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Feb 8, 2026 - World

Foreign Office says it will review payoff given to Mandelson after he was sackedMeanwhile, the chief of the Fire Brigades Union, Steve Wright, has called for Keir Starmer to go over the Mandelson scandal.Wright told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme:I think everybody’s thinking it, and people are just not saying it at the moment.And unfortunately we’re seeing MPs being wheeled out again today to sweep up the mess behind the prime minister at the moment.McFadden said Starmer made a “mistake” but acted in “good faith” when appointing Mandelson as US ambassador last year.McFadden said there was no mention of Jeffrey Epstein on the day Mandelson was appointed in “many media circles” including the BBC.McFadden said Starmer should “continue with what he is doing”, and said changing prime minister every “18 months to 2 years” has a damaging reputational and economic cost to the country.McFadden said Starmer is “more frustrated than anyone” that damaging headlines since the new year have distracted from the government’s agenda, namely on the cost of living.When asked if he thinks Starmer’s leadership is in big trouble, McFadden replied: “I don’t think it should be.” Continue reading...

Feb 8, 2026 - World

Bangladesh General Election 2026: Over a year-and-a-half ago, Bangladeshi students took to the streets over job quotas in the public sector. What began as campus protests quickly spread across the country and turned into a movement

Feb 8, 2026 - World

During a frenzied attack in a medical university's dormitory that housed foreign students in Russia, the 15-year-old attacker shouted nationalist slogans about the Holocaust, a local news media report claimed.

Feb 8, 2026 - World

Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the frantic search for the 84-year-old Arizona resident has entered a seventh day.

Feb 8, 2026 - World

Initiative aims to identify proficient gamers and coders who can help companies identify flaws in their cybersecurity Cybercriminals, the shadowy online figures often depicted in Hollywood movies as hooded villains capable of wiping millions of pounds off the value of businesses at a keystroke, are not usually known for their candour.But in a sixth-form college in Manchester this week, two former hackers gave the young people gathered an honest appraisal of what living a life of internet crime really looks like. Continue reading...