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Boris Johnson resigns as leader of Britain's Conservative party, paving the way for the selection of a new prime minister after dozens of ministers quit his scandal hit-government. "It is painful not to be able to see through so many ideas and projects myself" he says outside Downing Street during a resignation statement. SOUNDBITE
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar arrives at a Dublin polling station and casts his votes in a double referendum on proposals to modernise constitutional references to the make-up of a family and women's "duties in the home". All the major political parties support a "Yes-Yes" vote, which falls on International Women's Day. IMAGES
The leader of the SNP and Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, says "democracy is what is at stake" after the UK Supreme Court ruled against the unilaterial right of the Scottish parliament to call an independence referendum. "It is now about whether or not we even have the basic, democratic right to choose our own future" she adds. SOUNDBITE
Boris Johnson thanks the British public as he steps down as Conservative party leader after three tumultuous years in charge marked by Brexit, Covid and mounting scandals. His resignation paves the way for the selection of a new prime minister after dozens of ministers quit his scandal-hit government. SOUNDBITE
Vienna, Oct 9 (EFE/EPA).- Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz stepped down Saturday amid a corruption inquiry targeting him, his closest aides and the ruling conservative OVP People's Party.The 35-year-old Kurz will be succeeded by Alexander Schallenberg, a career diplomat who had been serving as foreign minister. Kurz will remain his party's chairman and keep his seat in parliament. (Camera: CHRISTIAN BRUNA). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE CELEBRATE OUTSIDE THE CHANCELLERY FOLLOWING CHANCELLOR KURZ RESIGNATION, IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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