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Goodbye, breast implants: why I went back to having a flat chest
NEWS | 05 February 2026
At 56, I want to model aging naturally, but having breast implants ran counter to that. Now they are gone, thanks to explant surgery – implant removal without replacement. Photograph: Morgan SmithOver the past several years, demand for breast implant removal has surged. About 10% to 15% of women with breast implants develop capsular contracture. A plastic surgeon for more than 18 years, he says breast implant removal definitely has been “a growth area” in his practice.

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Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
NEWS | 05 February 2026
Israeli forces have bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery containing the war graves of dozens of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed in the first and second world wars, satellite imagery and witness testimony reveal. Satellite imagery of the Gaza war cemetery in al-Tuffah, a district of Gaza City, shows extensive earthworks in the southernmost corner of the graveyard. The first bulldozing occurred outside the cemetery walls, extending approximately 12 metres around all sides of the cemetery. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), which is responsible for the upkeep of the Gaza cemetery and many like it around the world, last commented on the state of the graveyard on 11 December. Four sections of the dead from the first world war have also been flattened.

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Israeli strikes kill at least 21 in Gaza as Rafah patient crossings halted
NEWS | 05 February 2026
Tents in al-Mawasi, an encampment of displaced people in Khan Younis, were shredded by the blasts. The strikes targeted Gaza City and Khan Younis. The Israeli military said it had fired on Gaza after a gunman shot at Israeli soldiers and seriously wounded a reservist. While strikes ripped through Gaza, health officials reported that Israel had also stopped medical patients crossing the Rafah border crossing to Egypt. Sixteen patients from Gaza and 40 of their escorts crossed into Egypt on Tuesday, medics in Gaza said.

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Florida bill seeks to ban use of ‘West Bank’ in schools and state agencies
NEWS | 05 February 2026
Florida legislators are pushing to pass legislation that would ban the use of the term “West Bank” in K-12 public schools and state agencies, including public colleges and universities, and mandate use of the term “Judea and Samaria”. The West Bank is the internationally recognized term for the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory west of the Jordan River that was seized from Jordan by Israel in 1967. The international community, on the other hand, broadly recognizes the West Bank as occupied land that must be part of a future Palestinian state. Arkansas became the first US state to mandate replacing references to the “West Bank” in state institutions with “Judea and Samaria” in April last year. “Our state is home to thousands of Palestinian Americans, many of whom have deep ties to the West Bank.

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Bill Gates says he ‘regrets’ knowing Epstein as ex-wife alludes to ‘muck’ in marriage
NEWS | 05 February 2026
Bill Gates has said he “regrets” ever knowing Jeffrey Epstein, as his former wife Melinda French Gates alluded to “muck” in their marriage, and insisted the Microsoft founder has questions to answer over his relationship with the deceased child sex offender. Because it brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage,” French Gates told the radio network’s Wild Card podcast. “Last night, I watched Melinda Gates interview. I immediately asked the chairman of oversight, James Comer, to subpoena, Bill Gates. I have questions for Bill Gates about Epstein,” Mace wrote in a post on X.

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Woody Allen’s wife, Soon-Yi Previn, told Epstein that #MeToo movement ‘went too far’
NEWS | 05 February 2026
Those documents emerged amid Friday’s tranche of the so-called Epstein files, which built upon earlier partial disclosures and was released by the US justice department in connection with a congressional transparency law. Among the millions of most recent Epstein files are numerous messages addressed to or from Allen or the film-maker’s assistant. More than he deserves.”It is not clear from the files to which article Previn referred. The actor Mia Farrow and her then husband Andre Previn adopted Soon-Yi from South Korea when she was six. Friday’s tranche of Epstein files, along with a couple of others since November, stemmed from that bill.

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Author who co-wrote two books with Noam Chomsky condemns scholar’s ties to Epstein
NEWS | 05 February 2026
In his letter, Prashad explains that he had no idea about the friendship between Epstein and Chomsky while he was working with Chomsky. “Since Noam cannot speak or write and explain his relationship with Epstein, the matter is fraught,” Prashad wrote. The most recent disclosure of documents builds upon earlier disclosures of close social ties between Chomsky and Epstein. Among the most recently revealed messages was one Chomsky sent Epstein letting him know he was “fantasizing about the Caribbean island”. “The best way to proceed is to ignore it,” Chomsky wrote, according to text signed under his first name that Epstein sent to a lawyer and publicist.

