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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resign

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resign

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention on Sunday to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parliamentary election.

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Mahmood to host Five Eyes border talks in first major job as Home Secretary

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Angela Rayner to get £17k redundancy weeks before new rules for disgraced MPs take effect

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