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Theresa May to resign as prime minister

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

Theresa May is stepping down as Prime Minister of Britain, undone by her failure to get the country out of the European Union. She'll stay in office until a successor is chosen, but has warned candidates that compromise will be necessary to secure a Brexit deal.

Also in the programme: Julian Assange, Wikileaks co-founder, faces 17 new charges in US; and Chile's Southern Patagonia Ice Field ruptured by climate change.

(Photo: Theresa May got emotional as she announced she would resign as prime minister. Credit: Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Fri 24 May 201913:06GMT

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  • Fri 24 May 201913:06GMT

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