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Sir Keir Starmer apologises for appointing Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US

The prime minister has apologised to victims of Jeffrey Epstein.

The Prime Minister apologises to victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing Lord Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, but some Labour MPs say he must go. Also: The governor of the Bank of England says interest rates should continue to fall, but not to the levels seen at the start of the pandemic. And passengers complain of long queues at passport control in some European airports as a new biometric system is rolled out further.

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