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The PM added: “But had I known then what I know now, I’d have never appointed him, because what emerged last week were emails, Bloomberg emails, which showed that the nature and extent of the relationship that Peter Mandelson had with Epstein was far different to what I had understood to be the position when I appointed him.” Leaked emails to Bloomberg showed Mandelson wrote to Epstein “I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened,” the day before Epstein begin serving time for soliciting sex from a minor in June 2008. Mandelson said…

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Wright, a former oil man, did not deny the existence of climate change, but said its effects had been exaggerated. “[T]oday your chance of dying from [an] extreme weather event is the lowest we have in recorded history, and 20 percent of kids record nightmares about climate change,” Wright said at a press conference on Friday, without citing the source of these statistics. “So we have got people very afraid of something that’s a real issue, but we overhyped it,” he said. He urged countries to stop subsidizing renewable energy because it was having little impact on emissions, but was…

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Published on 15/09/2025 – 18:50 GMT+2 DNA on a towel wrapped around a rifle found near where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated matches that of the 22-year-old accused of his killing, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Monday. Investigators have also used DNA evidence to link the suspect, Tyler Robinson, with a screwdriver recovered from the rooftop where the fatal shot was fired on 10 September, Patel told Fox News Channel on Monday. Authorities in Utah are preparing to file capital murder charges against Robinson as early as Tuesday in the killing of Kirk, a dominant figure in conservative politics who became an…

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Published on 15/09/2025 – 15:27 GMT+2 •Updated 15:32 The world’s biggest offshore wind farm developer, Ørsted, is raising much-needed fresh capital by launching a rights issue. This means that the firm is going to sell an additional 900.8 million new shares for DKK 66.60 (€8.92) per piece. The company’s shares were trading at around DKK 192.50 on Monday afternoon, after they dipped by almost 4%. The rights issue offers a 67% discount compared to Friday’s closing price of around DKK 200. Ørsted aims to raise DKK 60 billion (€8bn), giving existing shareholders priority to purchase new shares to protect their…

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Published on 15/09/2025 – 16:40 GMT+2 French music streaming service Deezer has revealed that 28 per cent of music uploaded to the platform is fully AI-generated – representing 30,000 AI tracks every day. In a new report, Deezer shares that they installed an AI-detection tool at the beginning of the year, allowing the platform to label any song that uses artificial intelligence with a tag. They did so in June, and according to the group’s press release, they are the only music streaming platform to have done so. The alarming new figure is an 18 per cent increase since February,…

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Two customs officers have been charged by European prosecutors in Athens with repeated false certification, causing unlawful gains and damaging the EU budget by abetting customs fraud. Four customs brokers have been charged with repeated customs fraud and inciting false certification. The EPPO-led investigation, named “Calypso,” targeted criminal networks managing the entire circuit of goods imported from China into the EU, including distribution across member countries while evading customs duties and committing large-scale VAT fraud. The investigation involved textiles, shoes, e-scooters, e-bikes and other goods imported from China. The proceeds were laundered and sent back to China. “These highly organized…

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Published on 15/09/2025 – 15:34 GMT+2 •Updated 15:53 A French liberal MEP has gathered signatures from 20 other lawmakers for a letter seen by Euronews calling on the European Commission to review its commitment made under the EU-US trade agreement to purchase US energy. In the document— soon to be sent to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, and Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen—the MEPs led by Christophe Grudler of Renew call on the EU executive to reconsider its pledge to buy $750 billion worth of US energy products over the next three years. These products include…

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The prime minister’s statement landed amid an escalating diplomatic furor with Israel, which is at a zenith after Sánchez expressed support for pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrating against an Israeli team’s participation in the Vuelta a España cycling race. After those protesters — contesting the Israel-Premier Tech team taking part in the prestigious three-week race — forced the early conclusion of Sunday’s stage by blocking the roads into Madrid, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused Sánchez and his government of “inciting” the “mobs” and being an “embarrassment.” The prime minister was also criticized by conservative opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who said…

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