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Added on the 14/07/2022 16:43:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN
The UK Conservative party has eliminated Justice Secretary Michael Gove out of the race to replace David Cameron, leaving Interior minister Theresa May and eurosceptic rival Andrea Leadsom to fight an all-women contest for British prime minister. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
British Attorney General Suella Braverman fails to gain enough votes to progress into the next round in the Conservative Party leadership race, as former finance minister Rishi Sunak comes out on top in the latest round of voting by Tory MPs to decide Britain's next prime minister. SOUNDBITE
Ex-London mayor Boris Johnson abruptly pulls out of the race to become Britain's next prime minister, throwing the Conservative Party's political order into further turmoil shaken by last week's vote to leave the European Union.
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Espoo as Finland elects its president. Some 4.3 million voters will have to choose between former conservative prime minister Alexander Stubb and ex-foreign minister Pekka Haavisto, a Green Party MP running as an independent. The changing geopolitical landscape in Europe will be the main concern for the new head of state, who will lead the country's foreign policy together with the government and act as supreme commander of Finland's armed forces. IMAGES
Liberians begin voting in the second round of a presidential election pitting former football star and current head of state George Weah against political veteran Joseph Boakai. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak poses with members of the US Senate leadership before holding talks at the US Capitol, on the first day of his visit to Washington. IMAGES
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