65 m. ago Mandelson told Epstein ‘your friends love you’ after 2008 charges as Starmer faces growing backlash: UK politics live

Prime minister defies pressure to sack US ambassador over links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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2 h. ago Mandelson told Epstein ‘your friends love you’ after charges as Starmer faces growing backlash: UK politics live

Prime minister defies pressure to sack US ambassador over links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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6 h. ago Mandelson told Epstein: ‘your friends love you’ after 2008 charges, emails show

UK’s ambassador to US urged financier to ‘fight for early release’ after charges of procuring child for prostitutionThe British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, told Jeffrey Epstein to “fight for early release” and wrote: “your friends stay with you and love you” when the disgraced financier was facing charges of procuring a child for prostitution, according to leaked emails.The emails, first published by the Sun after circulating in Washington DC, will put further pressure on Mandelson after he admitted on Tuesday that more “very embarrassing” details of his friendship with Epstein were likely to emerge but insisted he had never seen any “wrongdoing”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago ‘Your friends love you,’ Mandelson told Epstein after 2008 charges, emails show

UK’s ambassador to US urged financier to ‘fight for early release’ after charges of procuring child for prostitutionThe British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, told Jeffrey Epstein to “fight for early release” and wrote: “Your friends stay with you and love you,” when the disgraced financier was facing charges of procuring a child for prostitution, according to leaked emails.The emails, first published by the Sun after circulating in Washington DC, will put further pressure on Lord Mandelson after he admitted on Tuesday that more “very embarrassing” details of his friendship with Epstein were likely to emerge but insisted he had never seen any “wrongdoing”. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Starmer told to publish Mandelson vetting documents after Epstein revelations

Labour peer and diplomat under pressure following publication of birthday messages to convicted sex offender

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4 w. ago Police gun ‘unintentionally discharged’ during arrest of man at Sydney airport

Police allege man was behaving suspiciously before becoming verbally and physically aggressive towards AFP officersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been charged after an incident at Sydney airport this morning that involved a police gun being discharged inside the T2 domestic terminal.The Australian federal police said a Victorian man, 41, was arrested at Sydney airport on Wednesday morning after behaving suspiciously at a check-in counter. Continue reading...

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