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Tariq Tahir

Tariq Tahir

Senior Correspondent Investigations & News
London
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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Mohammed Alqassem. Photo: Supplied
Funeral of Saudi student stabbed to death in Cambridge takes place in Makkah

Mohammed Alqassem's family have called for greater security from schools and universities in Britain

MENAAugust 08, 2025
Palestine Action protesters plan to deliberately break the law. Getty Images
Huge police operation in London for weekend of pro-Palestine demos

Officers also face protests outside hotels housing migrants

UKAugust 08, 2025
Floral tributes have been left at the scene where Mohammed Alqassem died. Photo: Supplied / PA
Saudi student's family pay emotional visit to Cambridge street where he died

Mohammed Alqassem's father and cousins tell The National of their shock

UKAugust 07, 2025
Mohammed Alqassem was stabbed to death in Cambridge. Photo: Supplied / PA
Passing doctors tried to save life of Saudi student stabbed in UK

Man is charged with murdering Mohammed Alqassem, who died at the scene

UKAugust 06, 2025
Mohammed Alqassem was killed in an 'unprovoked attack', police said. Photo: Supplied
Family of Saudi student killed in Cambridge prepare to take body home

Mohammed Alqassem's uncle doubles down on criticism of 'lawlessness' in UK

UKAugust 05, 2025
Migrants coming ashore at Dover after being picked up from a small boat in the English Channel. Some can now be returned to France under the new arrangement. PA Wire
UK ready to return migrants to France as 'one-in, one-out' deal comes into force

Detentions set to begin under agreement that aims to deter English Channel crossings on small boats

UKAugust 05, 2025
UK National Crime Agency officers with security forces in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region to target UK-linked people smugglers. Photo: NCA
UK to recruit hundreds of officers to smash Kurdish smuggling gangs

New funds will boost the National Crime Agency's work in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region

UKAugust 04, 2025
Left: Mohammed Alqassem. Right: Floral tributes left outside a building in Mill Park, Cambridge. Photo: Supplied / PA
Family of Saudi student stabbed to death says UK is not safe for visitors

Police believe Mohammed Alqassem, who attended a Cambridge language school, suffered 'unprovoked attack'

UKAugust 04, 2025
Lee Boys who is protesting against housing migrants at the Britannia Hotel in London. The National
UK on edge as protests build outside all-male migrant hotels

Resentment over accommodation used by asylum seekers increasing in communities

UKJuly 31, 2025
Salim Ahmed Said, a businessman under US sanctions, owns the building that houses The Gainsborough Hotel, in the shadow of the Natural History Museum in west London. Nick Donaldson / The National; Getty Images
ExclusiveIraqi-British hotel owner and his Iranian oil smuggling link to Houthis

Salim Ahmed Said sanctioned for funding the IRGC's Middle East network

UKJuly 30, 2025
The Palestinian family had been given permission to come to the UK and leave behind the devastation of Gaza. AP
UK told to reconsider refusal to help Gaza family come to Britain

Family of six could use Ukraine scheme to come to UK but Foreign Office refused to provide consular support

UKJuly 28, 2025
Migrants boarding lorries bound for the UK in Calais, northern France. Getty Images
UK court backs citizenship ban for people smugglers

Judges rule people smuggling is on same level as threats such as terrorism

UKJuly 24, 2025
A migrant suspected of working illegally for a food delivery app is handcuffed. Photo: Home Office
Migrant hotel data shared with delivery apps to curb illegal working

Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats to prevent legitimate staff from sharing accounts

UKJuly 23, 2025
Mariwan Jamal and Goran Assad Jalal have all been sanctioned by Britain for people smuggling. Photo: FCDO
UK sanctions Iraqis in crackdown on people smuggling

Nine from region among 25 listed under new measures to tackle illegal migration trade

UKJuly 23, 2025
Axel Rudakubana at Liverpool Crown Court for his sentencing hearing after he admitted murdering three young girls in a knife attack. AP
Prevent scheme needs digital overhaul to focus on safeguarding

Report highlights threat from those fascinated by violence

UKJuly 16, 2025
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