Evening briefing Tuesday 16th September

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0:43The star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men had a varied career that saw him win an Oscar for his directorial debut and be given multiple Lifetime Achievement Awards. He also co-founded the US's biggest independent film festival, Sundance, in Utah. Film producer Andy Patterson worked with him on multiple occasions. He was quite known for being late. He was quite notorious that there was Redford time. He just lived in a slightly different world, but was just incredibly generous, wise. And I've worked with a lot of people who have a lot of ego and not very much talent.

1:17He was the opposite. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of hiding as MPs debate what he knew when about Peter Maddelson. There's been an emergency debate in the House of Commons about Lord Maddelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein. Junior Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said new information only came to light last week. The Prime Minister has been explicitly clear that the new information is and was not compatible with the duty that we owe the victims of Jeffrey Epstein's horrendous crimes against women and girls. And with this government's clear commitment to tackling that kind of violence and abuse.

1:53And as such, Madam Deputy Speaker, the Prime Minister took decisive action to withdraw Lord Mandelson as ambassador. Donald Trump has left Washington, D.C. for the U.K. for his second state visit. As he left, he spoke about his admiration for the king and his excitement for his hospitality. Well, my relationship is very good with the UK and Charles, as you know, who's now king, is my friend. And it's the first time this has ever happened where somebody was honoured twice. So it's a great honour. And this one's at Windsor. They've never used Windsor Castle for this before. They use Buckingham Palace.

2:25And I don't want to say one's better than the other, but they say Windsor Castle is the ultimate, right? So it's going to be nice. Windsor Castle is frequently used for state visits. Israel has launched its ground offensive in Gaza City, the Strip's biggest urban area. This morning, a United Nations commission concluded that Israel's actions in Gaza amount to genocide, something Israel strongly denies. A former British soldier has been charged with murdering a young mother in Kenya after a long-running Sunday Times investigation. 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru was found stabbed to death and left in a septic tank in a hotel in 2012.

3:01A soldier from the Duke of Lancaster Regiment, who can't be named, has been charged and the Kenyan government is expected to lodge an extradition request. The Sunday Times' Northern editor David Collins expects the British government to grant that. This is an innocent civilian. It's not fog of war. This is not war crimes or whether or not they've been committed in Afghanistan during the heat of the moment. This is a woman who was on a night out with friends and she's ended up murdered. anybody can recognise that that needs to be pursued. And the royal family have attended the funeral of the Duchess of Kent without the Queen.

3:36Buckingham Palace says she is recovering from acute sinusitis, but the 78-year-old is said to be hopeful she'll recover in time for all of Donald Trump's state visit. Don't forget you can subscribe to The Times News Briefing on Spotify or listen live to Times Radio online.

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