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Meta has been warned by EU regulators that it might have to take steps to open up access to WhatsApp for rival artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, said Meta had effectively banned competitors from its messaging app and risked “irreparably harming competition in Europe”. Meta responded to say there […]

Another key ally of Keir Starmer has quit as the UK prime minister fights for his political survival amid the fallout of the Peter Mandelson scandal. Downing Street communications chief Tim Allan said he was standing down to allow “a new No 10 team to be built”. It comes a day after the resignation of […]

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell will be questioned by US Congress on Monday, although it is expected that she will not answer any questions and invoke a constitutional privilege. According to a letter on Sunday from US Representative Ro Khanna, Maxwell intends to invoke her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refuse to answer all substantive […]

The British prince and princess of Wales have been “deeply concerned” by the ongoing revelations from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal involving Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Kensington Palace has said. It is the first time the views of William and Kate have been known about the crisis, that has engulfed the monarchy and Westminster, and their thoughts “remain […]

Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton have made their first major public appearance at the Super Bowl, amid weeks of speculation about their rumoured romance. The seven-time F1 world champion and the reality TV mogul were spotted by NBC cameras attending the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots in Santa Clara, California. […]

The Seattle Seahawks claimed a second Super Bowl title as they beat the New England Patriots 29-13 with a dominant defensive performance. New England quarterback Drake Maye was sacked six times as the Seahawks defence kept their opponents scoreless until the fourth quarter at Santa Clara, California. Maye also threw two interceptions and fumbled under […]

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor invited Jeffrey Epstein and a “very cute” Romanian woman to dinner at Buckingham Palace, emails show. She was invited at Epstein’s request in September 2010, when he was in London and wanted her to join him at the palace for a private meeting. Documents released as part of the Epstein files suggest she […]

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said. The new convictions against Ms Mohammadi come as Iran tries to negotiate with the United States over its nuclear programme to avert a military strike threatened by President Donald Trump. Iran’s […]

Morgan McSweeney has resigned as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff after coming under fire in the Peter Mandelson scandal. The UK prime minister’s right-hand man had faced intensifying calls from within the Labour Party to go after being blamed by many for pushing the appointment of his ally Mandelson as ambassador to the US, despite […]

Polls have opened in parliamentary elections that Japan’s popular prime minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big enough win to push through an ambitious conservative political agenda. Ms Takaichi is hugely popular, but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan for most of the last seven decades, has struggled […]