Secunder Kermani
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Foreign Correspondent @Channel4News, ex BBC Pakistan & Afghanistan Correspondent / Newsnight
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Awful, heartbreaking, unacceptable We’ve just been at the funeral of two young volunteer paramedics in southern Lebanon - killed in a direct Israeli strike… one was only 16 years old They were killed whilst wearing their full kit according to witnesses - returning from the scene of an earlier strike The deliberate targeting of healthcare workers is a war crime but Israel has killed dozens here in recent weeks (and many more in 2024 and in Gaza)
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We travelled to a Sunni Muslim village just on the edge of Israel's "yellow line" of control in southern Lebanon And uncovered shocking CCTV showing the moment Israeli soldiers shot dead an unarmed 17 year old boy on a street near his home during a raid Muhammad had been due to graduate this year The Israeli military told us it's looking into the incident
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Heartbreaking: "Sometimes life is unfair" - Abdullah tells us standing in front of his sister's coffin It's a colossal understatement. His sister Mariam & elderly parents were killed in an Israeli strike on their home in southern Lebanon "Are you angry?" I ask... "Will anger bring her back?!" Even as the US / Iran look to be moving closer to an agreement, for now the conflict here is continuing We've been in historic city of Tyre, Israel has ordered the entire population to evacuate whilst it launches heavy airstrikes on the area From many of those we talked to who still remain, a sense of exhaustion despite their resilience Our full report here: Edward Lawrence Freddie Gower
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In Pakistan, a prominent pro-Imran Khan commentator has "disappeared." Imran Riaz Khan was detained by the police last week, but they say they don't have him in custody any more 🤨 I spoke to Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb about his case & press freedom under the current govt:
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We met PTI backed candidate Shezad Farooq yday at a small protest against alleged vote rigging He was arrested & accused of shooting at police but we were there the whole time, no gunshots at all! In court today he alleged he was tortured & pressured to drop vote rigging claims
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"What I'm asking for doesn't contradict peace at all... because this regime is waging war against it's own people" Nobel laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi is amongst the many Iranians who want to see targeted military action against the regime - in response to its brutal massacre of thousands of protesters We spoke as speculation over a possible strike by the US on Iran continues "Any military action that leads to the massacre of ordinary people is unacceptable to us. But if there is any action, it must be targeted against (Ayatollah) Khamenei’s hidden locations and the senior commanders of the Revolutionary Guards, so the forces of repression are weakened"
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"She lived with me for 22 days, the sweetest days" When temperatures dropped one night, baby Aisha froze to death. She is one of 8 newborns to die in Gaza from hypothermia in recent weeks As a ceasefire approaches, a reminder of the huge humanitarian crisis Gaza faces
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What's behind the mass exodus of senior figures from Imran Khan's party? I spoke to a number of politicians who have publicly quit: Asked one if a carrot or stick was used? "It was all stick" They said there were threats to disappear them & references to their family's safety
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PTI backed candidate Salman Akram Raja told us he has evidence of major electoral fraud in his constituency “Are you confident justice will be done?” “One is always apprehensive of justice in this country but the extent of the injustice is so great that we will”
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The world's focus is on the conflict with Iran But in the Occupied West Bank settler attacks & restrictions on Palestinians are intensifying We visited the village of Duma, its one exit / entrance has been closed off by the Israeli army Settlers standing guard tried to stop us walking in Clip from our latest report With Edward Lawrence Simon Stanleigh 🇬🇧🇩🇪
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"Bury me along with your two eyes, my love" Our report on some of the latest devastating Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon - and the children being killed Many of the tactics, look to be a repeat of the awful patterns seen in Gaza, just today: Israel has killed 5 paramedics in a single attack (more in others) and 3 Lebanese journalists With Edward Lawrence
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In Pakistan's elections, amidst an intense crackdown on Imran Khan's party, some of his candidates are contesting from prison We met a 17 year old girl campaigning on behalf of her jailed mother Aliya Hamza More to follow tomorrow: Muhammad Ibrahim Suhaib Zuberi Freddie Gower
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"My hands were cuffed behind my back, my eyes were blindfolded, and legs shackled... Then they released the dogs on us" Doctors from Gaza - held by Israel in prison / detention centres, without charge or trial - describe the torture they faced At least 80 Gazan healthcare workers remain in detention Israel denies prisoners are abused, despite dozens having died in custody With Yousef D. Hammash
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Our report from the funeral of two young paramedics killed in an Israeli strike in the city of Nabatieh, southern Lebanon The targeting of first responders by Israel is a pattern we’ve seen in Gaza, in Lebanon in 2024 and now we’re seeing here again The Israeli army did not respond to our questions about the strike
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Desperate situation unfolding at the Myanmar-Thai border where around 400 foreigners - from China, India, Ethiopia & elsewhere are stranded on the Myanmar side of the river They were freed from a “scam compound” where they had been forced to work defrauding people online on behalf of criminal gangs Fighting between the Myanmar military regime and the Karen National Liberation Army (which freed the foreigners) is taking place close to the site The stranded people are calling on Thai authorities to let them cross over - unclear why they’ve been prevented so far
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Update on Gaza siblings Rafiq & Rafif: practically their entire family was killed in an Israeli strike & they were in al Shifa hospital recovering from amputations when the Israeli army moved in They've just managed to reach southern Gaza but Rafiq's condition is now even worse
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We spoke to an Iranian protester who witnessed the horrific scene in Tehran's largest cemetery last week after the massacre by regime forces He described corpses piled "two or three layers deep" & desperate relatives pulling bodies aside as they tried to find their loved ones
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