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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 B-2 Spirit bomber. Carrying two massive bunker busters, the aircraft is expected to have destroyed Iran's nuclear facilities beyond repair. Reuters
Bombing raid that shattered Iran's nuclear dreams

Bunker busters’ attack expected to have rendered Fordow nuclear site inoperable

MENAJune 22, 2025
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader. He will potentially have to accept an end to Iran's nuclear programme to stop Israeli attacks. AFP
Has Europe given Iran an impossible nuclear ultimatum?

Iranians have said a zero enrichment position is going to be a non-starter

MENAJune 20, 2025
Iran's surface-to-surface Fateh-1 missile. Following Israeli air strikes in western Iran, these have been forced out of range of Tel Aviv and other cities. AFP
Iran's missile launchers forced to pull back from danger zone

Three types of weapon, including hypersonic missiles, are now too far away to hit Tehran's enemy

MENAJune 20, 2025
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Trump to decide 'in next two weeks' on joining war in Iran

Israeli hospital and Iranian nuclear sites struck as talks loom in Geneva

MENAJune 19, 2025
Satellite images show the changing stock of aircraft at Diego Garcia airbase. Photos: Planet Labs
US bombers line up at Diego Garcia base as Iran strike looms

Satellite imagery shows changing composition of aircraft stationed at Indian Ocean airbase

MENAJune 19, 2025
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will attend meetings in Geneva and Istanbul this weekend. AFP
Iran's Araghchi to travel to Geneva for talks with European ministers

UK, France, Germany and EU to take part in meeting on Tehran's escalating conflict with Israel on Friday

MENAJune 19, 2025
A Boeing 707 tanker plane with two F-18 jet fighters. EPA
US air tankers with sights on Iran arrive in Europe

Washington sends tankers to European bases ahead of potential attacks on Iran

MENAJune 19, 2025
FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2015, file photo, a U. S. Air Force B2 Spirit stealth bomber performs a flyover at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. (AP Photo / Mark Almond, File)
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How US involvement could affect Israel-Iran wa

The US Air Force is the only military to have the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, also known as the bunker-buster

MENAJune 18, 2025
An F-15 jet releases a flare as it flies over Gaza, as seen from Israel. Reuters
How Israel's actions in Syria cleared safe corridor to dominate Iranian skies

Destroying defences has allowed for 'gas station in the sky' to refuel Israeli fighters for regime sorties

MENAJune 18, 2025
A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which can carry the GBU-57 bunker-buster. AFP
American bunker-buster could bury Iran's nuclear programme

If the US joins Israel's conflict with Tehran it will bring the world's most powerful air force, advanced weapons and surveillance capability

MENAJune 17, 2025
An Iranian Fatah-1 hypersonic ballistic missile. The weapon is understood to be the biggest threat to Israel, by penetrating its defence systems. AFP
Israel's endurance test: One in 10 Iranian missiles penetrating defences

Interceptors failing to stop Fatah-1 hypersonic missile as war descends into numbers game

MENAJune 16, 2025
An Israeli Air Force F15 fighter jet. It's airforce will likely conduct round the clock air strikes to demolish Iran's nuclear facilities. EPA
Israel set to wage methodical destruction of Iran's nuclear facilities

Air campaign expected by experts to last up to two weeks

MENAJune 13, 2025
An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet. This type of aircraft probably led the attacks against Iran on Friday. Reuters.
Israel’s war toolkit unleashed: Precision missiles, Mossad infiltrators and waves of bombers

Penetrating Iran's nuclear sites in mountains eludes Israel as it opts to kill top scientists and military commanders

MENAJune 13, 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, second right, and the chief of the country's Atomic Energy Organisation, Mohammad Eslami, right, in Tehran. AFP
UN nuclear watchdog finds Iran in breach of non-proliferation duties

Tehran says it will open a new enrichment site

MENAJune 12, 2025
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves departs 11 Downing Street on Wednesday with her spending review. EPA
Fears for UK's global influence as Foreign Office suffers cuts

Drive for £78 million savings a year puts 'soft power' through diplomats and BBC World Service in jeopardy

UKJune 12, 2025
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