
Rachel Hagan
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Freelance reporter, broadcaster and producer with a focus on foreign news for @BBCWorld and others. Formerly @DailyMirror World News Reporter. Views my own.
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Incredible piece of work from Nidal al-Mughrabi, Sudev Kiyada and Simon Scarr (recommend reading on desktop) reuters.com/graphics/ISRAE…



Speaking at Hay Festival about Laila Soueif, the mother of British writer & activist Alaa Abd El Fattah jailed in Egypt, who doctors now say is at risk of “sudden death” because of her hunger strike-with lyse doucet Jeremy Bowen Anushka Asthana Fara Dabhoiwala- Incredible panel to moderate 🙏🏼


The US and EU are easing Syria sanctions. The UK isn’t, and it’s holding back recovery. Rachel Hagan looks at towns like Darayya and Jobar, where people once chewed grass to survive, and their communities who are rebuilding with nothing⬇️ newarab.com/features/despi…


BREAKING!!! - 11:18PM UK time; I am with the flotilla online. They have just been reached by the Israel speedboats - 5 vessels circling the flotilla. The captain is instructing the team to stay calm and seated, with their passports and life jackets on. I hear them speaking with

Syria will be fully reconnected to the Swift payment system “in a matter of weeks”, the country’s new central bank governor Abdulkader Husrieh told the Financial Times in a wide-ranging interview, relinking the country to the global economy after 14 years as a pariah: ft.com/content/75a114…




“Over the past 20 months, Netanyahu has consistently refused to take the win — whether the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the ceasefire in Lebanon, or overtures from Syria’s new leaders.” Kim Ghattas on.ft.com/4kIZC67



