In an exclusive investigation, a whistleblower has told the BBC how he unearthed evidence suggesting that US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick failed to disclose a business relationship with the paedophile financier, Jeffrey Epstein.

Simon Andriesz was a trader at one of Lutnick’s Wall Street firms, but it wasn’t until the Epstein files were released earlier this year that he says he confirmed a longstanding suspicion that his boss was misrepresenting his relationship with Epstein.

BBC financial investigations correspondent Andy Verity joins The Global Story’s Tristan Redman us to unpack the new investigation.

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00:00 Introduction
01:30 Our whistleblower’s relationship to Howard Lutnick
06:00 Who is Howard Lutnick?
06:36 Howard Lutnick at 9/11
07:05 Lutnick’s links to Jeffrey Epstein
11:09 A whistleblower in the Epstein files
12:17 Searching the files
13:12 Lutnick’s newly uncovered links to Epstein
16:18 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to them both
20:54 The impact on our whistleblower

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The US has denied Iranian accusations that it hit civilian infrastructure in the latest wave of air strikes since peace talks collapsed. Iran’s state media and provincial authorities said bridges, a train station and an airport were hit.

The BBC has confirmed an attack on a bridge in Hormozgan province.

President Donald Trump has threatened to hit Iranian bridges and power stations to force Tehran to return to talks to end the war.

Meanwhile, Kuwaiti authorities said Iranian strikes had hit power generation and water desalination stations, and Kuwait’s army said several personnel were wounded as a result of Iranian drones targeting facilities and camps on Friday morning.

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Watch the moment Keir Starmer left No 10 and Andy Burnahm arrived as the new UK Prime Minister.

Join BBC Political Correspondent Nick Eardley in Downing Street as he takes you through the day as it unfolds: as the former mayor of Greater Manchester becomes the country’s fourth prime minister in five years and the seventh since 2016.

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Andy Burnham will become the UK’s prime minister today, replacing Keir Starmer .

Starmer will deliver his final address as PM later this morning, before he and Burnham visit King Charles in Buckingham Palace.

The new prime minister will then give his own speech in Downing Street – he will promise “more breathing room” for Britain, while arguing for a more “stable and responsible” politics.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch wished the new PM “every success” – but warns he is entering Downing Street without a “clear plan”.

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