https://www.scmp.com/rss/523572/feed The latest news and top stories on Peter Mandelson. He is a former British Labour Party politician who recently served as British Ambassador to the United States from February to September 2025, a role from which he was dismissed due to renewed scrutiny over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Previously, he was a Cabinet minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, holding portfolios including Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Business Secretary and First Secretary of State. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Cliff Buddle Cliff Buddle Veteran British politician Peter Mandelson’s visit to Hong Kong in 2024 came as a new era dawned, both for relations between the UK and China and his own career. Speaking at the University of Hong Kong in September that year, soon after the Labour Party’s election victory, the former trade minister expressed optimism that the new government would engage with Beijing and forge closer ties. He spoke highly of Hong Kong. Mandelson played down suggestions he would soon be appointed Britain’s... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3346620/mandelson-scandal-could-be-tipping-point-costs-starmer-his-job?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3346620/mandelson-scandal-could-be-tipping-point-costs-starmer-his-job?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:16:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A photograph of Britain’s former prince Andrew and veteran politician Peter Mandelson sitting in bathrobes alongside late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was unearthed on Friday in previously published documents. The image is believed to be the first known photograph of the two men with Epstein. They are both currently engulfed in scandal in the UK over their ties to their mutual friend. The undated photograph, first reported by ITV News, shows King Charles’ disgraced brother and Britain’s former... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346566/uks-andrew-and-peter-mandelson-pictured-bathrobes-jeffrey-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346566/uks-andrew-and-peter-mandelson-pictured-bathrobes-jeffrey-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:04:36 +0000 dpa dpa British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken responsibility for his “mistake” in sending Peter Mandelson to Washington as ambassador, as Downing Street denied there was a “cover-up” in the release of files related to the appointment. The prime minister is facing fresh questions about his judgment in giving Mandelson the ambassadorship despite being warned of a “general reputational risk” because of his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In his first public appearance since the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346415/uk-pm-starmer-admits-his-mistake-appointing-mandelson-us-ambassador?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346415/uk-pm-starmer-admits-his-mistake-appointing-mandelson-us-ambassador?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:38:12 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Documents released on Wednesday by the British government show officials believed there was a “reputational risk” to appointing Peter Mandelson as the US ambassador because of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The concerns were raised in a document sent to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in December 2024 before he appointed Mandelson to the role, seen as vital to establish a good relationship with the administration of US President Donald Trump. The document also spelled... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346267/uk-pm-starmer-was-warned-reputational-risk-appointing-mandelson?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346267/uk-pm-starmer-was-warned-reputational-risk-appointing-mandelson?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:50:35 +0000 dpa dpa British Defence Secretary John Healey has ordered a review of military files for any evidence that Jeffrey Epstein used airbases to traffic girls into the UK. Healey has tasked officials with trawling through more than two decades of Ministry of Defence (MoD) records and handing over to police any flight logs linked to the late paedophile financier. It comes after former prime minister Gordon Brown wrote to six police forces demanding investigations into whether Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor used... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344921/uk-probes-if-epstein-used-airbases-trafficking-girls-amid-andrew-scrutiny?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344921/uk-probes-if-epstein-used-airbases-trafficking-girls-amid-andrew-scrutiny?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:34:11 +0000 Reuters Reuters Britain’s ⁠government has agreed a framework with the police on which documents relating to the late 2024 appointment of former ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson ‌can be released, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) said on Thursday. Mandelson, 72, was released from custody after the Metropolitan Police arrested him on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, following revelations over his ties to ⁠Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein is at... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344789/uk-government-agrees-framework-publishing-mandelson-vetting-documents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344789/uk-government-agrees-framework-publishing-mandelson-vetting-documents?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:18:48 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Hillary Clinton used her forced appearance Thursday before a Republican-led panel probing Jeffrey Epstein to go on the offensive and demand US President Donald Trump testify about his own links to the sex offender. Clinton said after her deposition when asked if she was confident that her husband did not know of Epstein’s crimes, Clinton said “I am”. “I don’t know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein,” she added. “I never went to his island, I never went to his homes, I... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344784/hillary-clinton-calls-trump-testify-she-faces-us-house-epstein-panel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344784/hillary-clinton-calls-trump-testify-she-faces-us-house-epstein-panel?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:39:02 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The UK government said on Tuesday it supported the release of documents on ex-prince Andrew’s past role as a trade envoy, hours after a veteran politician was quizzed by police in the widening Jeffrey Epstein scandal. US authorities last month published millions of files related to the late sex offender Epstein, containing revelations that have rocked British political and royal circles. It has ramped up pressure on Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government to release its own vetting... