Latest - Theresa May faces being toppled as party leader, Donald Trump lashes out at Democrats, India waits find out who will win the country's general election.
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Theresa May faces being toppled as party leader
Theresa May is continuing to face pressure from her own MPs to resign after one of her senior ministers quit the cabinet.
The Leader of the House, Andrea Leadsom, stepped down over the PM's Brexit policy.
Several cabinet ministers have also told the BBC that the PM cannot stay in her post.
Mrs May said she was "sorry to lose someone of [Mrs Leadsom's] passion, drive and sincerity".
Mrs Leadsom said Mrs May's new Brexit plan had "elements I cannot support, that aren't Brexit".
Mrs Leadsom was set to announce when the prime minister's Withdrawal Agreement Bill - the legislation needed to implement the agreement between the UK and EU - would be introduced to Parliament.
It is not clear who will take her place.
Today, members of the Conservatives' backbench 1922 Committee held a secret ballot on whether to change party rules, to allow the prime minister to face a vote of no confidence immediately.
The results, in sealed envelopes, will be opened if Mrs May does not agree to stand down by 10 June.
Mrs May survived a no-confidence vote of Conservative MPs in December. Under existing rules, she cannot be challenged again until December this year.
-BBC
Trump in fight with Democrats over "cover-up"
US President Donald Trump has angrily lashed out at Democratic leaders' claims he is engaged in a "cover-up".
"I don't do cover-ups," the Republican president said in an unscheduled briefing from the White House.
His remarks came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met fellow Democrats to discuss impeaching the president.
Mr Trump is fighting congressional inquiries by ignoring subpoenas, withholding documents and blocking testimony by current and ex-advisers.
- BBC
Modi likely winner in Indian poll
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is set for a historic victory as India began counting hundreds of millions of votes from its general election, according to data from the Election Commission.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Photo: AFP
The NDA's predicted margin of victory is much larger than surveys indicated in the run-up to the vote, when most polls showed it would be the largest alliance but would fall short of an overall majority.
At the BJP's headquarters in New Delhi, the mood was upbeat, with party workers cheering as TV channels reported the growing lead.
"It's a huge mandate for positive politics and the policies of Narendra Modi," said GVL Narasimha Rao, a BJP spokesman.
"It's a huge win for India, we are humbled by the magnificence of this victory."
"National security became the discussion," said Harsh Pant, a political analyst at the Observer Research Foundation think-tank in New Delhi. "It allowed the BJP to shirk some issues where it was weak."
The BJP has also capitalised on the star power of Modi, a frenetic campaigner, as well as superior financial resources.
- Reuters
UK rejects UN ruling on Chagos Islands
The UK has rejected a United Nations General Assembly demand that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean within six months.
Britain, which has overseen the region since 1814, detached the Chagos islands in 1965 from Mauritius - a colony that gained independence three years later - to create the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). It is home to a joint British and US airbase on the island of Diego Garcia.
The UN resolution backs a non-binding advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in February, which found Britain had acted unlawfully in the decolonization process and should relinquish control.
- Reuters
