Although new Prime Minister Andy Burnham is undergoing an extensive cabinet reshuffle, current Culture Minister Lisa Nandy will remain in office. Nandy, who has been a Member of Parliament since 2010 representing the Wigan constituency, was appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by former First Minister Keir Starmer in July 2024, shortly
Andy Burnham became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on Monday, replacing Keir Starmer in a handover choreographed around a visit to Buckingham Palace, where Starmer formally resigned and King Charles III invited Burnham to form a government. Before heading to the Palace, Starmer gave a farewell speech at 10 Downing Street, flanked by colleagues
Chief among the “fossils,” in the eyes of some of the soldiers who responded to our requests, is General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the austere 60-year-old commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces. He was hailed a national hero four years ago, following his successful defense of kyiv in the weeks following Russia’s full-scale invasion. But General Syrskyi’s name
Andy Burnham has become leader of the UK Labor Party, paving the way for him to take over as Prime Minister following the resignation of Keir Starmer last month. Burnham, dressed in a suit and red tie, was greeted with thunderous applause after being announced as the new Labor leader at a special leadership conference
Protests have broken out in several Ukrainian cities against President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise dismissal of popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. A crowd of people, mostly young people, gathered in kyiv, holding signs that read “Hands off Fedorov” and “Stop sabotaging the victory!” and shouting “Shame!” Zelensky has not yet explained his decision, which is causing
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the creation of a national monument to the victims of a “genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists” during World War II. Tusk spoke on the anniversary of what Poland calls the “massacre” in Volyn, the part of Poland then occupied by the Germans, now in Ukraine. Warsaw says that some