US to Deploy More Military Trainers in Iraq

The United States says it is confident its strategy against Islamic State militants will work, after President Obama announced the deployment of hundreds more US military trainers to Iraq.

Frenchman Vincent Lambert has been in a coma for nearly seven years after a road accident but his family is split over whether he should be kept alive. The controversial euthanasia case has now seen campaigners argue a video shows him reacting to his mother's voice.

Brothers Hunter and Braden Gandee completed a 57 mile walk in Michigan, USA to raise awareness about cerebal palsy. What is remarkable is that Hunter, 15, carried his eight-year-old brother on his back in a specially adapted sling for the entire walk.

(Photo: Iraqi soldiers being trained by US trainer. Credit: AFP)