Now playing Next no comment Celebrations in Puerto Rico after governor's resignation Puerto Ricans danced among the brightly coloured houses of San Juan on Thursday (July 25) after Governor Ricardo Rosselló capitulated to 12 days of protests and announced his resignation. 26/07/2019
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Now playing Next United Kingdom Race to be next UK PM begins as Theresa May resigns as Tory party leader The race to be the UK's next prime minister has begun after an emotional Theresa May announced she will resign as Conservative Party leader on June 7 24/05/2019
Now playing Next Austria Austria's FPÖ ministers resign en masse The far-right party had warned earlier in the day that it would resign from the government if Chancellor Sebastian Kurz moved to sack the interior minister. 20/05/2019
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Now playing Next Iran Iran's Foreign Minister announces resignation on Instagram Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stepped down on Monday, announcing his resignation on Instagram. "I am apologising to you for all the shortcomings...in the past years during my time as foreign minister ... I thank the Iranian nation and officials," he wrote. 25/02/2019
Now playing Next Greece Greece's foreign minister resigns Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias was Athen’s main negotiator regarding the June accord with Skopje to rename Greece’s northern neighbour North Macedonia 17/10/2018
Now playing Next world news Pope Francis orders an investigation of an American bishop accused of sexual misconduct It comes as the Pope was meeting with American Catholic Church leaders to discuss the fallout from the scandal and demands from an archbishop that the pontiff should step down 13/09/2018
Now playing Next Georgia Georgia's PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili resigns Prime Minister Kvirikashvili resigns over "different points of view" with ruling party and amidst a month of anti-government protests. 13/06/2018
Now playing Next South Korea "Nut rage" sisters step down from Korean Air One of them flew into a rage when her nuts were served in a packet instead of a bowl, and the other stands accused of throwing water in someone's face: the daughters of Korean Air's chief have been forced to stand down from the company. 22/04/2018
Now playing Next Slovakia Slovak PM offers to resign to quell country's protests Slovak PM Robert Fico has offered to resign, but only if his party gets to choose his successor. The country has experienced mass protests since the murder of a journalist investigating corruption. 15/03/2018
Now playing Next Slovakia Slovak journalist murder: Interior Minister resigns Robert Kalinak's departure comes amid growing public anger at the killing of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova last month. 12/03/2018
Now playing Next world news Slovak Minister Marek Madaric quits following murder of Jan Kuciak Marek Madaric said the resignation was his personal decision, and not influenced by anyone else. He said as the culture minister he could not accept the fact that a journalist was killed during his tenure. 28/02/2018
Now playing Next Spain Mas quits party leadership and fires Catalonian independence warning Former Catalonian president says failure to score more than 50% in election means independence best kept off the agenda in the short term. 09/01/2018
Now playing Next Zimbabwe Harare erupts with joy as Robert Mugabe accepts his fate Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president after losing cabinet and party support. 21/11/2017
Now playing Next United Kingdom British minister Priti Patel quits over secret meetings in Israel UK's aid minister is summoned to Downing Street and forced to resign over unauthorised meetings with Israeli officials. 09/11/2017
Now playing Next Korea Samsung CEO announces shock resignation The boss of Samsung has announced his surprise resignation on the back of record Q3 profits. 13/10/2017
Now playing Next Romania Romanian PM Sorin Grindeanu refuses to resign amid crisis Romanian PM Sorin Grindeanu refuses to quit amid government crisis 15/06/2017
Now playing Next USA Uber director resigns after sexist remark Uber’s director David Bonderman has resigned after making a sexist remark at a staff meeting in San Francisco. He made the comment at an all-staff 14/06/2017
