Over 90,000 civil servants in UK may get the axe

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday ordered cabinet ministers to significantly reduce departmental staffing levels in a push to lower government spending. According to media reports, the PM has set out plans to terminate up to 90,000 civil servants, which is equivalent to a fifth of Whitehall.

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Fyodor Lukyanov: Why the Russia-Ukraine conflict is existential for both sides

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Gunmen reported in German school

Two students are believed to have taken a teacher hostage, and police have entered the building, according to media reports Tactical police teams have entered a school in the Germany city of Hamburg after reports of two students, one of whom is believed to be armed, taking a teacher hostage.

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