Myanmar's military has seized power in a coup against the democratically elected government, arresting leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and sparked a fresh political crisis.
The coup was carried out during a series of dawn raids on Monday, just over two months after Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party won a landslide in a general election that the military disputed.
World leaders, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, condemned the actions and "unlawful" detention of the country's leader, President Win Myint and other senior figures from the ruling party as they called for the immediate release of those held by the military.
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