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Tariq Tahir

Tariq Tahir

Senior Correspondent Investigations & News
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Tariq Tahir joined The National as a senior reporter covering investigations in May 2023. Previously he has worked as a senior foreign news reporter for The Sun, senior reporter for Metro, senior reporter for the Evening Standard and Political Correspondent for The Press Association. He has also worked freelance for UK national titles including The Times and Telegraph.
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Migrants disembark from a British Border Force vessel in Dover, on the UK's south coast. Reuters
UK given powers to seize migrants' phones in bid to tackle people smugglers

Investigators can now check mobile contacts and social media to see who migrants paid to arrive by small boat

UKDecember 02, 2025
Police protecting a mosque in Sunderland during the riots of summer 2024. Getty Images
Far-right group offers cash to 'useful idiots' to attack mosques in UK

Vandalism aims to destabilise Britain, organisations monitoring extremism tell The National

UKNovember 28, 2025
Internet searches for 'moving to Dubai' surged before the UK budget. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Gen Z leads departure of British workers to Dubai

Latest figures show majority of Britons emigrating are aged 16 to 34

UKNovember 27, 2025
Abdullah Al Othman sued his friend Khalid Al Rajhi. Photo: Al-Othman Holding Company
Feuding Saudis urged by UK judge to resolve legal dispute and rekindle friendship

Abdullah Al Othman sued Khalid Al Rajhi over loan stemming from failed investment

UKNovember 26, 2025
After Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan came to power in Sudan, Abdulbasit Hamza, inset, was released from a prison term imposed under the general’s predecessor, Omar Al Bashir. Anadolu via AFP / US Treasury
Sudanese tycoon sanctioned for financing Hamas protected by SAF leader

Opposition figure Khalid Omer Yousif tells The National Abdelbasit Hamza was freed from jail by Al Burhan

MENANovember 24, 2025
Migrants attempting to cross from Libya to Europe being rescued in the Mediterranean. AP
Syrian accused of smuggling people from Libya for $6,000 arrested in UK

Ayman Al Taleb wanted on 17 charges in Germany

UKNovember 19, 2025
Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood outlines the new reforms to seeking asylum, in the UK Parliament. AFP
Britain accused of diluting 'proud tradition' of protecting political refugees

Despite new law, UK will never return people 'to be tortured in their own countries', Prime Minister's spokesman tells The National

UKNovember 17, 2025
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a tougher asylum policy. PA
UK to impose 20-year wait on asylum seekers seeking permanent stay

New regulation forms part of biggest system overhaul of modern times

UKNovember 17, 2025
Brahim Kaddour-Cherif being arrested in September this year. Photo: Metropolitan Police
Algerian criminal accidentally released from UK prison is arrested

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was due to be deported after being convicted for a string of offences

UKNovember 06, 2025
Police officers hold back pro-Palestinian protesters outside Villa Park. PA Wire.
Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv: six arrested during protests outside charged game

Tension high in Birmingham as police keep Palestine Solidarity Campaign protesters and sympathisers apart

SportNovember 06, 2025
Experts say many Muslims are now avoiding public transport in London. Getty Images
Muslim women remove headscarves as London transport fear grows

Anxious Muslims take taxis to avoid the Tube, oversight body hears

UKNovember 05, 2025
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran. A UK minister says the group uses 'repression and targeted threats to carry out hostile acts'. EPA
UK imposes sanctions on Iranian banker for financing IRGC

Aliakbar Ansari is accused of seeking to fund the 'destabilisation' of Britain

UKOctober 30, 2025
Police outside the Louvre in Paris, where thieves stole historic jewellery worth $102 million. Bloomberg
Prime suspect arrested as five more detained over Louvre jewel heist

Police used DNA from scooters and glass cases in investigation, prosecutor says

NewsOctober 30, 2025
Signs warning people of the high risk of phone thefts in London. Getty Images
London needs a 'New York-style blitz on crime' to turn around its poor reputation

Campaigner says some visitors have been warned to take care of their phones as they land at the airport

UKOctober 29, 2025
A person waves a Palestine flag outside Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London, where 28 alleged Palestine Action supporters appeared. AFP
Dozens of Palestine Action supporters appear in London court on terror charges

Forty-seven accused of holding placards supporting the banned organisation at London protests

UKOctober 27, 2025
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