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344511/uk-eyes-releasing-files-arrogant-andrew-clean-away-epstein-scandal-stain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344511/uk-eyes-releasing-files-arrogant-andrew-clean-away-epstein-scandal-stain?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:34:28 +0000 Reuters Reuters Former British ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson was arrested ⁠by London police on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, following revelations over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, 72, was fired from the most prestigious posting in Britain’s diplomatic service in September, when the depth of his friendship with Epstein started to become clear. Police earlier this month began a criminal investigation into Mandelson after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344381/uks-peter-mandelson-arrested-london-after-revelations-over-his-ties-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344381/uks-peter-mandelson-arrested-london-after-revelations-over-his-ties-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:42:28 +0000 Reuters Reuters London police officers assigned to King ⁠Charles’ younger brother ⁠Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were instructed to provide ⁠security for a dinner party at Jeffrey Epstein’s residence in New York in 2010, British media reported on Sunday. The Sunday Times, which first reported the story, cited emails from the Epstein files that ‌appear to detail arrangements for Mountbatten-Windsor to stay with the late convicted sex offender in December 2010, along with his two protection officers from London’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344277/uk-protection-officers-instructed-guard-2010-epstein-dinner-party-reports-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344277/uk-protection-officers-instructed-guard-2010-epstein-dinner-party-reports-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:12:16 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Until Thursday morning, it had been nearly four centuries since the arrest of a senior British royal. On his 66th birthday, the late Queen Elizabeth’s favourite son was detained on suspicion of misconduct in public office. By evening, the former prince was released from police custody. But the ongoing investigation will unpick years of lurid allegations about Andrew’s ties to the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein that have heaped embarrassment on his brother, King Charles. The arrest of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344093/first-royal-arrest-centuries-presents-existential-crisis-uks-most-powerful-family?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344093/first-royal-arrest-centuries-presents-existential-crisis-uks-most-powerful-family?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:53:52 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The UK’s top civil servant resigned on Thursday, the third senior aide to Prime Minister Keir Starmer to quit in a matter of days in fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. “Chris Wormald will stand down as the cabinet secretary and head of the civil service by mutual agreement from today,” said a joint statement released by the government. His departure came after two top aides quit earlier this week over the row triggered by the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3343379/uks-top-civil-servant-quits-pm-starmer-tries-calm-epstein-storm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3343379/uks-top-civil-servant-quits-pm-starmer-tries-calm-epstein-storm?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:10:27 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A defiant British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sought to move on Tuesday from fevered speculation about his future after fighting off strident calls to resign over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Following a day of drama on Monday, the Labour leader told a meeting of government ministers that they were “strong and united” after he vowed not to depart office just 19 months into a five-year term. Starmer’s position had looked precarious on Monday when Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar demanded his... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3343103/starmer-claims-uk-government-united-amid-calls-quit-over-epstein-fallout?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3343103/starmer-claims-uk-government-united-amid-calls-quit-over-epstein-fallout?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:48:51 +0000 Reuters Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused on Monday ‌to heed calls to quit, even by the leader of his party in Scotland, pledging to fight on after his appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador plunged his government into ‍crisis. Under pressure over the appointment of a man whose close ties to the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have come into full focus, Starmer has attempted to change the narrative. But a demand from Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, for him to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342974/uks-starmer-refuses-heed-calls-quit-over-fallout-epstein-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342974/uks-starmer-refuses-heed-calls-quit-over-fallout-epstein-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:26:28 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Britain’s King Charles is ready to “support’’ UK police examining claims that the former prince Andrew gave confidential information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The statement came after Thames Valley Police said Monday that they were “assessing” reports that the former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, sent trade reports to Epstein in 2010. The department, which serves an area west of London that includes Mountbatten-Windsor’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342973/uk-police-assess-claims-ex-prince-andrew-sent-sensitive-trade-records-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342973/uk-police-assess-claims-ex-prince-andrew-sent-sensitive-trade-records-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:55:35 +0000 Reuters Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, ‍quit on Sunday, saying he took responsibility for advising Starmer to name Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US despite his known links to Jeffrey Epstein. After new files revealed the depth of the Labour veteran’s relationship with the late sex offender, Starmer is facing what is widely seen as the gravest crisis of his 18 months in power over his decision to ⁠send Mandelson to Washington in 2024. The loss of McSweeney,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342850/starmer-chief-staff-mcsweeney-quits-over-mandelson-appointment-despite-epstein-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342850/starmer-chief-staff-mcsweeney-quits-over-mandelson-appointment-despite-epstein-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:40:10 +0000 dpa dpa The former British ambassador to the United States and former government minister Peter Mandelson is facing demands to hand back the payoff he received after being sacked as US envoy. The senior Labour Party figure was sacked over his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, but anger in Westminster has intensified after the latest release of documents which indicated he leaked information to his friend while he was a government minister. Allies of Prime Minister Keir Starmer said... