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The senior civil servant sacked from the Foreign Office defends Lord Mandelson's vetting
Sir Olly Robbins accuses Downing Street of taking a "dismissive approach".
Sir Olly Robbins who was sacked from the Foreign Office has told MPs there was pressure from Downing Street to confirm Lord Mandelson as US ambassador. Also: President Trump has told US radio he's confident of a deal with Iran, even though there's no confirmation more talks are going ahead. And Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the family group The Osmonds, has died at the age of 76.
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