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| David Cameron labels Assad 'part of the problem' as he refuses to rule out air strikes against Isis | David Cameron labels Assad 'part of the problem' as he refuses to rule out air strikes against Isis |
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| David Cameron this morning labelled Syrian president Assad "part of the problem" as he called for using "everything we have in our armoury" to squeeze Isis out of existence. | David Cameron this morning labelled Syrian president Assad "part of the problem" as he called for using "everything we have in our armoury" to squeeze Isis out of existence. |
| Speaking on the BBC's Today programme, Mr Cameron refused to rule out the possibility of the UK joining United States air strikes against Isis forces, also stating: "I don't see president Assad as part of the solution. He's part of the problem." | Speaking on the BBC's Today programme, Mr Cameron refused to rule out the possibility of the UK joining United States air strikes against Isis forces, also stating: "I don't see president Assad as part of the solution. He's part of the problem." |
| The Isis terrorist believed responsible for the beheading of two Americans, and who is currently threatening a British man's life, will "one way or another face justice", according to Mr Cameron. | |
| Mr Cameron's remarks come as he and Barack Obama insist Britain and the United States will not be intimidated by terrorist threats, in a joint article published today in the Times. | Mr Cameron's remarks come as he and Barack Obama insist Britain and the United States will not be intimidated by terrorist threats, in a joint article published today in the Times. |
| In a move seeking to ready the public for wider military action against Isis, the two leaders wrote how developments abroad, particularly the “utterly despicable murders” of two Americans, threatened national security. | In a move seeking to ready the public for wider military action against Isis, the two leaders wrote how developments abroad, particularly the “utterly despicable murders” of two Americans, threatened national security. |
| “If terrorists think we will weaken in the face of their threats they could not be more wrong,” Mr Cameron and Mr Obama wrote. “Countries like Britain and America will not be cowed by barbaric killers.” | “If terrorists think we will weaken in the face of their threats they could not be more wrong,” Mr Cameron and Mr Obama wrote. “Countries like Britain and America will not be cowed by barbaric killers.” |
| Speaking to ITV1, Mr Cameron continued: "We need to show real resolve and determination, we need to use every power and everything in our armoury with our allies, with those on the ground, to make sure we do everything we can to squeeze this dreadful organisation our of existence." | Speaking to ITV1, Mr Cameron continued: "We need to show real resolve and determination, we need to use every power and everything in our armoury with our allies, with those on the ground, to make sure we do everything we can to squeeze this dreadful organisation our of existence." |
| As leaders gather for a two-day Nato summit in Wales, the Prime Minister and president Obama urged the 28 member states to summon up the "shared resolve" to turn the alliance into a more effective security network. | As leaders gather for a two-day Nato summit in Wales, the Prime Minister and president Obama urged the 28 member states to summon up the "shared resolve" to turn the alliance into a more effective security network. |
| With former Soviet bloc neighbours of Russia - like the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - fearing they could be the next targets of president Vladimir Putin's aggression, Mr Cameron and Mr Obama made clear that an attack on any one member would be resisted by the whole alliance. | With former Soviet bloc neighbours of Russia - like the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - fearing they could be the next targets of president Vladimir Putin's aggression, Mr Cameron and Mr Obama made clear that an attack on any one member would be resisted by the whole alliance. |
| "With Russia trying to force a sovereign state to abandon its right to democracy and determining the course of its future at the barrel of a gun, we should support Ukraine's right to determine its own democratic future and continue our efforts to enhance Ukrainian capabilities," they wrote. | "With Russia trying to force a sovereign state to abandon its right to democracy and determining the course of its future at the barrel of a gun, we should support Ukraine's right to determine its own democratic future and continue our efforts to enhance Ukrainian capabilities," they wrote. |
| "We must use our military to ensure a persistent presence in Eastern Europe, reassuring Nato members in Eastern Europe and making clear to Russia that we will always uphold our ... commitments to collective self-defence." | "We must use our military to ensure a persistent presence in Eastern Europe, reassuring Nato members in Eastern Europe and making clear to Russia that we will always uphold our ... commitments to collective self-defence." |
| Additional reporting from AP | Additional reporting from AP |