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Rageh Omaar
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Rageh Omaar (; Somali: Raage Oomaar; born 19 July 1967) is a Somali-born British journalist and writer. He was a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq. In September 2006, he moved to a new post at Al Jazeera English, where he presented the nightly weekday documentary series Witness until January 2010. The Rageh Omaar Report, first aired in February 2010, is a one-hour, monthly investigative documentary in which he reports on international current affairs stories. From January 2013, he became a special correspondent and presenter for ITV News, reporting on a broad range of news stories, as well as producing special in-depth reports from around the UK and further afield. A year after his appointment, Omaar was promoted to international affairs editor for ITV News. Since October 2015, alongside his duties as international affairs editor, he has been a deputy newscaster of ITV News at Ten. Since September 2017, Omaar has occasionally presented the ITV Lunchtime News including the ITV News London Lunchtime Bulletin and the ITV Evening News.
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- •Place of birth: Mogadishu
- •Citizenship: United Kingdom
- •Known as: journalist, writer
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ITV News presenter Rageh Omaar ‘receiving medical care’ after becoming unwell during broadcast
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ITV confirm presenter Rageh Omaar ‘receiving medical treatment’ after becoming ‘unwell’ on air
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ITV's Rageh Omaar breaks silence after appearing to fall ill during live broadcast - HELLO! Magazine
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ITV's Rageh Omaar falls ill live in 'desperately wrong' scene as medics step in
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