and were smuggled across the border by a man who, it later turned out, was providing information to canadian intelligence. she spent the next four years in islamic state territory, emerging after the caliphate collapsed, but she immediately had her british citizenship removed by sajid javid, who was then the home secretary. she s been in the camps in northern syria ever since. at least with prison sentences you know that there will be an end. but here, you don t know if there s going to be an end. she will hear today if her challenge of sajid javid s decision is successful. her lawyers have argued that, rather than being stripped of her citizenship, she should have been treated as a victim of trafficking for sexual purposes, because she was married to an adult fighter within weeks of arriving in syria. and richard barrett, who specialised in counter terrorism at both mi6 and the united nations, believes leaving women such as shamima begum in the camps creates more risk, not less. at le
is the naive 15 year old who left london for a terror group, there is the girl who had herformative london for a terror group, there is the girl who had her formative years inside a terror state that has a blunt single mindedness and then there is the woman who spent the last four years reflecting on her decisions who now very much want to come back to britain and have her day in court. that said, in her heart of hearts, she always suspected it may go this. do you have sympathy suspected it may go this. do you have sympathy with suspected it may go this. do you have sympathy with her, - suspected it may go this. do you have sympathy with her, having | suspected it may go this. do you i have sympathy with her, having spent the time with her, because she is a hugely controversial figure, a very polarising figure, isn t she? it is not for me polarising figure, isn t she? it is not for me to polarising figure, isn t she? it is not for me to have polarising figure, isn t she? it 3
little bit of sunshine in between. to wales and west in england away from the showers, but central and eastern parts of england especially mab around the borders of northumberland will stay cloudy with further rain or drizzle at times. south westerly is from yesterday, they are coming north westerly so temperatures drop into the afternoon. by the end of the day, looking at seven to 9 degrees. cooler than we have been used to bet on par of where we should be at this stage in february. england and wales, outbreaks of rain, even a bit of sleet over the tops of the hills. clear skies developing from the north and that will allow frost and ice. full forecast coming up in half an hour. hello this is bbc news, the headlines. the government is meeting officials from the royal college of nursing today to start what have been described as intensive talks on pay, terms and conditions shamima begum, who left
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. shamima begum, who left london as a british schoolgirl to join the islamic state group, has lost her latest bid to regain her british citizenship. the ruling means the 23 year old remains stuck in a camp in northern syria. her lawyers say they will appeal. donald trump visits a town in ohio affected by a toxic train derailment, but his visit raises questions about his own record on safety and security. tonight with the context, christopher steele, formerly head of the russia desk at m16, and mo eleithee, former communications director of the democratic national committee, now at georgetown university.