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Jun 1, 2026 - World

Peter Mandelson’s unfiltered remarks to cabinet officials are made public in hundreds of pages of documents relating to his appointment as US ambassador Mandelson files show no mitigation of security concernsAt the Downing Street lobby briefing the PM’s spokesperson said the release of the Mandelson files today would be “an unprecedented piece of government transparency”.He said that party political material would be included, despite precedent suggesting it should be included, and that some material had to be declassified to allow it to be published.The broad scope of the [humble address motion – see 9.26am] has required the discovery, assessment, analysis and preparation of thousands of individual documents and messages.This is a task that has involved every government department.Yeah, I have changed what I would say. I wouldn’t say that phrase any more.And I think that, you know, over the last few years, I think a lot of us, myself included, have thought about this question in quite some detail. Continue reading...

Jun 1, 2026 - World

Report from the IRGC-linked Tasnim news agency says talks on hold until Israel stops operations in Lebanon and GazaNetanyahu orders Israeli bombing of southern LebanonIran targets American bases in regionThe exchange of strikes between the US and Iran reflects the fragility of the current ceasefire, which has seen repeated violations even as American and Iranian officials try to negotiate a deal to extend it.Iran has maintained its chokehold on the strait of Hormuz, disrupting global energy supplies as a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once passed through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf. The US continues to enforce its own blockade on the strait, as it pressures Tehran to reach an agreement. Continue reading...

Jun 1, 2026 - World

Success of far-right presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, suggests some voters are ‘fed up with politics’The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda have just under three weeks to compete for the roughly 3.6m votes that did not go to either of them in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday.That is no insignificant margin, given that De la Espriella’s lead over Cepeda amounted to little more than 670,000 votes – 43.7% against 40.9%. Continue reading...

Jun 1, 2026 - World

Criticisms revealed in major release of files relating to Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to USUK politics live – latest updatesPeter Mandelson exchanged WhatsApp messages with a senior cabinet minister criticising Keir Starmer’s lack of “verve” and tendency to buckle under pressure, suggesting the prime minister should behave in a more “Trumpian” fashion.The former US ambassador said Number 10 was “beleaguered and bereft” and that the public were “crying out for leadership”. Continue reading...

Jun 1, 2026 - World

US-Iran war live updates: The remark by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf came as reports suggested US President Donald Trump has sent back a revised, tougher peace proposal