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Newshour: 22/05/2024 20:06 GMT: UK to hold surprise general election in July

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22/05/2024 20:06 GMT

22/05/2024 20:06 GMT: UK to hold surprise general election in July

UK to hold surprise general election in July

BBC World Service - Newshour, UK to hold surprise general election in July

Rishi Sunak announces UK general election for early July

Rishi Sunak announces UK general election for early July.

In a surprise move, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a summer UK general election to take place on 4th July. 

Also on the programme: lawyers for the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo say they have new evidence from whistleblowers that the US technology giant, Apple, is illegally obtaining minerals from gangs; and South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, has told the BBC he wants to change the country’s constitution after he was barred from running for parliament in next week’s elections.

(Photo: Rishi Sunak issues a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, after calling a general election. Credit: Lucy North/PA Wire)

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