Shamima Begum loses appeal against decision to remove UK citizenship

Shamima Begum has lost an appeal against the decision to remove her British citizenship.

Ms Begum was 15 years old in 2015 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

Her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds by then-home secretary Sajid Javid shortly after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019.

She has been locked in a legal battle with the government ever since.