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      Thomas Harding

      Thomas Harding

      Security and Policy Editor
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      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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      HMS Lancaster departing the Gulf in December 2025. Photo: UK Royal Navy
      British warships exit Gulf as Iran conflict looms for US

      Withdrawal due to 'decades of under-investment' in frigates

      MENAFebruary 26, 2026
      Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer. Her party is targeting Muslim voters in the Gorton and Denton by-election on Thursday. Getty
      Battle for Muslim vote in UK by-election threatening Starmer

      Green candidate addresses voters in Urdu in campaign video, urging them to 'punish' Labour over Gaza war

      UKFebruary 25, 2026
      A missile fired by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps during recent drills. AFP
      Iran denies Trump's claim of long-range missile plans to threaten US

      US delegation sceptical of Tehran's nuclear intentions, says American president before further talks

      NewsFebruary 25, 2026
      EU leaders attend a ceremony at the memorial to the fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. EPA
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      Zelenskyy invites Trump to Ukraine to see war with 'your own eyes'

      But European allies divided over $106bn loan to Kyiv on fourth anniversary of war

      EuropeFebruary 24, 2026
      A Ukrainian serviceman with a robotic combat vehicle armed with an Mk 19 grenade launcher. Robots now dominate the front line, Ukraine's former military chief has said. AFP
      Ukraine reduced to 'robotic kill zone', says general sacked by Zelenskyy

      Former head of Ukrainian armed forces says modern warfare has now evolved beyond tanks and fighter jets

      EuropeFebruary 23, 2026
      Servicemen from the strike drone platoon patrol the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. EPA
      Three ways the Ukraine-Russia war could end ... but who will blink first?

      What will make a difference - Tomahawk cruise missiles for Ukraine, a Russian economic meltdown, or the US denying intelligence to Kyiv?

      EuropeFebruary 20, 2026
      US preparations for possible strikes on Iran.
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      Trump: US 'considering' limited military strikes as Iran seeks 'fast deal'

      Tension escalates as second US aircraft carrier to be sent to Middle East arrives in Mediterranean

      USFebruary 20, 2026
      Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, then Prince Andrew, in the funeral procession for Queen Elizabeth II, in 2022, alongside his siblings, from left, King Charles III, Anne, Princess Royal and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. GettyImages
      UK parliament under pressure to remove Andrew from line of succession

      MPs want action after former prince was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in Jeffrey Epstein investigation

      UKFebruary 20, 2026
      Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, younger brother of Britain’s King Charles III, crouches down as he leaves Aylsham Police Station on February 19. Reuters
      Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor released after arrest in Epstein investigation

      Eighth in line to British throne investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office

      UKFebruary 19, 2026
      Ukraine's lead negotiator Rustem Umerov (left) and Russia's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky. AFP
      Zelenskyy accuses Russia of trying to 'drag out' peace talks

      US-mediated negotiations in Geneva between Russia and Ukraine end after two hours with agreement for further meetings

      EuropeFebruary 18, 2026
      Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a military drill in the Arabian Gulf. EPA
      Iran announces naval drills with Russia, raising fears of accidental escalation

      The exercise comes days after IRGC drills in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz

      GulfFebruary 18, 2026
      A Patriot surface-to-air missile. AFP
      'Locked and loaded': The targets the US could strike in Iran

      Sinking IRGC navy, hitting air defences, special forces operations and striking nuclear sites would all be in US playbook, experts tell The National

      MENAFebruary 18, 2026
      Protesters wave Ukrainian flags near the UN office in Geneva as peace talks between Russia and Ukraine take place. Reuters
      Russia and Ukraine meet for peace talks in Geneva with territorial concessions in play

      Negotiations days before fourth anniversary of ​Russian invasion follow 'constructive' meeting in Abu Dhabi

      EuropeFebruary 17, 2026
      Keir Starmer welcomes King Abdullah and Crown Prince Hussein to Downing Street. EPA
      Jordan's King Abdullah and UK's Keir Starmer agree humanitarian aid is 'vital' for Gaza

      King was also joined by Crown Prince Hussein for security discussions with British Prime Minister

      MENAFebruary 16, 2026
      Drone torpedoes are being developed to take out traditional submarines. Photo: Naval Group
      The new frontier of warfare: torpedo-drones fired from an unmanned mothership

      At a French naval base, The National is given a demonstration of how the maritime defence industry is using technology to produce the 'best cost per kill'

      EuropeFebruary 13, 2026
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