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The Latest: Farage resigns as head of UK Independence Party

FILE - A Tuesday, June 28, 2016 image from files showing the leader of the United Kingdom Independene Party, Nigel Farage, sitting next to a British flag during a special session of European Parliament in Brussels. Farage announced Monday, July 4, 2016 that he is resigning as leader of the party. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
FILE - A Tuesday, June 28, 2016 image from files showing the leader of the United Kingdom Independene Party, Nigel Farage, sitting next to a British flag during a special session of European Parliament in Brussels. Farage announced Monday, July 4, 2016 that he is resigning as leader of the party. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File) FILE - A Tuesday, June 28, 2016 image from files showing the leader of the United Kingdom Independene Party, Nigel Farage, sitting next to a British flag during a special session of European Parliament in Brussels. Farage announced Monday, July 4, 2016 that he is resigning as leader of the party. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

LONDON (AP) – The Latest following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (all times local):

10:20 a.m.

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage says he is resigning as the head of the party, arguing his political ambition to have Britain leave the European Union has now been achieved.

It is the second time Farage resigns as the leader of the party, but he says this time it is definite.

Farage said Monday he will retain his seat in the European Parliament to see out the negotiations for Britain’s exit from the EU following the country’s June 23 vote to leave the bloc.