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UK leadership contenders take part in Conservative Party hustings event in Birmingham

Daily News Lesson September 06 2022

Liz Truss becomes prime minister for the United Kingdom

Learn about Lz Truss, the new conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom

British PM Johnson speaks at Downing Street

Daily News Lesson July 08 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to step down after a string of scandals

Johnson told his nation Thursday he would resign his post later in the summer and stand down now as head of his party

Brexit

Daily News Lesson April 11 2019

Brexit explained: Background and latest news

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Daily Video June 20 2016

Murder of British politician changes tone of U.K. Brexit debate

The man accused of murdering a British member of parliament last Thursday made his first court appearance in London on Saturday. Authorities believe Thomas Mair shot and stabbed Jo Cox to death on a street in broad daylight, because of her position to keep the U.K. in the European Union.

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