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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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Solar panels on the roofs of houses in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Getty Images
UK solar panel sales surge boosted by plug-in rule change

Households' move to renewables needs to feature in political debate on net zero, says Good Energy chief

UKJune 18, 2026
Craig and Lindsay Foreman in Isfahan, central Iran. They visited the country as part of a global motorcycling trip
UN experts call on Iran to free detained UK couple

Special rapporteurs send letter to authorities to demand case against Lindsay and Craig Foreman is 'reopened and quashed'

UKJune 18, 2026
Police made dozens of arrests as demonstrators outside the Court of Appeal held up banners expressing support of Palestine Action, in defiance of the court's ruling. Reuters
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Ban on 'violent' Palestine Action is lawful, UK Court of Appeal rules

Group co-founder Huda Ammori vows to keep fighting proscription at Supreme Court

UKJune 15, 2026
Palestine Action activists who raided Israeli-owned arms firm sentenced as terrorists

At least 72 people arrested on terror-related charges on Friday after demonstrating support outside court

UKJune 12, 2026
Palestinians and Israeli left-wing activists protest against new settlements in the West Bank. AFP.
Sadiq Khan condemns London event promoting ‘illegal’ land sales in West Bank

British politicians urge government to intervene to stop the event

UKJune 12, 2026
The Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad, one year on. EPA
Relatives of Air India crash victims seek answers one year on

Anguish as delay to final crash report is confirmed

AsiaJune 12, 2026
Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Oman. The waterway remains a volatile place for seafarers. Reuters
Navigating the Strait of Hormuz under the cloak of blockade

Diplomats involved in negotiating the release of crews seized by Iran tell of 'no response' from Tehran

MENAJune 11, 2026
A banner message at London Tech Week at Olympia. Reuters
Economic slump, not AI, is the real job killer, says LinkedIn executive

New job opportunities, including transitions, are at their lowest in years in the UK

TechnologyJune 09, 2026
A man brandishes a thermometer during a heatwave in Baghdad. AFP
Two Iraqi cities among world's riskiest for extreme weather

Rising temperatures, low incomes, lack of green spaces and poor infrastructure put Basra and Baghdad in danger

EnvironmentJune 08, 2026
An Israeli flag flutters near the village of Khan Al Ahmar in the occupied West Bank, as a clamour to bar trade with areas of Israeli settlement gathers pace. AFP
Demands rise for UK ban on Israeli settlement trade

British government accused of inaction but French foreign minister pushes for sanctions

UKJune 08, 2026
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
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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
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