[01:55.51]Mr Biden described the two men as “twisted, cowardly jihadis” and said the United States refused to yield to fear.

[02:02.26]“I get asked, like my colleagues, almost every day since 9/11, why this terrorist phenomenon the beginning of the 21st century.

[02:12.39]People say to me for they surely know they can never defeat us.

[02:16.95]They can never overthrow us. They can never occupy us.

[02:21.42]So why? Why do they do what they do? I’ve thought about it a lot and I’ve come to the conclusion they do it to instil fear.”

[02:31.07]One of the men accused of allegedly plotting with al-Qaeda members in Iran to derail a train in Canada has made a rambling statement in a Toronto court.

[02:40.14]Chiheb Esseghaier argued that as the Canadian criminal code was not a holy book, its judgements could not be relied upon.

[02:47.55]The judge told him to take advice from his lawyers.

[02:50.27]Esseghaier and his co-defendant Raed Jaser are charged with conspiring to murder people in association with a terrorist group.

[02:58.20]News from the BBC

[03:00.09]Fresh clashes have left more than 20 people dead in Iraq as tensions between Sunnis and Shiites continued for the second day running.

[03:09.46]In one instance, armed Sunnis are said to have sealed off an entire town.

[03:13.72]After nightfall, the violence spread to Baghdad where a car bomb killed at least seven people.