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The BBC understands that the Metropolitan Police is to launch a criminal investigation into claims that Lord Mandelson passed market-sensitive information to the paedophile financier, Jeffrey Epstein. Also: President Zelensky says Russia has used a record number of ballistic missiles to target Ukraine's energy sector. And rescue teams in Australia have described a teenager who saved his family after they were swept out to sea as "superhuman".

Documents released by the US authorities from their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein have shed new light on the extent of Lord Mandelson's dealings with the convicted sex offender. Also: The serial killer, Steve Wright, has pleaded guilty to the murder of a 17-year-old girl, Victoria Hall, in Suffolk in 1999. And British artists saw a wave of success at last night's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Documents released in the US suggest that Jeffrey Epstein made three payments totalling $75,000 to accounts associated with Peter Mandelson. Lord Mandelson said he had no recollection of receiving the money and has questioned the authenticity of the documents. Elsewhere: Officials in Ukraine say at least twelve people were killed when a Russian drone hit a bus carrying mine workers; and Israel has partially reopened the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt.

Photos in the Epstein files appear to show a barefoot Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor crouching on all fours over a female. Elon Musk and Sir Richard Branson also feature in the latest release of documents. Elsewhere: The Hamas-run civil defence agency in Gaza says at least 30 Palestinians, inluding several children, have been killed by a wave of Israeli strikes; and Sir Keir Starmer has said the relationship between the UK and Japan is the "strongest" it has been "in decades".

The US Department of Justice has released more than three million new documents relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Also: President Trump has nominated a conservative Wall Street veteran to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. And in tennis, Novak Djokovic has become the oldest men’s finalist at the Australian Open in the professional era.