UK PM Boris Johnson resigns

Updated July 7 2022 - 10:51pm, first published 10:46pm
Boris Johnson has given in to the inevitable and announced his resignation as prime minister.
Boris Johnson has given in to the inevitable and announced his resignation as prime minister.

Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson has announced he will quit as British prime minister after he lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers, but says he will stay on until his successor is chosen.