European Council President Donald Tusk congratulates Theresa May on her reappointment as British prime minister and urges her to start talks as soon as possible on Britain's exit from the EU to minimise disruption.

Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party fails to win a parliamentary majority in Britain's election, a shock result that plunges domestic politics into turmoil and could delay Brexit talks.

Prime Minister Theresa May says she would form a new government to provide certainty and lead Britain in talks with the European Union to secure a successful Brexit deal.

Prime Minister Theresa May is poised to win Britain's snap election but lose her parliamentary majority, according to a shock exit poll that plunges the country into uncertainty and cast doubt on who will govern as Brexit talks loom.

In any other election year, more than half the country holding an unfavorable impression of a candidate for president would be cause for alarm.

Tulip Siddiq, Rushanara Ali and Rupa Huq, the three Bangladesh-origin candidates, are elected in the parliamentary polls in UK that was held yesterday.

Millions of people will be casting their votes in the UK general election later.