How UK fought for and dropped death penalty assurances
April 29
2015: June
US asks for UK evidence to support US prosecution that would attract death penalty.
October
Theresa May accedes subject to death penalty assurances.
2017: January
Donald Trump sworn in as US president.
August
Home Office tells US justice department a partial assurance was insufficient.
2018: January
El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are captured in Syria by the Us-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.
April 16
UK Central Authority says home secretary Amber Rudd should maintain the position.
Ms Rudd resigns and next day is replaced by Sajid Javid.
May 16
UK ambassador to Washington says Jeff Sessions, Gen Jim Mattis and Mike Pompeo would be “outraged” if the UK did not accede to US request in full and would likely wind up Donald Trump.
May 30
Sajid Javid meets Mr Sessions, the attorney general, in Washington. A note from the meeting suggests that Javid “assessed that if he was to ask for assurances it was likely to prompt outrage”.
June 22
Javid writes to the US attorney general stressing the need to get justice for the victims and saying that the UK would no longer be seeking death penalty assurances.