in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon, has blamed that attack on what it says was flagra nt israeli aggression . israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah, banned terrorist organisations in many countries, have close ties to iran, which itself is holding a day of mourning after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. the islamic state group has now said it carried out that attack in the southern city of kerman. alongside this, several nations have issued a warning to the houthi militants in yemen, who are also close to iran, to stop the attacks on shipping in the key lanes in the red sea. and, of course, the fighting in israel and gaza which has played a role in sparking all this there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza as israel continues its military operation. let s start with the funeral of th
that you don t recall meeting virginia roberts, dining with her, dancing with her, going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia? i can absolutely, categorically tell you it never happened. in 2022, the prince settled a private case brought by virginia giuffre against him, but made no admission of liability. he withdrew from public life. the court documents named bill clinton and johanna schoenberg testified thatjeffrey epstein once told them that bill clinton likes them young, referring to girls. but there is no implication of any illegality. bill clinton has previously said he knew no knowledge of jeffrey epstein s crimes. epstein s abuse of young girls went back decades. he was first investigated in 2005
release of almost 1000 pages of court documents has shed new light on his acquaintances. there were more than 60 separate references to prince andrew, these include a claim from one woman he said he put his hand on her breast atjeffrey epstein s manhattan apartment in 2001, to pose for a photo with another accuser. buckingham palace previously said the allegation was categorically untrue. virginia giuffre said she had been forced to have sex with the prince when she was 17. the prince said he had no recollection of ever meeting virginia giuffre, or miss roberts, as she was then. you virginia giuffre, or miss roberts, as she was then. as she was then. you can say categorically as she was then. you can say categorically that as she was then. you can say categorically that you - as she was then. you can say categorically that you don t i as she was then. you can say - categorically that you don t recall meeting virginia roberts, dining with her, dancing with her, going on to have sex