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342820/mandelson-epstein-scandal-demands-grow-ex-envoy-repay-us75000-severance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342820/mandelson-epstein-scandal-demands-grow-ex-envoy-repay-us75000-severance?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:19:50 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein. But the British prime minister’s job is under threat because of the fallout from the late sex offender’s global web of relationships. Friendship with Epstein has already brought down a British royal – Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew – and UK ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson, fired by Starmer over his links to the financier. Now, new revelations have plunged Starmer’s centre-left government into turmoil. The prime... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342613/epstein-haunts-number-10-creating-crisis-uks-starmer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342613/epstein-haunts-number-10-creating-crisis-uks-starmer?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:34:54 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, battling for his political future, apologised on Thursday to victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing disgraced Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. Starmer issued the wide-ranging apology after being dogged for days by the decision, following fresh allegations about Mandelson’s cosy ties to late sex offender Epstein which emerged in newly released files last Friday. The latest crisis to hit Starmer’s struggling government has left many doubting his judgment and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342550/starmer-apologises-after-mandelson-epstein-ties-spark-uk-political-storm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342550/starmer-apologises-after-mandelson-epstein-ties-spark-uk-political-storm?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:50:19 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press British police on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public office related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The UK government says newly released Epstein files suggest Mandelson – a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour Party – may have shared market-sensitive information with the convicted sex offender a decade and a half ago. London’s Metropolitan Police... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342282/uk-police-called-starmer-moves-expel-mandelson-over-epstein-leaks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342282/uk-police-called-starmer-moves-expel-mandelson-over-epstein-leaks?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:20:04 +0000 Reuters Reuters Britain’s former US ambassador, Peter Mandelson, received money from Jeffrey Epstein and ‍leaked a confidential government briefing to him, newly released files appeared to show, renewing scrutiny of his conduct in public office. Late on Sunday, Mandelson left the Labour Party to prevent “further embarrassment”, after he was fired from his envoy role last year after revelations about his connections to the late convicted sex offender. He said he had no recollection of any payments after the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342145/uks-starmer-demands-mandelsons-removal-house-lords-amid-new-epstein-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342145/uks-starmer-demands-mandelsons-removal-house-lords-amid-new-epstein-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:59:12 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Former British ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson quit the Labour Party Sunday, seeking to avoid causing it “further embarrassment” after newly released US documents revived scrutiny of his connection to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, 72, who was sacked as Britain’s ambassador to the United States last year over his ties to Epstein, allegedly received several payments from Epstein in the early 2000s, according to documents released on Friday by the US Department of Justice... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342020/sacked-uk-ambassador-mandelson-has-no-recollection-us75000-payments-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342020/sacked-uk-ambassador-mandelson-has-no-recollection-us75000-payments-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:09:16 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Britain’s former prince Andrew was again engulfed by the Epstein scandal on Saturday, after newly released files included photographs of him kneeling on all fours over a woman lying on the floor. The images were among millions of new documents disclosed Friday by the US Justice Department from the Jeffrey Epstein files, which also featured the late sex offender proposing in 2010 that the then prince meet a Russian woman. That was two years after the disgraced US financier had pleaded guilty in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341967/uks-ex-prince-andrew-dogged-again-epstein-scandal-new-photos-surface?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341967/uks-ex-prince-andrew-dogged-again-epstein-scandal-new-photos-surface?