Fire backlash forces Romanian PM Victor Ponta to resign

Romania’s prime minister Victor Ponta quit in a surprise move that will lead to the formation of a new cabinet, after street protesters demanded cabinet resignations as the death toll from a weekend Bucharest nightclub fire climbed.

Ponta, the country’s only sitting premier to face a trial for corruption, had already been under pressure to resign from the opposition and president Klaus Iohannis, who defeated him in last November’s presidential election.