David Cameron asks the House to back airstrikes against Islamic State

David Cameron warns MPs the brutality of IS - beheadings, crucifixions, the slaughter of children - "is not the stuff of fantasy".

Islamic State are "psycopathic terrorists trying to kill us", said David Cameron as he argued the case for airstrikes in Iraq.

The Prime Minister, seeking to rally support among MPs at Westminster for bombing raids against the Islamist extremists, said the terror group, also known as ISIL, had "already declared war on us".
He told the Commons debate: "ISIL has already murdered one British hostage and is threatening the lives of two more.