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Former NATO general Petr Pavel reacts to the results of the second round of the presidential election, in a speech to a cheering crowd in Prague, Czech Republic. Pavel, a former paratrooper, won 56.76 percent of votes while former prime minister Andrej Babis scored 43.23 percent, with over 85 percent of the vote counted, according to the Czech Statistical Office. IMAGES
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
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
British Prime Minister Theresa May should step down after losses for her Conservative Party in the general election, says Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. SOUNDBITE
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected to his seat in north London in an election which sees Britain plunged into uncertainty with PM Theresa May tipped to lose her party's majority. IMAGES
President of the European Council Donald Tusk declared that the UK will not be allowed to access the EU single market without accepting the freedom of movement of citizens, during a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. "There will be no single market a la carte," he stressed. The announcement comes after all the EU leaders met for the first time since the British referendum result last Friday.
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