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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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The court heard that the asylum seeker was almost certainly from the area around Duhok. AFP
Iraqi loses 13-year UK asylum bid after failing to prove he was Syrian Kurd

Court found his Kurdish dialect exposed him as coming from Iraq

UKAugust 25, 2026
The UK has faced cyber attacks from a number of states, intelligence officials say. Getty
UK energy alert issued after Iranian cyber attack on power plant

Hackers linked to IRGC are suspected to have carried out attack

UKAugust 24, 2026
Inspectors will be authorised to enter homes to determine their value. Adobe
Play00:58
UK launches home inspections to determine 'mansion tax' wealth surcharge

Properties worth more than £2m will fall into new tax band

UKAugust 24, 2026
French police intercepting a boat in northern France, before it attempts to cross the English Channel carrying migrants. Photo: UK Home Office
Play00:28
French police prevent 185 small boat Channel crossings in three months

Footage shows moment officers intercept boat on beach

UKAugust 21, 2026
Sara. Photo: Ellen Wilkinson School
School pays tribute to girl who drowned alongside Palestinian parents in UK

Sara El Khawas was a pupil at a school in west London

UKAugust 20, 2026
Flames engulf a forest in Greece. Heatwaves and an early drought have created tinderbox conditions in many parts of Europe. Reuters
Area in Europe affected by wildfires could triple due to climate change

New study maps out impact of rising temperatures

ClimateAugust 20, 2026
Hossam Al Khawas, Zeina Alyan and their daughter Sara died on Tuesday. Photo: Palestinian Forum in Britain
Palestinian refugee family drown in sea off English coast

Father, wife and daughter died in rough seas at Shoreham

NewsAugust 19, 2026
Persistent warming contrails trap heat, accounting for roughly one-third of aviation's total climate impact. Photo: Adobe
Flight path changes aim to cut planes' climate-warming contrails

Operation Blue Skies will use AI to plot how aircraft can adjust altitudes

ClimateAugust 18, 2026
Police officers make an arrest in London. Reuters
UK's reputation for rising crime 'at odds with reality'

People believe risk much higher, study reveals, as London Mayor hits back after Trump claims

UKAugust 17, 2026
Some of the students secured places at the University of Oxford. Getty Images
Sudanese medical graduate fails in bid to study at Oxford

Rawan Raad among those challenging 'visa brake' affecting students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan

UKAugust 13, 2026
Makeshift shelters of displaced Palestinian families between the remains of their bombed houses in Gaza city. EPA
UK accused of mounting increasingly aggressive tactics to refuse Gazans entry

Campaigner says recent cases show Home Office willing to throw resources at legal wrangles

UKAugust 12, 2026
The grandfather and his grandchildren are living in destitution in Gaza. AFP
Gaza children win battle to move to UK with grandfather after parents killed

Family initially refused entry but won their appeal

UKAugust 11, 2026
Migrants on board the 'mega dinghy' as it set off to cross the English Channel from France. AFP
'Mega dinghy' carrying 230 migrants shows crackdown is working, says UK minister

People smugglers increasing passengers per boat after deal with France to deploy police on beaches

UKAugust 11, 2026
Daniel Kinahan, in the back of a police car, leaving a court in Dublin where he was remanded in custody charged with directing an organised crime group, after being extradited from Dubai. Getty Images
Daniel Kinahan held at maximum security prison designed for IRA suspects

Alleged crime boss is facing up to 30 years behind bars after extradition from Dubai

EuropeAugust 10, 2026
Spanish police arrest a suspected member of a people smuggling gang. Photo: Europol
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Algerian gang arrested for 'smuggling migrants across Mediterranean'

Seventy-eight alleged gang members arrested in operation led by Spanish police

EuropeAugust 10, 2026
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