Burma's parliament elects Suu Kyi loyalist as new president

Burma's parliament has elected Win Myint, a loyalist of Aung San Suu Kyi, as the new president, while she retained her executive authority over the government.

The vote comes as Ms Suu Kyi's civilian government has struggled to implement peace and national reconciliation, with the powerful military still embroiled in combat with ethnic rebels and under heavy international criticism for its brutal counter-insurgency campaign against the Muslim Rohingya minority.