UK PM Starmer below strain over Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will strive on Monday to get a grip on a disaster that has left energy slipping from his grasp. Starmer will face a troublesome barrage of questions in Parliament when he stands as much as clarify why Peter Mandelson, a scandal-tarnished politician and buddy of Jeffrey Epstein, grew to become Britain’s ambassador to Washington regardless of failing safety checks — and seemingly with out Starmer being instructed in regards to the issues. FRANCE 24’s Bénédicte Paviot stories from London.