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British Prime Minister Theresa May should step down after losses for her Conservative Party in the general election, says Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Downing Street following a cabinet meeting the day after top ministers quit in protest over Brexit. IMAGES
The White House says the US is "definitely not pushing" the Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign, after Washington said he should speed up a political transition. "That is not what we're doing, but we have underscored that now is the time to finalize a political court to help set Haiti on a path to a better future. And that is something that we've been working on for some time," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says in a press briefing. SOUNDBITE
More than 1,000 people line up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people seek to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service. IMAGES
The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, announces that "the governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), has taken that decision that it is prudent that South Africa should pull out of the ICC". Ramaphosa says the decision, which follows a weekend meeting of the African National Congress (ANC), was reached "largely" because of what is perceived as the court's unfair treatment of certain countries. The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March meaning Pretoria, due to host the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa bloc summit this year, would have to detain him on arrival. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of powerful preacher Moqtada Sadr continue to occupy Iraq's parliament for fifth day, while others gather outside. A top official from Iraq's Sadrist movement Tuesday urged followers to move their protest outside the parliament. IMAGES