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British PM Says Election not 'Political Opportunism'

British Prime Minister Theresa May tells the BBC why she has gone back on a promise not to call a general election before 2020.

British Prime Minister Theresa May tells the BBC why she has gone back on a promise not to call a general election before 2020.

Also in the programme, senior figures from India's governing BJP are to face charges over the demolition of the Ayodhya mosque in 1992. And why coins may soon be a thing of the past in South Korea.

(Photo: British Prime Minister Theresa May and BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg. Credit: BBC)

50 minutes

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Wed 19 Apr 201713:06GMT

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  • Wed 19 Apr 201713:06GMT

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