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The Chair of the 1922 Committee announces the results of the first round of voting for the Conservative leadership content. Bob Blackman, the chair of the committee, announces that staunch right-winger and former Home Secretary Priti Patel, is eliminated from the race. Receiving 28 votes and leading the race in this round of voting is former immigration minister Robert Jenrick. Also in the race are Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Mel Stride and Tom Tugendhat. Another round of voting will take place next week, eliminating one further candidate. 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
Speaking at the opening of the Farnborough International Airshow, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he respects Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the US presidential race. Starmer notes it was "not an easy decision, but a decision that I know that he will have arrived at taking into account the best interest of the American people." SOUNDBITE
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the US Capitol, on the sidelines of NATO's 75th anniversary summit. IMAGES
The leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, Ed Davey, arrives with his wife Emily Davey to vote in the UK general election. Projections show the Liberal Democrats are expected to take dozens of seats across the south England from the incumbent Conservatives. IMAGES
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer arrives at a London polling station to cast his vote in the UK general election. The United Kingdom votes in an election that looks likely to bring an end to 14 tumultuous years of Conservative rule. Polls suggest a historic victory for the Labour Party. IMAGES
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