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Lemma Shehadi

Lemma Shehadi

Senior Correspondent
London
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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France's President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the European Political Community Summit in Tirana last month. Getty
Europe assesses diplomatic options over Israel-Iran conflict ahead of G7 summit

Starmer, Macron and Meloni make calls to Middle East leaders before flying to meeting in Canada

UKJune 14, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Brig Gen Amir Hatami, the new chief commander of the Iranian army, pictured in 2018. AFP
Who are Iran's new military commanders?

Iran-Iraq war veterans replace Iranian top brass killed by Israel

UKJune 14, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
King Charles III welcomed Bangladesh's interim leader Mohammed Yunus at Buckingham Palace on Thursday. AFP
UK freezes £185m of properties linked to former Bangladeshi minister

Interim leader Mohammed Yunus is making first official visit to the UK since the protests

UKJune 12, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Arifa Begum. John Spaull / Ashden Awards
Grassroots repowering of London sees solar boost for libraries

Arifa Begum says community must switch to cleaner and cheaper solar power

UKJune 12, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
French President Emmanuel Macron is intent on introducing a social media ban for under-15s. Reuters
France plans social media ban for children as UK considers time limits

Leaders are wrestling with how to protect children from harmful content online

EuropeJune 11, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has announced plans to double science fellowships. Photo: London Tech Week
UK expands visa programme for AI talent

Science fellowships to attract 'brightest and best brains to Britain'

UKJune 10, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the Foreign Office in London. PA
UK MPs demand stronger sanctions against Israel

Focus on aid access in Gaza is 'too narrow', Prime Minister Keir Starmer is told in letter from 96 parliamentarians

UKJune 10, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi. EPA
Iran had three secret nuclear sites until early 2000s, IAEA says

Rafael Grossi accuses Iran of impeding investigations and 'sanitising' locations

MENAJune 09, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Saudi skier Sharifa Al Sudairi's goal is to qualify for the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics. Photo: Sharifa Al Sudairi
InterviewSaudi Arabia's first competitive female skier on life as a trailblazer

Sharifa Al Sudairi says the country's transformation has inspired her to follow her dream and will propel new generations of athletes

LifestyleJune 06, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has said he is willing to discuss reforms with European leaders. AFP
Council of Europe set to embrace human rights reform after backlash

Secretary General Alain Berset says convention needs 'adaptation', after facing pressure from nine countries

UKJune 06, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Palestinian children sit on the ground with cooked meals they received at a distribution point in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip. AFP
British relatives say Israeli aid is death trap for Gazans

Group tells UK to 'stop whispering' and take action on Gaza

UKJune 05, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
A fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were found at the Qumran caves in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
Dead Sea Scrolls a century older than previously thought

New AI technology can date the manuscripts with a 30-year uncertainty

MENAJune 04, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Palestinians carry aid supplies which they received from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Reuters
Europe's patience with Israel wears thin as UK demands investigation into shootings

Experts say more action needed to bring peace and match rhetoric

UKJune 04, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Iran International at their new London offices after they were forced to shut down for a few months in 2023. Victoria Pertusa/ The National
Iranian journalists in UK facing increasing threats

BBC calls on Iranian government to 'immediately cease campaign of intimidation'

UKJune 03, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Israeli ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely. Getty Images
UK-Israeli tensions simmer after Rafah shootings

Israel's ambassador to the UK accuses minister of 'echoing Hamas propaganda' two weeks after she was summoned by him

UKJune 02, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
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