The government said Starmer only learned this week that officials granted Mandelson top-level security clearance against vetting advice.
NHS England issued a high-severity alert saying CVE-2026-35616, a critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS flaw affecting versions 7.4.5 and 7.4.6, is being actively exploited and allows unauthenticated remote code execution. Fortinet said it released out-of-band hotfixes and advised customers to install them immediately, while CISA has added the bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
Ten years after the Panama Papers exposed offshore networks used by politicians, business figures and wealthy clients, authorities in more than 80 countries have recovered at least $1.3bn in taxes, penalties and levies linked to the leak. The files also triggered political fallout and new transparency laws in the UK and elsewhere. Campaigners and analysts say offshore secrecy structures and ownership loopholes still persist.
