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Ex-UK envoy Mandelson says sorry to Epstein victims, stops short of apologising for ties

Britain’s former US ambassador Peter Mandelson has expressed regret over the failure to protect victims of Jeffrey Epstein, while maintaining that he was unaware of the convicted sex offender’s crimes and therefore would not apologise for his own association with him.

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