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‘Sabotage’: Russian general shot in Moscow amid Ukraine ceasefire talks
A key aide to Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Alekseyev was part of the leadership group that planned the full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago.
- by David Crowe
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‘I was lied to’: Starmer apologises to Epstein victims over Mandelson scandal
The British prime minister apologised for appointing Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington despite his ties to the disgraced financier.
- by Jill Lawless
Meloni-esque angel’s face plastered over after outcry
The painting of a cherub with a face bearing a remarkable resemblance to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appears to have had a hasty fix-it job.
- by Silvia Stellacci, Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas
Analysis
Epstein fallout
How the Epstein scandal could topple a damaged PM
Keir Starmer’s premiership could be under threat as anger grows over his 2024 appointment of Peter Mandelson as British ambassador in Washington.
- by David Crowe
Andrew ‘asked stripper for sex acts’
The former prince and Jeffrey Epstein requested a threesome and “various sex acts” from an exotic dancer, legal letters claim.
- by Samuel Montgomery
Son of Norway’s crown princess cries in court, denies ‘rape videos’ on phone
Marius Borg Høiby said that “few can relate to the life I have led” and that his upbringing in the public eye since he was a toddler had led him to crave alcohol and sex.
- by Gwladys Fouche
Full throttle: EU trade deal promises cheaper cars, more exports
The federal government appears set to conclude the vast trade deal this month to align Australia with 27 nations in a pact that counters the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.
- by David Crowe
Prince Harry’s team ‘sent private investigator a death threat’
The High Court privacy case has also heard for the first time how Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre was tracked down to Australia, where she was running a cupcake shop.
- by Victoria Ward
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Epstein fallout
‘A special place in hell’: New taskforce to hunt down ‘scouts’ who sent girls to Epstein
Investigators will target a network that recruited girls from across Europe – including a contact who told him of a dancer from Queensland.
- by David Crowe
Musk’s X office in Paris raided by police amid growing scrutiny in Europe
France’s summoning of Musk are linked to a year-long investigation into suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X or its executives.
- by Inti Landauro and Sudip Kar-Gupta
In Italy, church and state investigate the appearance of an angel seemingly modelled on Meloni
Officials are trying to find out how a religious artwork came to take on striking likeness to the Italian prime minister.
- by Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas