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A second woman is alleging that she was sent to the UK by Jeffrey Epstein for a sexual encounter with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor following the release of more documentation from the Epstein files.

The encounter allegedly occurred at the former prince's residence, Royal Lodge, in 2010.

BBC News has asked Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for comment, but so far he has not responded to these accusations.

Laura, Paddy and Henry discuss the story and what it could mean for victims.

And John Bew, a professor, historian and former chief foreign policy adviser to four prime ministers, is in the studio to talk about what Trump might do in Iran, Ukraine, UK defence, and his time in Downing Street.

Donald Trump has warned Iran that "time is running out" to negotiate a deal on its nuclear programme following the steady build-up of US military forces in the Gulf.

The US president said a "massive Armada" was "moving quickly, with great power, enthusiasm, and purpose" towards Iran, referring to a large US naval force.

In response, Iran's mission to the UN said Tehran "stands ready for dialogue based on mutual respect and interests", but if pushed, it wrote in all capitals, it would defend itself and "respond like never before".

Iran insists its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful and has repeatedly denied seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

Trump's latest warning to Iran's leaders follows his promise that Washington would intervene to help those involved in the brutal and unprecedented crackdown on demonstrations in the country earlier this month.

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Dame Sarah Mullally has been officially confirmed as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury in a ceremony rich with centuries-old tradition at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

Her predecessor, Justin Welby, resigned following accusations he did not do enough with information he had about a prolific abuser to prevent further abuse from taking place.

Dame Sarah is the first woman to lead the Church of England and told the BBC she is committed to speaking out about misogyny where she sees it and it was right that there was greater scrutiny on her own record in dealing with safeguarding in the Church.

The ceremony to confirm Dame Sarah was a mix of religious service and legal process - for part of the ceremony, the cathedral became a courthouse where legal rites, written down in 1533 but with their origins much earlier, were enacted.

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Israel is expected to reopen the Gaza Strip's key border crossing with Egypt, now that the funeral for the last hostage retrieved from Gaza has been able to take place.

The Rafah crossing has been mostly closed since May 2024, when the Palestinian side was seized by Israeli force.

It was meant to have reopened during the first stage of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which began in October however, the Israeli government made that conditional on Hamas making every effort to return the body of the last hostage, police officer Master Sgt Ran Gvili.

The Israeli military said it has retrieved the body of the last hostage in Gaza, paving the way for the next phase of US President Donald Trump's peace plan to get under way.

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President Donald Trump said his administration was "going to de-escalate a little bit" in Minnesota, after the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by federal immigration officers there.

"Bottom line, it was terrible. Both of them were terrible," he said in a Fox News interview on Tuesday.

In early January Renee Good was fatally shot by an immigration officer, followed by Alex Pretti, who was killed after being stopped by border agents this past weekend.

Pretti's death reignited local protests and public outcry across the country, and led to criticism from lawmakers in both parties.

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Keir Starmer has arrived in China for a three-day visit - the first time a UK prime minister has visited the country since 2018.

Starmer, who is travelling with around 60 British business and cultural leaders, will meet President Xi Jinping and develop trade ties.

Speaking on the flight to Beijing, Starmer said the trip will being benefits for people "back at home" and that he wants "a comprehensive and consistent approach to China.”

However, members of the UK team are all using "disposable burner phone numbers and temporary email addresses” due to spying fears.

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The scale of the killings in Iran during the brutal recent crackdown on anti-government protesters is being laid bare. One human rights group, whose estimates have proved accurate in the past, says it has verified more than 6,000 deaths. The Human Rights Activists News Agency says it’s investigating reports of more than 17,000 other killings. Other estimates have put the number who have died at more than 33,000.

Evidence is emerging of the systematic killing of protesters, who took to the streets demanding the end of Iran’s theocratic regime. Many of those who died were shot on the streets but there are reports of protesters being killed while being treated in hospital and people disappearing after being arrested at their homes.

Some of the protesters have been telling the BBC about what they witnessed. Parisa, a 29-year-old woman living in Tehran, said she knew at least 13 people who had been killed since the protests over economic conditions erupted in the capital on 28 December and evolved into one of the deadliest periods of anti-government unrest in the history of the Islamic Republic. Mehdi, 24, also from Tehran, described witnessing multiple killings of protesters at close range by security forces.

The Iranian authorities have said that more than 3,100 people were killed, while claiming that most of them were security personnel or bystanders attacked by those they described as “rioters”.

Most international news organisations, including the BBC, are barred from reporting inside Iran. But videos showing security forces firing live ammunition at crowds have been verified by the BBC.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Caroline Hawley and Jonathan Beale.

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Today, the chancellor has announced a package of support for pubs and music venues after the government was forced to U-turn on their plans to bump up business rates.

BBC Business editor Simon Jack joins Adam to explain the measures, whilst political correspondent Joe Pike drops by to unpack the government’s other big announcement of the day - capping ground rents at £250 a year for leaseholders.

Plus, the PM is on his way to Beijing. Ahead of his visit, Starmer said the UK cannot afford to ignore the economic opportunities presented by working with China. His visit comes after one of the country’s top generals was purged by the government. Our China correspondent Laura Bicker gives Adam a rundown of what to expect.

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The Trump administration says a US aircraft carrier- the USS Abraham Lincoln- and supporting warships have arrived in the Middle East, expanding President Donald Trump's capabilities to defend US forces or take military action against Iran.

The US fleet including several guided missile destroyers are reported to be in striking range of Iranian territory.

Since the crackdown began on protestors by the Iranian regime, President Trump has given mixed signals on intervention, but is now warning of a "big armada next to Iran. Bigger than Venezuela."

We speak to the BBC's Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale about what we know about US military capabilities in the region and what could happen next.

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Dov Forman, a social media content creator who wrote the best-selling Lily’s Promise about his great-grandmother's life during World War Two, says marking Holocaust Memorial Day is “more important than ever”.

Julia Kayes, who’s father Harry Olmer was one of the first Holocaust child survivors to move to the UK, said her father  was "very keen that the legacy that he began” educating people about the Holocaust continues.

The remembrance day marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a concentration camp in Poland, in January 1945 and commemorates the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, and the millions more murdered under Nazi persecution.

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