News Headlines - 08 September 2015

▽Britain conducts a drone assassination | The Economist

IT WAS, Britain's prime minister conceded, “a new departure”. David Cameron’s announcement to the House of Commons on September 7th that a Royal Air Force (RAF) Reaper drone had targeted and killed Reyaad Khan (pictured, at left) in Syria, an Islamic State (IS) fighter from Cardiff and a British citizen, raised as many questions as he was prepared to answer. The strike, which killed two others who were travelling in the same vehicle, including another Briton, took place on August 21st near IS's stronghold in Raqqa. While America has for many years used drones for the targeted killing of terrorists in places such as the tribal territories in Pakistan and Yemen, it is the first time that Britain has done so. Previously, RAF drones have been used for lethal strikes in Afghanistan, but only when British or allied forces were threatened by fighting on the ground.

▽We Need To Know Legal Basis For Jihadis' Deaths

Britain's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has warned he will not hesitate to order the killing of more British alleged terrorists in drone strikes and similar operations if there is evidence they are plotting attacks against the UK or her allies... But it is important for the legal basis of these attacks to be widely understood and entirely open.

▽How UK government decided to assassinate Reyaad Khan | The Guardian

The British drone strike that killed a number of Isis fighters, including two British citizens, has raised questions, including how David Cameron’s government arrived at its decision to kill its target, the British jihadi Reyaad Khan. We take a look at some of those questions.

▽Toshiba's Accounting Scandal Worse Than First Believed - Fortune

The company may face some roadblocks in its revival. Its home-electronics/appliances division has not been profitable, and its memory-chip division, which was the company’s most reliable earner until now, is seeing a decreased demand from Chinese electronics companies.

▽Mitsui Sumitomo to buy insurer Amlin for ￡3.5bn - FT.com

Yet another western insurer is to yield to a takeover by a Japanese rival after UK-listed Amlin accepted a ￡3.5bn bid from Mitsui Sumitomo.
Directors of Amlin, which is more than 100 years old and operates at the Lloyd’s of London market, have recommended shareholders accept the Tokyo-based insurer’s 670p-a-share offer.