A one-year-old boy at the centre of a legal battle over whether his life-sustaining care should continue has died after a High Court judge ruled his treatment should stop.

Donald Trump's latest controversial government appointment since his historic election victory last week sees Robert F Kennedy Jr selected as the new administration's health chief.

Not content with taking the axe to America's bloated bureaucracy on behalf of the incoming President, the billionaire is turning his hand to foreign policy.

It means the man who will be the oldest president in history at his January inauguration will have the youngest press secretary in history.

President-elect Donald Trump reached into his inner circle on Friday and chose his transition spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, as his White House press secretary, putting a 27-year-old firebrand in position to aggressively defend him. Leavitt has endeared herself to Trump by her ardent defense of him in news interviews and her take-no-prisoners style, Trump advisers said. The job of the White House press secretary typically is to help inform the American people about presidential activities without betraying the confidence of the boss.

Trump appoints Burgum to lead National Energy Council, aiming for U.S. energy dominance and reversing Biden's climate policies.

Prince Andrew is said to be desperate to remain in the Royal Lodge, but there are doubts over whether he can afford to maintain the Grade II listed residence