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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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A USAF F-35 stealth fighter. Europe will need a new air armada if the US withdraws. Reuters
Europe faces $1 trillion military bill to replace US might on continent

If American military withdraws after a Ukraine peace deal, powers would have to increase spending back to Cold War levels

EuropeAugust 19, 2025
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He has called for effective security guarantees ahead of any peace deal. AP
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Zelenskyy seeks 'effective' security guarantees in US after Trump's Nato rebuke

Ukrainian President and European leaders will meet Donald Trump for talks on ending three-year war

EuropeAugust 18, 2025
Dr David Nott, whose foundation has trained surgeons in the occupied West Bank. Photo: David Nott Foundation
Surgeons in West Bank treat more traumatic injuries as Israeli violence rises

Medics receive training to deal with severe wounds suffered in attacks by troops and settlers

MENAAugust 18, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and U. S. President Donald Trump attend a joint news conference following their meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 15 August 2025. EPA / GAVRIIL GRIGOROV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
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AnalysisNo ceasefire deal baked in Alaska but first steps taken towards peace

Presidents Putin and Trump allude to agreement to end war in Ukraine as summit concludes with smiles but no deal

EuropeAugust 16, 2025
Ukrainian recruits undergoing training in the Zaporizhzhia region. EPA
Will Russia and Ukraine accept 'frozen conflict' after years of fighting?

Ukraine may be forced to lose territory as price of Trump-driven ceasefire

EuropeAugust 15, 2025
A Ukrainian developer handles a Besomar 3210 unmanned aerial vehicle system during their handover to the Ukrainian army. EPA
Drone dogfights: Ukraine's new weapon to wrest back control of skies from Russia

With Moscow producing thousands of deadly drones, Kyiv is building shotgun-toting machines to shoot them down

EuropeAugust 13, 2025
'To lose hope is a horrific thing,' says Labour MP Sarah Champion.
Interview‘I had to do something’: UK MP who sparked Palestine recognition move

Sarah Champion tells The National how plight of a Gazan family led her to help influence Britain's historic decision

MENAAugust 12, 2025
Emmanuel Macron has called for a permanent ceasefire, and the rebuilding of peace and security in the Palestinian territories. AFP
Macron calls for progress on UN-led coalition to 'stabilise' Gaza

French President describes Israel's intensified military operation in Gaza as 'disaster waiting to happen'

EuropeAugust 11, 2025
Police officers detain an 89-year-old woman, who had been expressing support for Palestine Action, in Parliament Square, London. Reuters
Half of arrested Palestine Action supporters over 60 as defiance against UK government widens

Hundreds rally against Britain's designation of group as terrorist organisation

UKAugust 11, 2025
GCHQ's Benhall building in Cheltenham. Within 'The Doughnut' lies a brilliant 'mix of minds' tackling Britain's foes. Getty Images
Inside UK's eavesdropping nerve centre - where neurodivergence is welcome

The National is given rare access to 'The Doughnut' and the cast of characters leading the fight to keep the country safe from foreign attack

UKAugust 08, 2025
Iran International TV studio in west London. Photo: Iran International TV
Hundreds of Iranian journalists and relatives given death threat ultimatum

Complaint made to UN after reporters from Iran International in 14 countries have been intimidated

MENAAugust 07, 2025
The firestorm cloud that engulfed Hiroshima after the US atomic bomb attack on August 6, 1945. Getty Images
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Eighty years after first A-bombs were dropped, could it happen again?

Growing stockpiles of warheads alongside tensions between nuclear rivals put world at its 'most precarious' point since 1945

NewsAugust 07, 2025
Thousands of troops and armour will be needed if Israel wants to reoccupy Gaza. EPA
Israel 'needs 25,000 troops' inside Gaza to reoccupy territory

Experts say five extra brigades of troops would be needed, cities razed and even greater loss of life on both sides inevitable

MENAAugust 06, 2025
A lifeboat crew rescues migrants in the English Channel. A report has found that the UK wasted £38 billion over a decade on migrant welcoming schemes. PA
UK wasted £38 billion on migrant arrival programmes, Oxford report finds

Poor co-ordination and 'crisis mentality' criticised for hindering community integration

UKAugust 03, 2025
There are growing calls for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to announce that the UK will recognise a state of Palestine without ifs and buts. PA
UK urged to recognise state of Palestine without delay

Prime Minister Keir Starmer under increasing public and political pressure to drop conditions

UKAugust 02, 2025
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