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British politician Rishi Sunak is elected Conservative leader and will become the next prime minister, announces senior backbencher Graham Brady, after rival Penny Mordaunt failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs. SOUNDBITE
Rishi Sunak arrives at Buckingham Palace to formally offer his resignation as Britain's prime minister to King Charles III. The constitutional tradition comes after a general election that saw a landslide victory for the Labour Party, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. IMAGES
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sets a general election date for July 4, ending months of speculation about when he would go to the country. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at Northern Ireland's Assembly in Belfast on the second day of his two-day visit to the UK territory, which comes after Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill made history by becoming its first nationalist leader. O'Neill, a pro-Irish unity politician, has predicted that Northern Ireland will hold a vote on unification with Ireland within the next decade. However, Sunak's government said earlier this week that Northern Ireland's place within the UK appears "secure for decades". IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tells the House of Commons he has "absolute conviction" in his government's plan to send migrants to Rwanda ahead of a vote in parliament on the bill which has exposed schisms in his ruling Conservative party. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, if passed, will compel judges to treat Rwanda as a safe third country and proposes giving UK ministers powers to disregard sections of international and British human rights legislation. SOUNDBITE
At the start of his appearance at the UK's Covid-19 inquiry, Prime Minister and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he is "deeply sorry... to all of those who lost loved ones, family members, through the pandemic." SOUNDBITE