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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of British King Charles III, was taken into custody and questioned by police for about 12 hours on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He is accused of passing confidential documents to Jeffrey Epstein while serving as UK trade envoy. Sexual offences are not mentioned in the official statement on the arrest of the former prince, who has been implicated in the Epstein scandal.

US President Donald Trump has upped the pressure on Iran to reach an agreement in the dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme. If no solution is found within 10 to 15 days "bad things" will happen, he warned. Iran has announced a "resolute and appropriate" response in the event of an attack. Commentators discuss the consequences of a US attack for the region.

The deputy director of the Spanish National Police resigned on Wednesday after it emerged that he was under investigation for sexual assault after a policewoman under his command filed a complaint. She has accused her superior of sexually assaulting her in April 2025 in an official residence belonging to the Ministry of the Interior. For the national press, the case points to systemic problems in Spain.

The Slovakian government has declared an oil emergency after the country was cut off from oil supplies flowing from Russia via Ukraine through the Druzhba pipeline at the end of January. According to Ukrainian sources, the pipeline was damaged by Russian bombing. However Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused the Ukrainian leadership of deliberately preventing the resumption of supplies.

With just a month to go before local elections in France, the death of a suspected right-wing extremist student has sent shock waves through the country. According to French prosecutors, Quentin D. was beaten by several attackers and sustained lethal injuries on 12 February in Lyon on the sidelines of a protest against Rima Hassan, MEP of the left-wing LFI. The French government holds the LFI-affiliated militant group Jeune Garde responsible for the attack.