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UK 'partygate': Five senior aides quit amid tumult in PM Johnson's premiership

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Four of Boris Johnson's closest aides resigned on Thursday in a turbulent day for his government, as the British prime minister tried to reset his administration in the face of a series of scandals that have put his position in peril. FRANCE 24's Bénédicte Paviot reports from London.

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