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A payment given to Lord Peter Mandelson when he was sacked as ambassador to the US is being reviewed after the latest revelations in the Epstein files.

Donald Trump has refused to apologise after a video was shared on his Truth Social account depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes - saying "I didn't make a mistake".

When I first saw the image of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes come across my social media I thought it must have been fake.

Italian police have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters who threw firecrackers, smoke bombs and bottles at them near a Winter Olympics venue.

Japanese politics is politer and more understated than most.

The US president and Israel's prime minister will meet on Wednesday in Washington to discuss negotiations with Iran, according to Benjamin Netanyahu's office.

The chief executive and publisher of the Washington Post has stepped down, just days after a third of the paper's staff were made redundant.

Dozens of flood warnings are in place, along with more than 250 alerts, as relentless rain continues to lash the UK.

A man has been charged with scores of sex offences, some dating as far back as 2003.

For a largely sedate and elegant spectacle, the Winter Olympics opening ceremony still became an outlet for rage in Milan.