A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.
Leading the week
Keir Starmer faces a another crunch week as the controversy over Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein continues to derail the prime minister’s efforts to get on with his day job. Last week’s big speech on communities was overshadowed by the Mandelson fallout, and while Starmer’s public-facing events over the coming days may currently be limited to Wednesday’s PMQs, he’s unlikely to relish facing Kemi Badenoch & co with an increasingly mutinous PLP and growing demand for the removal of chief of staff Morgan McSweeney.
Monday (February 9): Jimmy Lai sentenced in Hong Kong over national security conviction; Prince William begins three-day visit to Saudi Arabia; Ghislaine Maxwell scheduled to be deposed in US congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Olympic highlights: women’s snowboarding, freeski slopestyle and ice hockey.
Tuesday (February 10): Archbishop of Canterbury address to Church of England general synod; Teen sentenced for murdering Leo Ross in Birmingham.
Olympic highlights: alpine skiing; mixed doubles curling; men’s freeski slopestyle; Canada v USA in women’s ice hockey.
Wednesday (February 11): Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions; NASA’s SpaceX Crew 12 launch; US hosts western hemisphere chiefs of defence conference.
Olympic highlights: Lucas Pinheiro Braathen hoping to become first South American winter medallist in alpine skiing; figure skating free dance; men’s ice hockey begins.
Thursday (February 12): UK GDP for Q4 2025; Vincent Chan sentenced over sexual offences at London nursery; NATO defence ministers meet.
Olympic highlights: women’s alpine skiing, short track speed skating and snowboarding; men’s short track speed skating; Canada’s Connor McDavid makes Olympic debut in the men’s ice hockey.
Friday (February 13): Friedrich Merz addresses opening of Munich Security Conference; Plea hearing for Barry George on rape charge; Wuthering Heights released.
Olympic highlights: ‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin favourite to take gold in the men’s figure skating; Charlotte Bankes looks to win first Olympic medal in women’s snowboarding; GB’s Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt compete in the men’s skeleton.
Saturday (February 14): G7 foreign ministers meet on margins of MSC; Installation of the Archbishop of Westminster; UK Athletics Indoor Championships.
Olympic highlights: men’s giant slalom and ski jumping, featuring all-time FIS points scorer Stefan Kraft; women’s ice hockey quarterfinals; women’s skeleton.
Sunday (February 15): Olympic highlights: mixed team skeleton; mixed team snowboard cross big final; women’s speed skating; men’s ice hockey continues.
