Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal

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National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and ‘young and vibrant’ financier

Sir Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while he was prime minister after a recommendation by Peter Mandelson, newly released papers from the National Archives show.

Epstein visited Blair on 14 May 2002, after the suggestion by Lord Mandelson to the prime minister’s then chief of staff, Jonathan Powell.

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A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans – The New York Times

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  1. A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans  The New York Times
  2. Burn towns, slaughter, broadcast: 2022 Sinwar memo said to detail Hamas plan for Oct. 7  The Times of Israel
  3. Live updates: Israel names Palestinians to be released  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Israel recovers Sinwar memo ordering attacks on Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, report says  Haaretz
  5. Sinwar Memo Obtained By IDF Reveals Hamas Chief Ordered 'shocking' Violence On Oct. 7  i24NEWS
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Pope Leo meets with group of Italian hermits in Rome for Jubilee – Vatican News

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  1. Pope Leo meets with group of Italian hermits in Rome for Jubilee  Vatican News
  2. Pope tells consecrated men, women to continue path of synodality  Crux
  3. Pope Leo XIV urges consecrated persons to be ‘hungry for holiness’  Catholic News Agency
  4. Jubilee of Consacrated Life at at the Vatican  Reuters Connect
  5. Church of Jerusalem Celebrates Jubilee of Consecrated Life : "A Vocation of Presence"  Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
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Widow of man conned out of pension savings to lose half the compensation to tax

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Robert Dewar’s widow, Susan, is a leading campaigner over multimillion-pound Norton Motorcycles fraud

The family of a deceased man, who was conned out of his retirement savings after investing in the Norton Motorcycles pension scam, is to lose almost half the subsequent compensation award because of a little-known tax rule.

A long-running battle to win an award from the Fraud Compensation Fund (FCF) meant that Robert Dewar’s pension was not reimbursed until 2024, five years after his death at the age of 64.

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Man will plead guilty to threatening Pride event after Charlie Kirk’s death

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Joshua Wayne Cole to admit in court to making online posts about shooting people at an LGBTQ+ parade in Texas

A Texas man has agreed to plead guilty to going on social media and threatening to shoot people at an LGBTQ+ parade as vengeance for the murder of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.

Joshua Wayne Cole signed federal court filings indicating that he planned to plead guilty to a charge of interstate threatening communications at a hearing tentatively set for 16 October, about a month after he was arrested in connection with online posts threatening to open fire on a Pride parade in Abilene, Texas.

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Israel strikes south Lebanon, killing 1 and wounding 7 – NPR

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  1. Israel strikes south Lebanon, killing 1 and wounding 7  NPR
  2. Intensive Israeli air strikes kill one, injure seven in southern Lebanon  Al Jazeera
  3. Israel Continues to Bomb Lebanon Despite Truce. Will Gaza Be Different?  Newsweek
  4. Israel, amid Gaza ceasefire, kills at least 1 in overnight strikes on Lebanon  The Hill
  5. IDF says it targeted heavy machinery used by Hezbollah to 'rebuild its terror infrastructure in south Lebanon'  The Times of Israel
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IDF says strikes in Lebanon destroyed hundreds of Hezbollah construction vehicles – The Times of Israel

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  1. IDF says strikes in Lebanon destroyed hundreds of Hezbollah construction vehicles  The Times of Israel
  2. Israel strikes south Lebanon, killing 1 and wounding 7  NPR
  3. Intensive Israeli air strikes kill one, injure seven in southern Lebanon  Al Jazeera
  4. Israel, amid Gaza ceasefire, kills at least 1 in overnight strikes on Lebanon  The Hill
  5. Israel Continues to Bomb Lebanon Despite Truce. Will Gaza Be Different?  Newsweek
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Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

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Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled.

The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe.

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Tens of thousands return to shattered Gaza homes after ceasefire – Al Jazeera

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  1. Tens of thousands return to shattered Gaza homes after ceasefire  Al Jazeera
  2. Israel-Hamas live updates: Netanyahu says his country is ready to 'immediately receive' all hostages  NBC News
  3. Trump sets off for the Mideast to mark a ceasefire deal and urge Arab leaders to seize the moment  AP News
  4. Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire: What's Next for Gaza Aid, Hostages and More  The New York Times
  5. Trump’s peace plan comes with some major sticking points  MSNBC News
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