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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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Ahmed Ebid and an image of a boat found on a phone he used. Photo: NCA
Egyptian who ran $16m people-smuggling operation from London jailed for 25 years

Ahmed Ebid was involved in crossings that carried 3,800 migrants from North Africa to Italy

May 20, 2025
Ambulances outside the NMC Speciality Hospital in Dubai. The business collapsed under the weight of $4 billion in debt in 2020. Bloomberg
Auditor sued for $2.6 billion in damages by UAE hospital operator

London court hears call for damages after 'disgraced' auditing efforts over seven years allowed 'massive fraud'

May 19, 2025
Nicusor Dan celebrates his victory in the Romanian presidential election. EPA
Pro-EU candidate wins Romanian election as Poland vote goes to wire

Bucharest mayor defeats populist Eurosceptic George Simion in shock poll result

May 19, 2025
Sweden's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that one of its employees has died. Getty Images
Swedish diplomat found dead days after arrest on espionage charges

The man's lawyer said his client had denied the charges against him

May 16, 2025
The moment the phone thief was caught by a police officer in London. Photo: Metropolitan Police
Police footage shows London mobile phone thief being caught in 60 seconds

Phone thefts in UK capital have reached what have been described as 'epidemic' levels

May 15, 2025
British Airways says it has dramatically improved punctuality at Heathrow Airport. Getty Images
British Airways uses AI to break 90% punctuality barrier for Heathrow flights

Airline says a $113 million investment has yielded dramatic improvements in performance

May 14, 2025
Zahir, an Afghan migrant who arrived in the UK by small boat, now wants to smuggle himself out of the UK for a restart. Photo: Supplied
Quitting an 'island of strangers': How one Afghan is plotting to escape the UK

Refugee Zahir wants to be smuggled out of UK in a bid to escape his miserable isolation

May 14, 2025
The UK government is proposing a levy on international students. Getty Images
UK considering 6% levy on university income from foreign students

Higher education leaders fear plans will damage a 'successful UK export sector'

May 13, 2025
A screengrab from BBC's video of UK Special Forces in Iraq. BBC
UK veterans saw colleagues 'executing' civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan

First-hand accounts detail 'routine' killings of detainees while a 'mob mentality' ruled

May 12, 2025
Oghenochuko Ojiri outside Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. PA Wire
TV art expert admits selling works to Hezbollah financier

Art dealer now faces five years in jail as court told he was fully aware of Nazem Ahmad's background

May 09, 2025
Ochuko Ojiri has been charged by the Metropolitan Police after an investigation into terrorist financing. Photo: X
TV art expert charged over links to Hezbollah financier

Terrorism charges relate to business dealings with art collector and diamond dealer Nazam Ahmad

May 08, 2025
Police forensic officers search a property in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, where an Iranian was arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. Getty Images
UK police question Iranian terror suspects as officials consider IRGC ban

UK's security minister reveals review of how to deal with threat from Iran will be published soon

May 07, 2025
Bank Audi premises in Beirut. The institution has been told it must answer a case over a customer's $24 million claim in the UK. Reuters
Saudi-born businessman to take $24m battle with Lebanese bank to UK court

Bank Audi argues it cannot make the payment as a result of Lebanon's banking crisis

May 06, 2025
Harrods has become the latest British retailer to be affected by a cyber attack. Getty Images
Harrods joins UK shops hit by cyber attack campaign

British retailers struggling to reassure customers after hackers' latest actions spark disruption

May 02, 2025
Germany's chancellor-in-waiting and leader of the Christian Democratic Union party, Friedrich Merz, left, and co-leader of the Social Democratic Party, Lars Klingbeil. Reuters
German government takes shape as SPD backs coalition deal

Business figures set to feature prominently in new cabinet to tackle economic decline and US tariffs

May 01, 2025