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1. Peter Mandelson arrest latest: Peer released on bail as Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s family issues statement

   The ex-Labour peer is being questioning after he was alleged to have leaked senstive information to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary

2. Massive blackout hits Dominican Republic for the second time in three months

   The Dominican Republic has briefly been hit by a country-wide blackout in the second such outage in the past three months, triggering concerns about the stability of the Caribbean nation’s power grid

3. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv hits key oil station with drones after Hungary blocks new sanctions against Moscow

   Kyiv said the station was a key facility for the Druzhba pipeline which supplies oil to Europe

4. Masked suspect in abduction of Nancy Guthrie may have been at her front door earlier than date of disappearance: reports

   Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Todayshow star Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her Arizona home more than three weeks ago

5. Snowfall records reached in parts of the Northeast and thousands of flights canceled in blizzard conditions

   Over 600,000 customers were without power Monday afternoon

6. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor latest: New Zealand joins Australia in seeking Andrew’s removal from succession

   The Lib Dem parliamentary motion will call for the release of papers relating to Andrew’s appointment to the post, including any vetting and any correspondence from Lord Mandelson

7. Former FBI director trashes Kash Patel’s trip to the Olympics hockey final: ‘Horrible message to the FBI rank and file’

   The FBI says Patel was in Milan for official meetings and denied allegations he used government resources for personal entertainment

8. Michael Carrick hails attitude of Manchester United match-winner Benjamin Sesko

   Sesko has yet to start in Carrick’s six matches in charge, but has contributed two winners and a late equaliser from the bench in recent weeks.

9. Ousted South Korean President Yoon appeals life sentence for martial law decree

   South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol has appealed his life sentence for rebellion over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024

10. The criminal ascent of 'El Mencho' as Mexico's most powerful drug lord

    Like other drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” had spent years avoiding the spotlight