will pick those members of the squad who have not had a

chance against Costa Rica. They can hardly do any worse than the players

who lost the first two matches.