The Speaker of the U.K.’s House of Commons said Wednesday he tipped off police that Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the U.S. who is facing accusations of leaking information to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was a possible flight risk. Mandelson was arrested Monday at his north London home on suspicion of misconduct in public office. AdvertisementSpeaker Lindsay Hoyle told lawmakers that he passed “relevant” information to police, without disclosing the source. One internal government report discussed possibly selling government assets to raise money for the U.K. after the 2008 global financial crisis. Payment records suggest Epstein gave Mandelson or his husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, $75,000 in 2003 and 2004.

Kasper Hogh's true feelings after Celtic transfer miss as striker 'shock' follows £10m tussleThe Danish frontman is in red hot for in the Champions League with Bodo/GlimtView 2 Images Bodo/Glimt striker Kasper HoghStriker Kasper Hogh has declared it is "wonderful" to still be with Bodo/Glimt on their Champions League rise after a winter switch to Celtic collapse‌Record Sport revealed in January that the Hoops entered the chase for the striker with the clock ticking down on the window. At that stage, Celtic had already snapped up Tomas Cvancara from Borussia Monchengladbach on a loan deal but were still in the market for another frontman. The 24-year-old burst onto the scene at Celtic Park with a goal on his debut against Dundee. Last year's Champions League finalists were then seen off on their own patch as Bodo claimed a 2-1 triumph. View 2 Images Kasper Hogh of FK Bodo/Glimt celebrates (Image: Getty Images)‌Speaking to Viaplay after the victory in Italy, delighted Hogh clearly had no regrets over the failed switch to Glasgow's East End.

Alexander Isak of Liverpool looks on during warming up prior to the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 20, 2025 in London, England. With Sweden then failing to secure a World Cup berth via UEFA qualification, Jon Dahl Tomasson lost his job. His replacement, Graham Potter, still has the chance to qualify them to next summer’s expanded 48-team World Cup via a playoff thanks to the country’s success in the Nations League. “Right now we’re just keeping our fingers crossed,” Potter said when asked by Swedish journalists about the possibility of a trio of key injured players including Liverpool striker Isak back in time face Ukraine in late March. “Hopefully we can get some of those guys back—but if not, we have to find a solution with the guys that are available.”In addition to Isak, Potter and Sweden are without Dejan Kulusevski and Lucas Bergvall.

US congressman Tony Gonzales has refused growing calls from his fellow Republicans on Tuesday to resign amid a furore over allegations that he had an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. The Texas Republican, who is running for re-election, told reporters on Tuesday that he was not going to resign. The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, said earlier on Tuesday that he would speak to Gonzales about the allegations. The three-term congressman has denied the affair and previously said on social media that he is being blackmailed and called the allegations a political smear. But he has not addressed newly released text messages in which he appeared to ask the former staffer for intimate photos and discuss sex acts.

For a team that did not have a women’s side until a year ago, Porto have made a rapid rise. Porto are top of the final phase of the second division championship, having won the first phase. It could be easy to dismiss as just the usual talk but speaking to the director of Porto women’s football department, José Manuel Ferreira, it becomes clear that actions match the words. The team trains at Olival, the club’s main training ground, and we wanted young coaches, but also coaches who had experience in women’s football. This is an extract from our free email about women’s football, Moving the Goalposts.

From 4h ago 16.18 GMT Iceland to hold referendum on opening EU accession talks in 'next few months,' PM says Jakub Krupa Iceland is to hold a referendum on opening accession talks to join the European Union in “the next few months,” the country’s prime minister Kristrún Frostadóttir said at a press conference in Warsaw. Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk and Iceland’s prime minister Kristrún Frostadóttir attend a joint press conference following their meeting in Warsaw, Poland. Iceland is to hold a referendum on opening accession talks to join the European Union in “the next few months,” the country’s prime minister Kristrún Frostadóttir said (17:18). View image in fullscreen Iceland’s prime minister Kristrún Frostadóttir addresses a joint press conference in Warsaw, Poland. View image in fullscreen Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk and Iceland’s prime minister Kristrún Frostadóttir attend a joint press conference following their meeting in Warsaw, Poland.

The hall revealed the list of 17 performer nominees on Wednesday – a list that also includes Melissa Etheridge, Jeff Buckley, Pink, New Edition, Sade and the Wu-Tang Clan. Carey, nominated in 2024 and 2025, has had 19 No 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, while soul-jazz vocalist Sade, also nominated in 2024, had such soft rock hits as Smooth Operator and The Sweetest Taboo. The Wu-Tang Clan have been hailed as rap innovators since their game-changing 1993 debut album Enter The Wu-Tang. Iron Maiden helped power the new wave of British heavy metal with seminal albums like The Number Of The Beast. Ten of the 17 nominees are on the ballot for the first time: Buckley, Collins, Etheridge, Hill, Inxs, New Edition, Pink, Shakira, Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan.

