Should BP get more credit for its turnaround effort?

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  Good morning from the Financial Times.

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  Today is Wednesday, February 11th.

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  And this is your FT News Briefing.

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  We're going to bring you the latest on the Epstein files fallout.

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  And Cuba's energy supply is hanging on by a thread.

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  Plus, look, we know BP has had it rough lately,

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  but one of our columnists thinks that we should cut the oil major a little more slack.

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  I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day.

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  U.S.

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  Senators Grilled Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick yesterday during a hearing,

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  he said he visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island with his family back in 2012.

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  I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation.

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  My wife was with me, as were my four children and nannies.

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  I had another couple, they were there as well with their children, and we had lunch on the island.

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  Lutnik is facing a lot of scrutiny over his ties to the late convicted sex offender.

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  Department of Justice documents released last month show he had more extensive contact with Epstein than previously thought.

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  The Commerce Secretary is the latest high-profile figure to feel the heat

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  since the DOJ's most recent Epstein file dump that came last month.

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  Politicians including US President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton,

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  and the UK's former ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, have all appeared in the documents.

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