Hackers Say Anti-IS Twitter Accounts Suspended

Islamic State fighters use social media to spread their message

Anonymous activists who target Islamic State-supporting accounts on Twitter say they are being banned from the social network.

A band of internet users who identify as the 'Anonymous' group created the #OpISIS hashtag following the November attacks in Paris last year.

They have targeted hundreds of accounts which they suspect are IS-linked, but say they themselves are often being shut down by Twitter bosses.

An activist known as WauchulaGhost said his account was briefly suspended in February.

Anonymous activists have targeted IS on Twitter

He says that other accounts using the #OpISIS hashtag have suffered similar problems.

"I can say they are suspending a lot of accounts for harassment. Good accounts not Daesh accounts," he told Epoch Times.

"Even a lot of our [Anonymous] accounts are being suspended for harassment."

it did not want to comment on the claims.

The social network has taken down 125,000 accounts for "threatening or promoting terrorist acts, primarily related to IS".

But WauchulaGhost said social media activists are the real last line of defence against the terror group.

"Who suspended 125,000 accounts? Anonymous, Anonymous affiliated groups, and everyday citizens.

"You do realise if we all stopped reporting terrorist accounts and graphic images, Twitter would be flooded with terrorists."

McGee Thanks Fans For Daniels Cancer Support

There is no treatment which can help Daniels

Paul Daniels' wife, Debbie McGee, has said messages from fans are "truly amazing" after it was revealed that the magician has terminal cancer.

The 77-year-old fell at home and was rushed to hospital suspected of suffering a stroke, although he was later diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, his son has said.

McGee wrote on Twitter: "I wish I could answer all your wonderful messages individually but there are so many. They are all appreciated so much.

"Paul and I had no (idea) of how people felt. Truly amazing. Thank you."

Daniels' son, Gary Daniels, one of his three children by his first wife Jacqueline Skipworth, has also been calling his father with messages of support.

McGee wrote: "My youngest stepson Gary has phoned everyday since his Dad took ill and he has now lost his voice. Missing your calls so get better soon xxx"

Another of the entertainer's sons, Martin Daniels, said the family do not know how long his father has left.

He told the Sunday Mirror: "There's no treatment which can help him. Doctors haven't said how many weeks or months he might have - and we haven't asked.

"He knows things are not in his hands now and we are living in the knowledge every day is a bonus.

"It is unbearably difficult. He has said before 'When It's your time, it's your time' and that's how he is trying to face up to things."

The entertainer remained upbeat while undergoing tests in hospital which later revealed he had a "rapidly growing" brain tumour, his son said.

"A couple of days after I arrived to see Dad in hospital he was up and walking about trying to cheer up all the other patients.

"He said to me 'Right, I am going to have a wander round now and see if everyone is all right'.

Daniels, who is said to be "lucid", is now at his Thames-side home surrounded by his family, said his son, adding that the support of his fans had given them "tremendous strength at what is a very difficult time".

Women In Equalities Minister's Dept Earn Less

Women civil servants working for the Equalities Minister are earning £4,000 less each year than their male counterparts.

The figures, disclosed by the Labour Party ahead of International Women's Day on Tuesday, showed that women working in the Department for Education (DfE) were paid nearly £2 an hour less than the men.

The research also showed that just one in four board members of the department, headed by Nicky Morgan, were women.

Last month, Ms Morgan announced plans to name and shame firms with more than 250 workers who failed to pay men and women equally by publishing league tables.

Lucy Powell, shadow education secretary, said: "This is deeply embarrassing for the Education Secretary, who is also the  Government's lead equalities minister.

"If Nicky Morgan is unable to tackle the gender pay gap in her own department for women, what can she do?"

It comes as the recruitment firm Robert Half disclosed that women earned £300,000 less in their working lives than men - a gender pay gap of 24%.

A spokesman for the DfE said: "This Government has gone further than ever before in tackling the gender pay gap.

"Only last month we unveiled a raft of measures requiring companies with more than 250 employees to publish their gender pay gap and we are extending that duty across the public sector.

"We have a world class civil service that is increasingly equal and more diverse than the majority of British employers.

