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Eurosceptic Nigel Farage, head of the Brexit Pary, says fellow Brexit champion and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has 48 hours to persuade him that he "genuinely wants a clean Brexit" ahead of Thursday's general election. Farage has struggled to compete against Johnson, who warned against splitting the Leave vote. To prevent that from happening, Farage withdrew Brexit Party candidates in hundreds of seats in the run-up to the election. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that Parliament has officially been dissolved ahead of a general election, saying that he has been forced to call the early election by MPs' inaction on Brexit. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister and Conservative leader Boris Johnson holds his final campaign rally in London just hours before the polls open. Britain's feuding party leaders criss-crossed the country on Wednesday in a frantic push for votes on the eve of a highly-charged general election aimed at finally settling the Brexit crisis. IMAGES
Demonstrators protest outside Parliament in London after Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his working majority in parliament in a dramatic turn of events ahead of a showdown with MPs over Brexit that could lead to an early general election. IMAGES
British Prime minister Boris Johnson casts his vost in the general election in Westminster. IMAGES
Conservative Prime minister Boris Johnson says that his new goverment will "unite and level up the UK" with the "extraordinary majority" his party won in the general election on Thursday, clearing the way for Britain to leave the EU. SOUNDBITE
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said the British people had given his Conservative government a "powerful new mandate" to deliver Brexit and unite the country. Exit polls and early results suggest the Tories are on course for a historic victory in Thursday's election, in which Johnson won his own seat in Uxbridge, west of London, with an increased majority. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's ruling Conservative party cheer and celebrate as they follow the results of Thursday's snap election, with Johnson appearing on course for a sweeping victory according to an exit poll, paving the way for Britain to leave the EU next month after years of political deadlock. IMAGES
Cars bring ballot boxes from the nearest polling stations to the counting site in Uxbridge, Boris Johnson's constituency in greater London. IMAGES