ITV News writer Rageh Omaar is recovering astatine location with his household pursuing infirmary attraction aft falling sick and struggling to talk portion presenting the News astatine Ten connected Friday.
'We admit viewers of past night's News At Ten were acrophobic astir Rageh Omaar's wellbeing,' work a connection from an ITV spokesperson shared this afternoon.
'Following aesculapian attraction astatine hospital, helium is present recovering astatine location with his family.
'We are wishing Rageh a speedy betterment and look guardant to him being backmost connected surface erstwhile helium feels ready.'
Rageh Omaar, 56, was presenting connected Friday erstwhile helium appeared to person trouble speechmaking his lines, starring to wide interest among viewers that helium needed to person been taken disconnected air.
The seasoned writer continued done to the extremity of the amusement earlier signing off, but ITV aboriginal redacted its re-run connected ITV+1 and confirmed Omaar had go 'unwell portion presenting... and is present receiving aesculapian care'.
Viewers took to societal media to explicit their concerns astir however the ailing newsman was allowed to proceed to the extremity of the show, visibly affected successful his presenting.
ITV News confirmed Omaar had fallen 'unwell' and was 'receiving aesculapian care' but did not supply immoderate further details.
Rageh Omaar, 56, the ITV News International Affairs Editor was rounding up the apical stories of the time connected the News astatine 10 amusement erstwhile helium abruptly becomes incoherent portion unrecorded connected air
Angus Walker, who formerly worked for ITV and present works successful PR, shone airy connected the situation
Omaar was presenting the News astatine Ten programme connected Friday evening erstwhile helium appeared to conflict to present a bulletin.
The International Affairs Editor continued done to the extremity of the segment, thanking viewers earlier the credits rolled.
The credits continued for astir 20 seconds arsenic the camera stayed focused connected the presenter.
News astatine Ten usually runs for 30 minutes from 10pm.
Viewers instantly took to societal media to stock their interest for Omaar, with 1 ICU caregiver claiming to person contacted ITV News arsenic aboriginal astatine 10:10pm to pass them of imaginable changeable symptoms.
Investigative Journalist Mark Williams-Thomas wrote: 'It was wide #RagehOmaar was not good past night, that's erstwhile you request radical successful the assemblage to measurement up, spell consecutive to VT .
'It surely looks similar paramedics were called and helium was instrumentality to hospital. I privation him good and ITV News volition present request to reappraisal this to guarantee payment issues spotted and dealt with earlier.'
Broadcaster India Willoughby wrote connected Twitter/X: 'Hope [Rageh Omaar] is good - 1 of my fav newsreaders.
'Worrying to spot what happened - but unfair to blasted those successful the [ITV News] assemblage for carrying on.
'It's unrecorded tv, possibly lone 2 radical successful the assemblage connected a Fri eve.
'Sure they volition person asked if ok. Get good soon Rageh Omaar'
Fiona Clark, a unit nurse, claimed that she had called the broadcaster astatine 10:10pm and told them that 'as an ICU caregiver who worked successful changeable that Rageh Omaar required an exigency ambulance, helium was dysphasic, drooped near eye, slurred code and agitated each FAST symptoms'.
Clark wrote connected Twitter/X: 'Unfortunately thing I [have] seen regularly arsenic a changeable nurse, perfectly shocked astatine the deficiency of urgency to get aesculapian attention.'
'After speaking to different experience[d] changeable nurses helium was astir decidedly a affirmative FAST call, hoping helium is receiving the due attraction now.'
FAST is an acronym employed arsenic a trial for symptoms of a imaginable stroke.
Face weakness, Arm weakness and Speech problems bespeak Time to telephone exigency services, per the mnemonic.
'I told them their presenter was unwell, they told maine they were aware,' Clark claimed.
'wishing Rageh Omaar a speedy recovery, but was truthful disappointed successful itv quality for not taking this mediocre antheral disconnected aerial who was intelligibly precise unwell!' 1 spectator wrote.
Rosa Zambonini wrote connected Twitter/X: 'Sending truthful overmuch emotion to Rageh Omaar, it was wide helium was precise poorly.
'Seeing galore radical including changeable nurses called ITV instantly and kudos to them for taking action.
'Whatever happened it would atrocious to ticker for his friends and family, sending affirmative thoughts'
'We are alert that viewers are acrophobic astir Rageh Omaar's wellbeing,' an ITV News spokesperson said past night.
'Rageh became unwell portion presenting News astatine Ten connected Friday and is present receiving aesculapian care. He acknowledgment everyone for their good wishes.'
ITV+1 besides pulled the programme from its re-runs, arsenic a connection connected surface said: 'We'll beryllium backmost soon. We're temporarily incapable to bring you our +1 service. We volition resume shortly.'
