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UK Prime Minister facing calls to resign over ambassador’s Epstein links | BBC News
The British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is under intense political pressure, with calls for him to resign, over his decision to appoint Lord Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the United States, despite his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The leader of Sir Keir’s Labour Party in Scotland, Anas Sarwar, has become the Prime Minister’s most senior colleague to say he must step down for the sake of his party and the country.
Sir Keir nominated Lord Mandelson for the UK’s top diplomatic post in December 2024, despite knowing he had continued his relationship with Epstein after his conviction and jail sentence. Sir Keir was forced to dismiss Lord Mandelson nine months later, when email exchanges between the two men were released.
The scandal developed into a crisis threatening Sir Keir’s leadership with the recent release of documents by the US Justice Department, which appear to show that Peter Mandelson leaked market-sensitive information to Epstein when he was a government minister.
Sir Keir’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has resigned, taking responsibility for advising the Prime Minister to appoint Lord Mandelson as ambassador. Sir Keir’s head of communications has also left his job.
For now the Prime Minister has won the support of some of his members of parliament, but is facing open speculation that his days in office may be numbered.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by political editor Chris Mason.
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There are thousands of videos on social media of exotic animals being kept as pets.
But, behind the clips lies a troubling reality.
That’s according to conservationists, who worry that content creators are glamourising the animals as pets, spreading misinformation about the behaviour they show.
BBC Tech Now’s Franchesca Hashemi investigates the consequences of viral social media videos of exotic animals, and whether they are fuelling the illegal wildlife trade.
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The onset of sudden, intrusive thoughts led a young woman to falsely fear she was a paedophile.
For years, Molly stayed silent until a social media video suggested it could be a lesser-known symptom of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Molly has gone from silence to sharing her OCD story online in the hope that others experiencing the same thoughts don’t feel alone.
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A US Marine has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman’s body was found in a hotel in Okinawa, Japan, according …
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Adaptations, remakes and reboots are all the rage right now, and there’s often one question that crops up – why?
Carrie, Prime Video’s new TV series based on Stephen King’s debut novel, has been no exception.
It’s not the first time the tale of high school bullies and supernatural powers has been adapted for the screen.
Director Brian de Palma’s 1976 movie version is a horror classic, with some of its most famous scenes and imagery widely considered iconic within the genre.
But the cast and creator of the latest version, which drags Carrie’s story forward 50 years into a world of social media, have been telling BBC Newsbeat’s Eleanor Doyle why they believe it’s still relevant in 2026.
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