Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles III will support the UK police in their assessment of reports alleging that former Prince Andrew shared confidential information with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The statement, released on Monday, came after police confirmed they were examining reports that Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, sent trade reports to Epstein in 2010, according to Al Jazeera.
The news regarding Andrew comes amid a flurry of other developments. The Justice Department released more documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files, revealing Epstein's attempts to arrange meetings with Russian leaders, including Vladimir Putin, according to CBS News. These files, which are being released in stages due to their extensive volume and redactions, contain thousands of pages detailing Epstein's efforts to propose a new global financial system to Putin.
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing mounting calls to resign due to the fallout from his former Labour colleague Peter Mandelson's relationship with Epstein, as reported by Time. Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, urged Starmer to step down during a press conference on Monday afternoon, stating, "This isn't easy, and it's not without pain, as I have a genuine friendship with Keir Starmer, but my first priority and my first loyalty is to my country, Scotland." Sarwar expressed concerns that the scandal could overshadow the upcoming Scottish Parliament election in May.
In other news, Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, is set to pursue a conservative agenda after her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a supermajority in the country's lower house elections, according to NPR News. Takaichi was seen at the LDP headquarters on Sunday, February 8, putting pins marking the names of winning candidates.
In a separate development, the cause of death for actress Catherine O'Hara was revealed to be a pulmonary embolism, with rectal cancer as an underlying condition, according to TMZ via Variety. O'Hara died on Friday, January 30, at her Los Angeles home after being hospitalized earlier that morning.
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