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Morgan McSweeney, the strategist who engineered Labour’s turn from activism to authority and shepherded Keir Starmer to Downing Street, is facing the most bruising test of his quiet power. The prime minister’s chief of staff has been pulled into the fallout from the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to the United States, a decision now tainted by Mandelson’s continued association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer has apologized to Epstein’s victims and for “believing lies,” while insisting…

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Peter Mandelson of “betraying our country” by leaking information to Jeffrey Epstein and said the former Labour grandee “lied repeatedly” during the process that led to his appointment as U.K. ambassador to the United States. Mandelson, a former Cabinet minister and ex–EU trade commissioner, resigned from the House of Lords on Tuesday. Hours later, British police said they were investigating “misconduct in public office offences” linked to the matter. Starmer said he regretted…

Starmer says Trump should apologize for ‘insulting’ claim NATO allies stayed off Afghanistan front lines LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday said President Donald Trump should apologize for claiming European allies stayed “a little off the front lines” in the war in Afghanistan, a rare public rebuke that underscored fresh strain across the Atlantic. Calling the remarks “insulting and frankly appalling,” Starmer said that if he had “misspoken in that way or said those words, I would certainly apologise.” He…