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The former cabinet minister says he does not want to “cause further embarrassment” by his links to the late convicted paedophile. BBC News

Watford head coach Javi Gracia has resigned after just over three months in the job following their 2-0 defeat by Swansea City. Gracia, who only returned for a second spell at Vicarage Road in October, called for a meeting with club owner Gino Pozzo following Saturday’s loss, saying the team …

Miroslav Lajčák steps down after newly released exchanges showed him discussing girls and diplomacy with the late sex offender. BBC News

A council by-election candidate resigns from the party over “racist, antisemitic, xenophobic” posts. BBC News

The leader and his Labour cabinet majority twice approved decisions opposed by most councillors. BBC News

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An FBI agent has resigned over the investigation into the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good, after Trump administration officials focused the probe more on the actions of Good and her partner and less on the officer who shot her, according to two people familiar with the decision. The agent, …

The acting FBI supervisor of the Public Corruption Squad in the Minneapolis field office, Tracee Mergen, resigned last week in part over the investigation of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer earlier this month, according to multiple sources. Mergen left the FBI “in …

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. A statement from his office said Netanyahu would become a member of the board “which is to be comprised of world leaders”. The board was originally thought to be aimed at helping …

A daughter of South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been sworn into parliament, less than a fortnight after her half-sister was forced to step down. Brumelda Zuma became one of South Africa’s newest MPs on Wednesday, representing uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the opposition party led by her father. Her half-sister, …

Alina Habba, US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, has resigned as New Jersey’s top prosecutor after a court battle over her eligibility to serve as US attorney for the state. US Attorney General Pam Bondi accepted Habba’s resignation on Monday, saying the court’s “flawed” ruling made it “untenable for …

Paul KirbyEurope digital editor BELGA MAG/AFP Federica Mogherini became rector of the prestigious College of Europe in Belgium in 2020 Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy chief until 2019, has resigned from a leading role in Belgium after she was detained for questioning and accused in connection with an anti-corruption …

The Financial Times leads with the news of the Office for Budget Responsibility chair’s resignation after its early Budget leak. Richard Hughes’s departure follows a review that found “the same failures had allowed early access to the Spring Statement” and left concerns that “other Budgets could also have been compromised”. …

Did the chancellor mislead the public, and her own cabinet, before the budget? It’s a good question, and we’ll come to it in a second, but let’s begin with an even bigger one: is the prime minister continuing to mislead the public over the budget? The details are a bit …

Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, resigned following an anti-corruption raid on his home. Yermak, 54, has been Zelensky’s closest adviser throughout Russia’s full-scale war, but has come under increasing pressure over a corruption scandal – even though he was not accused of …

Bea SwallowWest of England Avon Fire and Recue Service An employment tribunal ruled Simon Bailey failed to uphold policy requiring managers to prevent harassment in the workplace A former firefighter has lost his claim of unfair dismissal after resigning over a disciplinary process which found he failed to intervene in …

Lauren TurnerCulture reporter Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Five senior BBC figures, including its chairman, faced questions from MPs for more than three hours after a leaked memo raised claims of bias at the corporation. It comes after BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness …

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been criticised by US politicians after he failed to respond to their request for an interview. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform had asked the former prince to cooperate with its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operations. Andrew was told in a letter: “Allegations …

Donald Trump has said Volodymyr Zelenskyy will have to approve a proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. The controversial 28-point proposal – which would hand swathes of land to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military – closely resembles the Kremlin’s demands. Mr Zelenskyy has warned …