British bride loses initial bid

LONDON A British woman who travelled to Syria as a schoolgirl to join the militant Islamic State (IS) group on Friday lost the first round of her legal challenge against a decision to revoke her citizenship. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) ruled that the government decision to strip 20-yearold Shamima Begum of her citizenship “did not make her stateless” as she was a citizen of Bangladesh by descent. “The appellant (Begum) was in that situation as a result of her own choices, and of the actions of others, but not because of anything the Secretary of State had done.