
London schoolgirl who joined IS wants to return to UK
Shamima Begum, 19, could face prosecution if she returns home.
A teenager who ran away from London four years ago to join Islamic State militants in Syria says she now wants to return to the UK -- and has no regrets. Shamima Begum is now nineteen and was found by a journalist in a Syrian refugee camp.
Also in the programme: a prominent journalist, Maria Ressa, speaks to us about her arrest after being freed on bail in the Philippines; and Airbus is stopping production of the world's biggest passenger plane, the A380.
Picture: Renu Begum, eldest sister of British girl Shamima Begum, holds a picture of her sister while being interviewed by the media in central London. Credit: LAURA LEAN / POOL / AFP)LAURA LEAN/AFP/Getty Images.
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