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The intense pressure on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down has increased after the resignations of two of his top aides. Several cabinet members have rallied around him, however. The crisis was triggered by former US ambassador Peter Mandelson, who is suspected of passing on confidential information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Cuba is experiencing an acute energy crisis after Donald Trump cut off all oil deliveries from Venezuela to the Caribbean island and threatened to impose tariffs on other countries such as Mexico if they continue to supply the island with fuel. Washington wants to force the socialist government in Havana to make concessions. Europe's media take stock.