Britain is examining an Islamic State video showing a young boy in military fatigues and an older masked militant who both spoke with British accents.
Britain's government has promised more than £40mn ($59mn) to rebuild and improve the country's flood defences that failed to protect thousands of homes over the Christmas holidays.
Thailand's junta chief hit out Monday at critics of a controversial court verdict which sentenced two Myanmar migrant workers to death for murdering a pair of British tourists last year.
Britain's government held emergency talks on what it called "unprecedented" flooding in northern England forced hundreds of people to leave their homes.