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| Rageh Omaar: ITV host receiving medical care after becoming unwell live on air | Rageh Omaar: ITV host receiving medical care after becoming unwell live on air |
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| ITV News presenter Rageh Omaar is receiving medical care after becoming "unwell" live on air, ITV has said. | ITV News presenter Rageh Omaar is receiving medical care after becoming "unwell" live on air, ITV has said. |
| Omaar, 56, was presenting the channel's News at Ten programme on Friday when he appeared to be struggling to read the bulletins. | Omaar, 56, was presenting the channel's News at Ten programme on Friday when he appeared to be struggling to read the bulletins. |
| The incident sparked widespread concern on social media. | The incident sparked widespread concern on social media. |
| Omaar serves as international affairs editor at ITV News and was formerly a foreign correspondent for the BBC. | Omaar serves as international affairs editor at ITV News and was formerly a foreign correspondent for the BBC. |
| "We are aware that viewers are concerned about Rageh Omaar's wellbeing," an ITV News spokesperson said. | "We are aware that viewers are concerned about Rageh Omaar's wellbeing," an ITV News spokesperson said. |
| "Rageh became unwell while presenting News at Ten on Friday and is now receiving medical care. | "Rageh became unwell while presenting News at Ten on Friday and is now receiving medical care. |
| "He thanks everyone for their well wishes." | "He thanks everyone for their well wishes." |
| No further details of Omaar's condition or what happened to him during the broadcast have been released. | No further details of Omaar's condition or what happened to him during the broadcast have been released. |
| However, ITV pulled the programme from its scheduled re-runs on ITV+1, with a message instead telling viewers that ITV was "temporarily unable to bring you our +1 service". | However, ITV pulled the programme from its scheduled re-runs on ITV+1, with a message instead telling viewers that ITV was "temporarily unable to bring you our +1 service". |
| "We will resume shortly," it read. | "We will resume shortly," it read. |
| Omaar's colleague Marverine Cole, a newsreader for ITV's Good Morning Britain, said she wished Omaar "all the very best" in a message on X, formerly known as Twitter. Channel 4 journalist Ayshah Tull also took to X to wish Omaar "a speedy recovery." | |
| Omaar first rose to prominence covering the war in Iraq for the BBC in 2003. He began his journalistic career in 1990 as a trainee at The Voice newspaper in Brixton, south London. | |
| In 1991, he moved to Ethiopia where he freelanced as a foreign correspondent, with much of his work broadcast by BBC World Service. Omaar first became a BBC correspondent in 1997, when he was posted to Amman in Jordan. | |
| He now covers major news stories across the world for ITV News and also presents current affairs programme On Assignment. | He now covers major news stories across the world for ITV News and also presents current affairs programme On Assignment. |
| Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1967, Omaar is the youngest of four children. | |
| He was educated at Cheltenham Boys College and went on to study modern history at Oxford University. | |
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