Ukraine's parliament appointed the country's first new prime minister in five years on Thursday, part of a major cabinet overhaul aimed at revitalising wartime management as prospects for peace with Russia grow dim.

The United Kingdom could become one of the first European countries to lower the voting age to 16 in all national elections, in what the government is calling a landmark effort to “future-proof” its democracy.

The Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 budget outlines a broad effort to reshape federal priorities and operations. Key proposals include reducing the federal workforce, keeping defense spending flat,

Parliament approved Yulia Svyrydenko as Ukraine's new prime minister on Thursday and backed her plan to cut the number of ministries, merging some of the main portfolios, to save funds in wartime.

The government is spending £53m over the next four years on an intervention programme which it says can help domestic violence perpetrators change their lives and move away from abuse. Since 2016, a pilot scheme has been working with perpetrators on a one-to-one basis to help them come off drugs and alcohol and resolve personal issues.

Neill, a Democrat who describes himself as a “student of history,” cast Trump as an authoritarian who has followed the controversial playbook outlined in Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for transformative changes across the federal government that Trump tried to distance himself from before the November election.

An agency-by-agency look at how President Donald Trump and his advisors plan to dramatically shrink the federal government.

The leader of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has welcomed scrutiny from the government after it issued the authority with a best value notice. The measure, taken by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), encourages authorities to demonstrate continuous improvement.

But this past week, in the wake of a memo saying nothing else in the Jeffrey Epstein case would be released about his death as Trump, and many of his top officials, promised, Trump had a curious message for his followers: Move along,

A Spanish government official has called for an investigation into Barcelona star Lamine Yamal’s 18th birthday party after a prominent disability activist group said organizers of the event hired people with dwarfism “solely for entertainment and attractions” in contravention of Spanish law.

Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt investor confidence in the world's fourth largest economy and complicate tariff talks with the United States.