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UK lawmakers vote in favour of the government's latest plans for sending migrants to Rwanda, which has split Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's ruling Conservative party. A knife-edge parliamentary vote in the House of Commons sees 313 MPs vote for the so-called Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, with 269 against. IMAGES
Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement start a four day climate protest in London, holding a picket line outside the British government's Department of Energy. IMAGES
UK politicians come and go at 10 Downing Street as new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak forms his new government. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is one of the notable arrivals, retained from Sunak's predecessor Liz Truss disastrous government. Sunak's second cabinet appointment was his close ally Dominic Raab as deputy prime minister and justice secretary. IMAGES
London, Dec 29 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Andy Rain) Members of the British Parliament have been summoned to vote on Wednesday, December 30, on the Brexit agreement reached by the government of Boris Johnson and the European Union.FOOTAGE OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT AND LONDON.
The leader of Britain's pro-EU Liberal Democrats, Jo Swinson, says early election results and exit polls, which indicate a big win for the ruling Conservative party, will bring "dread and dismay". Swinson, who campaigned on a pledge to revoke Brexit if elected, was beaten into second place by the Scottish National Party (SNP) in her East Dunbartonshire seat in western Scotland. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is confident that his country's parliament would back a Brexit deal struck with the EU -- despite key allies coming out against it. SOUNDBITE
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