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British schoolgirl that left to join ISIS in 2015 says she has no regrets but wants to return home to the UK

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The lawyer representing Shamima Begum's family has written to the home secretary accusing UK authorities of failing to protect the east London girl from being "groomed" by Islamic State.
The letter accuses police and her local council of failing to safeguard the teenager, who left for Syria in 2015.
The government stripped Ms Begum of her UK citizenship in February - a decision her family has said it will appeal.
The Home Office said it "does not routinely comment on individual cases".
The lawyer, Tasnime Akunjee, said Home Secretary Sajid Javid's decision was a "politically-driven abuse of power" to try to further his "own personal political objective" of becoming prime minister.
Shamima left the UK at the age of 15 alongside two fellow Bethnal Green Academy pupils, 15-year-old Amira Abase and 16-year-old Kadiza Sultana.
She was found in a Syrian refugee camp by a Times journalist in February this year. She was heavily pregnant with her third child and said she wanted to return home.
She has since been granted legal aid to fight the decision to revoke her British citizenship.
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