Jeffrey Donaldson resigns as leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party. He is said to be confronted with ominous allegations from the past.
The MP in the British House of Commons was also suspended from his party membership pending the outcome of legal proceedings. At an emergency meeting, the party leadership appointed MP Gavin Robinson as interim leader. The politician has hastily deleted his social media accounts. He ended a year-long boycott by the DUP in protest against the Brexit rules for Northern Ireland, which had paralyzed the political institutions.