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      Lemma Shehadi

      Lemma Shehadi

      Senior Correspondent
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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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      Sudanese refugee children who fled the fighting in their country. There are 123.2 million refugees and displaced people around the world. Reuters
      UN agency faces 'weaponisation of refugees' and rise in far-right attacks online

      UNHCR forced to rely on its own platforms to raise awareness

      UKJune 05, 2026
      An Israeli flag flutters at a new Israeli settlement, behind Palestinian flags near Ramallah. Reuters
      UK could ban British citizens from buying homes in illegal West Bank settlements

      New polling shows that 87 per cent of Labour party members support banning trade with settlements

      UKJune 03, 2026
      Ship-tracking data has found at least a quarter of non-Iranian ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz since the conflict began have made their way out. Reuters
      Ships face 4,000-times higher insurance costs to cross Strait of Hormuz

      US-escorted vessels at risk of Iranian mines, missiles and fast attack boats

      EconomyJune 03, 2026
      Rafael Grossi. Lemma Shehadi / The National
      ExclusiveAttacks on Barakah 'incredibly reckless', says top UN inspector

      Nuclear watchdog chief tells The National he hopes to increase IAEA's presence in the Middle East

      MENAMay 31, 2026
      ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has been carrying out experiments developed by the French space agency CNES for the Epsilon mission. Photo: ESA
      Play01:06
      The astronaut putting the 'awe' in 'orbit' with her science lessons from space

      Sophie Adenot's messages from the ISS show the effects of daily life without gravity

      SpaceMay 29, 2026
      Rafael Grossi, director general of the IAEA, said the UN was going through a 'crisis of confidence'. Getty Images
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      Rafael Grossi hits out at 'absent' UN in global wars

      Head of UN atomic agency says he would use experience mediating nuclear disputes in Iran and Ukraine in pitch to become next secretary general

      EuropeMay 29, 2026
      Members of the Egyptian Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza clear a road in Gaza city. Bloomberg
      Gaza reconstruction plans 'fall short on health and education'

      Bricks and mortar alone will not help 'deeply traumatised' Palestinians recover, report warns

      MENAMay 28, 2026
      Haifa Al Kaylani, founder of the Arab International Women's Forum, says the window to address gender imbalances being encoded into technology is narrowing. Mark Chilvers / The National
      Arab women's voices 'must be heard' in AI revolution

      Haifa Al Kaylani remains 'optimistic' about women's empowerment in Middle East despite challenges posed by AI, high unemployment and political disparities

      UKMay 27, 2026
      Farmers in Brazil (pictured) and India are likely to be most affected by the combined effects of fertiliser shortages and El Nino. Getty Images
      Iran war and El Nino could drive food prices up for longer

      Groceries likely to remain more expensive even after two crises end

      ClimateMay 26, 2026
      The mandate for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon will end in December. AFP
      Global peacekeeper numbers at lowest point in 25 years

      Funding cuts and demands from hardline governments mean numbers are down by almost half in past decade

      UKMay 25, 2026
      Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said he has 'no idea' what Elon Musk aims to achieve by backing Restore Britain. Reuters
      Nigel Farage warns Elon Musk against 'splitting' UK right-wing

      Labour's Andy Burnham leads in early survey ahead of Makerfield by-election, as Reform rival Restore Britain picks up support

      UKMay 25, 2026
      MSC Francesca. Photo: Vesselfinder.com
      Seafarers in Arabian Gulf lodge PTSD claims after Iranian guards board ships

      Trapped crews face attack, armed guards and arbitrary detention

      UKMay 20, 2026
      Campaigning motorcyclists ride past the Iranian embassy to London's Parliament Square. PA Wire.
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      Bikers ride through London to mark 500 days in jail for British couple in Iran

      Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested during a motorcycle trip through Iran

      UKMay 20, 2026
      River Rapids by Samia Halaby (2021). Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd
      Middle East artworks add splash of colour amid gloom of war at Christie's sale

      Preview exhibition moves from Dubai to London due to crisis in region

      UKMay 20, 2026
      Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla. Reuters
      Irish leaders condemn detention of President's sister from Gaza flotilla

      Catherine Connolly 'very proud' of her sibling but also 'very worried'

      UKMay 19, 2026
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