Boris Johnson's Conservative Party have won the UK's general election.
The Tories secured their majority at around 5am when they crossed the threshold of 326 seats - with the exact number of gains to be determined after the final seats are declared later this morning.
Mr Johnson said they've now got a "powerful new mandate to get Brexit done".
The Tories made huge gains in a string of former Labour strongholds in the north of England that backed Brexit in 2016.
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Jeremy Corbyn confirmed the vote would be his last general election as leader of the Labour party after his party lost dozens of seat.
However, he suggested his party would first go through a 'period of reflection'.
Elsewhere, high-profile losses overnight included the Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson losing her seat in the Scottish constituency of East Dunbartonshire to the SNP.
The SNP made significant gains in Scotland - with leader Nicola Sturgeon suggesting they must now be granted another independence referendum.
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In Northern Ireland, the DUP's Westminster leader Nigel Dodds lost his North Belfast seat to Sinn Féin's John Finucane.
Mr Finucane's majority was 1,943 votes and it is the first time a nationalist has ever held the constituency.
17 of the 18 seats in Northern Ireland have now been declared, with a recount in Fermanagh/South Tyrone.
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Police in New Zealand are continuing to search for two missing people near the White Island volcano.
It comes after a specialist team recovered six bodies from the area, days after a volcanic eruption while a tour group was visiting.
The death toll from the disaster has risen to 14.
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The last member of the FAI board who served under former chief executive John Delaney has stepped down.
In a post on social media last night, the FAI announced John Earley had resigned with immediate effect.
The association said Mr Earley had made the decision "in the best interests of Irish football".
