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Authorities say several people have died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France.
The ex-prime minister could not leaf fast enough.
U.K. leader Keir Starmer said anyone in England has "a right to be safe."
Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, died early Tuesday from her injuries, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6, died Monday, police in northwestern England said.
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"The horror of yesterdays attack in Southport is washing over me continuously, and Im just completely in shock," the singer wrote.
Police in northwest England say a 17-year-old is in custody after two children were killed and nine other people were injured in the stabbing attack.
Yostin Andres Mosquera was charged with murder on Monday in the deaths of former London couple Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71.
Truss had won 69% of the vote in her constituency in the 2019 general election.
Keir Starmer, the leader of the center-left Labour Party, will succeed Rishi Sunak as U.K. leader.
Farage had previously failed to get elected to the House of Commons seven times.