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Damien McElroy

Damien McElroy

London Bureau Chief
Damien McElroy is London bureau chief at The National. He is a former foreign correspondent who has covered politics and conflict across Europe, the Middle East, the US, Africa and Asia. Before joining The National in 2017 to oversee the London editorial operation, he worked for The Sunday Times and Telegraph titles as an editor and roving reporter. He started his career in China and has a degree in finance.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday. AFP
CommentTrump has positioned the US as peace broker in Ukraine

The American President has put together the building blocks of a peace process in Europe

CommentAugust 19, 2025
Damien McElroy
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump shake hands after their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska last Friday. EPA
The Trump-Putin summit shows why Europe needs to continue re-arming itself

The transactional basis of US foreign policy going forward is a fundamental reality that cannot be wished away anymore

CommentAugust 18, 2025
Damien McElroy
Passengers queue to check in bags at Heathrow's Terminal 5. PA Wire
CommentThe UK is losing its millionaires, even if it’s not sure how many

High-profile exits suggest there is a problem, and the government needs to act on it

CommentAugust 04, 2025
Damien McElroy
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, at the time ruler of Iran, with his wife Farah and their son Reza. Getty Images
Does downfall of the 'Shah of Shahs' hold lessons for regime that deposed him?

In his new book, Scott Anderson looks back at the 1979 revolution in search of parallels with another period of potentially seismic change in Iran

UKAugust 01, 2025
Damien McElroy
Arora Group chairman Surinder Arora has an alternative, cheaper plan for Heathrow that would include a shorter runway. Getty Images
Battle for Heathrow's future ignited by Indian-born businessman

Self-made Punjabi entrepreneur Surinder Arora has vision starkly different from the existing management

UKAugust 01, 2025
Damien McElroy
Passengers wait at London's Heathrow Airport, after radar failure led to the suspension of outbound flights across Britain. Reuters
UK airports suspend flights due to major radar failure

Disruption as many departures grounded nationwide

UKJuly 30, 2025
Damien McElroy
US President Donald J. Trump speaks to the media during a bilateral meeting with British prime minister at the Trump Turnberry golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, 28 July 2025. President Trump is on a private trip to Scotland to visit his golf courses. EPA / TOLGA AKMEN / POOL
Donald Trump warns Russia of Ukraine sanctions in August

Kyiv welcomes US leader's shortening of previous 50-day deadline for Moscow

UKJuly 29, 2025
Damien McElroy
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure on the issue of Palestine. Bloomberg
CommentStarmer has run out of road on Palestinian statehood

The UK Labour government is under pressure to follow in France footsteps, but what's holding it back?

CommentJuly 28, 2025
Damien McElroy
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria are greeted by US President Donald Trump. PA
Trump admits 'real starvation' happening in Gaza

US President also says he blames Iran for interfering in ceasefire talks that were derailed last week

UKJuly 28, 2025
Damien McElroy
A demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Oslo. EPA
US Embassy security guard in Oslo 'paid in Bitcoin to spy for Iran'

Information shared with Tehran and Moscow could harm Norway's national interests, says prosecution

UKJuly 23, 2025
Damien McElroy
Demonstrators outside the International Court of Justice at The Hague on Wednesday. EPA
ICJ classes climate change as 'urgent and existential threat'

Global warming is 'unequivocally caused by human activities', says UN court

UKJuly 23, 2025
Damien McElroy
Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives in Downing Street for a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. PA Wire
UK imposes sanctions on migrant smuggling bosses

London creates world’s first financial penalties regime targeted at gangs

UKJuly 22, 2025
Damien McElroy
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, centre, condemned the Gaza Humanitarian Fund's aid system as a 'grotesque spectacle'. EPA
UK's Lammy warns Gaza crowding is worse than prisons

David Lammy says failing to stop the killing has brought Israel into 'disrepute'

UKJuly 22, 2025
Damien McElroy
The reasons for a group of Iranian protesters taking to the streets in London on Sunday remain urgent. Damien McElroy / The National
CommentWhy Iranian anti-regime protesters are out on the streets of London now

With a crackdown under way inside Iran, oppositions groups outside the country are feeling the need to regroup

CommentJuly 22, 2025
Damien McElroy
An artist's impression shows a four-acre public park as part of plans for the former Wimbledon Park Golf Course. Photo: All England Lawn Tennis Club
Wimbledon to triple in size as expansion clears courts

Grand Slam location to add about 40 qualifying courts at cost of £200m

UKJuly 21, 2025
Damien McElroy
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