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Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died in hospital after he was shot at a political campaign event, say local media. Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech in the southern city of Nara on Friday morning.more

The British Tory Party intends to elect its new leader, who will also be the country's new Prime Minister, before the beginning of September, the "Financial Times" reported last evening, citing MPs familiar with the plans.more

Yesterday, the Sejm adopted a reform of criminal law, inter alia, toughening penalties for the most serious crimes, introducing so-called absolute life imprisonment and confiscating the cars of drunk drivers. The comprehensive amendment will now go to the Lower House of Parliament.more

Early next week, the UK's ruling Conservative Party will announce the timetable for the election of a new leader to replace Boris Johnson in that role - and as Prime Minister. The election procedure itself, however, will be the same as before.more

The fact that Boris Johnson did not resign with immediate effect, but would act as British Prime Minister until his successor was elected, aroused dissatisfaction with the opposition and even some Conservative MPs, but this is fully in line with the political convention.more

Boris Johnson resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain and leader of the Conservative Party, but stated that he would remain in both positions until the appointment of his successor.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday replied to Scottish government chief Nicola Sturgeon that now was not the time to hold the second independence referendum she was calling for.more

Boris Johnson will today announce his resignation from the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain, but he will probably remain in office until the appointment of a successor, which is expected by October at the latest.more

Late yesterday evening the number of MPs who had resigned in the past 30 hours from positions at various levels in the government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rose to 44 yesterday. At the same time, he dismissed Michael Gove, the influential minister of equal opportunities, construction and local communities.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared today that he intends to stay in office, despite the fact that a dozen people have already left his government in less than a day. Johnson's resignation was called for by the one who started the wave of resignations, the now former health minister Sajid Javid.more

In the space of a dozen hours, 15 people have left Boris Johnson's wide-ranging government. Of these, admittedly only two were at ministerial level, but the scale of the resignations is such that the British Prime Minister is unlikely to remain in office.more

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin today visited Borodzianka near Kiev during a visit to Ukraine. The purpose of the visit is to demonstrate solidarity with Ukraine in the war started by Russia, which Martin described as "immoral and unprovoked".more

For the first time, a majority of Conservative Party voters also want British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign, according to a poll last night by the YouGov centre.more

Former education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has been appointed the new Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Steve Barclay will be the new health secretary, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office announced last night.more

Russia claims that it is waging a holy war, but in fact nothing is sacred to it, and religion has become a by-product of the conflict unleashed by Moscow, said the head of British diplomacy Liz Truss, opening a conference on freedom of religion and belief.more

Russia is losing and will be defeated if NATO maintains its determination - assessed Polish ambassador to Great Britain Piotr Wilczek in an article published on the website of the Daily Telegraph.more

Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid have resigned as chancellor and health secretary. The chancellor said he was resigning because "the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously".more

G7 leaders are looking at the possibility of transporting Ukrainian grain, trapped as a result of the Russian naval blockade, via the Danube, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.more

The leader of the British opposition Labor Party, Keir Starmer, explicitly ruled out Britain's re-entry into the European Union. Instead, it wants to make Brexit deliver the desired benefits.more

The Scottish government has earmarked £ 65 million for military aid to Ukraine, and the government of Wales £ 35 million, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Twitter.more

The UK will today introduce a new package of economic sanctions on Belarus over the country's support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the British government announced yesterday.more

Polish President Andrzej Duda, in an interview with the British broadcaster BBC News at the Nato summit in Madrid, said he was pleased with the decisions taken, including the change in the Alliance's approach to Russia. He stressed that Poland, being in NATO, could feel safe.more

Politicians have a considerable survival advantage over the members of the public they represent in Parliament, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Oxford have looked at health data from 11 countries and over 57,500 politicians going back to the early 19th century. more

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied yesterday that he was planning to hold an early election to the House of Commons, although the day before he himself had somewhat fuelled such speculation.more

Russian leader Vladimir Putin was preparing for an invasion of Ukraine and made the decision to attack the neighbouring country at least a year before the invasion; this conflict could continue for a long time to come, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz assessed in an interview on US CBS television.more