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"New facts meant the need for a new response" - that is how one palace source described this latest statement and why it was issued now.

When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness - including one crucial benchmark: the vending machine test.

Wes Streeting says he has "nothing to hide" over his relationship with Lord Mandelson and has shared his private texts with the disgraced Labour peer to back up his case.

A gold pendant linked to Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, has been acquired by the British Museum following a successful fundraising campaign.

Home Alone actress Catherine O'Hara died of a pulmonary embolism, with cancer the underlying cause, according to a death certificate.

Bad Bunny has made history by becoming the first Super Bowl half-time show headliner to perform entirely in Spanish - and to host a wedding during the performance.

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie.

US TV news host Savannah Guthrie has told the potential kidnappers of her 84-year-old mother that her family "will pay" for her safe return.

Wes Streeting says he has "nothing to hide" over his relationship with Lord Mandelson and has shared his private texts with the disgraced Labour peer to back up his case.

Buckingham Palace says it will support police if contacted over allegations about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

"New facts meant the need for a new response" - that is how one palace source described this latest statement and why it was issued now.

With a prime minister under extreme fire and unable to command a majority in the Commons on matters of personal authority, is politics too self-absorbed to fix a problem as broken as the system for special educational needs provision?

A member of a US congressional committee investigating the Epstein affair has said: "Maybe this will be the end of the monarchy."

Half of parents say their children have never spoken to them about harmful online content, polling suggests - with around a quarter unaware of what they are seeing on their smartphones.

The leader of Hong Kong has celebrated the 20-year jail sentence given to British pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai, saying the media tycoon had "poisoned" the city.

US skier Lindsey Vonn says she has "no regrets" despite confirming she needs "multiple surgeries" after suffering a leg fracture in a crash at the Winter Olympics. 

All 29-year-old French citizens are to be encouraged by their government to have babies while they still can.

Prosecutors in France have been unable to tell which of a pair of identical twins on trial for murder pulled the trigger in a fatal shooting, because DNA found on a gun is a match to them both.

Police have reportedly used pepper spray and tear gas as thousands of people held protests in Australia over the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog.

The face of a "vampire" whose remains were posthumously mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead can be seen for the first time in more than 400 years.

Wes Streeting says he has "nothing to hide" over his relationship with Lord Mandelson and has shared his private texts with the disgraced Labour peer to back up his case.

With a prime minister under extreme fire and unable to command a majority in the Commons on matters of personal authority, is politics too self-absorbed to fix a problem as broken as the system for special educational needs provision?

Sir Keir Starmer will chair a cabinet session today after earning a lifeline from Labour MPs during a crunch meeting in which he declared: "I'm not prepared to walk away."

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has shared WhatsApp and text messages he exchanged with Lord Mandelson between August 2024 and October 2025.

Sir Keir Starmer is fighting for his political survival as calls for him to step down grow, after the resignation of his top aide over the Peter Mandelson scandal.

Police have caught a man juggling fire while riding a unicycle on a pedestrian crossing.

Crotch enhancements. Banned helmets. Qualifying manipulation claims. And Russian hacking.

American boxer Jarrell Miller won his heavyweight bout in New York by a hair's breadth on Saturday - but lost his wig when the toupee started to came away.

When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness - including one crucial benchmark: the vending machine test.

Half of parents say their children have never spoken to them about harmful online content, polling suggests - with around a quarter unaware of what they are seeing on their smartphones.

Social media is on trial in Los Angeles. What happens next could change the way they operate.

Police have caught a man juggling fire while riding a unicycle on a pedestrian crossing.

When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness - including one crucial benchmark: the vending machine test.

Wes Streeting says he has "nothing to hide" over his relationship with Lord Mandelson and has shared his private texts with the disgraced Labour peer to back up his case.

Bad Bunny has made history by becoming the first Super Bowl half-time show headliner to perform entirely in Spanish - and to host a wedding during the performance.

Buckingham Palace says it will support police if contacted over allegations about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has shared WhatsApp and text messages he exchanged with Lord Mandelson between August 2024 and October 2025.