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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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      King Charles and Queen Camilla at the state opening of parliament on Wednesday. Getty Images
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      UKMay 13, 2026
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      UKApril 28, 2026
      Britain is to proscribe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in legislation that will be laid out next month, the government has indicated. EPA
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