PM returns from holiday after video shows US reporter beheaded by Briton

David Cameron to hold meetings at Downing Street after Isis video appears to show British extremist killing James Foley

David Cameron is breaking off from his holiday in Cornwall to return to London after the "shocking and depraved" apparent beheading of an American journalist by a British Islamist extremist, Downing Street said.
The announcement came after Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary, acknowledged on Wednesday that a Briton appeared to be responsible for the killing, which was shown in a video released by Islamic State (Isis) militants.
A Number 10 spokeswoman said: "If true, the brutal murder of James Foley is shocking and depraved.
"The prime minister is returning to Downing Street this morning. He will meet with the foreign secretary and senior officials from the Home Office, Foreign Office and the agencies to discuss the situation in Iraq and Syriaand the threat posed by Isil [Islamic State] terrorists."
Intelligence officials in the US and the UK have been studying the Isis video. According to one government source, "there is no serious suggestion that it's a fake".
On Monday, as his holiday in Cornwall began, Cameron insisted there was no need for him to be in London to manage the Isis crisis because he was always "within a few feet of a BlackBerry". But his decision to go ahead with his West Country break – his third holiday of the year, by some counts – has been criticised in the media.

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