British Prime Minister David Cameron has cut his holiday short following the release of a propaganda video from Islamic State (IS), purportedly showing the beheading of US journalist James Foley, apparently by a Briton.<br /><br />Cameron returned to London for meetings with ministers about how to deal with the increasing threat posed by IS in Syria and Iraq.<br /><br />In the clip the jihadist who carried out the killing speaks with a British accent and blames US airstrikes in Iraq for Foley’s murder.<br /><br />The clip, which is still being verified, has sent chills around the globe.<br /><br />In it, Foley was forced to read a statement blaming America and even his own brother John – who is in the US Air Force – for his killing.<br /><br />The terrorist then warns that another journalist, Steven Joel Sotloff, will be their next victim.<br /><br />Foley was taken hostage in November 2012 while covering the Syrian war for news website GlobalPost. He had previously been kidnapped and released in Libya.<br /><br />Foley’s mother said her son gave his life to expose the suffering of the Syrian people.<br /><br />On Twitter, hundreds of users urged the public to neither watch nor share the video, which was taken down shortly after it was uploaded.<br /><br />The White House said if the video was genuine, the US would be “appalled”.
