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Leo Ross’s mother says his life ‘should just be beginning’ as 12-year-old’s killer to be sentenced – live updates
Feb 10, 2026 - World 
The 12-year-old was stabbed by a stranger as he walked home from school in January 2025Justice Choudhury KC is back from his deliberation and will make a decision about whether or not he will lift the reporting restriction shortly.Leo Ross’s foster family is in court this morning to hear the judge pass his sentence, due this afternoon. Continue reading...
Macron says Europe facing ‘profound geopolitical rupture’ amid changes in world order – Europe live
Feb 10, 2026 - World 
‘It is time for Europe to wake up … If we do not decide for ourselves, we will be swept away,’ the French president saidCuriously, US vice-president JD Vance – who dominated the headlines with his highly confrontational speech on Europe last year – is not attending the MSC this year.He spent the weekend in Italy attending the Olympic Games, visited Armenia yesterday and is in Azerbaijan today, but won’t be coming back to Germany, it seems. Continue reading...
Starmer says he ‘will never walk away’ as Burnham joins Labour figures backing PM – UK politics live
Feb 10, 2026 - World 
Key Labour figures have rallied around the prime minister amid speculation over his leadershipKemi Badenoch has said that Keir Starmer just received a “stay of execution” yesterday. Speaking to reporters on a visit this morning, she said:[Starmer] is in a very dangerous place. The Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the quiet bit out loud.Labour MPs and the Labour party have lost confidence in their leader, but the MPs are too scared of losing their jobs, so they’re not going to call an election, and they’ve given him a stay of execution. The sad thing is that the country is suffering from not being governed at all. Continue reading...
Democrats reject White House ICE offer as partial shutdown looms – US politics live
Feb 10, 2026 - World 
Schumer and Jeffries say White House proposal is ‘incomplete and insufficient’ as prospect of deal recedesJamie Raskin, a top House Democrat, accused the justice department of making “puzzling, inexplicable redactions” to documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that obscured the names of abusers, while allowing the identities of the disgraced financier’s victims to become public.Raskin told reporters that he wanted to view the complete files to better understand how the justice department handled the redaction process. Continue reading...
Search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother continues amid desperate entreaties for her return
Feb 10, 2026 - World 
No suspect named yet as TV host’s mom still missing a day after deadline set by ransom note from alleged kidnappersThe search for television host Savannah Guthrie’s mother continued on Tuesday morning amid desperate family entreaties for her safe return.The FBI still has yet to identify a suspect or person of interest. Nancy Guthrie remains missing, a day after the deadline set by a ransom note from her purported kidnappers. Continue reading...
