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      Laura O'Callaghan

      Laura O'Callaghan

      Political Correspondent
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      Laura O’Callaghan is the political correspondent covering Westminster politics. Reporting from the British Parliament, she has covered the UK’s response to the war in Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the coronation of King Charles III and foreign relations. Before joining The National in 2021, she worked as a reporter for The Daily Express and a local journalist in east London.

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      Vahid Beheshti and his wife Mattie Heaven celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary outside the UK's Foreign Office in London, where he is on hunger strike. Photo: Mattie Heaven
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      Vahid Beheshti, who fled from persecution in Iran to UK, wants Britain to proscribe IRGC

      UKApril 04, 2023
      John Bolton, who is considering a run for US president in 2024, said he warned Russia about the dangers of growing closer to China. Reuters
      John Bolton: West's failure to counter Iran leaves door wide open for global threats

      Veteran Republican says he is talking to 'a lot of' advisers before deciding on a run for president

      WorldApril 03, 2023
      Darya Trepova poses following her arrest on suspicion of killing a military blogger. Photo: Russian Interior Ministry Press Service via AP
      Anti-war activist arrested after deadly St Petersburg blast

      CCTV footage showed a woman entering a city cafe carrying a box before the blast

      UKApril 03, 2023
      Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on a visit to the Workshed Foundry in Swindon, Wiltshire. PA
      Can Britain's Labour win the business vote with its 'Prawn cocktail 2.0' campaign?

      The opposition party may be well ahead in the polls - but they are taking nothing for granted with one influential constituency

      WeekendMarch 31, 2023
      Boris Johnson is awaiting the outcome of the privileges committee's inquiry into whether he deliberately misled MPs over Downing Street parties during lockdown. Getty
      UK's Johnson faces bad omens as he awaits partygate report

      Possible fate of a Scottish MP who broke Covid-19 rules could set precedent for how former prime minister is treated

      UKMarch 31, 2023
      The UK government is calling on regulators to apply existing rules and inform firms about their obligations touched on in a new White Paper. AFP
      UK's security and transparency goals for AI set out

      But Labour says regulatory framework could take years to come into effect

      TechnologyMarch 29, 2023
      Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing pressure from protesters and industry leaders to cancel his judicial reform plans. AP
      'Survivor' Netanyahu caves on reform but still battles on

      Israel's longest-serving PM is fighting for his political career as general strike and demonstrations oppose his judicial reform

      UKMarch 27, 2023
      Protesters gather outside Israel's parliament in Jerusalem to demonstrate against the government's push to overhaul the justice system. AFP
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      Country 'has not seen protests like this in terms of magnitude or length'

      MENAMarch 27, 2023
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      Pension reform protesters storm Louvre in Paris

      Critics of government's agenda march through museum's corridors carrying flags

      EuropeMarch 27, 2023
      Passengers queue at Heathrow Airport. PA
      Heathrow to incur highest business rate of any UK property

      The West London airport has a rateable valuation of £210 million

      UKMarch 26, 2023
      Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg visits Ukrainian troops undergoing training in the UK. Getty
      Nato says Russian plan for tactical nukes in Belarus is 'irresponsible'

      The alliance said it remains 'vigilant' in light of the development

      UKMarch 26, 2023
      Afghan women at a market in Badakhshan province. AFP
      Afghan woman told by UK to return to homeland fears for her life

      She has lived in Britain with her husband since 2016

      UKMarch 26, 2023
      Protesters confront the gendarmerie during a demonstration at a water reservoir in Sainte-Soline. Reuters
      Protester 'fights for life' after clashes with French police

      More than 20 police were injured in violent scenes at the organised rally

      UKMarch 26, 2023
      Richard Ratcliffe, left, sits alongside British-Iranian activist Vahid Beheshti outside the Foreign Office in London. Laura O'Callaghan / The National
      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband supports hunger striker

      Vahid Beheshti is urging Rishi Sunak to designate Iranian group as a terror organisation

      UKMarch 24, 2023
      Dr Tirej Brimo outside the clinic in Lviv. Photo: NHS Cambridge University Hospitals
      The Syrian refugee doctor going home to help quake survivors

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      WeekendMarch 24, 2023
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