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Alongside the bombardment of Gaza, Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging artillery and missile fire on the Lebanese border. Bel Trew travels to Tyre to speak to families who have fled the border regions to escape the fighting, with a number of them having had to flee war before

Normally at this time of year, Bethlehem is full of thousands visiting one of Christianity’s most holy cities. But Bel Trew finds empty streets, shuttered shops and a central square without its famous Christmas tree. Church leaders say the situation in Gaza makes any form of celebration impossible – and…

Bel Trew visits villages in the occupied West Bank and hears harrowing tales of settler violence in which Palestinian families describe being forced from their homes – in what human rights groups say is the single biggest land grab since Israel captured the region in 1967

The Independent was praised as one of the daily newspapers of the year, while chief international correspondent Bel Trew was highly commended for her brave reporting from Ukraine

Warning: Distressing content ‘When Hamas came they cut the heads of women and children,’ an Israeli major claims while making a chopping motion towards his neck, writes Bel Trew. The bodies are hidden so it’s impossible to verify, but it is clear much blood has been shed in the village…

In just a few days more than 100,000 people have fled the separatist enclave, fearing persecution as Azerbaijani forces closed in, Bel Trew writes

From the mountainous border of Nagorno Karabakh, as more than 100,000 Armenians flee the breakaway enclave, Bel Trew reports on the people who believe the world has abandoned them

The winners will be revealed at the London Press Club Awards lunch on 17 October

Bel Trew sits down with the first lady in a wide-ranging interview discussing her work rebuilding Ukraine in the middle of war – and the pressures on her family