UK

Princess Kate steps out, shifting wellbeing discussion.
Royals
Madeline Cove

Princess Kate’s latest appearance carries a bigger message

Princess Kate’s latest appearance is shining a light on an issue close to home.

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Chris Wormald has become the third of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's top advisers to quit this week. (AP PHOTO)
World
Staff Writers

Starmer chaos: UK's most senior government official stands down

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is resigning from the most ‌senior ​role in the civil service.

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Sarah Ferguson wrote to Jeffrey Epstein calling him a ‘steadfast’, ‘generous’ and ‘supreme’ friend.
Royals
Eloise Budimlich

Defiant Fergie makes 10-word vow after Epstein bombshell

After her own personal ties to the convicted paedophile were exposed, the ex-duchess made a new vow.

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Aussies could be locked out of flights to the UK if they fail to get an ETA.
UK
Eloise Budimlich

Aussies to be barred from UK flights if they fail to do this

It’s a new and simple requirement, but it's an easy one to forget. Don’t let it spoil your holiday.

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Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has resigned after fallout from the installation of his ‘mentor’, Epstein associate Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US.
Politics
Latika M Bourke

Left circles Starmer after PM loses right-hand man McSweeney

Keir Starmer’s premiership is now a test of political survival and whether he can cope without his political creator

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff has quit.
World
Staff Writers

UK PM's chief of staff quits over Epstein fallout

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has resigned after facing pressure in the Peter Mandelson-Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

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The spectre of Jeffrey Epstein continues to taint long established titans of global capitalism.
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US Politics
The Economist

Epstein’s ghost is haunting the grand old men of capitalism

The taint of the disgraced financier will endure.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing growing pressure on what he knew about Peter Mandelson’s relationship with dead financier Jeffrey Epstein when he made the Lord his US Ambassador.
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World
Latika M Bourke

Three words that likely spell the end of Starmer as UK PM

Starmer pledged to purge Conservative cronyism and return politics to the public. But his ignorance of Lord Mandelson’s public stench exposes him as part of that corrupted culture.

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‘I was lied to,’ Prime Minister Keir Starmer says about Peter Mandelson's conduct. (AP PHOTO)
UK
Staff Writers

Starmer apologises to Epstein victims over Mandelson ‘lies’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologised to victims of Jeffrey Epstein about his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States.

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UK submarine HMS Anson is expected to arrive in Australia later this month.
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Politics
Andrew Greene

Canberra holds AUKUS affair after military sale revelations

Australia’s Defence Chief has joined politicians and weapons lobbyists in Canberra to celebrate the $368 billion AUKUS project just hours after Labor announced its fire sale of historic military properties.

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Political satire artist Kaya Mar with his paintings of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor outside Downing Street on February 4.
UK
JILL LAWLESS (Associated Press)

Starmer faces UK revolt over Epstein pal’s ambassador role

The UK PM faced the wrath of opposition lawmakers, and his own Labour MPs, after acknowledging he knew about Peter Mandelson’s friendship with the convicted sex offender at the time of his appointment.

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Former UK ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson is being investigated over links to Jeffrey Epstein. (AP PHOTO)
UK
Staff Writers

‘Disgraceful’: Former ambassador probed over Epstein leaks

The former UK ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, stepped down from the House of Lords and will be investigated by police over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

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UK Labour Minister Chris Bryant, centre right, stole the show at Jay Weatherill’s Australia Day bash in London with a tale of drinking with former UK High Commissioner Stephen Smith, centre left, as the pair vented about their then-PMs Kevin Rudd and Gordon Wood.
World
Latika M Bourke

‘We got hammered’: UK minister downloads on ex-ambassador

Jay Weatherill brought the party back to London in his role as the new UK High Commissioner. But it was a Labour minister’s anecdote about getting drunk with his predecessor that stole the show.

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A woman has been found guilty of a string of offences after the kept a woman captive for 25 years.
UK
Eloise Budimlich

Abuser’s three word message to woman she enslaved for 25yrs

SEE THE IMAGES of the horrible room the victim was held in.

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One Nation has surged ahead in polls following the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
analysis
Opinion
Latika M Bourke

How One Nation surge shows PM’s tough new political reality

One Nation’s climb is no surprise after the Bondi terror attack, but it represents new frontlines in Australian politics that will put Anthony Albanese to the ultimate test.

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