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Trump announced the planned closure on social media, adding that it is subject to approval by the board.

The center did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

To the latest in the Jeffrey Epstein fallout now.

In the UK, former government minister and US ambassador Peter Mandelson has resigned from Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party after fresh documents revived scrutiny of his links to the convicted sex offender.

Mandelson denies wrongdoing but says he won't cause Labour further embarrassment.

Separately, Starmer is suggesting Britain's former Prince Andrew should testify before a U.S.

congressional committee over his Epstein links after photos were released showing the prince kneeling over a woman who was lying on the ground.

and in Slovakia.

Prime Minister Robert Vico saying he's accepted the resignation of his national security advisor Miroslav Lacak.

Newly released messages show Lacak exchanging light-hearted texts about women with Epstein back in 2018.

Lacak also denies wrongdoing.

Over to Pakistan now, where security forces have killed more than 140 militants in a 40-hour battle in the southwest of the country.

It follows a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks claimed by banned separatist group Baloch Liberation Army.

Separatists have led an insurgency in the region for decades, seeking greater autonomy and a larger share of the region's natural resources.

But this is one of the deadliest flare-ups in years.

Ariba Shahid in Karachi has more.

U.S.

First Lady Melania Trump's self-titled and self-produced documentary, Melania, is off to an unexpectedly good start.

The film follows Melania in the 20 days leading up to President Trump's second inauguration.

But beating expectations doesn't mean it's a box office hit.