Meanings of apparent beheading in English

The video comes less than a week after the apparent beheading of another Japanese man, Haruna Yukawa.

The strikes were in reprisal for the apparent beheading of a group of up to 21 Coptic Christians by Islamic State extremists.

Mr Hammond voiced his "absolute horror" at the apparent beheading which he said showed the "brutality" of Islamic State jihadists.

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said the apparent beheading was a way for IS to get back at the US for its actions.

The U.S. president will also have to respond to the apparent beheading of a second kidnapped U.S. journalist by Islamic State militants in Iraq.

Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State (IS) targets in Libya, hours after extremists published a video showing the apparent beheadings of Egyptian Christians.