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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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      IRGC soldiers in Tehran. Britain has rejected calls for regime change in Iran despite the slaughter of protestors. EPA
      Britain rejects involvement in potential Iran regime change

      Foreign minister also deflects calls from MPs to proscribe IRGC as terror group

      UKFebruary 03, 2026
      UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson, the former Labour party influencer who is facing calls to be removed from the House of Lords following more Epstein revelations. PA
      Starmer orders inquiry into Mandelson's links with Epstein after email release

      UK Prime Minister also calls on former Labour politician to resign from House of Lords and testify

      UKFebruary 02, 2026
      Former RAF pilot Prince William, pictured at the controls of a Chipmunk aircraft in 2015, is due to visit Saudi Arabia. Getty Images
      Prince William to visit Saudi Arabia as UK hopes for fighter jet deal

      British royal's first official visit to country coincides with its World Defence Show

      UKJanuary 30, 2026
      People take part in a Palestine Action 'Lift The Ban' protest in Edinburgh, Scotland. Getty Images
      Judge allows judicial review of Palestine Action ban in Scotland

      Ban began in July following then-home secretary Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe activist group under terrorism laws

      UKJanuary 27, 2026
      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
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