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International News Roundup: UK Investigates Ex-Ambassador, China Bans Hidden Car Door Handles, and More
LONDON — British police on Tuesday launched a criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson, a former U.K. ambassador to the U.S., over alleged misconduct in public office related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to the Associated Press. The U.K. government stated that newly released Epstein files suggest Mandelson, also a former Cabinet minister and elder statesman, may have been involved.
In other international news, China has become the first nation to ban hidden car door handles, citing safety concerns. The new rules, which go into effect in 2027, require car doors to be opened mechanically from either side, like by lifting a handle, according to NPR News. This decision follows international scrutiny of the minimalist design, which was first popularized by Tesla. The ban aims to make it easier to rescue people from car crashes.
Meanwhile, in Paris, prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes, the Associated Press reported. Billionaire owner Elon Musk has also been summoned for questioning. X and Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI are also facing increased scrutiny from Britain's data privacy regulator, which has opened formal investigations into how they handled personal data when developing and deploying Musk's artificial intelligence.
In the United States, Minneapolis is reeling from the fatal shooting of 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents on January 24. The international spotlight is now focused on the heavily armed and masked operatives who have spearheaded the Trump administration's violent immigration sweeps, according to Wired. At the heart of the deployment in Minnesota, as well as clashes in Southern California and Illinois, are agents operating within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). These include ICE’s two Special Response Teams (SRT), CBP’s one SRT, and the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC). These paramilitary tactical units are described as behaving "not like local police, but instead like special."
Finally, in New Mexico, state health officials issued a warning against consuming raw dairy after a newborn baby died from a Listeria infection. According to Ars Technica, the infection was likely contracted from raw (unpasteurized) milk that the baby's mother drank during pregnancy. Officials emphasized that raw dairy can be teeming with pathogens, which are especially dangerous to pregnant women, young children, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems. Listeria bacteria can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm birth, or fatal infection in newborns.
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