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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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Keir Starmer (left) and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham. Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror/PA Wire
Keir Starmer's China trip allows UK leader to leave leadership turmoil behind

Downing St confirms first Beijing visit in eight years as Manchester mayor guns for PM's job

UKJanuary 26, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, held talks with US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos. AFP
Territorial talks on the table at UAE meeting between Ukraine and Russia

Donbas debate at centre of US-mediated negotiations between warring sides

NewsJanuary 23, 2026
The Typhoons will be part of a joint RAF-Qatari unit to 'bolster defensive capability' in the region. PA
UK sends warplanes to Qatar as fears rise over Iran conflict

British government responds to Qatar request amid 'regional tensions' as US aircraft carrier heads for Gulf

UKJanuary 23, 2026
The French Navy prepares to intercept the cargo tanker Grinch. Reuters
French Navy seizes sanctioned Russian oil tanker in Mediterranean

Operation is the eighth western detention of vessels from Moscow's shadow fleet, aimed at damaging its financing of Ukraine war

EuropeJanuary 22, 2026
British forces carry out a training exercise from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, under a deal which could become a template for US military presence in Greenland. Getty Images
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Cyprus-style deal for US airbases in Greenland could solve annexation row

Trump to be offered arrangement similar to Britain’s territorial agreement with Cyprus

EuropeJanuary 22, 2026
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a field gun at Russian positions in Donetsk. A former Nato official has warned that the Greenland debate must not divert support from Ukraine. EPA
ExclusiveNato pressed to ensure Ukraine goals take priority over Greenland ‘sideshow’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had warned it would be 'foolhardy' to end US alliance and abandon Kyiv

EuropeJanuary 22, 2026
The US and Nato flags in Washington. Tension has risen between Washington and European allies amid disagreements over Greenland. Reuters
Trump's men quietly quitting Nato as crisis sweeps alliance

Former UK commander warns alliance faces rising risk from US ramping up Greenland tension

EuropeJanuary 21, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stood up to Mr Trump's Greenland threats, calling them 'wrong', but urged against a Europe-US trade war. Reuters.
Starmer stands firm against Trump's Greenland tariff threat

But as EU chiefs consider 'trade bazooka' against US, British PM urges against transatlantic economic war

NewsJanuary 19, 2026
IRGC soldiers on parade. The UK says it is 'actively considering' outlawing the group that is oppressing people in Iran. EPA
UK moves to outlaw Iran's IRGC after uprising

Minister reveals officials being encouraged to lift state bodies' immunity from terror ban

MENAJanuary 15, 2026
A Greenlandic flag in the territory's capital Nuuk, where a detachment of European Nato troops has been deployed. AFP
European troops sent to Greenland as talks with US fail

Denmark rallies Nato nations to meet Trump's demands for enhanced security

EuropeJanuary 15, 2026
Iran protests Tehran Urmia. AFP
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Iran dials up war rhetoric as some US staff leave ⁠base in Qatar

Tehran said it will strike US military assets in region if Donald Trump intervenes in support of anti-government protests

NewsJanuary 14, 2026
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to be part of a committee of international leaders that will direct the administration of Gaza temporarily. PA
Starmer poised to accept post on Gaza board of peace

Announcement imminent on UK PM's role in overseeing Hamas disarmament and major reconstruction, sources tell The National

NewsJanuary 14, 2026
Police outside Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester after it was attacked in October 2025. Getty Images
Terror watchdog warns UK police that ignoring hate speech risks fuelling attacks

Jonathan Hall argues that violence is becoming 'normalised' with anti-Israeli chants at demonstrations

UKJanuary 13, 2026
Melanie Ward was the subject of social media threats after voicing support for the Kirkcaldy Islamic Centre in Fife. Alamy
Labour MP threatened over support for Islamic centre after racist attack

Former head of Medical Aid for Palestinians, Melanie Ward, confirms Police Scotland investigating social media 'vitriol'

UKJanuary 12, 2026
A defaced church in Port Sudan. MP Edward Leigh said the international community has ignored attacks on Christians in Sudan. Sky News Arabia
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British MP condemns persecution of Christians in Sudan

Tory politician alarmed by reports of escalating attacks on religious minority

NewsJanuary 09, 2026
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