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Damien McElroy

Damien McElroy

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Damien McElroy is London bureau chief at The National. He is a former foreign correspondent who has covered politics and conflict across Europe, the Middle East, the US, Africa and Asia. Before joining The National in 2017 to oversee the London editorial operation, he worked for The Sunday Times and Telegraph titles as an editor and roving reporter. He started his career in China and has a degree in finance.
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A woman with a baby waits at the departure hall of the Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague last week. AFP
CommentCall it sabotage: Europe is finally confronting its vulnerability trap

EU leaders are beginning to acknowledge the real nature of the security threats to the continent

CommentNovember 09, 2026
Passengers from a diverted Dublin-Rome Aer Lingus flight. EPA
Flights diverted and airports on alert across Europe

Emailed bomb scares force authorities to scramble in multiple countries

UKNovember 06, 2026
Prof Paolo De Coppi, and a view of the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children. GOSH / Victoria Pertusa / The National
Zayed Centre for Research powers ahead with seven experts at the helm

Seven years since London complex opened and took on rarest challenges in medicine

UKNovember 06, 2026
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde attends a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany last week. Reuters
CommentIf Christine Lagarde enters French politics, the centre might just hold

The departing European Central Bank president could become the figurehead that Europe’s centrists rally around

CommentNovember 03, 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey attend the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool last month. Getty Images
CommentBurnham’s first budget is caught between debt, defence and an ageing Britain

The Prime Minister knows his government cannot tax and spend its way out of what is a national predicament

CommentOctober 26, 2026
The State Opening of Parliament in London. Baroness Lloyd told the House of Lords on Thursday the sites were taken down to protect data. Getty Images
UK orders dozens of official websites offline after flaw warnings

BBC and municipalities join rush to protect services from new defect

EuropeOctober 22, 2026
Oman's Sultan Haitham attends a state banquet at London's Guildhall. AFP
Camera7
Oman and UK deepen trade ties with £1bn AI investment deal

UK and Oman sign deal to build AI data centre in Salalah, with £1bn of investment pledged

UKOctober 22, 2026
A B‑1B Lancer bomber at RAF Fairford airbase before the planes were sent home. Reuters
Play02:35
RAF Fairford suspects face new charges of working for Iranian intelligence

PM Andy Burnham said incident at Fairford was likely to have been co-ordinated in Iran

UKOctober 20, 2026
RAF Typhoon fighter jets will be used in UK 'defensive counter air missions to support the protection of Saudi cities and critical national infrastructure', an official statement said. Photo: RAF
UK mission to defend Saudi Arabia adds Typhoon jets

Additional defensive military ​assistance follows ⁠renewed Houthi attacks

UKOctober 20, 2026
Wind turbines in Romney, England on April 11, 2022. Even the UK's generation of renewable energy is not being exploited in the ways that it could. EPA
CommentThe UK’s power grid failures have come home to roost

The data boom and rising digital economy should make electricity a top priority, but Britain is running hard just to stand still

CommentOctober 19, 2026
The International Criminal Court is located in The Hague, Netherlands. Getty Images
CommentThe US targeting the International Criminal Court is a slippery slope to nowhere good

Sanctioning intergovernmental agencies will undermine the important work the world needs them to do

CommentOctober 13, 2026
Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, says threats against the UK including from Russia have quadrupled. Getty Images
Play00:50
UK intelligence chief warns of 'major shift' after Iran attacks military bases

MI5 director Ken McCallum says he is on edge over efforts to contain rising threats facing the country

UKOctober 13, 2026
Birmingham, England. Britain faces mounting pressure on its energy supplies as low gas reserves and electricity grid constraints raise concerns before winter. Getty Images
Play02:00
Britain faces looming energy crisis as gas reserves dwindle

Operator threatens to close UK's largest gas storage site early next year

UKOctober 12, 2026
Left, former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon attends a New York City Council hearing on AI security threats, right. Bloomberg
Test shows AI models likely to give advice for terrorist attacks

Tech against Terrorism ran series of questions that retrieved dangerous responses

TechnologyOctober 09, 2026
A combination image shows the British consulate in East Jerusalem with signage and then removed. REUTERS / Ammar Awad
Play01:17
UK keeps Jerusalem mission open despite Israeli closure order

Dispute follows Britain's announcement of measures including ban on imports of goods produced in illegal settlements

MENAOctober 08, 2026
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