"These figures show that we are closing the gender pay gap and increasing the numbers of women in senior roles in the DfE. There will always be more to do but we expect that trend to continue as we continue towards a truly equal workforce in all sectors."

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "Closing the gender pay gap is in the interests of everyone. Nicky Morgan, as equalities minister, should lead by example in her own department and in her role of Secretary of State for Education."

$1.9m for the Lamborghini Centenario?

They were all sold, they were equally distributed across North America, some in Europe, the Middle East is covered and also the Asian side of this world. Stephan Winkelmann, CEO, Lamborghini

In honour of Ferruccio Lamborghini's 100th birthday, Lamborghini recently unveiled the limited edition supercar, the Centenario.

Despite having not started production, all 40 models of the car, which produces 770 horsepower and top speed of more than 217 mph, were sold out.

But at a cost of around $1.9m, who bought the car and why has it managed to sell so easily?

Stephan Winkelmann, the CEO of Lamborghini, joins Counting the Cost to discuss where the company and the luxury car market is heading.

Somalia-Bound Weapons Cache Worth $2m Seized

A huge cache of weapons bound for Somalia has been seized off the coast of Oman.

The Australian navy, which patrols waters around the Indian Ocean as part of an international maritime force, said it seized nearly 2,000 AK-47 rifles, 100 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 49 PKM machine guns, 39 PKM spare barrels and 20m mortar tubes from the fishing vessel.

A Western security sources told the Reuters news agency that the street value of the haul seized by the Australian Navy appeared to be more than $2m (£1.4m).

Somalia is currently the subject of a UN arms embargo

"The weapons were seized under United Nations sanctions, which authorise interdiction on the high seas of illicit weapons destined for Somalia," the navy said.

The Australian Navy did not say who the intended recipient of the weapons, which were discovered under fishing nets, was.

The navy said personnel from HMAS Darwin boarded the vessel around 170 nautical miles (195 miles) off the coast of Oman to verify which flag it was sailing under and they determined that it was stateless.

The ship is in the region as part of the Combined Task Force 150, which is responsible for counter-terrorism operations and cracking down on piracy and drug smuggling.

Personnel from HMAS Darwin move to intercept the vessel

An arms embargo enforced by the United Nations has been in place against Somalia for decades, and the country has been mired in conflict since a civil war started in 1991.

In 2013, the UN Security Council relaxed some of the restrictions, allowing the Western-backed government to buy light weapons to help its armed forces in the battle against al Shabaab militants, who are aligned to al Qaeda.

As well as al Shabaab, some regional states in Somalia operate and equip their own militias without government approval.

Civilians killed in Tunisia clashes

At least three civilians have been killed in clashes between security forces and armed men in the Tunisian city of Ben Gardane near the border with Libya.

Assailants attacked an army barracks from several fronts with rocket-propelled grenades.

An ambulance was also stolen in the ongoing clashes on Monday morning.

A security and military campaign began last week in Ben Gardane, after Tunisian security officials said "terrorist groups" sneaked into the country.

Officials said the campaign followed raids in Libya against fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Fighters trained in Libya carried out several attacks on Tunisia last year.

Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri, reporting from Tunisia, described Ben Gardane as a strategically important town that is the "gateway to Libya".

"Tunisia has built a fence along the border with Libya but that doesn't seem to stop the movement of armed attackers coming in from Libya and targeting the army and security forces," she said.

Civilians killed in Tunisia clashes

At least three civilians have been killed in clashes between security forces and armed men in the Tunisian city of Ben Gardane near the border with Libya.

Assailants attacked an army barracks from several fronts with rocket-propelled grenades.

An ambulance was also stolen in the ongoing clashes on Monday morning.

A security and military campaign began last week in Ben Gardane, after Tunisian security officials said "terrorist groups" sneaked into the country.

Officials said the campaign followed raids in Libya against fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Fighters trained in Libya carried out several attacks on Tunisia last year.

Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri, reporting from Tunisia, described Ben Gardane as a strategically important town that is the "gateway to Libya".

"Tunisia has built a fence along the border with Libya but that doesn't seem to stop the movement of armed attackers coming in from Libya and targeting the army and security forces," she said.