Britain's Prince Andrew has “provided zero cooperation” to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking inquiry, a US prosecutor has said.

British telecoms giant BT has warned it will only continue to back a digital skills award scheme if Prince Andrew is dropped as patron, as pressure mounts over the royal role of the British Queen’s second son.

The US Justice Department has already found “serious irregularities” at the federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein took his own life over the weekend, US attorney general William Barr has said.

France’s government wants prosecutors to open an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s links to the country following his death in a Manhattan prison cell.