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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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Police patrols at Notting Hill Carnival, in London. Reuters
Police launch murder probe after Dubai chef dies of attack injuries

Mussie Imnetu, 41, was found unconscious with a head injury near Notting Hill Carnival

UKAugust 31, 2024
An Oasis fan tries to buy concert tickets via Ticketmaster on their phone. PA Wire
Fans struggle to buy Oasis tickets as websites are overwhelmed

Millions of fans queued online early on Saturday to buy tickets for the reunion tour announced this week.

UKAugust 31, 2024
Spanish search and rescue team escorts a 'cayuco' boat with 174 migrants onboard disembarking at La Restinga port on the Canary Island of El Hierro on August 31. AFP
Spanish migration debate fuelled after PM trip to West Africa

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tells West Africa that Spain needs seasonal migrants but warns of security threats stemming from people smugglers

EuropeAugust 31, 2024
An emergency medical team deployed by the Medical Aid for Palestinians and the International Rescue Committee to Gaza get to work. Photo: MAP
UK doctors returning from Gaza discuss survivors' guilt

Veteran medics have become key witnesses to the mass civilian casualties and malnutrition in Gaza, but many feel like no-one is listening to them back home

UKAugust 29, 2024
Keir Starmer will tell an audience at Downing Street of the task in hand 'to root out 14 years of rot and reverse a decade of decline'. PA
Starmer to set out government’s task following far-right riots

Speech at No 10 comes as Labour faces pressure over its granting of Downing Street access to a party donor with no role in government

UKAugust 26, 2024
Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen addresses a press conference on Denmark's new strategy for Africa on Monday. AFP
Denmark closes embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso

Missions will open in Tunisia, Senegal and Rwanda as part of revised engagement strategy in Africa

EuropeAugust 26, 2024
ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan filed a 49-page report last week urging judges to decide quickly on whether or not to issue arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. AFP
ICC has power to arrest Israelis for war crimes in Gaza

Karim Khan urged judges not to delay decision making on his request for warrants of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

UKAugust 26, 2024
Mohammed Sondos is suffering from malnutrition and rare metabolic disorder in northern Gaza. Photo: Haneen Saleem / MAP
Gaza mother makes plea to save 5-year old son from malnutrition

UK doctors say the death toll from malnutrition is likely to exceed the numbers directly killed by the Israeli military.

MENAAugust 16, 2024
British nationals board the HMS Gloucester in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2006. Getty Images
UK draws on past plans to remove Britons from Lebanon and Israel

Evacuation by sea from Beirut to Limassol being considered

UKAugust 15, 2024
Adam Kelwick, iman at Abdullah Quilliam mosque, speaks at a Stand Up to Racism rally in Liverpool in August. Reuters
Imam at UK's oldest mosque calls for more unity against far-right

As hundreds of alleged far-right rioters face trial this week, a British Muslim cleric insists communities should come together

UKAugust 14, 2024
A police car burns as officers are deployed on the streets of Hartlepool, north-east England, during a violent protest. PA
Will disinformation campaign ignite summer of UK riots?

False information about the suspect in the fatal stabbing of three children was deliberately spread online, leading to attacks on a mosque and clashes with police

UKAugust 02, 2024
In Magnetism grains of iron mimic the 'spiritual force' of pilgrims to Makkah performing the Tawaf. The National
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Ahmed Mater show at Christie's offers a glimpse of AlUla artwork

London exhibition charts his creative journey and includes models of desert project set for completion next year

Art & DesignAugust 02, 2024
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Getty Images; AFP
Lawyers to throw 'everything' at ICC to derail Gaza war crimes case

Dozens of states and campaigners to submit briefs to court as prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders

MENAAugust 02, 2024
Two works were removed from the Royal Academy's Young Artist's Summer Show after complaints from the Board of Deputies. Getty.
Artists condemn Royal Academy's removal of Gaza-inspired works

Two works about the war in Gaza were removed after a Jewish organisation claimed they contain anti-Semitic messaging

UKJuly 30, 2024
A Stand Up To Racism demonstration in Manchester after a video showing a police officer kicking and stamping on a man’s head went viral. PA
Manchester mayor urges calm after new video emerges of UK airport incident

Footage shows two men punching police officers at Manchester Airport, shedding light on the moments before a now-viral video of alleged police brutality

UKJuly 28, 2024
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