Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said Peter Mandelson has been fired "with immediate effect" as Britain's ambassador to the United States following fresh revelations about the closeness of his former ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. "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," Doughty told the House of Commons on Thursday.

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