Donald Trump's administration is considering sending two suspected Isil ‘Beatles’ fighters to Guantanamo Bay rather than having them face the death penalty, NBC News has reported.

Five unnamed US officials told the broadcaster that the jihadists Alexanda Kotey and Shafee El-Sheikh could be sent to the infamous Cuban detention centre.

Both men were allegedly part of the notorious terror cell dubbed ‘The Beatles’ who beheaded US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning.

They grew up in west London before fleeing to Syria to join Isil, but were captured, detained and have been stripped of their British citizenship as they await their fate.

The UK government decided to waive the usual demand for an assurance execution will not be considered when it agreed to hand over intelligence to help prosecute the men in America.