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News : BBC
No 10 had 'dismissive attitude' to Mandelson vetting, says sacked Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins has defended his decision to approve the peer's security clearance for the role.
Henry Zeffman: Robbins's revelations are a dangerous moment for Starmer Attribution
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Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed Attribution
Court challenge over Met Police's use of live facial recognition lost Attribution
Migrant first to be convicted under new crossing law Attribution
Two Palestinians killed during settler attack on West Bank village, officials say Attribution
No 10 considered giving Starmer aide diplomat job, sacked official says Attribution
Man admits rape and religiously aggravated abuse of Sikh woman Attribution
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News : New York Times
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‘Immediate Results’ vs. ‘The Long Game’: The U.S. and Iran Face Off
Tehran and Trump Send Mixed Signals Ahead of Potential Talks
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U.S. Has Turned Back 27 Ships Since Strait of Hormuz Blockade Started
Israeli Soldier in Lebanon Sledgehammered a Statue of Jesus
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News : London Evening Standard
Tube strike misery for Londoners as RMT walkout hits
US military ‘raring to go’ if Iran talks fail, says Donald Trump
Cycle hire in London jumps to 14% amid Tube strikes
More important things outside Westminster bubble than Mandelson – Rayner
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News : Sky

Next tranche of Mandelson files delayed - as ex-MI6 boss criticises PM over vetting
Mandelson scandal 'undermines all trust in politics', says Tory deputy chairman
'PM focused on his own problem and not those of the country', says SNP Westminster leader
Starmer would be gone if there was another option for leader, says former shadow chancellor
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Senior minister: Not true Cabinet Office said Mandelson didn't need vetting
Intelligence committee has still not received all Mandelson files - including vetting documents
Former MI6 boss: Starmer knew enough not to give Mandelson job
Beth Rigby explains Robbins's remarkable evidence to parliament
Trump warns 'I expect to be bombing' as uncertainty grows over US-Iran talks
Man charged with racially aggravated rape changes plea after being sworn at in court
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News
: Telegraph

‘Just f---ing approve’ Mandelson, No 10 told Foreign Office Former top civil servant tells MPs there was atmosphere of constant chasing for peers vetting clearance
A day of bombshells that may have sunk Starmer
Starmer may be the final casualty of his one-man war with Whitehall
PM orders Mandelson leak inquiry
Princess shows late Queen’s legacy in safe hands at centenary celebration Day of commemorations for Elizabeth II included Palace party and memorial event at British Museum
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News : Guardian
AnalysisHow safe is Starmer’s premiership after his Mandelson vetting statement to MPs?
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Keir StarmerWhat Starmer said, and didn’t say, in the Commons about the Mandelson saga
USJD Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks
AnalysisPakistan seeks to raise its global standing in push for Middle East peace
IsraelIsraeli army to launch criminal investigation after soldier strikes Jesus statue in Lebanon
UKBritish Jews feel ‘under siege’ and worry about children wearing religious symbols in public
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News : Huffington Post
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News : ITN
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'One way or another' we're going to agree a deal with Iran, Trump tells ITV News
No 10 rejects claims it created 'atmosphere of pressure' over Mandelson vetting
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Rapist changes pleas to guilty after attack on Sikh woman he thought was Muslim
'The first 100k views felt amazing': Social media pets paying the bills
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Trump says he 'expects to be bombing' Iran if ceasefire expires
Disgraced Starmer aide denies claim No 10 pushed to get him ambassador role
Banned for life: Parliament decides current under-18s will never legally smoke

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Cooper opens Cabinet dissent against Starmer after extraordinary No 10 order to 'just f-ing approve' Mandelson was exposed at explosive hearing
Trump confronts Xi as US forces seize Chinese ship carrying mysterious 'gift' to Iran
China sent Iran'a gift' that was intercepted by US forces in the region, Donald Trump said Tuesday morning while venting about Chinese President Xi Jinping a month before their Beijing meeting.
London is plunged into travel chaos as militant Tube workers go on strike AGAIN in row over four-day working week
Militant bosses at the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) have confirmed members will walk out on the London Underground from noon today for 24 hours and again on Thursday.
Kate and William welcome British centenarians to Buckingham Palace as Royal Family marks the late Queen's 100th birthday
Charles and Camilla were accompanied by a full turn-out of working royals, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal.
Poll shows Reform UK reclaiming 10-point lead in boost for Nigel Farage ahead of local elections - after signs party's support was flagging
Nigel Farage's party were backed by 27 per cent of voters in the latest YouGov survey, up three percentage points from the previous week.
JK Rowling accuses 'exceptionally arrogant' Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart of 'dripping with classism and misogyny' in gender row
The Harry Potter author, 60, took a swipe at the former spin doctor, as well as former cabinet minister Stewart, on X in response to a tweet by For Women Scotland.

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Politics
: BBC

No 10 had 'dismissive attitude' to Mandelson vetting, says ex-official Sir Olly Robbins has defended his decision to approve the peer's security clearance for the role.
Key evidence from sacked official at heart of Mandelson vetting row Attribution
Robbins's revelations are a dangerous moment for Starmer Attribution
London Labour activists charged amid alleged vote rigging claims Attribution
No 10 considered giving Starmer aide diplomat job, sacked official says Attribution
Electricity bills targeted in planned shakeup to energy pricing Attribution
Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed Attribution
Unemployment rate unexpectedly falls as fewer students look for work Attribution
Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under government plans Attribution
Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says Attribution
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News : Independent
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Proof you knew about Mandelson is The Independent's front page, Badenoch tells Starmer
Starmer braces for Robbins' response over Mandelson scandal - latest
Trump ‘under no pressure whatsoever’ to make peace deal as ceasefire deadline nears
Iran peace talks uncertain as Trump says ceasefire extension unlikely
How US raid of Iranian tanker unfolded in six-hour stand-off in the Strait of Hormuz
Trump officials flip-flop on whether Vance is leading Iran talks
The US has seized an Iranian cargo vessel – is this legal?
Four arrested in ‘public disorder’ after alleged rape outside Surrey church
Zelensky to bolster air defences against Kremlin attacks with anti-missile system ‘within a year’
Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under government plans
British baby has life-saving blood transfusion while still in the womb
Athens faces showdown with EU as Greece drops biometrics for Britons
Anti-Islam campaigner blocked from entering UK to speak at rally
Travelodge handed stranger key to couple’s bedroom
Knife crime deaths surge as ‘two school-aged children die each month’
Trump kept out of the room during operation to find downed pilots in Iran after ‘screaming’ at aides
Under pressure FBI director says he has ‘evidence’ 2020 election stolen
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