Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State targets in Libya, hours after the group published video showing the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.
State TV in Egypt said the dawn strikes had targeted camps, training sites and weapons storage areas.
Islamic State expert Dr Natasha Underhill says the murders show how much IS is expanding into North Africa.
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Dr Natacha Underhill, an expert on Islamist terrorism at the Nottingham Trent university, says Egypt had made it clear it would hit back hard if its citizens were killed.
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Islamic State expert Dr Natacha Underhill says Libya is in such chaos, it's hard to judge how much power Islamist militants actually hold there.
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