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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
Jo Swinson is elected as leader of the British Liberal Democrats. SOUNDBITE
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson arrives to cast her vote in the UK's general election in Glasgow. IMAGES
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Vince Cable, heads to the polls to elect the UK's future representatives in the European Parliament, an election the country did not expect to hold nearly three years after the Brexit referendum.
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer arrives to cast his ballot at a polling station in London, as Britain begins voting in local and mayoral elections that are expected to increase pressure on beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The polls are the last major electoral test before a general election that Sunak's Tory party, in power since 2010, seems destined to lose to Starmer's Labour opposition. IMAGES
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).