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A federal panel responsible for reviewing President Donald Trump’s plans to build a massive ballroom on the site of the former White House East Wing is expected to vote to advance the project. The US Commission of Fine Arts is likely to vote on the design at its monthly meeting, which is being held over […]

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and is in police custody. Thames Valley Police confirmed the arrest on Thursday following allegations made against the former prince after the release of millions of pages of files related to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. The arrest comes as pictures circulated online appearing […]

Ebay has struck a €1.1 billion deal to buy second-hand clothing app Depop from rival Etsy. It is offloading the brand, which has become increasingly popular among Gen Z shoppers looking to buy products sustainably, five years after buying it for €1.3 billion. Ebay said the deal will help it cater to a “younger demographic” […]

Keir Starmer faces another round of US diplomacy after Donald Trump attacked the UK’s Chagos Islands deal a day after his administration said he supported it. In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president said the deal to hand sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius was “a big mistake” due to the […]

Former president Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024. Judge Jee Kui-youn said he found Yoon guilty of rebellion for mobilising military and police forces in an illegal attempt to seize the liberal-led National Assembly, arrest politicians and establish unchecked power for […]

Donald Trump has urged Sir Keir Starmer not to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a day after the US said it approved of the deal. In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president said Sir Keir would be making “a big mistake” if he proceeded with plans to hand over […]

Italian police are investigating how one of Rome’s most beloved monuments, the elephant sculpture designed by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, lost the tip of its left tusk – again. Police found the 11-centimetre (4in) marble fragment near the statue over the weekend. They said on Wednesday that they had determined it was not original […]

British police have urged people with information to come forward about claims of human trafficking and sexual assault from the 1990s which appeared in the Epstein files. Surrey Police said the allegations, set out in a redacted report released by the US Department of Justice in December, allegedly took place in Virginia Water between 1994 […]

Keir Starmer said the decision to postpone dozens of May council elections had been “locally led” as he defended the UK government’s U-turn on the plans after further legal advice. Votes in 30 English councils had been postponed to help town halls through a major reorganisation of local government. But the UK Ministry of Housing, […]

The British chancellor has called on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to come forward with what he knows about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, saying he “owes it to the victims”. Rachel Reeves’ words come as multiple police forces are reviewing information contained within the three million pages of the so-called Epstein files released last month. Speaking to reporters […]