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Lemma Shehadi

Lemma Shehadi

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Lemma Shehadi covers stories of Middle East interest in the UK. She has reported from the Middle East, Europe and South Asia. She won The Independent’s Rupert Cornwell Prize for foreign journalism to write a series on the Yazidis of Iraq and the Caucasus in 2019. She was a One World Media Fellow 2022, looking at the impact of wildfires and reforestation in the marginalized north of Lebanon.
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Khalid Abdalla and Juliet Stevenson, stars of the stage and screen, joined Palestine Coalition members in handing a letter to London police, calling for a Nakba Day march to be allowed. Getty Images
Ban on Nakba Day march gives London to far right, warns actress Juliet Stevenson

Rally organisers say far-right agitator Tommy Robinson was given permission to march while their request was refused

UKApril 15, 2026
An electricity pylon next to a new residential housing development in Ebbsfleet, UK
Special reportIran gas crisis help 'cannot match' UK bailout after 2022 energy crunch

Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt says markets would not allow level of government intervention from 2022

UKApril 15, 2026
Commercial vessels and a boat in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has proposed tolls on shipping. Reuters.
IMO chief rejects Iranian toll plan for Strait of Hormuz

Tehran's Tollbooth on key shipping lane illegal under international maritime obligations

UKApril 13, 2026
Former Lafarge chief executive Bruno Lafont was among those found guilty of financing terrorism. AFP
Lafarge found guilty of financing terrorism in Syria and breaching sanctions

Former chief executive Bruno Lafont sentenced to six years in jail by Paris court

EuropeApril 13, 2026
Gaza Gif
'Everything is on hold': How Gaza peace plan has stalled with attention diverted

Palestinian mediator working behind the scenes to get things back on track fears delay is strengthening Hamas

UKApril 10, 2026
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been in power for 16 years. Reuters
Hungary's Orban warns of 'danger' of removing him as he trails in polls

Support for rival Peter Magyar has surged, despite US backing for Prime Minister in run up to vote on Sunday

EuropeApril 10, 2026
A woman and baby alongside rescue units after an attempt to cross the English Channel turned tragic. AFP
Four people die after English Channel crossing goes wrong

Two men and two women swept away attempting to board dinghy known to pick up migrants along French coast

UKApril 09, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been a vocal opponent of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Reuters
Spanish Prime Minister refuses to applaud ceasefire as EU seizes on talks

Keir Starmer warns 'a lot of work ahead' to open Strait of Hormuz during visit to airbase in Saudi Arabia

EuropeApril 08, 2026
Israeli settlers inside a new settler outpost in the Wadi Al Lubban Al Shamali area, south of Nablus. EPA
Former British diplomats call on Keir Starmer to act on West Bank annexation

UK urged to lead European and Commonwealth coalition threatening ban on settlement trade and suspension of trade concessions with Israel

UKApril 08, 2026
Mariam lost her arm when her home in Gaza was shelled. She came to the UK via Egypt. Photo: Project Pure Hope
Gazan girl arrives in UK for treatment a year after losing arm in Israeli strike

Mariam in Britain for private medical treatment a year after Israeli strike

UKApril 07, 2026
The British Museum is one of 15 to receive government funding to ensure free access to its permanent collections. Getty.
Why free access to British museums is a universal good under imminent threat

As the Government considers charging tourists for their visits, expert May Calil champions these cultural institutions as a 'soft power' tool

UKApril 03, 2026
Maya Ghazal left Damascus in 2014 at the age of 16 and settled in the UK. She attained a pilot's licence in 2020. Photo: UNHCR
Syria asks exiled pilot to make symbolic return to Damascus

Captain Maya Ghazal came to the UK as a refugee in her teens and fulfilled her dream of becoming a pilot

UKApril 02, 2026
Protests against the far-right took place in London at the weekend. EPA
MPs call for more targeted UK extremism prevention

Young people are being radicalised online with spreading threat of 'hybridised' ideology

UKApril 01, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara at No 10 Downing Street in London. EPA
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Al Shara joins Starmer in warning of severe impact of Hormuz closure

Syrian President on visit to London for high-level meetings

UKMarch 31, 2026
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara is received in Berlin by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. AFP
Al Shara discusses next move for Germany's Syrian refugees on visit to Berlin

Syrian President holds talks on migration initiatives with Chancellor and President

EuropeMarch 30, 2026
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