Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević resigns after months of protests

Vučević resigned just one day after President Aleksandar Vučić announced plans for urgent government reconstruction.

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00:00Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević resigned following weeks of massive anti-corruption

00:07protests over a deadly awning collapse that killed 15 people.

00:12The canopy collapse became a flashpoint reflecting wider discontentment with the rule of Serbia's

00:17President Aleksandar Vučević.

00:20Vučević's resignation came after Vučević said an urgent reconstruction of the government

00:26was in the works in response to the demands posed by Serbia's striking university students.

00:56Scuffles and fistfights broke out in Serbia's parliament between the ruling party and opposition

01:09MPs.

01:13Tens of thousands of Serbs joined striking university students in a 24-hour blockade

01:19of a key traffic intersection in the capital of Belgrade, which ended on Tuesday.

01:49The students have been protesting for weeks, demanding accountability for the canopy collapse

02:11that critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.