Talha Asmal, believed to be the UK’s youngest suicide bomber, was killed in Iraq in June Between 750 and 800 Britons have gone to Syria and Iraq, and 70 have been killed, the Home Office’s counter-terrorism chief has told MPs. Charles Farr said about half had since returned to the UK. MPs on the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee also heard from the UK’s top counter-terrorism officer who repeated warnings about police budget cuts. Met Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said “dramatic” cuts would hamper the police’s ability to tackle terrorism. Mr Farr and Mr Rowley were giving evidence on the eve of the government’s Spending Review, which sets the budgets of all the government departments. MPs were told the police’s ability to respond to an attack by gunmen armed with automatic firearms had been reviewed last week following the attacks in Paris. Mr Farr, […]