Albanese holds a 45-34 lead on preferred prime minister, compared with a 47-25 lead over Sussan Ley a fortnight ago. Two-party preferred results have Labor’s lead over the Coalition narrowing from 54-46 to 53-47, while that over One Nation widens from 55-45 to 56-44. One Nation voters were asked to explain themselves: 42% professed “no confidence in major parties”, 33% enthusiasm for One Nation policies and 21% admiration for Pauline Hanson’s leadership, with only 4% citing the Barnaby Joyce factor. The poll was conducted February 17 to 24 from a sample size not specified in the report (UPDATE: Exactly 1500). The poll was conducted “last week” from a sample of 1002 – more detail to follow later today (UPDATE: Full report here).

On Tuesday night, Abigail Spanberger will walk out on to the historic grounds of Colonial Williamsburg and deliver the Democratic response to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Now that Democrats in Richmond hold the governorship, the state senate and the house of delegates for the first time in years, Spanberger has not been shy about flexing, or slowing down. She will be the second former CIA official in a row to be handed the job of delivering the Democratic response to a Trump address to a joint session of Congress. That the party has now turned to the same profile twice in succession indicates where Democratic strategists think the electoral center of gravity lies. Her selection highlights how the Democratic party is seemingly divided over where it should go next.

It was unclear when the release could occur, as the former prince was arrested last week on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The govt has made clear it does not want to interfere in the inquiry. Mandelson was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on Monday. Mandelson is being probed over allegations that he sent sensitive documents to the late US sex offender when he was a minister, including during the 2008 financial crash. Police have not specified which documents are part of the probe.

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AdvertisementAfter persistent questioning, she was eventually told Judith was in hospital but, finding no record of her admission, Michelle called the police. Judith had been brutally bludgeoned to death with a hammer and her head was covered with a plastic bag, tied with electrical cord. It seemed there was no cause for concern but a few days later, Dale told Michelle his mother had taken a turn for the worst and was in hospital. Rather than asking Gemma and her family to identify the body, police asked whether Gemma’s aunt had any distinguishing features. I really told Dale off.

The arrest of an Italian police officer on suspicion of murder over the fatal shooting of a Moroccan man has prompted a row after the opposition accused Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government of exploiting the case for political ends. Cinturrino originally said he had acted in self-defence after Mansouri pulled a gun on him. Prosecutors allege that a gun found at the scene – which fired only blanks – was planted there by Cinturrino to support his story. They say that further investigations had indicated that Mansouri had feared the police officer and wanted to report him for allegedly demanding drugs and protection money. Elly Schlein, the leader of the centre-left Democratic party, accused the government of using the Rogoredo case for “political speculation”, while Giuseppe Conte, who leads the Five Star Movement, said the government had made a “serious blunder”.

The Ukrainian president praised his people's courage as Ukraine enters the fifth year of war against Russia. In the 18-minute video, he thanked world leaders who have stood with Ukraine from the beginning of the full-scale invasion and appealed to Donald Trump to visit Kyiv

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Former US ambassador Peter Mandelson has been released on bail after his arrest over claims he committed misconduct in public office during his friendship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Police have been investigating allegations that he leaked Downing Street emails and market-sensitive information to the disgraced US financier during his time as business secretary. Mandelson has denied any wrongdoing. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s head of national news Archie Bland – watch on YouTube

To many judges, these attacks no doubt spur fears that some Trump loyalists will threaten them or worse. Trump’s attacks have stirred up some horrific threats. In his 2025 year-end report, Roberts bewilderingly failed to include a single word about Trump’s more frequent and more venomous attacks against judges. After Trump’s diatribe on Friday, Roberts and the other supreme court justices must be thinking: first they came for district court judges in Washington. And now – with us on the supreme court uttering hardly a peep about Trump’s vicious treatment of lower court judges – they’re coming for us.

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Police in Britain said Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the United States, was released on bail after he was arrested in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. It came days after a friendship with Epstein landed the former Prince Andrew in police custody. British police launched a criminal probe this month and searched Mandelson’s two houses in London and western England. Mandelson’s trade expertise and comfort around the ultra-rich were considered major assets. This month Mandelson resigned from the House of Lords, Parliament’s upper chamber, to which he was appointed for life in 2008.

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