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Stephanie Iyala

Stephanie Iyala is a member of the Guardian's Positive Action work placement programme in the summer of 2025

July 2025

  • A malnourished Palestinian child sits on the floor with his mother

    Today in Focus
    How will the UK’s recognition of Palestine help those starving in Gaza? - podcast

    Surgeon Nick Maynard describes the unfolding famine he witnessed during his volunteering in Gaza, while our chief Middle East correspondent, Emma Graham-Harrison, analyses whether the UK’s proposed recognition of Palestine will alleviate the suffering there at all
    Podcast27:50
  • Police officers look on as people in a crowd wave Palestinian flags

    Today in Focus
    Can people still protest about Palestine in the UK? – podcast

    What has been the impact of Palestine Action’s proscription as a terrorist organisation? Haroon Siddique reports
    Podcast24:05
  • Far-right anti-immigration protestors scuffle with a cordon of riot police which prevented them from approaching a smaller group of anti-hate counter-protestors. Large crowds of anti-immigration protestors clashed with cordons of police who tried to separate them from anti-hate counter-protestors. The altercation occurred outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, following an asylum seeker's accusation of sexual assault last week. The anti-immigration demonstrators are calling on the Home Office to shut down the hotel which is currently used to house asylum seeker refugees.
Bell Hotel Asylum seeker Immigrant protest in London - 17 Jul 2025

    Today in Focus
    Will the Epping hotel riots spark another summer of unrest? – podcast

    A year after Southport, what’s driving the turmoil in Essex? Ben Quinn reports
    Podcast31:32