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Citizenship
Shamima Begum: IS bride insists she ‘didn’t hate Britain’ when she fled to Syria — and now wants to face trial in UK She left home in London aged 15 for the promise of paradise, instead she found 'hell, hell on Earth.' Begum rejects accusations that she carried out atrocities as part of IS as 'all completely false.'
(Sky News) Shamima Begum, the Bethnal Green schoolgirl who fled to Syria and joined IS, has told Sky News she was groomed by friends and older men she met online before joining the terror group. Speaking from a prison camp in Syria, […]
Crime
Man pleads not guilty to helping Daniel Khalife after escape
(BBC) A 25-year-old man has denied helping former soldier Daniel Khalife after his escape from Wandsworth Prison in September 2023. Imran Chowdhury of Chingford in north-east London pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to a charge of assisting an escaped prisoner. […]
Government & Politics
Omar rakes in cash online as controversies pile up The freshman Democrat took in over $832,000, largely from online donors, after facing criticism for using anti-Semitic tropes this winter.
(Politico) Small-dollar donors rushed to defend embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in the first three months [of] this year, as she faced charges of anti-Semitism from prominent Democrats, according to a fundraising report filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission. Omar, a […]