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Affaire Epstein : Jack Lang convoqué au Quai d’Orsay à la demande de l’Elysée et de Matignon

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-05T21:19:13+00:00

L’ancien ministre a exclu de démissionner de la présidence de l’Institut du monde arabe, assurant n’avoir « jamais » eu connaissance des crimes sexuels de Jeffrey Epstein à l’époque où ils étaient en relation, malgré la condamnation de l’homme d’affaires américain en 2008 à dix-huit mois de prison.

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Affaire Epstein : Jack Lang convoqué au Quai d’Orsay à la demande de l’Elysée et de Matignon

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-05T21:19:13+00:00

Les appels à la démission du président de l’Institut du monde arabe se multiplient, y compris dans les rangs socialistes. L’ancien ministre s’y refuse pour l’instant, assurant n’avoir « jamais » eu connaissance des crimes sexuels de Jeffrey Epstein, malgré la condamnation de l’homme d’affaires américain en 2008 à dix-huit mois de prison.

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Arizona officials confirm blood found at Nancy Guthrie’s home was hers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T20:33:04+00:00

The Pima county sheriff said they do not yet have a suspect in the apparent kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie’s motherLaw enforcement chiefs in Arizona on Thursday confirmed that they found blood belonging to Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Savannah Guthrie, a Today show TV anchor, on the 84-year-old’s porch after she was reported missing from home at the weekend.The sheriff of Pima county, Chris Nanos, said during a press conference the authorities do not yet have a suspect in the apparent kidnapping. Continue reading...

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‘They killed my sons’: chief of Nigerian village where jihadists massacred hundreds recounts night of terror

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T20:33:00+00:00

Umar Bio Salihu, 53, the local head of Woro in Kwara state, says gunmen ‘just came in and started shooting’The traditional chief of a village in western Nigeria where jihadists massacred residents earlier this week has recounted a night of terror during which the attackers killed two of his sons and kidnapped his wife and three daughters.Umar Bio Salihu, the 53-year-old chief of Woro, a small, Muslim-majority village in Kwara state, said that at about 5pm on Tuesday the gunmen “just came in and started shooting”. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Albanese travels to Indonesia to sign ‘watershed’ security pact; NSW man charged after allegedly displaying Nazi symbols

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T20:22:28+00:00

Prime minister will meet with Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto to sign Australia-Indonesia Treaty on Common Security, announced in NovemberGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning, and happy Friday. Nick Visser here to take you through the day’s news.Australia will soon sign a “watershed” security pact with Indonesia, with the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, in Jakarta to meet with his Indonesian counterpart, Prabowo Subianto. Indonesia has long upheld a foreign policy of non-alignment to avoid being entangled in conflicts. Continue reading...

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White House doubles down on Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at FBI raid of election center – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T20:16:08+00:00

Karoline Leavitt says director of national intelligence was there ‘to make sure that American elections are free of foreign interference’ while offering few details on her roleAmid the various winding comments throughout Trump’s speech today, he said that the Department of Education will officially issue its new guidance to protect the right to prayer in public schools today.“Now the Democrats will sue us, but we’ll win it,” Trump said, eliciting some laughs from the audience at the National Prayer Breakfast. “They’ll sue us. They sue us for everything. I’m the most sued human being in history

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No 10 defies calls to sack Morgan McSweeney over Mandelson appointment

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T20:11:16+00:00

Amid warnings McSweeney’s survival would leave his position ‘untenable’, PM apologises to Epstein’s victims for appointing Mandelson as US ambassadorDowning Street has defied calls to remove Keir Starmer’s most senior aide, insisting Morgan McSweeney retains the prime minister’s confidence, as frustration grows over a wait for documents on Peter Mandelson, which some fear could last for weeks.Amid warnings from Labour backbenchers that McSweeney’s survival would leave Starmer’s position “untenable”, Starmer apologised to victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing Mandelson, a close friend of th

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Condannata la preside di Caivano: escluse un prof dalle graduatorie

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-02-05T20:06:33+00:00

Eugenia Carfora, nota anche per la fiction tv, dovrà risarcire sedicimila euro al supplente cancellato dall’elenco perché non esibì la pergamena di laurea, ma solo la denuncia di smarrimento

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Trump waters down criticism of UK’s Chagos Islands deal after call with Starmer

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T19:48:57+00:00

US president says deal, which he previously described as act of ‘great stupidity’, was ‘best’ PM could makeDonald Trump has watered down his criticism of the UK’s plan to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, saying the deal was the “best” Keir Starmer could make.The US president had described ceding sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory, which includes the Diego Garcia military base, as an “act of great stupidity” only last month. He also claimed the deal was one of many “national security reasons” why the US should acquire Greenland. Continue reading...

