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British Royal Arrested, Trump Promotes Pesticide & Celebrating Failure - Friday, February 20, 2026

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Friday, February 20, 2026!

We'll tell you about authorities arresting a member of the royal family in a case linked to the Epstein Files.

Also, why some refugees living in the U.S. could be at risk of arrest.

And new details about funding for the "Board of Peace" for Gaza.

Plus: why President Trump is now promoting a type of pesticide that so-called "MAHA" supporters are not okay with, which Olympian got a gold medal and gave a diamond ring, and a museum dedicated to failure.

Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes! 

 

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0:00.0

Today is Friday, February 20th.

0:02.2

We'll tell you about authorities arresting a member of the royal family in a case likely

0:06.0

linked to the Epstein files.

0:07.9

Also, why some refugees living in the U.S. could be at risk of arrest and new details

0:12.7

about funding for the Board of Peace for Gaza.

0:15.6

Plus, why President Trump is now promoting a type of pesticide that so-called Maha supporters

0:20.1

are not okay with,

0:21.5

which Olympian got a gold medal and gave a diamond ring, and a museum dedicated to failure.

0:27.9

Those stories and even more news coming up.

0:31.8

Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes.

0:36.1

I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here.

0:38.7

Let's do this. For the first time, in nearly four centuries, a member of Britain's royal family

0:46.5

has been arrested. Former Prince Andrew was taken into police custody, escalating the fallout

0:51.9

over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

0:55.2

Authorities didn't get into exact details, just that he was arrested on suspicions of

0:59.2

misconduct in public office. Though they had already confirmed they were looking into the latest batch

1:04.3

of Epstein files that suggested the former prince shared confidential government documents with

1:09.1

Epstein while serving as a British trade envoy.

1:12.2

He was held for questioning for 11 hours while authorities searched his properties. Then he was

1:16.8

released, which is common under British law before charges are filed. Andrew has consistently said

1:22.0

he never did anything wrong when it came to his friendship with Epstein, specifically denying the

1:26.6

longstanding allegations of sexual

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