Bbc world news yalda hakim biography

She made her on-screen debut in March 2013 presenting a special three part series of Our World entitled, Iraq: Ten Years On.

Before joining BBC World News Yalda was the presenter of SBS Dateline in Australia.

From a headline-making investigation in Afghanistan's Kandahar province to her reporting from Libya during the Arab Spring, Yalda has built up a wealth of journalistic experience around the world.

While reporting for SBS's Dateline show for the last four years, Hakim delivered stories from the Middle East, the United States, Africa and Europe.

In March 2012, Hakim was the first western journalist to visit one of the villages in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, where US soldier Staff Sgt Robert Bales is alleged to have shot and killed Afghan civilians.

Hakim's report "Anatomy of a Massacre" traced the steps of the rogue soldier to help shed new light on the events of that night.

It made headlines around the world, particularly in the United States, with extensive