United Kingdom votes to decide the fate of Brexit, again

Voting was underway across the country in a contest that pits Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who says he will take Britain out of the European Union by Jan. 31, against opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who promises another referendum on Brexit.

Updated: December 13, 2019 07:05 IST

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British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn gestures after casting his vote in the general election in Islington in Islington, London, England, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 . Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon casts her vote in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. U.K. voters are voting Thursday for who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election widely seen as one of the most decisive in modern times. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

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Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson holds his dog Dilyn as he leaves after voting in the general election at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. The general election in Britain on Thursday will bring a new Parliament to power and may lead to a change at the top if Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party doesn't fare well with voters. Johnson called the early election in hopes of gaining lawmakers to support his Brexit policy. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Liberal Democrats Party leader Jo Swinson and her partner Duncan Hames leave after casting their votes in the general election in Glasgow, Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. U.K. voters are voting Thursday for they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit, in a parliamentary election widely seen as one of the most decisive in modern times.(Ian Rutherford/PA via AP)

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British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, right, shakes hands with a supporter, after casting his vote in the general election, in Islington, London, England, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 .U.K. voters are deciding Thursday who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election widely seen as one of the most decisive in modern times. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Snow covers the landscape near Carrshield, England, Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. Some districts are predicting a low turnout for today's general election due to winter conditions, after the first snow of the season. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

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Students from the University of Reading arrive to vote in the general election, in Reading, England, Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. The U.K. is voting Thursday for they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit, in a parliamentary election widely seen as one of the most decisive in modern times.(Steve Parsons/PA via AP)

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A man puts his hood up in the rain as he walks away after voting at a polling station in the Fox & Hounds pub in the hamlet of Christmas Common, in Oxfordshire, England, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. Voting was underway across the U.K. Thursday as voters were deciding who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election seen as one of the most important since the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)