Race for UK's PM heats up
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Conservative MPs have cast their votes in the first round of the process to choose their new leader and the country's next prime minister, with Boris Johnson coming out on top.
Johnson received 114 votes, Jeremy Hunt was second with 43, and Michael Gove third with 37 votes. Four other candidates have also advanced to the next round, but Mark Harper, Andrea Leadsom and Esther McVey have been knocked out.