Israel is the one country in the world Islamic State fears, according to the only Western journalist allowed entry into territory controlled by the terror group. The claim from German reporter Jürgen Todenhöfer, a former member of the German Parliament, came after he spent 10 extraordinary days behind enemy lines in Iraq and Syria, accompanied … Continued
If you want to reach the top as a woman in the police, get a house husband. Britain’s most senior female officer has revealed that she was able to getto the summit only because her partner, formerly a police officer too, stayed at home. In her firstinterview, Lynne Owens — who takes over as head … Continued
Her work with the free telephone counselling services ChildLine and The Silver Line has helped millions of vulnerable children and isolated elderly people but now Esther Rantzen has admitted she is suffering from acute loneliness herself. “There is a stigma to admitting you are desperately lonely,” said Rantzen, the TV presenter and campaigner whose husband, … Continued
Young British Muslims are lured to Syria by ISIS fanatics who tell them they will live like James Bond – and even dodge bullets like 007 does. They are shown pictures of smart houses by ISIS recruiters and promised plenty of money and girlfriends. In reality they end up living in squalor. Jurgen Todenhofer, a … Continued
Oscar Pistorius is set to receive the harshest bail conditions ever handed out in South Africa when he is released on Tuesday. He will be confined to his uncle’s house for the remainder of his fiveyear sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, in 2013. The strict conditions dash the 28-year-old’s hopes of working with … Continued
The grandson of Auschwitz’s infamous commandant Rudolf Höss this week revealed he is on the frontline of the German government’s battle against Islamic State. In an exclusive interview with Jewish News, Rainer Höss, 50, the closest surviving relative of Rudolf Höss – who presided over an estimated 1.1 million deaths at the camp – revealed … Continued
Oscar Pistorius will only be able to leave his house to go to church when he is freed from jail next week. The devout Christian, whose faith is said to have deepened over recent months, must be accompanied on trips to attend mass. While under “house arrest” at his uncle’s home he will be allowed … Continued
A Middle East expert has relived the chilling moment he caught a rare glimpse of Jihadi John’s face during a shocking encounter in Syria. Jurgen Todenhofer was fact-finding in a terrorist stronghold when the British ISIS executioner – masked knife-wielding “star” of a series of sickening beheading videos – was assigned to be his driver. … Continued
