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Questioned at PMQs, PM says former US ambassador ‘lied repeatedly’ about depth of contact with child sex offender UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has confirmed for the first time he knew about Peter Mandelson’s longer-term relationship with Jeffrey Epstein before appointing him US ambassador, saying the peer had “lied repeatedly” about the extent of his contact with the child sex o…

Cheshire coroner says there is ‘reason to suspect unnatural deaths’, with proceedings to begin in September A coroner has formally opened inquests into the deaths of five newborn babies Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering. In a 20-minute hearing at Cheshire coroner’s court, the senior coroner Jacqueline Devonish heard brief details of the deaths before adjourning proceedings until September. Co…

Ryan Routh, convicted of attempting to kill the president at a West Palm Beach golf club in 2024, set to face sentencing Federal prosecutors will ask that a man convicted of trying to assassinate Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 be sentenced to life in prison at a hearing on Wednesday. Ryan Routh is scheduled to appear before US district judge Aileen Cannon in Fort Pierce. Continue r…

Government blames ‘terrorist cells’ for attack in Woro village, one of country’s deadliest in recent months Gunmen have killed at least 162 people in a village in Kwara state in western Nigeria, a Red Cross official has said, making it one of the deadliest attacks in recent months in the country, which has been plagued by interlinked security crises. Armed gangs, known locally as bandits, who loo…

Philando Castile, a lawful gun owner, was shot and killed by a police officer in 2016 – gun rights groups were largely silent The killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis has sparked a thorny conversation among gun rights groups and Trump administration officials about the second amendment and the right to carry concealed firearms at protests and demonstrations. Among t…

Bobi Wine’s whereabouts unknown since he fled what he said was night raid on his home by police and military Bobi Wine, Uganda’s most prominent opposition figure, remains in hiding nearly three weeks after a disputed election , as a high-stakes social media feud with the east African country’s military chief escalates. Wine’s whereabouts have been unknown since 16 January, when he fled what he sa…

Major obstacles to viable deal remain after Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of violating energy truce Europe live – latest updates Ukrainian and Russian negotiators have begun a second round of US-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi as Washington seeks a pathway to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine. The two-day trilateral talks starting on Wednesday come after Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia…

Dictator’s second son, a key figure in post-2011 Libyan politics, reportedly shot dead at home by masked assailants Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and for years the second most powerful person in the country, has been killed in a village south-west of Tripoli, officials said on Tuesday night. The 53-year-old died from gunshot wounds in the town of Zintan, 8…

Nili Kupfer-Naouri and Rachel Touitou said to be accused of trying to block delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza A French investigating magistrate has issued summonses to two French-Israeli nationals in relation to “complicity in genocide” over allegations they tried to block the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, French media have reported. The summonses, which reportedly mark the first time …

Dismantling rules will make children vulnerable to chronic diseases ‘make America healthy again’ wants to eradicate Donald Trump’s aggressive rollback of environmental protections directly contradicts the promises of his “make America healthy again” campaign, according to new research. Helmed by Robert F Kennedy Jr, Trump’s health and human services department has touted pledges to “transform our…

Citadel hedge fund boss, Republican donor and vocal Trump critic says administration has made ‘distasteful’ choices not in the public interest The billionaire investor Ken Griffin has accused Donald Trump’s administration of “enriching” its families, and criticised its interference in American businesses as “distasteful”. Griffin, who is the chief executive of the hedge fund Citadel and a large R…

President’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and on-off ally Elon Musk have both featured in the Epstein files Democrats are launching an aggressive campaign to win back voters they lost, not to Donald Trump, but to the proverbial “ couch ,” as they look to regain support ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. On Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) rolled out a new initiative called…

Novo Nordisk share price plunges after blaming lower US drug prices, patent protection issues and rising competition The maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has predicted a sharp drop in revenues this year owing to a push by Donald Trump to lower US weight-loss drug prices, rising competition and the loss of key patent protections. Denmark’s Novo , once the poster-child for the growth in w…

Road closures in place as university says it is ‘offering direct support to students and staff who witnessed the incident’ Several roads have been closed in Leicester after a “serious incident” on a university campus. De Montfort University said it was working with Leicestershire police, who confirmed the incident took place on Oxford Street in the city on Tuesday evening. They gave no further de…

Four children among dead as restrictions on evacuations put in place days after reopening of crossing to Egypt Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes have killed 18 people, including four children, in Gaza and Israel has halted the evacuation of patients through the Rafah border crossing, Palestinian officials have said. The Israeli military said it fired on Gaza after a gunman shot at Israeli sold…