Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for believing Mandelson's 'lies'
The PM says the depth of the pair's relationship was not known when he was appointed US ambassador.

Could this be the beginning of the end for Starmer?
Few Labour MPs are publicly calling for Sir Keir Starmer to go but this is very serious moment for the PM.

Trump backs Chagos handover deal, says No 10
It comes after the US president suggested last month he could withdraw his support for the deal.

Boy, 15, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after teacher injured at school
Police were called to Milford Haven Comprehensive School in Pembrokeshire on Thursday afternoon.

Louvre Museum crown left crushed but 'intact' after raid
The Paris museum issues the first pictures of the crown since the theft, saying it was left "badly deformed".

Wuthering Heights star Jacob Elordi 'practised Northern accent in the bath'
The Australian actor is starring opposite Margot Robbie in new film, Wuthering Heights, set in Yorkshire.

'They killed my sons': chief of Nigerian village where jihadists massacred hundreds recounts night of terror
Umar Bio Salihu, 53, the local head of Woro in Kwara state, says gunmen 'just came in and started shooting'The traditional chief of a village in western Nigeria where jihadists massacred residents earlier this week has recounted a night of terror during which the attackers killed two of his sons and kidnapped his wife and three daughters.Umar Bio Salihu, the 53-year-old chief of Woro, a small, Muslim-majority village in Kwara state, said that at about 5pm on Tuesday the gunmen "just came in and started shooting". Continue reading...

Gunmen kill more than 160 people in attacks on two west Nigeria villages
Local politician says armed men rounded up residents, bound their hands behind their backs and shot themMore than 160 people have been killed in two villages in western Nigeria in the country's deadliest armed assaults this year, as communities reel from repeated and widespread acts of violence perpetrated by jihadists and other armed groups.The death toll from Tuesday's attacks in Woro and Nuku in Kwara state stood at 162 on Wednesday afternoon, according to Mohammed Omar Bio, a member of parliament representing the area. Continue reading...

Ugandan opposition leader still in hiding as feud with president's son escalates
Bobi Wine's whereabouts unknown since he fled what he said was night raid on his home by police and militaryBobi Wine, Uganda's most prominent opposition figure, remains in hiding nearly three weeks after a disputed election, as a high-stakes social media feud with the east African country's military chief escalates.Wine's whereabouts have been unknown since 16 January, when he fled what he said was a night raid by the police and military on his home, leaving his family behind. Continue reading...

Death of Nigerian singer after snakebite highlights crisis of 'preventable' fatalities
Ifunanya Nwangene died in hospital after being bitten in her Abuja home, raising questions about the availability of effective antivenomsIn a last message to her friends, Ifunanya Nwangene wrote: "Please come."The 26-year-old singer and former contestant on The Voice Nigeria had been bitten by a snake while asleep in her flat in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and was in hospital, anxiously awaiting treatment. Continue reading...

Trump-led abuses amid 'democratic recession' put human rights in peril, HRW report says
Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based orderThe world is in a "democratic recession" with almost three-quarters of the global population now living under autocratic rulers - levels not seen since the 1980s, according to a new report.The system underpinning human rights was "in peril", said Philippe Bolopion, executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), with a growing authoritarian wave becoming "the challenge of a generation", he said. Continue reading...

Cuba open to talks with US 'without pressure' after months of Trump threats
Miguel Díaz‑Canel says Cuba is willing to engage Washington amid the island's deepening economic crisisAfter months of threats from Donald Trump, the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, has said that his government is willing to talk to the United States, just so long as it is "without pressure".Standing in front of a life-sized photograph of Fidel Castro carrying a rifle during the 1959 revolution, Díaz-Canel, the 65-year-old president, said on Thursday that his island nation had been subject to an "intense media campaigns of slander, hatred and psychological warfare". Continue reading...

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Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says• Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies

Judge in Fox News-Dominion defamation trial: 'The parties have resolved their case'
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.

'Difficult to say with a straight face': Tapper reacts to Fox News' statement on settlement
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said.

Millions in the US could face massive consequences unless McCarthy can navigate out of a debt trap he set for Biden
• DeSantis goes to Washington, a place he once despised, looking for support to take on Trump• Opinion: For the GOP to win, it must ditch Trump• Chris Christie mulling 2024 White House bid• Analysis: The fire next time has begun burning in Tennessee