Shamima Begum: Justin Trudeau to ‘follow up’ Canadian spy claim

Canada's PM defends need for flexible and creative' intelligence work by CSIS after claim operative delivered 15-year-old to Islamic State

Justin Trudeau has pledged to follow up" on allegations that a spy working for Canadian intelligence trafficked British schoolgirls into Syria where at least one married an Islamic State fighter.

Shamima Begum was smuggled into the hands of Islamic State at the age of 15, and the work of the people smuggler for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was covered up by the police and Britain's security services, it has been claimed in a book out this week.