When the first State of the Union address of Trump’s second term got under way, Republicans moved in on Green menacingly and tried to tear the sign away. The reality TV president hailed them in the press gallery, prompting applause and roars from both Democrats and Republicans. He had gone into the address with an approval rating of 39% positive and 60% negative, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, lower than any past president delivering his first State of the Union address. The longest State of the Union speech in history was also one of the most inconsequential. As for Green, his seat remained empty too save for a handwritten cardboard sign that simply and defiantly said: “Al Green.”

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: Noa Lang of Galatasaray SK, Pierre Kalulu of Juventus FC during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off First Leg match between Galatasaray SK and Juventus FC at Rams Park Stadium on February 17, 2026 in Istanbul, Turkey. The problem about what happened last week is that the disaster has already happened, not taken place in the second leg. So now, with just about 99.9% of folks thinking that this tie is pretty much over, there’s a second leg to play. The odds are slim that Juventus advance to the Champions League Round of 16. TEAM NEWSThanks to their respective variety of cards in last Tuesday’s first leg, Juventus will be without both Andrea Cambiaso and Juan Cabal for Wednesday night’s play-off round decider.

Anthropic, which presents itself as the most safety-forward of the leading AI companies, has been mired in weeks of disagreement with the Pentagon over how the military is allowed to use its large language model, Claude. The Department of Defense (DoD) has integrated Claude into its operations, but has threatened to sever the relationship over what its top brass perceives as roadblocks erected by Anthropic. The DoD struck deals with several major AI firms including Anthropic, Google and OpenAI in July last year, offering them contracts worth up to $200m. Until this week, however, Anthropic’s Claude product was the only model permitted for use in the military’s classified systems. The meeting between Anthropic and the Pentagon is taking place a month after the US military reportedly used Claude to assist in its capture of the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

Claim:A photo authentically shows future U.S. first lady Melania Trump, then Melania Knauss, posing partially nude for modeling pictures on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's airplane. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementUsers shared this claim on Facebook, Instagram (archived), Threads (archived), and X (archived), including an image meme (archived) reading, "Fun fact: This famous picture of first lady Melania Trump was taken on Jeffrey Epstein's plane." Melania Trump defended n*de modeling photosIn September 2024, Melania Trump — ahead of the release of her memoir, "Melania" — shared a statement (archived) on social media defending her n*de modeling photos. The statement read:Melania Trump speaks about her n*de modeling work: "Why do I stand proudly behind my n*de modeling work? "Melania Trump Defends Nude Modeling Work as She Promotes Book."

Celtic land new referee verdict on Auston Trusty red vs Hibs after appeal snub and VAR audio leakThe SFA kicked out an appeal by the Hoops who have launched a scathing retortView 2 Images (Image: SNS Group)Former SFA referees Des Roache and Steve Conroy reckon that VAR should not have got involved in Auston Trusty's red card against Hibs. ‌After being sent to the pitchside monitor to review the incident the US international would be given his marching orders. After a fast-tracked appeal, the suspension was upheld and Trusty will miss the next three games - starting with Rangers on Sunday. Roache said: "I think Trusty was silly in the first place to put himself in that situation, but the bit that gets me is that we see this situation 20-30 times every weekend. View 2 Images Sportscene's angle of the Auston Trusty red card‌"Which one are we going with?

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Might we safely say that New Labour is over? And the New Labour operatives working in the Cabinet look to have not a single idea between them. Apart from the desire for power so that it might wreak havoc wherever it might turn, New Labour has nothing left to offer. On Thursday, it is highly likely that people in Manchester will kick Labour out of a parliamentary seat they have held for as long as political memories exist. The artifice that was once Labour, and which was corrupted into New Labour, is now being seen for what it is, and that is a mechanism for the supply of power to a few at a cost to many.

Makoko is a nineteenth-century fishing neighborhood and major small-scale business hub in Lagos, Nigeria. An estimated 250,000 people1 live there, on top of stilted housing on water and concrete structures on land. Following a demolition in 2012, the community’s baales (chiefs) and the Lagos state government signed a memorandum of understanding in 2014. The memorandum of understanding stipulated, among other provisions, the removal of structures within 100 m of the high-voltage power line that traverses Makoko. There are only speculations about why the government broke the memorandum of understanding, which held for almost 11 years.