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Barclays reportedly cuts ties with lobbying firm co-founded by Peter Mandelson

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T19:37:49+00:00

Vodafone also reviewing its contract with Global Counsel after revelations of former minister’s links to Jeffrey EpsteinBarclays has reportedly cut its ties with the lobbying firm co-founded by Peter Mandelson, after intense scrutiny of the founders’ dealings with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Vodafone has also said it is reviewing its contract for public affairs services with Global Counsel, which Mandelson co-founded in 2010 after Labour lost the general election. Continue reading...

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Democrats’ 10 demands to ‘rein in’ ICE – the full list of proposed reforms

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T19:36:46+00:00

Party says it will not back funding bill without reforms on – among other things – masks, ID and judicial warrantsFollowing the fatal shootings of American citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis last month, Democrats have refused to support long-term funding for the Department of Homland Security unless Republicans agree to reforms on the tactics of federal agents carrying out Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.“The American people rightfully expect their elected representatives to take action to rein in ICE and ensure no more lives are lost,” Senate minority le

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How the Epstein scandal has shaken the British government to its core

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T19:33:59+00:00

Anger at former US ambassador Peter Mandelson’s relations with the child sex offender threatens to topple the prime ministerIt was the one scandal that Donald Trump seemed unable to shake. No matter his best efforts to convince his supporter base that there was nothing to see here, the demands for the administration to release every document it had on the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein only grew.Yet even after the most shocking revelations in the latest drop about Trump’s inner circle – involving everyone from Elon Musk to the Maga honcho Steve Bannon to the commerce secretary, Howard Lutn

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Крупнейшие гостиничные сети прекратили сотрудничество с «Яндекс Путешествиями»

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-02-05T19:25:17+00:00

Работающие в России гостиничные операторы перестали предлагать номера в своих отелях на площадке «Яндекс Путешествия», сообщает Российский союз туриндустрии (РСТ). Это связано с повышением с 1 февраля 2025 г. базовой комиссии с 15% до 17%.

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Крупнейшие гостиничные сети прекратили сотрудничество с «Яндекс.Путешествиями»

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-02-05T19:25:17+00:00

Работающие в России гостиничные операторы перестали предлагать номера в своих отелях на площадке «Яндекс.Путешествия», сообщает Российский союз туриндустрии (РСТ). Это связано с повышением с 1 февраля 2025 г. базовой комиссии с 15% до 17%.

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In sticking by Trump, Republicans and rightwing evangelicals have made a devil’s pact

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T19:17:10+00:00

Trump might not embody Christian values yet is the religious right’s chosen instrument to turn the tide against liberal, godless AmericaThey had come to say a prayer for the father, the son and the holy ghost.The father was Donald Trump who, despite sending federal militias to roam Minneapolis, threatening to invade Greenland and telling lies by the dozen, remains the lord and saviour of the religious right. Continue reading...

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The way, the Trump and the lies: prayer breakfast displays US right’s devil’s pact

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T19:17:10+00:00

Trump might not embody Christian values yet is the religious right’s chosen instrument to turn the tide against liberal, godless AmericaThey had come to say a prayer for the father, the son and the holy ghost.The father was Donald Trump, who, despite sending federal militias to roam Minneapolis, threatening to invade Greenland and telling lies by the dozen, remains the lord and saviour of the religious right. Continue reading...

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Resignations, denials and excuses: Epstein fallout hits some harder than others

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-05T19:15:15+00:00

While the US president’s many mentions in the Esptein files seem to have no consequences, in the UK Starmer could be the first world leader to fallAll around Europe, the political and business elite are facing an inquest on what blinded so many to think it was permissible to consort with a known sex trafficker. As the 3m emails and 1,800 photos released on Friday by the US Department of Justice start to percolate across the continent and through to national media, questions about the moral fibre of this elite are starting to be asked at markedly different levels of intensity.Squirming business

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Той самий шарм, але без натовпу туристів: названо 8 островів Греції, які варто відвідати

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-02-05T19:11:00+00:00

Популярні острови Греції вражають неймовірними краєвидами, але багато туристів можуть завадити відпочинку, але є менш відомі місця.

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Той самий шарм, але без натовпу туристів: названо 8 островів Греції, які варто відвідати

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-02-05T19:11:00+00:00

Популярні острови Греції вражають неймовірними краєвидами, але багато туристів можуть завадити відпочинку, проте є менш відомі місця.

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