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LA officials call on 2028 Olympics chair to resign over Ghislaine Maxwell emails
NEWS | 05 February 2026
Several Los Angeles officials have urged Casey Wasserman, the chair of the LA28 Olympics committee, to step down after emails between him and the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced. The emails date back to 2003 and appear among more than 3m files related to Jeffrey Epstein released by the justice department last week. The Los Angeles county supervisor Janice Hahn is one of several officials calling on the sports agent and entertainment executive to resign. “Having him represent us on the world stage distracts focus from our athletes and the enormous effort needed to prepare for 2028,” Hahn told the Los Angeles Times. The flirtatious email exchanges between Wasserman and Maxwell included one message in which Wasserman said he thought about Maxwell frequently.

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Labour MPs say Starmer’s days as PM are numbered amid fury over Mandelson
NEWS | 05 February 2026
Labour MPs have warned that Keir Starmer’s days as prime minister are numbered after a day of fury over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. MPs said the eventual release of the documents – which may be delayed by a police investigation into Mandelson – could trigger a leadership challenge. MPs said that Starmer’s admission at prime minister’s questions that he had known about Mandelson’s friendship with Epstein before his appointment was a clarifying moment. No 10 said afterwards that the prime minister was only aware of what was already in the public domain. “This was looked into as part of the appointment process as the prime minister referenced today,” the source said.

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PM says he knew when giving Mandelson US job he had kept ties with Epstein after conviction
NEWS | 05 February 2026
Questioned repeatedly at prime minister’s questions, Starmer said Mandelson had “betrayed our country” in his dealings with Epstein. “He lied repeatedly to my team, when asked about his relationship with Epstein before and during his tenure as ambassador,” the prime minister said. It was, however, vital to first remove documents that related to national security or could jeopardise international relations, he said. Badenoch accused the prime minister of using national security as “a red herring”, saying the Tory motion would also take account of national security. The revelations have prompted a furious backlash from across the political spectrum, including from Brown, prime minister at the time of the alleged breaches.

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How much did Starmer really know about Mandelson’s ties to Epstein?
NEWS | 05 February 2026
That Starmer knew Mandelson had kept ties with Epstein after his conviction was widely reported when the former cabinet minister lost his job in Washington in September. “Peter Mandelson lied to the prime minister, hid information that has since come to light and presented Epstein as someone he barely knew,” said a Downing street source. “He had utterly misled the prime minister. He was swiftly sacked.”What vetting process did Mandelson go through? Mandelson underwent a two-stage vetting process.

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Mandelson’s links with US tech firm Palantir must be fully exposed, campaigners warn
NEWS | 05 February 2026
Peter Mandelson’s involvement with the US tech company Palantir must be exposed to full public transparency, campaigners have said, amid fears he may have leaked more sensitive information than is alleged in his emails to Jeffrey Epstein. Foxglove, a fair tech campaign group, led calls for the Cabinet Office to release information relating to any involvement by Mandelson in the negotiation of Palantir’s contracts. Starmer’s meeting with Palantir did not appear in the prime minister’s register of visits and was acknowledged only in subsequent disclosures, Burghart said. Palantir’s contracts with the UK government have caused controversy. Palantir was co-founded by the billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel who has supported Trump.

Current Events:
Steve Bannon calls for immigration agents at polling sites during midterms
NEWS | 05 February 2026
Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist and rightwing podcast host, said he wants to see immigration agents at the polls in November, a proposal that election officials have feared. Bannon has no formal power, but is an influential figure on the far right and is closely tied with the Trump administration. One of those fears is that immigration agents will be near polling places or have a heavy footprint in Democratic areas on election day. Immigration agents, in particular, have caused people – including US citizens and otherwise legal residents – to stay home for fear of detention or racial profiling. The Department of Justice has requested and is suing to get access to the voter rolls in several states, and elections officials have fought back against the requests over privacy and security concerns.

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Democrats say ‘dramatic changes’ needed for immigration enforcement as DHS funding negotiations continue – live
NEWS | 05 February 2026
“You can’t just stop anybody on the street … and not even tell them why they’re picked up,” Schumer said today. “I would say one is slightly more diplomatic than the other,” Trump said, though did not specify which. “I do think this: The combination of JD and Marco would be very hard to be beaten, I think. Share Updated at 18.48 EST2h ago 18.10 EST The CIA has shuttered its longtime favorite reference manual, the World Factbook. Former governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, had signed an executive order last year directing state police and corrections officers to assist with federal immigration enforcement.