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:56:36 +0000 Reuters Reuters Britain’s former US ambassador Peter Mandelson, who was dismissed over his ‌links to Jeffrey Epstein last year, apologised on Sunday to the victims of ‍the late convicted sex offender but not for his own actions. Mandelson was fired in September over emails that came to light revealing a much closer relationship than previously acknowledged. The veteran British politician ⁠called Epstein “my best pal” and had advised him on seeking early jail release. “I want to apologise to those women for a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3339520/uks-former-us-envoy-peter-mandelson-apologises-epsteins-victims-not-his-own-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3339520/uks-former-us-envoy-peter-mandelson-apologises-epsteins-victims-not-his-own-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:21:12 +0000 Reuters Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed efforts to achieve a “just ‌and lasting end” to the war in Ukraine on Sunday with US President Donald Trump, Starmer’s Downing Street office said in a statement, after talks between officials in Florida. “The two leaders began by reflecting ⁠on the war in Ukraine,” Starmer’s office said in a readout of the call, adding they had discussed the work of the so-called Coalition of the Willing countries that have pledged to support Ukraine. “The prime... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337251/uks-starmer-discusses-ukraine-peace-efforts-call-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337251/uks-starmer-discusses-ukraine-peace-efforts-call-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:18:11 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press He won’t call himself a duke any more, but that is not enough for many of Prince Andrew’s critics. Buckingham Palace and the British government were under pressure Monday to formally strip Prince Andrew of his princely title and sumptuous home after new revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. After discussions with his elder brother King Charles, Andrew agreed on Friday to stop using titles including Duke of York. It was the latest effort to insulate the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329768/palace-and-uk-government-under-pressure-strip-prince-andrew-titles-and-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329768/palace-and-uk-government-under-pressure-strip-prince-andrew-titles-and-home?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:11:13 +0000 Yonden Lhatoo Yonden Lhatoo TikTok travesty Have you noticed what has happened to media coverage of TikTok, along with public discourse and general commentary on the American takeover of China’s phenomenally popular short-video platform in the United States? Everyone is talking about the deal that will keep the social media app alive for 183 million American users by transferring ownership from Chinese internet giant ByteDance to a consortium of covetous US companies under the auspices of President Donald Trump’s... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3327552/heres-proof-world-has-gone-mad?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3327552/heres-proof-world-has-gone-mad?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:37:25 +0000 Cliff Buddle Cliff Buddle British Prime Minister Keir Starmer wasted no time playing his “Trump card” when he visited the newly elected US president earlier this year. A smiling Starmer produced a letter from King Charles inviting Donald Trump to make an unprecedented second state visit to the UK. Trump happily accepted, describing it as an honour. Last week’s two-day extravaganza displayed more pomp and pageantry than politics. It was all about flattering Trump and making him feel special. But the point of this... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3326265/more-pomp-and-pageantry-politics-britain-plays-its-trump-card?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3326265/more-pomp-and-pageantry-politics-britain-plays-its-trump-card?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Sep 2025 13:45:07 +0000 dpa dpa US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he does not know the UK’s former ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, who was sacked over links to paedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson was fired by Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week when the extent of his friendship with the US financier was revealed. There had been concerns the issue could cast a shadow on the US president’s second state visit to the UK, not least because Trump was also close to Epstein, although they... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3326044/trump-claims-he-does-not-know-sacked-british-ambassador-us-peter-mandelson?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3326044/trump-claims-he-does-not-know-sacked-british-ambassador-us-peter-mandelson?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:45:59 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Donald Trump hailed America’s “unbreakable bond” with Britain on Thursday as he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a huge tech deal on the second day of the US president’s pomp-filled state visit. A day after King Charles III treated Trump to a day of royal pageantry at Windsor Castle, Trump flew to Starmer’s Chequers country residence for talks on thorny issues including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. But Britain’s work in wooing the unpredictable Trump on his second state visit seemed to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3326035/trump-uks-starmer-sign-tech-deal-seal-unbreakable-bond?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3326035/trump-uks-starmer-sign-tech-deal-seal-unbreakable-bond?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:59:44 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump kicked off his historic second state visit to Britain on Wednesday amid unprecedented pomp, intense security, technology investments and protests as King Charles and other royals welcomed their nation’s closest ally. Trump and his wife Melania are being hosted by the king at Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and family home to British monarchs for almost 1,000 years, where he is being treated to the full array of British pageantry from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325785/trump-arrives-uk-unprecedented-second-state-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325785/trump-arrives-uk-unprecedented-second-state-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:18:04 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted on Monday that he would never have appointed Peter Mandelson as his ambassador in Washington if he had known the full extent of the diplomat’s relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The comments, Starmer’s first since he sacked Mandelson last week, come as the prime minister faces growing questions about his judgment, including from his own Labour MPs. Starmer, whose popularity has tanked since taking office in July 2024, has endured several days... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325645/embattled-starmer-defends-himself-over-ex-diplomat-peter-mandelsons-epstein-links?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325645/embattled-starmer-defends-himself-over-ex-diplomat-peter-mandelsons-epstein-links?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:53:29 +0000