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LONDEN (ANP) - De Britse politie heeft de voormalige ambassadeur voor de Verenigde Staten Peter Mandelson op borgtocht vrijgelaten in afwachting van verder onderzoek.
De 72-jarige Mandelson werd maandag gearresteerd op verdenking van wangedrag in een publiek ambt. Hij werd meegenomen naar een politiebureau voor verhoor.
Mandelson had banden met de Amerikaanse zedendelinquent Jeffrey Epstein. De afgelopen maanden kwamen daar meer details over naar buiten. In de vrijgegeven Epstein-documenten werd gesuggereerd dat Mandelson gevoelige informatie zou hebben gedeeld met Epstein. De politie liet eerder weten een onderzoek te openen daarnaar.
Mandelson werd meegenomen voor verhoor nadat de politie begin februari huiszoekingen had gedaan op twee adressen van de voormalige ambassadeur.
If the circumstances of those from Roj camp become even more perilous, the Albanese government may be forced to intervene
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Ever since news broke that 34 Australians were leaving Roj camp in north-east Syria to travel to Australia, their status and travel plans have been at the centre of a political maelstrom. The Albanese government has insisted there would be no repatriation of the 11 Australian women and their 23 children, whose journey was halted on 16 February when they were sent back to the detention camp.
The newly minted opposition under Angus Taylor has demanded answers to the level of assistance the Albanese government has provided to the group, including the issuing of passports, and the Coalition has now proposed new Australian laws to criminalise non-government financial and logistical support that helps the families return to Australia.
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Standing in line at Ikea’s click and collect service to pick up a large plush orangutan, a wave of fatigue washes over me.
Not only because I have been in transit for almost 24 hours after a series of flight delays, and this is my last stop before collapsing in a heap on my living room floor, but also for the reason I, and so many others, have made this journey.
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