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President addresses deaths in Minneapolis during NBC interview, claiming ‘nobody feels worse about shootings than ICE agents’Trump’s meandered during his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast today. He’s denigrated Thomas Massie, the Republican congressman and his frequent target who co-sponsored legislation to release the full tranche of Epstein files, and voted against the most recent funding bill package that the president signed into law on Tuesday. “There’s something wrong with him,” Trump said. “ They love voting ‘no’. They think it’s good politically.”The president also touted the military operation in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of the now deposed

Pressure continues to build on the prime minister after he said he knew about Mandelson’s friendship with Epstein before his appointment as US ambassadorAfter the release of a vast tranche of documents and emails that shed further light on the close relationship between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein, the government has come under intense pressure to release details about its vetting process before Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador in December 2024.Below, we look at how much Keir Starmer knew about Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein, and what vetting process the former peer went through for the top diplomatic job in Washington.

Kirill Dmitriev, Russian envoy, said the group had made ‘positive movement forward’ but warned against additional foreign interferenceIn other news, Air Force Two carrying the US vice-president JD Vance is currently on approach to Milan’s Malpensa airport.The vice-president, together with the US state secretary Marco Rubio, is coming to Italy to take part in tomorrow’s opening ceremony of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games.“It’s unfortunate that the term ‘ice’ isn’t something we can embrace because of what is happening, and the implications of what some people are doing.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/feb/05/ukraine-russia-us-talk-end-war-abu-dhabi-live-updates-latest-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish

In today’s newsletter: A police investigation, newly released documents and long‑standing questions about​ accountability have converged to place one of Labour’s most enduring figures under unprecedented scrutinyGood morning. Older readers may remember Peter Mandelson as a man in a sharp suit drifting through New Labour’s 1990s heyday like a Bond villain with a Filofax. An architect of Labour’s modernisation and a lightning rod for right-wing press ire, he has been in the orbit of power for more than three decades.That run has now come to a shuddering halt after the release of the so-called Epstein files by the US Department