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Laura O'Callaghan

Laura O'Callaghan

Political Correspondent
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Laura O’Callaghan is the political correspondent covering Westminster politics. Reporting from the British Parliament, she has covered the UK’s response to the war in Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the coronation of King Charles III and foreign relations. Before joining The National in 2021, she worked as a reporter for The Daily Express and a local journalist in east London.

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Vahid Beheshti and his wife Mattie Heaven celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary outside the UK's Foreign Office in London, where he is on hunger strike. Photo: Mattie Heaven
Wife's fears for campaigner after six weeks on hunger strike

Vahid Beheshti, who fled from persecution in Iran to UK, wants Britain to proscribe IRGC

UKApril 04, 2023
John Bolton, who is considering a run for US president in 2024, said he warned Russia about the dangers of growing closer to China. Reuters
John Bolton: West's failure to counter Iran leaves door wide open for global threats

Veteran Republican says he is talking to 'a lot of' advisers before deciding on a run for president

WorldApril 03, 2023
Darya Trepova poses following her arrest on suspicion of killing a military blogger. Photo: Russian Interior Ministry Press Service via AP
Anti-war activist arrested after deadly St Petersburg blast

CCTV footage showed a woman entering a city cafe carrying a box before the blast

UKApril 03, 2023
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on a visit to the Workshed Foundry in Swindon, Wiltshire. PA
Can Britain's Labour win the business vote with its 'Prawn cocktail 2.0' campaign?

The opposition party may be well ahead in the polls - but they are taking nothing for granted with one influential constituency

WeekendMarch 31, 2023
Boris Johnson is awaiting the outcome of the privileges committee's inquiry into whether he deliberately misled MPs over Downing Street parties during lockdown. Getty
UK's Johnson faces bad omens as he awaits partygate report

Possible fate of a Scottish MP who broke Covid-19 rules could set precedent for how former prime minister is treated

UKMarch 31, 2023
The UK government is calling on regulators to apply existing rules and inform firms about their obligations touched on in a new White Paper. AFP
UK's security and transparency goals for AI set out

But Labour says regulatory framework could take years to come into effect

TechnologyMarch 29, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing pressure from protesters and industry leaders to cancel his judicial reform plans. AP
'Survivor' Netanyahu caves on reform but still battles on

Israel's longest-serving PM is fighting for his political career as general strike and demonstrations oppose his judicial reform

UKMarch 27, 2023
Protesters gather outside Israel's parliament in Jerusalem to demonstrate against the government's push to overhaul the justice system. AFP
Israel in 'uncharted waters' but Netanyahu still has a way out, say experts

Country 'has not seen protests like this in terms of magnitude or length'

MENAMarch 27, 2023
Striking union members form a picket line outside the Louvre in Paris on Monday. Getty Images
Pension reform protesters storm Louvre in Paris

Critics of government's agenda march through museum's corridors carrying flags

EuropeMarch 27, 2023
Passengers queue at Heathrow Airport. PA
Heathrow to incur highest business rate of any UK property

The West London airport has a rateable valuation of £210 million

UKMarch 26, 2023
Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg visits Ukrainian troops undergoing training in the UK. Getty
Nato says Russian plan for tactical nukes in Belarus is 'irresponsible'

The alliance said it remains 'vigilant' in light of the development

UKMarch 26, 2023
Afghan women at a market in Badakhshan province. AFP
Afghan woman told by UK to return to homeland fears for her life

She has lived in Britain with her husband since 2016

UKMarch 26, 2023
Protesters confront the gendarmerie during a demonstration at a water reservoir in Sainte-Soline. Reuters
Protester 'fights for life' after clashes with French police

More than 20 police were injured in violent scenes at the organised rally

UKMarch 26, 2023
Richard Ratcliffe, left, sits alongside British-Iranian activist Vahid Beheshti outside the Foreign Office in London. Laura O'Callaghan / The National
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband supports hunger striker

Vahid Beheshti is urging Rishi Sunak to designate Iranian group as a terror organisation

UKMarch 24, 2023
Dr Tirej Brimo outside the clinic in Lviv. Photo: NHS Cambridge University Hospitals
The Syrian refugee doctor going home to help quake survivors

Tirej Brimo fled Aleppo in 2011 for a new life - but now his country's predicament has called him to return

WeekendMarch 24, 2023
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