Cameron resists calls for air strikes despite hostage killing

A still image taken from a purported Islamic State video released September 13, 2014 of British captive David Haines before he is beheaded. Mandatory credit REUTERS/SITE Intel Group via Reuters TV

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.