Rageh Omaar to join ITV News as Special Correspondent

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Rageh joins the ITV Newsroom this week Credit: ITV News

Award-winning journalist Rageh Omaar is joining ITV News as a Special Correspondent. Rageh's new role will see him cover a wide range of stories and special in-depth reports in the UK and abroad.

  • Rageh is well-known for covering the Iraq invasion in Baghdad as Senior Foreign Correspondent at the BBC

  • Most recently, Rageh was a journalist and presenter for Al Jazeera, working on investigative news and documentary programming

  • He has held a number of high profile roles in broadcasting, across BBC News, BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4, Dispatches and Panorama

Rageh Omaar Credit: ITV News

Rageh joins the ITV Newsroom this week, adding to the line up of dedicated on-screen journalists across network news programmes.