This account of the tumultuous events of 1956 is vivid and fast-moving, but the bigger picture is absent

Rumours of a mysterious clique seizing control of the country are causing jitters throughout North Africa

The video is titled 'Meeting at Dabiq', referring to the location of a supposed final battle between 'crusaders' and 'believers'

Ramtane Lamamra calls for regional diplomacy on Libya

No one's done much to help the residents of James Turner Street in Birmingham, now forever rechristened Benefits Street, thanks to Channel 4's controversial new documentary series. Despite – or maybe because of – the Twitter death threats, accusations of betrayal and media uproar, which followed its first broadcast, Channel 4 has defied calls for the series to be pulled. Did it hope this second episode would change some minds?

Algeria international struggling to make an impact at the San Siro

Paul Aussaresses was a French army general who in the final years of his life dispassionately revealed the torture techniques he employed during the Algerian war for independence and defended them as appropriate measures in the modern age of terrorism. Aussaresses spent nearly his entire career in the service of his country's military. He was described as a hero of the Second World War and fought in the French Indochina War before being posted to Algeria at the outset of the anticolonial rebellion there in 1954.

The announcement comes as two Algerian men held at the camp for a decade are released without charge in a revived push towards gradual closure

Although forever identified with Algeria and its former colonial ruler France, Henri Alleg was originally a Londoner, his Russian Jewish grandparents having fled the poverty and pogroms of the 19th century to install themselves in the East End.

Two prisoners will be transferred out of the controversial prison to Algeria if plans go ahead

Military rule would be more like the silly junta who took over after Mubarak

Betraying new anxiety about the threat of Islamic militant groups in West Africa, Washington is for the first time offering rewards totalling $23m (£15m) for information leading to the capture of their top leaders in the region including Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, based in Nigeria.

The future of the Middle East probably lies with the likes of Rachid Taha.

A senior Islamist leader has “probably” died in fighting in the mountains of northern Mali, the French military said today.

DNA samples taken but Western experts say it is unlikely sworn enemies would be killed together

Islamists have waged a guerilla war in the region for over a year