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Gordon Brown says police must interview Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over Epstein links

Former prime minister says ‘evidence suggests some in UK were complicit in trafficking – this demands a full inquiry’

Taylor Swift comments on Olympian’s post after finish line proposal

Photos of sheep and goats for sale at a West Bank livestock market

Before dawn on the outskirts of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, Palestinians gather at a livestock market to buy sheep and goats.

EPA ends credits for automatic start-stop vehicle ignition, a feature Zeldin says 'everyone hates'

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is ending credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles

Sex workers to be honored during annual Rio Carnival parade

In Brazil, voluntary adult sex work is not a crime and has been recognized as an official occupation by the labour ministry since 2002

Move over, ‘Pommel Horse Guy.’ The US has another Olympic breakout star

Curling fans in the United States have been donning headbands in honor of Oldenburg

How the FBI search warrant to raid the Georgia election office was based on debunked conspiracy theories

Affidavit backed by election deniers in the Trump administration fails to include key findings from investigations into 2020 results

Maro Itoje says England action is helping him deal with personal tragedy

The England captain missed some of the pre-tournament training camp in order to attend the funeral of his mother.

Vegas dad arrested after ‘argument’ with daughter’s boyfriend ends in fatal shooting, police say

The Vegas man and his daughter both called 911 after the alleged shooting, police say

Chloe Kim falls short of Olympic three-peat, taking silver as Choi Gaon wins women's halfpipe

Chloe Kim has fallen short in her bid to become the first Olympic snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals

I tried Dyson’s new robot vacuum – it’s a major upgrade on the old model

Dyson finally gets robovacs right – the new self-emptying hybrid is a suction superstar with clever built-in tech

Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service

President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that has extensive contracts with the agency he would lead

Federal judge blocks Pentagon’s plan to punish Mark Kelly for ‘illegal orders’ video

Hegseth initiated proceedings to demote Kelly, a retired Army captain, in January

Multiple flights cancelled in Europe after pilots and cabin crew go on strike

Nascar driver caught out by new track rule: ‘I feel like an idiot’

The 27-year-old did not advance to the second round of qualifying and lost his chance to race for the pole

Voices: Only an EU reset can save our flatlining economy from the doldrums

Editorial: The chancellor has had near-zero success delivering the growth bonanza Labour promised and she is right to hitch her new growth strategy to a closer relationship with the continent

Sarah Ferguson opened up on ‘demoralising’ debt to Jeffrey Epstein, emails show

'Love Story' revisits JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. It's stirred some backlash

FX and Hulu’s new series “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” retells the couple’s romance and death, and has sparked criticism from Kennedy's nephew, Jack Schlossberg

Ukrainian appeals disqualification after Winter Olympics helmet dispute

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics after his helmet, featuring images of people killed in the conflict with Russia, was deemed to violate rules against making statements in the field of play.

Netanyahu seeks to strip Palestinian citizens convicted of violent crimes of Israeli nationality

Israel is seeking to revoke the citizenship of at least two men convicted of terrorism offenses, marking what appears to be the first test of a 2023 law allowing such action against Palestinian citizens

Religious Liberty Commission boots former beauty pageant winner during meeting on antisemitism

Carrie Prejean Boller asserted only Trump could remove her from the commission after the chairman said she had been ousted

Creator of Ukrainian Olympics helmet speaks out on Vladyslav Heraskevych’s ban

Working from photographs of the fallen athletes and coaches, she said the emotional weight of the task was immediate