David Cameron drafts plans to attack IS in Libya

UK government investigating possible links between Islamic State in Libya and the recent terrorist attacks in Tunisia

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David Cameron is preparing to take on "one of the biggest threats" to international security, by ordering officials to undertake "initial planning" for a new military intervention against Islamic State in Libya, reports say.

"Islamic State is one of the biggest threats our world has faced," the PM said yesterday. "We will only defeat these brutal terrorists if we take action at home, overseas and online and if we unite with countries around the world against this common enemy."

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