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The counting starts in Glasgow as an exit poll shows Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives are set to lose their overall majority after Britain's general election. IMAGES
UK Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt poses outside 11 Downing Street with the red, leather-covered box containing his speech before leaving to present the spring budget to parliament. Britain's Conservative government is expected to use the budget update to unveil tax cuts for millions of workers, in an attempt to woo voters before a general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party, which has been in power since 2010, is well behind the main opposition Labour party in opinion polls and looks likely to be dumped out of office. IMAGES
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) Jeremy Hunt makes the traditional appearance with the Secretary of State's red box as he leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver his first budget to Parliament. The budget is expected to include more help on soaring energy bills and childcare costs, but the government is set to stand firm on rising public sector pay demands as the country endures a fresh wave of strikes. On Wednesday, teachers, civil servants, junior doctors, BBC journalists and London Tube drivers all walked out with UK inflation remaining above 10 percent. IMAGES
Chileans head to the ballot box as polls open in the capital Santiago for the fourth time in 18 months, this time for the election of a new president. IMAGES
A 39-year-old Bostonian was charged with lighting a fire in a ballot drop box and damaging dozens of ballots. Newser reports Worldy Armand was taken into custody late Sunday after officers on patrol saw a man who matched the description of the suspect. Armand allegedly set the fire around 4am in a ballot drop box outside the downtown Boston Public Library. The FBI is investigating. There were 122 ballots inside the box when it was emptied Sunday morning. Among them, 87 were still legible and able to be processed. Voters can check online whether their ballot was processed. Those affected can either vote in person or by a replacement ballot that will be mailed to them.
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