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      Damien McElroy

      Damien McElroy

      London Bureau Chief
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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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      Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, at the time ruler of Iran, with his wife Farah and their son Reza. Getty Images
      Does downfall of the 'Shah of Shahs' hold lessons for regime that deposed him?

      In his new book, Scott Anderson looks back at the 1979 revolution in search of parallels with another period of potentially seismic change in Iran

      UKAugust 01, 2025
      Arora Group chairman Surinder Arora has an alternative, cheaper plan for Heathrow that would include a shorter runway. Getty Images
      Battle for Heathrow's future ignited by Indian-born businessman

      Self-made Punjabi entrepreneur Surinder Arora has vision starkly different from the existing management

      UKAugust 01, 2025
      Passengers wait at London's Heathrow Airport, after radar failure led to the suspension of outbound flights across Britain. Reuters
      Camera5
      UK airports suspend flights due to major radar failure

      Disruption as many departures grounded nationwide

      UKJuly 30, 2025
      US President Donald J. Trump speaks to the media during a bilateral meeting with British prime minister at the Trump Turnberry golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, 28 July 2025. President Trump is on a private trip to Scotland to visit his golf courses. EPA / TOLGA AKMEN / POOL
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      Donald Trump warns Russia of Ukraine sanctions in August

      Kyiv welcomes US leader's shortening of previous 50-day deadline for Moscow

      UKJuly 29, 2025
      UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure on the issue of Palestine. Bloomberg
      CommentStarmer has run out of road on Palestinian statehood

      The UK Labour government is under pressure to follow in France footsteps, but what's holding it back?

      CommentJuly 28, 2025
      Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria are greeted by US President Donald Trump. PA
      Play00:55
      Trump admits 'real starvation' happening in Gaza

      US President also says he blames Iran for interfering in ceasefire talks that were derailed last week

      UKJuly 28, 2025
      A demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Oslo. EPA
      US Embassy security guard in Oslo 'paid in Bitcoin to spy for Iran'

      Information shared with Tehran and Moscow could harm Norway's national interests, says prosecution

      UKJuly 23, 2025
      Demonstrators outside the International Court of Justice at The Hague on Wednesday. EPA
      ICJ classes climate change as 'urgent and existential threat'

      Global warming is 'unequivocally caused by human activities', says UN court

      UKJuly 23, 2025
      Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives in Downing Street for a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. PA Wire
      Play01:10
      UK imposes sanctions on migrant smuggling bosses

      London creates world’s first financial penalties regime targeted at gangs

      UKJuly 22, 2025
      British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, centre, condemned the Gaza Humanitarian Fund's aid system as a 'grotesque spectacle'. EPA
      Play00:50
      UK's Lammy warns Gaza crowding is worse than prisons

      David Lammy says failing to stop the killing has brought Israel into 'disrepute'

      UKJuly 22, 2025
      The reasons for a group of Iranian protesters taking to the streets in London on Sunday remain urgent. Damien McElroy / The National
      CommentWhy Iranian anti-regime protesters are out on the streets of London now

      With a crackdown under way inside Iran, oppositions groups outside the country are feeling the need to regroup

      CommentJuly 22, 2025
      An artist's impression shows a four-acre public park as part of plans for the former Wimbledon Park Golf Course. Photo: All England Lawn Tennis Club
      Wimbledon to triple in size as expansion clears courts

      Grand Slam location to add about 40 qualifying courts at cost of £200m

      UKJuly 21, 2025
      Police officers detain a protester supporting Palestine Action under the statue of Nelson Mandela, in Parliament Square, London. EPA
      Palestine Action ban challenged after arrests soar

      UK an 'international outlier' after hundreds detained following June's government order

      UKJuly 21, 2025
      Marwan, Kopf links gedreht (Head turned left)
      From Syria to Mayfair via Berlin: Marwan's blockbuster exhibition at Christie's

      More than 150 of the exile's works, many from regional collections, have been reunited for a spellbinding show

      UKJuly 18, 2025
      Britain's King Charles III meets staff on a visit to the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. Reuters
      King Charles hails Oxford's internationally renowned Islamic centre

      British monarch celebrates four decades of institution first backed by Ruler of Sharjah

      UKJuly 17, 2025
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