Current affairs: Suspected Sydney plane bomb plot ringleader captured in Iraq

The suspected ringleader of a failed plot to blow up an Etihad flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi last year has been captured in Iraq. His Australian relative, an Islamic State soldier, has also been detained. Intelligence experts say the arrests could provide crucial information about the global terror threat. Ivan and Winmas has the detail.

Ahmed Merhi holds Australian citizenship. Source: Supplied