A man who died after a fitness test in KwaZulu-Natal last year succumbed because of an epileptic fit, a commission of inquiry has heard.

Witnesses to an attack in London during which a man, thought to be a soldier, was killed, say the two men who attacked him tried to behead him with machete-like knives.

Israel's air force chief says his troops need to be ready to act quickly in case of an attack from Syria.