Hunt on for ‘British’ jihadist in Foley’s last video

Police and security services are trying to identify a suspected British jihadist who appeared in footage of the killing of a US journalist.

Extremist group Islamic State (IS) published a video of the moments before and after James Foley was beheaded.

Unconfirmed reports suggest the man in the video - who had an English accent - is from London or south-east England and may have guarded IS captives.

Foley, 40, had been missing since he was seized in Syria in 2012.

The FBI is leading the international hunt for his killer, while Scotland Yard is examining the content of the video.

Since the footage was released, American forces have carried out 14 air strikes targeting IS militants near the Mosul dam in northern Iraq.

Fighting has been continuing in the area since Iraqi and Kurdish forces recaptured the strategically important dam from IS earlier this week.