U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sacked the U.K.'s Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson after further details emerged about the diplomat's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. lawmakers released a number of documents this week that revealed Mandelson's apparent close friendship with Epstein, including a letter from Mandelson in which he called the disgraced financier his "best pal." Epstein killed himself in prison in 2019 while facing federal sex trafficking charges.

"In light of the additional information in emails written by Peter Mandelson, the Prime Minister has asked the Foreign Secretary to withdraw him as Ambassador," a statement from the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said Thursday.

"The emails show that the dep

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