Former UK ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Mandelson was fired and has been under investigation over his alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

It comes as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has written to his UK counterpart Keir Starmer, calling for the former Prince Andrew to be removed from the royal line of succession.

Australia correspondent Donna Demaio told Ryan Bridge the line of succession is a very complex legal framework.

She says the charges require all Commonwealth countries to pass new laws, but Albanese says they're grave allegations and Australia takes them very seriously.

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Long term benefits could justify the Crown pouring more money into Genesis Energy.

The company's revealed a $400 million capital raise to up its investment in renewables.

Now the Crown's purchasing $200 million worth of new shares to maintain its 51% shareholding.

Major Electricity Users' Group Chair John Harbord told Ryan Bridge Genesis is focused on storing electricity for dry years.

He says that backup supply is the most important electricity for the system.

But Harbord says the investment doesn't do much in the short term for affordability issues.

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Airways New Zealand is pushing for the Civil Aviation Authority to lower the age New Zealanders can get an air traffic control licence amid worries our talent's being poached overseas.

The air traffic control provider's sounded the alarm during an address before a Parliamentary Select Committee.

CEO James Young says there's a global shortage of controllers, and in other areas like controller training.

Aviation Industry Association CEO Simon Wallace told Ryan Bridge a licence can currently only be obtained at 21 or older.

He says this is something Airways has brought up, and the regulator should be looking at this.

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On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast 2025, the Government’s forking out $200 million to keep its majority stake in Genesis Energy, Major Electricity Users' Group Chair John Harbord tells Ryan if this is a good investment.

Warnings that staffing shortages could spell big problems for our airline industry, Aviation Industry Association CEO Simon Wallace shares his concerns.

Auckland councillor Alf Filipaina tells Ryan why he wants Police stationed at the City Rail Link long-term.

Plus Australia Correspondent Donna Demaio has the latest on Anthony Albanese writing to Sir Keir Starmer supporting laws to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of royal succession and a monsoon low is heading across three Australian states, bringing torrential downpours and flash flooding.

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Police say they can't keep an ongoing presence at Auckland's new City Rail Link long term.

The country's largest transport project is scheduled to open to passengers sometime in the second half of the year.

But a Police official told an Auckland Council Safety Committee this month, they're preparing to ramp up operations in quarter three.

Auckland Councillor Alf Filipaina tells Ryan Bridge conversations need to be had.

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Kiwis are known around the world for their kindness.

We open doors, we say please and thank you, we help out our neighbour. We leap in to help when help is needed.

It’s one of the traits we’re most proud of.

But one thing we hate more than anything else is when that kindness is taken for granted.

Then it’s no more Mr Nice Guy.

We say this with kids stealing from dairies and ram-raiding poor old hard-working dairy owners. The minute they started destroying livelihoods and beating people with screw drivers and hammers, sympathy evaporated.

Sure, some of these kids may have had hard upbringings, but there are plenty of kids with tough upbringings who chose not to drive a Nissan Gidda through a four-square window at 3am.

So, we voted for boot camps. We reversed our ‘no chase’ police pursuit policy.

We cracked down.

Kindness has its limits.

A long time ago, for those who frequent the city, we crossed the same line with beggars and rough sleepers.

We care about them. We donate our time and money to the city mission. We pay our taxes knowing they should be going to help in some way, improve their lives.

But there are also a bunch of idiots taking advantage with squirted bottles at traffic lights. They can be aggressive and dangerous.

Same goes for the rough sleepers on the footpaths in some of our big cities.

It’s costing businesses m. It’s destroying the reputation of entire swaths of city shops.

These shops provide jobs for the rest of us. Especially in our biggest city, where foreign tourists first impressions should not be a punch up between two roughies on the footpath.

So, while the headlines about this ‘’move on” policy, like the crackdown on ram-raiders before it, or the hardline on Kainga Ora tenants before it, will scream cruel and mean.

They’re out of step with the reality people are facing in their own lives.

The good grace cup hath runnith empty.

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On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast Monday the 23rd of Feburary 2025, The Government’s moving to give Police new powers to move on beggars and rough sleepers, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith tells Andrew about the difference this will make for town centres.

Donald Trump's announced a new 15% global baseline tariff with a new law, after the US supreme court ruled his existing tariffs illegal, Federal Tax Economist at Tax Foundation Alex Durante shares his thoughts.

Andrew Alderson has the latest on the weekend's sport.

Plus, UK/ Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey has the latest on new Epstein files say London police officers were instructed to provide security for a dinner party at Jeffrey Epstein's New York home and Spanish police have arrest a 20-year-old man suspected of hacking a hotel booking website and reserving luxury rooms priced at up to €1,000 per night for just one euro cent.

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The Government is proposing a law which would allow Police to order someone rough sleeping or begging, to leave a public space for up to 24 hours.

They could be fined up to two thousand dollars or three months in jail if they don't.

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith joins Andrew Dickens.

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