Day Headlines in Politics News: 2026-01-11
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UK can legally stop shadow fleet tankers, ministers believe (BBC News - Politics 2026-01-11 22:00:33)
Existing law could be used to approve the use of military force to stop sanction-busting ships operated by Russia and Iran.
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Guantanamo detainee paid 'substantial' compensation by UK to settle torture complicity case (BBC News - Politics 2026-01-11 22:00:05)
Detained without trial in 2006, Zubaydah is one of 15 people who remain at the US military prison.
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Trump won't take Greenland by force, Mandelson says (BBC News - Politics 2026-01-11 14:24:15)
The president's advisers would tell him the move would spell real danger for American interests, the former UK ambassador to the US believes.
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Tories will channel anger at Labour, vows Badenoch (BBC News - Politics 2026-01-11 13:08:15)
The Conservative leader says her party has started to offer more than "reflexive" opposition to the government.
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Epstein kept me 'separate' from his sexual side because I'm gay, Mandelson tells BBC (BBC News - Politics 2026-01-11 11:47:09)
In his first interview since being sacked as the UK's US ambassador, Lord Mandelson says he never saw any young women at Epstein's properties.
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I never saw young women on Epstein visits, Mandelson tells BBC (BBC News - Politics 2026-01-11 10:23:12)
In his first interview since being sacked as the UK's US ambassador, Lord Mandelson also says he does not believe Donald Trump will take Greenland by force.
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Tories would ban under-16s from social media (BBC News - Politics 2026-01-11 06:21:19)
Kemi Badenoch has promised to follow the example of Australia, which introduced the policy in December last year.
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Potholes map rates council road repair progress (BBC News - Politics 2026-01-11 02:09:56)
Thirteen local authorities received a "red rating" on the Department for Transport mapping tool for England.