Panamanians are voting in an election that has been consumed by unfolding drama surrounding the country’s former president, even though he is not on the ballot. Voters in the Central American nation are weighing promises of economic prosperity and migratory crackdowns with a corruption scandal. The presidential race remained in uncertain waters until Friday morning, when Panama’s Supreme Court ruled that leading presidential contender José Raúl Mulino should be permitted to run. Mulino joined the race late, replacing former President Ricardo Martinelli as the candidate for the Achieving Goals party. Martinelli was barred from running in March after he was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for money laundering.

Russia has launched a barrage of drones on eastern Ukraine and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting as Ukraine marks its third Easter at war. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in an Easter address to be “united in one common prayer” and called God an “ally” in the war with Russia. Ukraine’s air force said Sunday that Russia had launched 24 Shahed drones, of which 23 were shot down. At least 16 people, including a child, were wounded in the Kharkiv region. Russia said its troops took control of the village of Ocheretyne in the Donetsk region.

LONDON (AP) — Millions of voters in England cast ballots Thursday in an array of local elections, the last big test before a looming U.K. general election that all indicators suggest will see the Labour Party return to power after 14 years in the wilderness.