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      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 pro-Tommy Robinson march in London. Lemma Shehadi / The National
      London Muslims told not to change plans during far-right march

      Police issues statement to reassure community on edge before far-right march

      UKSeptember 12, 2025
      US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Peter Mandelson after announcing a trade deal with the UK in May. Reuters
      Peter Mandelson dismissed as UK ambassador to US over links to Epstein

      Envoy was close friend of paedophile financier who took his own life in 2019

      UKSeptember 11, 2025
      A Libyan voter casting his ballot for municipal elections at a polling station in Tripoli in August. AFP
      CommentLibya looks set to finally turn the page, but much could still go wrong

      Helping to knit together the fragile nation through institutional reform is something the UN is uniquely placed to achieve

      OpinionSeptember 09, 2025
      Aden serves as the interim capital of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, after the Houthi rebels seized Sanaa. Getty Images
      Aden faction appeals for new UN approach to Yemen peace process

      Head of Southern Transitional Council calls for delegates and diplomats to relocate away from Houthi-controlled Sanaa

      NewsSeptember 08, 2025
      Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, seen arriving in Downing Street this week, has resigned from the UK government. PA
      Angela Rayner quits UK government over tax scandal

      Deputy prime minister bought apartment after divorce but failed to pay full duties

      UKSeptember 05, 2025
      German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron at a joint security meeting in Toulon, France, on August 29, 2025. Reuters
      EU countries are learning how hard defence self-reliance really is

      EU countries are rallying to find a way to become self-reliant, but can they really make the hard choices required?

      OpinionSeptember 01, 2025
      European nations want Iran to account for 400kg of uranium enriched at 60 per cent. AP
      European powers trigger snapback nuclear sanctions on Iran

      Last-ditch diplomatic talks in next few weeks could still avoid sanctions being reinstated

      EuropeAugust 28, 2025
      Work at the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children in London. Getty Images
      Emirati-funded research delivers 'mini-lung' medical breakthrough

      Great Ormond Street Hospital hails innovation using diamonds and 3D printing

      UKAugust 26, 2025
      Afghans who fled their homeland arriving at the UK's RAF Brize Norton in 2021. Reuters
      CommentLondon must show it still has a moral dimension to its asylum policies

      UK has reached a point of good and bad migration that Labour needs to confront as the overriding issue

      CommentAugust 26, 2025
      UN humanitarian affairs chief Tom Fletcher said the famine was caused by 'systematic obstruction by Israel'. EPA
      UK condemns Israel's role in Gaza famine as moral outrage

      Ministers say situation reached 'new depths' as UN officially declares famine

      UKAugust 22, 2025
      Israel's Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely speaks in London. Peter Nicholls/Getty Images
      UK summons Israel's Tzipi Hotovely for rebuke on settlements plan

      Ambassador told London opposes the scheme that splits the West Bank

      UKAugust 21, 2025
      Ali Shamkhani, left, political adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with his son Hossein Shamkhani. Photo: Supplied
      UK targets family fortune of Iranian leader's ally with sanctions

      Hedge fund and oil-trading activities banned from the British financial system

      UKAugust 21, 2025
      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday. AFP
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      CommentTrump has positioned the US as peace broker in Ukraine

      The American President has put together the building blocks of a peace process in Europe

      CommentAugust 19, 2025
      Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump shake hands after their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska last Friday. EPA
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      The Trump-Putin summit shows why Europe needs to continue re-arming itself

      The transactional basis of US foreign policy going forward is a fundamental reality that cannot be wished away anymore

      CommentAugust 18, 2025
      Passengers queue to check in bags at Heathrow's Terminal 5. PA Wire
      CommentThe UK is losing its millionaires, even if it’s not sure how many

      High-profile exits suggest there is a problem, and the government needs to act on it

      CommentAugust 04, 2025
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