Voters across the UK are set to vote for a new lawmaker, councillors and mayors in the coming days in the local elections.

This local election is predicted to favour the right-wing populist Reform UK party - led by Nigel Farage.

UK correspondent Enda Brady says people are divided about Starmer's performance as Prime Minister - and Farage has managed to attract plenty of coverage in the lead-up.

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The US has signed a deal with Kyiv to share profits from the future sale of Ukraine's mineral reserves - after months of tense negotiations and an infamous meeting in the White House.

The two countries have agreed to establish a reconstruction investment fund to spur Ukraine's economic recovery from its war with Russia.

New Voice of Ukraine editor says this is a better deal than the previous one on offer - but there's been criticism coming out of Ukraine about it.

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The next set of unemployment figures are due to be released next week - and speculation indicates they'll go up even higher.

Unemployment was sitting at 5.1 percent at the end of last year, according to the data.

NZ Herald business editor at large Liam Dann speculates ahead of next week's release.

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