00:02Britain's seventh Prime Minister in just the past decade officially takes office today.
00:07Current Prime Minister Keir Starmer just delivered his farewell speech outside 10 Downing Street.
00:13Afterwards, he travels to Buckingham Palace to formally submit his resignation to King Charles.
00:19The King will then invite Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester,
00:23often called the King of the North, to form a new government as Britain's next Prime Minister.
00:27Burnham has promised to, quote, rewire Britain and is expected to unveil a 10-year plan for the country,
00:34along with his team of ministers, the UK's equivalent of a cabinet.
00:38He will inherit a long list of challenges, from sluggish economic growth
00:42to an increasingly strained relationship with the United States following the conflict with Iran.
00:48President Trump, meanwhile, welcomed Burnham's arrival in a social media post,
00:52praising his support for expanding North Sea oil and gas production.
00:56A sharp contrast to Britain's recent push to make the North Sea one of the world's largest offshore wind regions,
01:04an effort Trump has repeatedly criticized.
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