Starmer fires ambassador to US over ties to Jeffrey Epstein

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United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer fired the U.K. ambassador to the United States after revelations emerged showing his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The Sun newspaper published a trove of emails on Wednesday showing Ambassador Peter Mandelson’s correspondence with Epstein going back to his first conviction. Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said in a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday that new information had changed the government’s view.

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