An IS terrorist who was part of a beheading gang dubbed The Beatles has applied to move back to his 'home country' Britain so he can be closer to family and friends.

El Shafee Elsheikh - known as Jihadi Ringo - is currently serving life in a high-security US jail after he was convicted in 2022 of hostage-taking and conspiring to murder.

His gang videoed the killings of captives, of which one was aid worker David Haines - whose daughter Bethany has called Elsheikh's bid to move prisons an 'outrageous insult'.

Elsheikh was born in Sudan and grew up in London but had his British citizenship revoked in 2018.

The gang's victims also included Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.