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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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US Air Force B-1 Bombers at the air base on Diego Garcia. Getty Images
UK to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius but keeps military base

Thousands of islanders were evicted to make way for the base, which the US leases from Britain

UKOctober 03, 2024
An inflatable dinghy carrying around 65 migrants crosses the English Channel this year. Getty Images
Bulgaria seizes 125 boats bound for English Channel people smugglers

UK's National Crime Agency has been working with Bulgaria to choke supply of boats to traffickers

UKSeptember 30, 2024
A confiscated knife handed over by the Metropolitan Police is displayed by anti-knife crime charity Steel Warriors. AFP
London a hotspot for UK's rising knifepoint robberies

New figures show robberies using knives have risen 14 per cent in the past year

USSeptember 26, 2024
Police raiding a property to arrest alleged people traffickers operating across the Turkish-Bulgarian border. Photo: Europol
Gang that 'smuggled 150 migrants in one lorry across Europe' busted

People-traffickers were responsible for moving hundreds of migrants, police say

EuropeSeptember 20, 2024
Containers on the quayside at Abu Dhabi's Khalifa Port. UK ministers will meet Gulf officials in Riyadh to finalise trade deals. Reuters
UK seeks trade deal with GCC as ministers convene in Riyadh

Talks will take place in Saudi capital aimed at boosting commerce with the bloc

UKSeptember 15, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will discuss Italy's agreement for processing asylum seekers in Albania when he meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. EPA
UK looking at sending asylum seekers to Albania to tackle small boats crisis

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he's interested in how an agreement between Italy and Albania works

UKSeptember 15, 2024
The burning Greek-flagged oil tanker MV Sounion, which has been on fire since the end of August after an attack by Yemeni rebels in the Red Sea, has been taken under tow by salvage teams. Reuters
New effort under way to tow Houthi-damaged oil tanker from Red Sea

MV Sounion, on fire since attack on August 21, secured to supply vessel in first phase of salvage operation

MENASeptember 15, 2024
The remains of the boat that was carrying eight migrants who died while trying to cross the English Channel. AFP
Eight migrants dead after overloaded boat capsizes in English Channel

Incident happened in early hours of Sunday off coast of northern France

UKSeptember 15, 2024
The steel Submariner Milsub Rolex, made for the British Royal Navy. Photo: Christies
Frozen in time: The craze for classic watches - as clocked by their foremost chronicler

A new book by Clement Mazarian explores the enduring human drive to seek out the finest models

BooksSeptember 13, 2024
An Iran Air Airbus A330 landing at London's Heathrow Airport in 2022. Getty
Iran Air can keep flying to Heathrow despite sanctions

Air service arrangements have been cancelled but the airline has a 12-month notice period

MENASeptember 12, 2024
Record migrant numbers squeeze on to boats for deadly Channel crossings
Chart of the weekRecord migrant numbers squeeze on to Channel boats

Analysis from The National reveals more migrants are boarding dangerous vessels, amid overall drop in crossings to UK

EuropeSeptember 10, 2024
Migrants attempting to cross the Channel get on a boat in Wimereux, France. Reuters
ExclusiveDrive against boat gangs made Channel migrant crossings more deadly

Analysis by The National shows how more migrants are being packed into each flimsy boat

UKSeptember 07, 2024
Emergency services personnel in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, with the bodies of migrants who died trying to cross the English Channel on Tuesday. AFP
Twelve migrants dead after boat 'ripped open' in English Channel

Vessel was believed to be carrying about 70 migrants to the UK in the latest tragedy to hit the region

UKSeptember 03, 2024
Al Faw breakwater spans 14km. Reuters
Iraq told to pay $120m to construction company over Al Faw breakwater

Project is one of the world's longest breakwaters, but its construction was beset by problems

MENASeptember 02, 2024
Health care systems are increasingly coming under attack from ruthless cyber criminals. Getty Images / The National
How cyber hacking gangs steamroll global health care into ransom shakedowns

An industry has emerged to deal with elusive gangs that use threat to lives as ransom bait for worldwide health operators

UKSeptember 02, 2024
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