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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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Green Party leader Zack Polanski attends a campaign event in Lambeth, a traditional Labour stronghold. AFP
Greens face election flak after candidates arrested over alleged anti-Semitism

Promise to build more social housing resonates with Lambeth voters, but online scandal puts pressure on leader Polanski

UKMay 01, 2026
The MSC Francesca ship was seized last week by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Reuters
Iran challenged to release MSC Francesca crew

Panama is negotiating with Iran to secure the crew's release after a week of detention

UKApril 30, 2026
A protest takes place in Berlin in opposition to Israeli actions in Gaza. Anadolu via Getty Images
Irish father raises concerns over Palestine activist's trial in Germany

Daniel Tatlow-Devally being held in high-security detention after protest at Israeli arms manufacturer in German city

UKApril 30, 2026
Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman. Reuters
UAE seeks support over 'catastrophic' threats to marine environment

Environmental consequences of Iranian attacks will be discussed by UN maritime body on Thursday

MENAApril 29, 2026
Google's "landscraper" building as an industrial wasteland into a premier tech and business hub.
Special reportUK seeks AI sovereignty while US tech companies expand in London

Tech secretary Liz Kendall moves to back British start-ups first and collaborate with 'middle powers' on AI

UKApril 29, 2026
A market in the West Bank city of Nablus. Getty
Twinning boosts links between Palestinian and UK cities

Community friendship efforts mean better connections with Palestinian towns and villages

UKApril 28, 2026
Governments and shipping industry leaders will meet at the UN's International Maritime Organisation in London this week. EPA
Hormuz crisis haunts UN vote on carbon tax for shipping

IMO chief urges countries to 'listen to one another' as divided global shipping industry gathers

UKApril 27, 2026
Women inside Al Roj camp in north-eastern Syria, where foreign citizens remain detained in overcrowded conditions. AFP
French lawyer seeks repatriation of two girls orphaned in Syria’s Al Roj camp

French lawyer Marie Dose is seeking their repatriation after their mother died of illness in the camp

UKApril 24, 2026
The solar-powered Scout is about 2.4 metres long and can be deployed as a fleet to detect sea mines. Photo: OnlineOceans
Small boat fleets ready to clear mines in Strait of Hormuz

US officials estimate it could take six months after end of war to demine channel

UKApril 23, 2026
Petra Bayr, president of the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly, warns Israel’s new death penalty law could be a 'red line' for its observer status. EPA
Strasbourg rights body considers suspending Israel over death penalty

Petra Bayr, president of the Council of Europe parliamentary assembly, says new Israeli law is a potential 'red line'

UKApril 22, 2026
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
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