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Theresa May quits: UK set for new PM by end of July

Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister.

In an emotional statement, she said she had done her best to deliver Brexit and it was a matter of “deep regret” that she had been unable to do so.

Mrs May said she would continue to serve as PM while a Conservative leadership contest took place.

The party said it hoped a new leader could be in place by the end of July.

It means Mrs May will still be prime minister when US President Donald Trump makes his state visit to the UK at the start of June.

Asked about the prime minister’s announcement, Mr Trump said: “I feel badly for Theresa. I like her very much. She’s a good woman. She worked very hard. She’s very strong.” [BBC]

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British Prime Ministers since WW2

The Right Honourable
Neville Chamberlain
FRSMP for Birmingham Edgbaston
(1869–1940)28 May
193710 May
1940—

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Leader of the House of Commons

ConservativeNational IV^[84]​Chamberlain War2 years and 349 days

The Right Honourable
Winston Churchill
CHTDFRSMP for Epping (1940–1945) →
Woodford_[‡] (1945)(1874–1965)10 May
194026 July
1945—

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Nominal leader of the House of Commons (1940–1942)
• Minister of Defence

ConservativeChurchill War^[85]​Churchill Caretaker
(Con.–L.Nat.)5 years and 78 days

The Right Honourable
Clement Attlee
CHFRSMP for Limehouse (1945–1950) →
Walthamstow West_[‡] (1950–1951)(1883–1967)26 July
194526 October
19511945

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister of Defence (1945–1946)

LabourAttlee I^[86]1950Attlee II6 years and 93 days

The Right Honourable
Sir Winston Churchill
KGOMCHTDDLFRSRAMP for Woodford
(1874–1965)26 October
19515 April
19551951

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister of Defence (1951–1952)

ConservativeChurchill III^[87]3 years and 162 daysElizabeth II

(1952–present)

The Right Honourable
Sir Anthony Eden
KGMCMP for Warwick & Leamington
(1897–1977)6 April
19559 January
19571955

• First Lord of the Treasury

ConservativeEden^[88]1 year and 279 days

The Right Honourable
Harold Macmillan
FRSMP for Bromley
(1894–1986)10 January
195718 October
1963—

• First Lord of the Treasury

ConservativeMacmillan I^[89]1959Macmillan II6 years and 282 days

The Right Honourable
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
KTMP for Kinross & Western Perthshire^[c]
(1903–1995)19 October
196316 October
1964—

• First Lord of the Treasury

Conservative
(Scot.U.)Douglas-Home^[90]364 days

The Right Honourable
Harold Wilson
OBEFRSFSSMP for Huyton
(1916–1995)16 October
196419 June
19701964

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister for the Civil Service(1968–1970)

LabourWilson I^[91]1966Wilson II5 years and 247 days

The Right Honourable
Edward Heath
MBEMP for Bexley (1970–1974) →
Sidcup_[‡] (1974)(1916–2005)19 June
19704 March
19741970

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister for the Civil Service

ConservativeHeath^[92]3 years and 259 days

The Right Honourable
Harold Wilson
OBEFRSFSSMP for Huyton
(1916–1995)4 March
19745 April
1976^Feb.1974

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister for the Civil Service

LabourWilson III^[91]Oct.1974Wilson IV2 years and 33 days

The Right Honourable
James CallaghanMP for Cardiff South East
(1912–2005)5 April
19764 May
1979—

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister for the Civil Service

LabourCallaghan^[93]3 years and 30 days

The Right Honourable
Margaret Thatcher
FRSHonFRSCMP for Finchley
(1925–2013)See also § Main articles:3

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister for the Civil Service

ConservativeThatcher I^[94]4 May
197928 November
199019791983Thatcher II1987Thatcher III11 years and 209 days

The Right Honourable
John MajorMP for Huntingdon
(born 1943)28 November
19902 May
1997—

