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LONDON — Double-digit inflation. A weakened British pound that's hovered at near-parity with the dollar. Soaring energy costs. The death of a revered monarch.

Liz Truss said on Thursday she would resign as British prime minister just six weeks into the job, triggering another a leadership contest – the second in just four months – for the UK's fractured and demoralised Conservative Party.

It's a British cliché that a week is a long time in politics

Liz Truss resigned as prime minister on Thursday 44 days after starting the job, making her Britain's shortest-serving premier. Below are the country's other leaders who did not make it through their first year. George Canning - 118 days The Tory statesman's time in office was cut short by death,…

Britain on Thursday slapped sanctions on three Iranian military figures and a defence manufacturer for supplying Russia with drones to attack civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine.

When the United Kingdom walked out of the European Union two years ago, Brexit supporters believed that British pragmatism and common sense would not only see them through but would allow their country to flourish as it stood alone

Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed the departure of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, saying she was a disgrace of a leader who would be remembered for her "catastrophic illiteracy". "Britain has never known such a disgrace of a prime minister," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a social…

As Liz Truss claims top spot as Britain's shortest serving Prime Minister, we take a look at who else has held the job and how long they lasted.

The Labour leader said Britons ‘deserve a proper say’ in the country’s future and that his party is ‘very prepared’.