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Thomas Harding

Thomas Harding

Security and Policy Editor
London
Thomas Harding is the security and policy editor covering Westminster politics and European affairs. He has reported extensively on the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the British parliament. Before joining The National in 2020, he was a special adviser to the UK defence secretary, working on policy and communications in the Ministry of Defence. He was also defence correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, covering the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, the Balkans and Northern Ireland. He has a degree in international history.
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IRGC soldiers in Tehran. Britain has rejected calls for regime change in Iran despite the slaughter of protestors. EPA
Britain rejects involvement in potential Iran regime change

Foreign minister also deflects calls from MPs to proscribe IRGC as terror group

UKFebruary 03, 2026
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Starmer orders inquiry into Mandelson's links with Epstein after email release

UK Prime Minister also calls on former Labour politician to resign from House of Lords and testify

UKFebruary 02, 2026
Former RAF pilot Prince William, pictured at the controls of a Chipmunk aircraft in 2015, is due to visit Saudi Arabia. Getty Images
Prince William to visit Saudi Arabia as UK hopes for fighter jet deal

British royal's first official visit to country coincides with its World Defence Show

UKJanuary 30, 2026
People take part in a Palestine Action 'Lift The Ban' protest in Edinburgh, Scotland. Getty Images
Judge allows judicial review of Palestine Action ban in Scotland

Ban began in July following then-home secretary Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe activist group under terrorism laws

UKJanuary 27, 2026
Keir Starmer (left) and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham. Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror/PA Wire
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Downing St confirms first Beijing visit in eight years as Manchester mayor guns for PM's job

UKJanuary 26, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, held talks with US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos. AFP
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NewsJanuary 23, 2026
The Typhoons will be part of a joint RAF-Qatari unit to 'bolster defensive capability' in the region. PA
UK sends warplanes to Qatar as fears rise over Iran conflict

British government responds to Qatar request amid 'regional tensions' as US aircraft carrier heads for Gulf

UKJanuary 23, 2026
The French Navy prepares to intercept the cargo tanker Grinch. Reuters
French Navy seizes sanctioned Russian oil tanker in Mediterranean

Operation is the eighth western detention of vessels from Moscow's shadow fleet, aimed at damaging its financing of Ukraine war

EuropeJanuary 22, 2026
British forces carry out a training exercise from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, under a deal which could become a template for US military presence in Greenland. Getty Images
Cyprus-style deal for US airbases in Greenland could solve annexation row

Trump to be offered arrangement similar to Britain’s territorial agreement with Cyprus

EuropeJanuary 22, 2026
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a field gun at Russian positions in Donetsk. A former Nato official has warned that the Greenland debate must not divert support from Ukraine. EPA
ExclusiveNato pressed to ensure Ukraine goals take priority over Greenland ‘sideshow’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had warned it would be 'foolhardy' to end US alliance and abandon Kyiv

EuropeJanuary 22, 2026
The US and Nato flags in Washington. Tension has risen between Washington and European allies amid disagreements over Greenland. Reuters
Trump's men quietly quitting Nato as crisis sweeps alliance

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EuropeJanuary 21, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stood up to Mr Trump's Greenland threats, calling them 'wrong', but urged against a Europe-US trade war. Reuters.
Starmer stands firm against Trump's Greenland tariff threat

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NewsJanuary 19, 2026
IRGC soldiers on parade. The UK says it is 'actively considering' outlawing the group that is oppressing people in Iran. EPA
UK moves to outlaw Iran's IRGC after uprising

Minister reveals officials being encouraged to lift state bodies' immunity from terror ban

MENAJanuary 15, 2026
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