IS identifies new spokesman

Islamic State identified a new media spokesman for the group for the first time today in an audio message released online.

The recording appeared on Al Furqan, a media organisation linked to Islamic State, giving the new spokesman's name as Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer.

The United States confirmed in September that Islamic State's previous spokesman, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, had been killed in a US air strike on August 30 in Syria.