As of Saturday morning, the ITV X website did not show the ITV News astatine Ten show.
He won galore awards for his exceptional journalism during his clip reporting successful the mediate east, including a Peabody Award for his enactment successful Sudan
Mr Omaar, a Somali-born British writer joined ITV News successful 2013 and became their International Affairs Editor successful 2014
ITV+1 aboriginal pulled the programme from its re-runs. A connection connected surface said: 'We'll beryllium backmost soon. We're temporarily incapable to bring you our +1 service'
Mr Omaar, a Somali-born British journalist rose to planetary prominence done his enactment arsenic a overseas analogous for the BBC during the penetration of Iraq and the autumn of Baghdad successful 2003.
Mr Omaar is joined to Georgiana Rose 'Nina' Montgomery-Cuninghame, the girl of Sir John Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill, the baronet - an aristocratic rubric beneath baron - of Cuninghame of Corsehill.
The mates stock 3 children, Loula, Sami and Zachary and were past known to beryllium surviving successful Chiswick, westbound London.
One of 5 children, Mr Omaar was calved connected July 19, 1967 in Mogadishu, Somalia to parent Sahra and begetter Abdullahi Omaar, a businessman.
His begetter was an accountant earlier mounting up respective businesses successful Somalia. Speaking to the Guardian successful 2017, helium said helium had a declaration with Massey Ferguson tractors, introduced Coca-Cola to the state and besides started Somalia's archetypal autarkic newspaper.
The writer arrived successful London UK astatine the property of six successful 1974, wherever helium was educated astatine the Dragon School, a backstage prep schoolhouse successful Oxford, earlier being enrolled successful apical nationalist schoolhouse Cheltenham College.
He past went connected to survey a grade successful Modern History astatine New College, Oxford.
Mr Omaar said that though his begetter founded a newspaper, helium did not privation his lad to go a writer arsenic helium did spot it arsenic a 'serious profession' and said helium should survey law.
But undeterred, the planetary writer started his vocation successful journalism moving arsenic a trainee for The Voice newspaper, earlier getting a occupation with the BBC, moving successful Ethiopia successful East Africa.
He past came backmost to London a twelvemonth aboriginal aft getting a occupation arsenic a shaper and broadcast writer for the corporation.
Mr Omaar roseate to planetary prominence done his enactment arsenic a overseas analogous for the BBC during the penetration of Iraq and the autumn of Baghdad successful 2003, and his enactment was wide syndicated crossed the US, earning him the moniker 'Scud Stud'.
'Scud Stud': Rageh Omaar reports from Baghdad, Iraq for BBC 10 O'Clock News successful March 2003
Mr Omaar pictured with his woman Georgiana Rose 'Nina' Montgomery-Cuninghame (right), the girl of baronet Sir John Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill astatine a foundation meal successful January 2007
Rageh Omaar with his children and formed be the enactment anterior to the English National Ballet's property nighttime show of The Nutcracker astatine the Coliseum, connected December 20, 2005
The sanction derives from the Soviet-developed Scud ballistic missiles which were often utilized successful the Middle East since the 1970s. They were kn
He has won galore awards for his exceptional enactment during this time, including a Peabody Award for his reports for the BBC from Sudan and a BAFTA for the BBC's sum of the penetration of Afghanistan successful which helium was the lone occidental TV writer to study from wrong Taliban-held Kabul.
There, Omaar was the lone occidental TV writer to study from wrong Taliban-held Kabul. The missiles became known successful the West aft Iraq fired dozens of them astatine Israel and Saudi Arabia successful 1991 during the Persian Gulf War.
After this helium worked astatine Al Jazeera International from 2006-2010, wherever helium presented the nightly weekday documentary bid Witness, serving arsenic a Middle Eastern analogous for its London Division.
He joined ITV News arsenic a peculiar analogous and presenter successful January 2013, reporting connected a wide scope of quality stories, arsenic good arsenic producing peculiar in-depth reports from each astir the UK and abroad.
Mr Omaar was past promoted to International Affairs Editor for ITV News successful 2014.
Mr Omaar, who was educated astatine Oxford University, made his sanction arsenic the 'Scud Stud' for his wide hailed sum of the Iraq War arsenic BBC satellite affairs correspondent.
Mr Omaar is joined to Georgiana Rose 'Nina' Montgomery-Cuninghame, the girl of Sir John Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill, the baronet - an aristocratic rubric beneath baron - of Cuninghame of Corsehill.
The mates stock 3 children, Loula, Sami and Zachary and were past known to beryllium surviving successful Chiswick, westbound London.
One of 5 children, Mr Omaar was calved connected July 19, 1967 in Mogadishu, Somalia to parent Sahra and begetter Abdullahi Omaar, a businessman.
MailOnline contacted ITV News for comment.
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