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Lockerbie bombing.Abdullah al-Senussi has been linked to the atrocity by the US, the Libyan government reportedly believes.It emerged this week that the US is pushing to have Abu Agila Mohammad Masud extradited from Libya to face trial.He is suspected of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 270 people.Mohammed Ali Abdallah, a senior adviser to the Libyan government on US affairs, said: “US prosecutors are focused on two individuals.“They have

The Justice Department is close to charges against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people on Pan Am flight 103 from London to New York, according to a new report. Crash investigators search the area around the cockpit of Pan Am flight 103 in a farmer's field east of Lockerbie, Scotland after a mid-air bombing killed all 259 passengers and crew, and 11 people on the ground.

Lockerbie terror.The bombing of Pan Am flight 103, travelling from London to New York on December 21 1988, over Lockerbie, killed 270 people in Britain’s largest terrorist atrocity.Former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset Megrahi, who was found guilty in 2001 of mass murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years, was the only person ever convicted of the attack.But now  it has emerged that the US Justice Department are close to charging Abu Agila Mohammad Masud who is alleged

direct to your inboxSuicide bomber Salman Abedi sent £470 to his family in Libya just hours before he committed mass murder at Manchester Arena.The public inquiry into the atrocity also heard on Tuesday that his brother, Hashem Abedi, asked a friend to buy sulphuric acid for him two months earlier.The bomb attack after an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017, claimed 22 lives and left more than 1,000 injured.Hashem Abedi was convicted of 22 counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and

direct to your inboxJailed terrorist Hashem Abedi professed support for 'violent jihad' during a video confession from his prison cell in which he finally admitted his role in the Manchester Arena bombing, it emerged today.Abedi, 23, a Libyan heritage Islamic State fanatic from Fallowfield, helped his suicide bomber brother Salman source chemicals and prepare for the devastating May 2017 attack which left 22 dead and hundreds more seriously injured.He was in Tripoli when his sibling carried out

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Lockerbie bombing was carried out in “highly prejudicial” circumstances, a court has heard. Appeal court judges have been told that at the trial of the late Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, shopkeeper Tony Gauci identified him as resembling the man who bought clothing in his shop - later found in a suitcase containing the bomb.

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday tapped Jacob Sullivan to be America's next national security adviser. Only it remains to be seen if the former top Hillary Clinton adviser, who championed the ill-fated unraveling of Libya almost a decade ago, will take heed of those lessons learned.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Scottish judges have ordered protected documents held by the UK Government be released to the court as part of an appeal to clear the Lockerbie bomber.The family of late Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi want to review secret files as part of their case.Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said producing the documents, which are covered by a public immunity certificate, would cause “harm to the

hereMI5 believed the actions it took were 'reasonable and understandable when judged in the light of the further information available at the time'.On 3 March 2017 Salman Abedi hit a 'priority indicator' which, although not indicating any attack, meant he met the threshold for further investigation.Further checks were established which concluded Abedi was 'probably in Libya'.On May 8 it was decided he should be referred for a 'low-level investigation' to establish whether Abedi had 're-engaged

Naman Ramachandran The U.K.’s BBC Four has commissioned a feature-length documentary that will investigate what became of the Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s immense wealth in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, which ended his reign.Produced by Brook Lapping, “The Search for Gaddafi’s Billions” will air as part of the BBC’s long-running documentary banner Storyville, and will follow two Dutch journalists, Misha Wessel and Thomas Blom, as they enter the mysterious world of spies,

Joss Stone made some new controversial statements on her podcast. The British singer, 33, was on her podcast "A Cuppa Happy" chatting with musician Nitin Sawhney about a trip she took to Libya and how the local militia “looked after” her.

Lockerbie bombing will today begin an appeal bid to clear his name.Lawyers for Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s relatives want judges to let them review secret files being withheld by the UK Government after more than three decades.The appeal will get underway after the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) referred the case to the High Court in March, ruling a possible miscarriage of justice may have occurred.Aamer Anwar, the solicitor who made the SCCRC application on behalf of Megrahi’s

Hashem Abedi's trial was one which many feared would never happen. The terrorist was in Libya at the time his brother Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at Manchester Arena, killing 22 people and himself, while injuring hundreds of others.

River Forth after appealing for help to solve the mystery. Rodwhan Ali Al Monstir was last seen at an address in Bridgehaugh Road, Stirling, on July 29.

Hashem Abedi, now 23, was found guilty of 22 counts of murder; attempted murder; and plotting to cause an explosion likely to endanger life.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterMP Allan Dorans is due to meet Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a fight over justice for a murdered police woman.The Ayr Carrick and Cumnock MP was working as a police sergeant in London’s west end when Yvonne Fletcher was shot in the city on April 17, 1984.The 25-year-old was gunned down outside the Libyan Embassy.

used to live in Greater Manchester.The Manchester Evening News understands Khairi Saadallah, 25, was based in Bury after coming from Libya as a refugee around ten years ago, before moving to Berkshire.It is believed he spent a period of time homeless while living in Greater Manchester.

Reading terror attack suspect is believed to have walked out of prison 16 days earlier. It is understood that Khairi Saad­allah left HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire before the mass stabbing in Fobury Gardens on Saturday, t he Mirror reports.

terror suspect accused of killing three people in a Reading park briefly came to the attention of MI5 last year, security sources have said.

Hashem Abedi tried everything he could to thwart British justice, deploying an extraordinary list of excuses to try to scupper his trial.

Hashem Abedi alleged he was tortured after his arrest in Libya and that £9m changed hands before he was extradited to the UK.

Hashem Abedi alleged he was tortured after his arrest in Libya and that £9m changed hands before he was extradited to the UK.

The Abedi family was given almost £200,000 in state hand-outs in seven years - and some of it funded the Arena attack, the trial revealed.

When Salman Abedi detonated that huge bomb in his backpack as exhilarated kids and teenagers were leaving a pop concert at Manchester Arena, he wasn’t alone.

The jury in the trial of Manchester Arena bombing accused Hashem Abedi has retired to consider verdicts after almost six weeks of evidence.

Manchester Arena bombing accused Hashem Abedi told police 'I could never have envisaged that my brother had it in him to do this to innocent people', his murder trial was told.

Jurors have seen footage of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi carrying out three reconnaissance missions at the venue before his deadly attack.

A friend of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi - who was arrested in the wake of the attack - has told a jury he had nothing to do with the plot.

A dad warned a friend of Manchester Arena bombing accused Hashem Abedi against a 'dodgy' agreement to buy chemicals because they can be used to make explosives, Abedi's murder trial heard.

Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi visited a convicted terrorist in prison four months before he carried out the attack, his brother's murder trial heard.

The younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester is just as guilty as the attacker, a British prosecutor said Tuesday, as the surviving sibling went on trial for murder. Hashem Abedi, 22, is accused of conspiring with his brother Salman Abedi, who died when he detonated a knapsack bomb in the foyer of Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017. The attack killed 22 people and injured more than 260 others.

The younger brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has appeared in court ahead of his trial for mass murder.

The trial of the brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi - due to start today - has been delayed.