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister for the Civil Service

ConservativeMajor I^[95]1992Major II6 years and 156 days

The Right Honourable
Tony BlairMP for Sedgefield
(born 1953)See also § Main articles:4

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister for the Civil Service

LabourBlair I^[96]2 May
199727 June
200719972001Blair II2005Blair III10 years and 57 days

The Right Honourable
Gordon BrownMP for Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
(born 1951)See also § Main articles:5

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister for the Civil Service

LabourBrown^[97]27 June
200711 May
2010—2 years and 319 days

The Right Honourable
David CameronMP for Witney
(born 1966)See also § Main articles:6

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister for the Civil Service

ConservativeCameron–Clegg
(Con.–L.D.)^[98]11 May
201013 July
201620102015Cameron II6 years and 64 days

The Right Honourable
Theresa MayMP for Maidenhead
(born 1956)See also § Main articles:7

• First Lord of the Treasury
• Minister for the Civil Service

ConservativeMay I^[99]13 July
2016Incumbent—2017May II2 years and 316 days

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Armed conflict and attacks

• Iran–United States relations
  • U.S. President Donald Trump orders 1,500 troops to the Middle East as tensions remain high with Iran. The military is heading to the Persian Gulf. (CBS)
• Multiple people are injured in Lyon, France, by a bomb filled with bolts. (CNN)
• A bombing at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of the restive province of Balochistan, kills three people, including the prayer leader, and wounds at least 28 worshippers. (Al Jazeera)
• Three people, including a senior Muslim preacher, are killed and at least 20 wounded after an explosion in a mosque during Friday prayers in the Afghan capital, Kabul. (Al Jazeera)
• 2019 Portuguesa, Venezuela prison uprising
  • At least 23 prisoners are killed during a prison riot in Acarigua, Portuguesa, Venezuela. (TIME) (Washington Post)

Disasters and accidents

• 2019 Surat fire
  • Twenty children die in a fire in Surat, India. (India Today)
• 2017–2019 eruptions of Mount Agung
  • Mount Agung in Bali, Indonesia, erupts. (ABC)

Law and crime

• Shiregreen child deaths
  • During a police raid, six children are found unconscious inside a residential property in the Shiregreen suburb of Sheffield, England. The eldest two children, aged 13 and 14, subsequently died at Sheffield Children’s Hospital; the other four children remain hospitalised. (BBC)
  • Two people – a 37-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman – have been arrested under suspicion of murder at the property in Sheffield where six children were found. They remain in police custody. A murder investigation has been opened. (Evening Standard)
• LGBT rights in Taiwan, Legal status of same-sex marriage
  • Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Taiwan, making Taiwan the first nation in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage. (The Telegraph)
• LGBT rights in Kenya
  • The High Court of Kenya rules against a bid to strike down Section 162 and 165 of the Kenyan Penal Code, a sodomy law. The plaintiffs plan to appeal to the Court of Appeal. (Daily Nation) (The Guardian)
• Aftermath of the kidnapping of Jayme Closs
  • In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, Jake Thomas Patterson is sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping of Jayme Closs and the murders of her parents. (NPR)
• Human Life Protection Act
  • A federal lawsuit is filed to block Alabama’s abortion ban. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2019 European Parliament election
  • Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic head to the polls to vote for their country’s representatives in the European Parliament. (European Parliament)
• 2019 UK Conservative Party leadership election
  • United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as leader of the Conservative Party, effective June 7. She will remain Prime Minister until a successor is elected. (The Guardian)
• The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks the redrawing of Ohio and Michigan electoral maps while it prepares to rule on whether or not partisan gerrymandering is constitutional. Lower federal courtsordered Michigan and Ohio electoral maps to be redrawn before the 2020 United States presidential election. (Reuters) (Los Angeles Times)

Science and technology

• Twitter suspensions
  • Twitter bans Brian and Ed Krassenstein, two anti-Trump brothers, for allegedly using fake accounts. (The Daily Beast) (The Hill)

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