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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 Palestinian at Nasser Hospital holds a child wounded in an Israeli strike. Reuters
No hope for UK stance on Gaza, British surgeon says

A medic who volunteered to help the wounded in the enclave is frustrated by his government's response to the conflict

UKFebruary 14, 2024
Students hold up placards during a demonstration as they walk out of Schools and Universities to demand for the end of bombing of Gaza, in London. AP
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School tensions on Gaza-Israel as pupils say subject is 'taboo'

Schools are faced with strike demands for the war to be acknowledged not suppressed

UKFebruary 08, 2024
Yemenis displaced by conflict receive food aid and supplies at a camp in Al Khoukha directorate, Hodeidah, in October 2022. AFP
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Yemen aid fears as Houthi punishment looms

Conservative MP Flick Drummond fears the effects that escalations in the Red Sea could have on humanitarian assistance

UKJanuary 24, 2024
Alexander De Croo, Belgium's Prime Minister, and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street in London on Tuesday. EPA
Belgium warns of risk to EU reputation over war 'double standard'

Prime Minister says now is the time to discuss a two-state solution

UKJanuary 24, 2024
A makeshift camp in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on the border with Egypt. AFP
Handful of Israeli politicians sabotage peace process, says Jordan's PM

A serious commitment to a two-state solution is needed for Arab states to endorse a plan for Gaza after the war

UKJanuary 19, 2024
Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 16, 2024. REUTERS / Saleh Salem
Starvation and disease in Gaza a weapon of war, Palestinian diplomat says

Israel's war the 'biggest stress test' for the international order, Palestinian ambassador to UK says

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 16, 2024
David Lammy, the UK Labour Party's Shadow Foreign Secretary gestures as he meets with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
ExclusiveDavid Lammy shaping Labour's Gaza response with Middle East trips

UK's shadow foreign secretary has made four visits to the region in six weeks to gather views on de-escalating rising tensions

UKJanuary 15, 2024
Displaced Palestinians wait to receive free food from a volunteer-run hospice near Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Bloomberg
Pressure for UK Gaza shift as Parliament told of soaring hunger

Generation of children in Gaza face stunted growth from malnourishment, MPs hear

UKJanuary 09, 2024
Snow blankets the North York Moors National Park in northern England. PA
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UK warnings of ice and snow with flood chaos due to continue

Met Office issues weather alert around Greater London for Monday, with warnings for rest of the week in other parts

UKJanuary 08, 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak preparing to be interviewed on BBC TV on Sunday. PA
Sunak denies doubts over Rwanda plan

Prime Minister rejects reports he wanted to scale back original proposal when it was presented to him in March 2022

UKJanuary 07, 2024
Keir Starmer, the Labour party leader, said he broadly supports the government's proposal for action against Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. EPA
Starmer prepared to take action against Houthis

Labour leader reveals he is aligned with UK government over situation in Red Sea

UKJanuary 07, 2024
The Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
Houthi tensions grow in Yemen after shipping attacks

Fragile truce in Yemen is rocked by Houthi attacks on global trade routes in the Red Sea

MENAJanuary 05, 2024
A protestor holds up a photo of top Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi in Sana'a, Yemen. The militant group has sought to open another front against Israel amid its war on Gaza and has been attacking vessels in the Red Sea since November. EPA
ExclusiveUK seeks last chance for Yemen talks to stave off Red Sea military action

Diplomatic source reveals the window is open for peace talks even as war planners gather

UKJanuary 03, 2024
Maritime police patrol the Gulf of Aden amid a spate of attacks by Houthis in the area. EPA
Fears Houthi attacks will revive Red Sea piracy

Escalation of violence with tragic results forecast in Yemen's Bab Al Mandeb

WorldJanuary 01, 2024
Israeli leaders were reportedly hoping Tony Blair could mediate between Israel and other countries on postwar Gaza. Ryan Carter / The National
Blair denies role in resettling Palestinians from Gaza

Ex-Middle East envoy and UK prime minister still has office in Israel

UKJanuary 01, 2024
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