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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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UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the sanctioned Israeli ministers had used 'horrendous extremist language'. AFP
UK government's bruising road to put sanctions on Israeli cabinet extremists

Pressure to hit the hard-right in Israel's government has finally told

MENAJune 11, 2025
The UK has been joined by Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway in placing sanctions on two Israeli government ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir, left, and Bezalel Smotrich. EPA
Israeli hardliners Ben-Gvir and Smotrich hit by UK-led sanctions

Palestinian ambassador says move is step in right direction but no substitute for arms embargo

MENAJune 10, 2025
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China's Vice Premier He Lifeng, during a meeting to discuss trade relations and tariffs in Geneva in May. AFP
US and China hold trade negotiations in London

Talks come after 'positive' phone call between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping

BusinessJune 09, 2025
The Royal Navy's Merlin helicopter fires flares. Reuters
3D-printed drones made on frontlines offer glimpse of future digital warfare

Tighter budgets are one factor in the next stage of modern warfare

EuropeJune 05, 2025
The DragonFire laser-directed energy weapon system firing on a range in Scotland. MoD
UK's modernising military enlists nano-drones and DragonFire lasers

Autonomous submarines, uncrewed fighters and hand-held lasers receive £5 billion development package in defence review

UKJune 03, 2025
The HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier in Portsmouth. Britain will significantly reform its armed forces after a strategic defence review. Getty Images
Britain unveils new blueprint for 21st century warfare

Warships, missiles and defence factories needed to counter growing threats

UKJune 02, 2025
A French Rafale fighter aircraft. Analysts have said fighters' electronic jamming is now key to survival in modern aerial combat. Reuters
Jet jamming: Fighter plane future rests on mastering electronic warfare

Defence companies urgently study shooting down of French-made fighters by Pakistan

EuropeMay 30, 2025
Police and emergency personnel help a casualty in Liverpool after a car hit pedestrians at the Premier League winners' parade. PA
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Liverpool's shared adversity helps city 'stand together' after victory parade crash

Compassion, care and solidarity evident on Monday night as people rallied to help after driver ploughs into crowd

UKMay 28, 2025
Officers from the Metropolitan Police on patrol in central London. Alamy
London safety fears after crime sentencing review

UK prisons to allow earlier releases of some offenders as government warns jails threatened by overcrowding

UKMay 22, 2025
A Ukrainian fibre-optic drone. Models developed by Russia could help its troops break through Ukrainian lines, analysts say. AP
Russia to unleash fibre-optic drones to penetrate Ukraine lines

Summer offensive will herald introduction of model that cannot be jammed, military experts report

EuropeMay 21, 2025
A handout photo made available by the House of Commons shows Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy as he makes a Ministerial statement regarding Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in Parliament in London, Britain, 20 May 2025. The UK government has suspended negotiations with the Israeli government on a new free trade agreement in response to violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and has called for an end to the aid blockade in Gaza. EPA / House of Commons HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES
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UK ends Israel trade talks after 'indefensible' new Gaza offensive

Foreign Secretary David Lammy takes strongest action to date against Israeli conduct of war in Gaza

UKMay 20, 2025
Vahid Beheshti holds a placard during his 50th day of a hunger strike outside the Foreign Office in London, calling for the UK government to proscribe the IRGC. EPA
Britain to tackle growing Iran danger with new laws on state threats

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announces new legislation to outlaw groups such as IRGC, saying Tehran regime poses 'unacceptable threat' following arrests

UKMay 19, 2025
Keir Starmer with Ursula von der Leyen in London after the announcement of the new deal. EPA/Bloomberg
Britain and EU sign defence deal for 'dangerous new era'

Greater collaboration over range of issues moves UK past Brexit turbulence to closer partnership with Brussels

EuropeMay 19, 2025
A Challenger tank in Eastern Europe. Britain and the EU will sign a defence pact on Monday that will herald greater co-operation in the face of rising threats. Photo: Ministry of Defence
UK-EU defence pact: Starting gun for growing European military power

UK will enter deal with EU on Monday for deep defence and security co-operation in light of Russian threat and US pullback

EuropeMay 19, 2025
The Daily Telegraph newspaper is subject to new rules allowing a 15 per cent stake ownership by foreign states. PA
UK government to allow foreign states 15 per cent stake in British newspapers

Announcement by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy sets new terms for Telegraph titles sale

UKMay 15, 2025
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