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Scottish National Party National Secretary, Lorna Finn, announces Humza Yousaf as the winner of the party's internal leaderhsip contest and as Scotland's new first minister. SOUNDBITE
Incoming British prime minister Rishi Sunak leaves the party's headquarters, after he was named the Conservative party's new leader. IMAGES
Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the influential 1922 Committee of backbench MPs, is vague about whether one or two candidates would be likely to run for the Conservative Party leadership after the resignation of Liz Truss. “The party rules say there will be two candidates unless there is only one candidate" he says. SOUNDBITE
Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party's backbench 1922 Committee, announces that Rishi Sunak and Liza Truss have made it to the final ballot of Conservative members to decide who will replace Boris Johnson as the next party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with Penny Mordaunt knocked out. Sunak led the last of five ballots of Tory lawmakers, winning 137 votes, ahead of Truss on 113, while junior trade minister Penny Mordaunt was eliminated after getting 105 votes. IMAGES
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
Manchester (United Kingdom), Oct 4 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Neil Hall) The British Conservative is holding in Manchester its annual congress.FOOTAGE OF THE CONGRESS AND A PROTEST AGAINST THE LACK OF QUALIFIED WORKERS IN THE SWINE INDUSTRY, WHICH WAS HELD OUTSIDE THE CONGRESS.