WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 2-10-26 (1/3)

Episode Date: February 10, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. Galane Maxwell refused to answer questions from House investigators during a deposition Monday related to Jeffrey Epstein. She repeatedly pleaded the fifth, invoking her right against self-incrimination, oversight committee chairman James Comer. Her attorney said that she would answer questions if she would granted clemency. Maxwell is serving a 20-year federal sentence for sex trafficking on Epstein's behalf. But Congressman Andy Biggs said her lawyer did provide some information.

regarding President Trump and former President Bill Clinton. The attorney for Ms. Maxwell said that she has no indication and would say that neither President's Trump or Clinton are culpable for any wrongdoing. Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are scheduled to answer questions later this month in depositions related to Epstein, neither are accused of any wrongdoing. In the U.K., British Prime Minister Kier-Starmer is caught up in the Eustin. scandal and is now fighting for his job. That is not due to any misconduct allegations against Starmor who never met Epstein,

but two years ago he appointed Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, despite his known ties to the late sex offender. The leader of Britain's Reform UK Party, Nigel Farage, predicts that the ordeal will cost Starmor his job. It's depth, the numbers of people it involves, the sheer level of corruption is probably the biggest political scandal we've seen for 100 years. And it's not as if the PM wasn't warned. Everyone knew.

And some lawmakers in Starmor's own Labor Party have called on him to resign for appointing Mandelson to the post. The Prime Minister, for his part, has apologized, saying he was wrong to believe Mandelson's denials. His chief of staff and communications director have both quit in quick succession, but Starrmer has vowed to stay on as Prime Minister. In Venezuela, less than 12 hours after the government released a close ally of the nation's opposition leader, the country's top prosecutor ordered his

re-arrest. World's Benjamin Iker reports. One Pablo Guanipa was among numerous prisoners set free as part of a move to release detainees who are facing politically motivated accusations. The Attorney General's office claims Guanipa violated court-imposed conditions but did not specify which ones. Opposition Leader Maria Karina Machado says that shortly after his release, Guanipa was taking by armed men in Caracas, the country's capital. Ramon Guinepa said his father did not violate the two conditions of his release, monthly check-ins with a court and no travel outside of Venezuela,

and he showed reporters the court document listing them. For World, I'm Benjamin Eicher. And I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit world radio.com.