Two men charged with beheadings of Americans and British in Syria face US court

The World

In the first case of its kind, two men, formally British citizens, have been charged in a US court for their involvement in the beheading of American and British journalists and aid workers in Syria. The men were flown to the US from Iraq, where they were being held in US military custody. The World’s Shirin Jaafari speaks with Marco Werman.

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