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PM should never have appointed Mandelson, say Virginia Giuffre family

Brother of Epstein’s most prominent victim made the comments after it emerged Starmer had been warned about the peer’s links to the financier

Politics

Demonstrators at a Unite the Kingdom rally in London.
We won’t allow flag to become symbol of violence, says Starmer

Elon Musk told 110,000 Tommy Robinson protesters to ‘fight back’ at far-right march on Saturday that led to 26 police injuries

Politics
15 minutes ago

How furious Mandelson has brought Starmer to the brink

The Labour veteran has always felt undervalued. The sacking that’s ending his extraordinary political life has done nothing to change that



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Emma Heming Willis on caring for Bruce Willis, her action hero with dementia

The actor’s wife tells Megan Agnew about her husband’s diagnosis, making family life work for their daughters and how Demi Moore has been a rock for her



Prince Harry greeting the public in Nottingham.
Why Prince William can’t forgive Harry

Bob Vylan performing on stage at the Boardmasters Festival.
Bob Vylan appear to celebrate Charlie Kirk assassination
26 minutes ago

Photo of Sarm Heslop steering a sailboat.

Prince Harry greeting the public in Nottingham.
Why Prince William can’t forgive Harry





Photo of Sarm Heslop steering a sailboat.
Film reveals ‘suspicious’ timeline in woman’s Caribbean disappearance


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Woody Allen on Epstein, Prince Andrew and publishing his first novel at 89

The film director is unrepentant about going for dinner at the home of the ‘charming and personable’ Jeffrey Epstein. Hadley Freeman meets him and his wife, Soon-Yi, at home in New York


Mayor Andy Burnham with arms outstretched in front of a yellow Bee Network bus.



Five Kim siblings, all academic geniuses, stand outside their home.



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Blackbird on a holly branch and a misty lake in a valley.
Autumn’s secrets: a guide to spotting nature’s clues and signs


Ban plastic fruit and veg packaging, says charity with Labour’s ear




Illustration of a man and woman shielding a briefcase from falling swords marked "ODR".
Three men control the fate of Rachel Reeves. So who are the OBR?

A nondescript trio of economists running the Office for Budget Responsibility can make or break a budget. Was it wise to give them so much power?


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The average Labour Party member? Remarkably like their leader


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The number of years Britons spend retired is falling. Why?

Portrait of Richard Osman.
Richard Osman: ‘Cosy crime is a reductive term for what I do’


Protesters in Parliament Square hold signs that read, "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."



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How ‘new adult’ fiction got a generation reading again

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A sense of divine destiny is being attached to the murdered activist in the Arizona community that he and his wife put on the map




In this ugly world, Charlie Kirk is killed and we’re told he’s the problem

You look at his family pictures and think, we’re meant to hate this?



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Cartoon by Morten Morland



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Mandelson is a repellent schmoozer — just what we need in DC






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Mandelson is a repellent schmoozer — just what we need in DC




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Google in talks to build giant Teesside datacentre


Customers at a Pret a Manger in London.
Pret boss: ‘We are not expensive’

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Irwin StelzerAs Trump sees it, he is winning



Treasury wavers over landfill tax hike as bosses kick up a stink


We want to help start-ups escape ‘the valley of death’





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Expanding play-offs is a bad idea — it would strip Premier League of jeopardy





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Elizabeth Day — is this how you fail at writing a novel?


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