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Horror as more than 60 killed in shopping centre blaze

The building, which housed a restaurant and a large supermarket, had only been open for seven days,

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Firefighters gather in front of a burning hypermarket building in Kut, Iraq, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

Final member of brutal Islamic State ‘Beatles’ convicted in US court

The three jihadis were nicknamed ‘The Beatles’ because of their British accents and became known for the beating, torture and beheading of their hostages.

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A jury on Thursday convicted the last member of brutal Islamic State group the ‘Beatles’, El Shafee Elsheikh was known as the ‘Ringo’ of the group, according to former hostages who testified during the two week trial.