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UK PM Cameron to step down by October after Britons ignored his pleas on Brexit

UK PM David Cameron to step down by October. (Photo: Courtesy)

David Cameron said he would resign as Prime Minister by October after Britons ignored his pleas to stay in the European Union and voted in a referendum to leave.

"I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination," Cameron told reporters on Friday outside his Downing Street office.

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