By Andrew Osborn and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain resisted pressure on Sunday to join the United States in announcing air strikes against Islamic State after the militant group beheaded David Haines, a British hostage, and threatened to kill another Briton. Speaking after chairing a meeting of the government's COBR emergency-response committee in London, Prime Minister David Cameron said his government was battling IS on numerous fronts but made clear it was not, for now, launching air strikes. Britain was quick to join U.S.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/islamic-state-video-purports-show-beheading-uk-hostage-000725613.html

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