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Keir Starmer also expressed gratitude to the outgoing Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, for his achievements as the first British-Asian Prime Minister. 

In a historic election night, the UK saw a surge in Indian-origin representation in Parliament, with a record-breaking tally of approximately 26 MPs elected to the House of Commons. The results, declared on Friday, revealed a mixed outcome for parties across the board, but notably highlighted the success of Indian-origin candidates in both major political camps.

"Be strong, be kind," said New Zealand`s youngest prime minister in more than a century. The win is also the reward for Ardern`s leadership through a series of extraordinary events that shaped her first three-year term.

Johnson`s Conservatives distributed a doctored video clip of Labour`s Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer, editing out a key response in an interview to give the impression that the party had no answer for Brexit. Starmer was grilled by ITV on Tuesday over the party`s Brexit plans, including rigorous questioning on its policy of trying to negotiate a new divorce deal and then holding a referendum in which its lawmakers might then campaign against the agreement they had struck.

After failing three times to get parliament`s approval for her deal, the government will now put the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, legislation which will enact that deal, before parliament for a vote in early June.

Early vote counts tonight in New Zealand's general election showed Prime Minister Bill English's National Party ahead but not by enough to form a government without help from other parties.

New Zealand goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a new government. Here are the key players in a closely-fought election.

Here are five key issues in Saturday`s New Zealand election, which pits Prime Minister Bill English`s centre-right National Party against the opposition Labour Party led by Jacinda Ardern.

Labour wanted to avoid a damaging "cliff edge" for the economy from an abrupt separation in less than two years.

The opposition Labour Party says it would keep Britain in the European single market and customs union for a transitional period after Brexit, offering a clear alternative to the policies of Prime Minister Theresa May.

Earlier this year, he had led an international cross party delegation of parliamentarians to Agra and Delhi, where the group met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

May's botched gamble on a June 8 snap election lost her Conservative Party its majority in parliament, leading her to strike a deal on Monday with a small Northern Irish party to ensure she has enough votes to pass legislation in parliament.

The British government has been in disarray since a snap election last Thursday, called by Theresa May in an effort to boost her majority but which resulted in a hung parliament.

 British Prime Minister Theresa May has accepted that voters` patience with austerity is at an end, the Times of London newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing unidentified sources. 

At just eight seats shy of a majority, Theresa May turned to the right-wing Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland, which won 10 seats in Westminster.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Friday that the UK vote reflected popular discontent over Prime Minister Theresa May`s hard Brexit strategy.

Gill secured 24,124 votes to hold the seat in Birmingham Edgbaston for the Labour Party with a majority of 6,917, reports the BBC.  

UK Prime Minister Theresa May`s ruling Conservative Party has failed to win an overall majority in snap elections, and the country is now set for a hung Parliament, media reports said on Friday.

Prime Minister Theresa May faced calls to quit on Friday after her election gamble to win a stronger mandate backfired, throwing British politics into turmoil and potentially delaying the start of Brexit negotiations.

Voting will begin at 7 am (local time) in over 40,000 polling stations across the country.