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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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A screengrab from footage broadcast by Iranian state TV purportedly shows Iranian troops seizing the continer ship Francesca on Wednesday. Reuters
Iran's fast boat attacks intensify Strait of Hormuz confrontation

Despite a major US fleet assembling in the region, Tehran's vessels continue to escalate pressure on shipping

MENAApril 22, 2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski, right, with Rob Yates, who won the seat in the Cliftonville by-election for Kent County Council. PA
UK energy crisis seeps into local election support for the anti-war Greens

Party's radical messages resonate with left wing but leader Zack Polanski's views are divisive

UKApril 22, 2026
Each turbine can power an average home for more than four days with a single revolution. Photo: Masdar
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Masdar and ScottishPower install UK's largest wind turbines

£4 billion offshore wind farm to be completed this year

UKApril 21, 2026
Ed Miliband, the UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary, launches a new electricity price policy. PA
UK to drop natural gas as benchmark for electricity prices

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband announces reforms as energy crisis sparked by Iran war looms

UKApril 21, 2026
Anthropic has described London as one of its 'most important research and commercial hubs outside the US'. Reuters
Anthropic expands in London as it looks beyond Pentagon dispute

AI company plans office space for 800 staff as British tech security institute tests Mythos model

BusinessApril 18, 2026
Iran has faced sharp criticism for attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters
UAE welcomes IMO condemnation of Iranian actions in Strait of Hormuz

UN agency to begin operation to evacuate seafarers stranded in Gulf during Tehran's blockade

UKApril 17, 2026
US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. There is a push to secure an agreement between the two countries. The National
The Art of the Iran Deal: Former negotiators discuss tactics for Trump's team

American officials need to improve understanding of how Tehran works, former diplomats say

USApril 17, 2026
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts social media industry leaders to discuss child safety online at Downing Street. PA
Starmer warns social media bosses 'things can’t go on like this' on child safety

UK Prime Minister tells platform bosses to 'take responsibility' for online harms to children

UKApril 16, 2026
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
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'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
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