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Liz Truss may signal a reset of Britain’s special relationship with the US

The phones are ringing in leaders’ offices around the world announcing Britain has a new Prime Minister. As is both diplomatic necessity and ornamental tradition, an incoming Downing Street occupant makes a series of calls to the country’s most important allies presenting themselves and getting straight to business Liz Truss…

Evening Standard

Piers Morgan made scathing 'village idiot' jibe at Liz Truss in brutal 2015 clash

Former Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan berated Liz Truss, who was the Environment Secretary at the time, over floods and repeatedly told her to 'stop talking'

Daily Mirror

Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid concerned as viewer shares tragic experience of ambulance delays

Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid reacted in shock at messages sent in by viewers of the ITV show

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People baffled by Queen's handbag in photos of her meeting new British Prime Minister Liz Truss

Britain's Queen is never without her patent black handbag for important engagements. Many questioned why she kept hold of her prized accessory in her own home of Balmoral while meeting new British Prime Minister Liz Truss.

Irish Mirror

Editorial: Liz Truss’ problems have already started

Liz Truss could hardly pick worse circumstances under which to become Britain’s new prime minister, even leaving aside the rain that delayed her inaugural speech. She won a smaller share of her party’s votes than her predecessors, enjoys little public enthusiasm, and inherits potentially the worst economic crisis in a…

Tribune News Service

Owner of Britain's Primark Warns of Lower Profit Next Year

Associated British Foods warned of lower profit next year, as its Primark fashion business struggles with rising costs and surging inflation hammers the disposable incomes of British consumers. ABF said soaring energy bills and its decision to limit further price hikes would hurt fashion chain Primark and its margins next…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Looking at the state of Britain from the US, for once I feel very glad to be here

It was an unfamiliar feeling of relief: whatever may be wrong with America, at least no one is looking to Liz Truss to solve it, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Young British royals enjoy first taste of new school

The three young children of Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate had a first taste of their new school on Wednesday, as they nervously met their new headteacher accompanied by their parents.

Reuters

Germany's Scholz invited UK's Truss to Berlin -German spokesperson

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss by phone on Wednesday and invited her to visit Berlin soon, a German government spokesperson said.

Reuters

UK's Liz Truss appoints hardline Brexit supporter to N. Ireland Office

Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Wednesday appointed strongly pro-Brexit lawmaker Steve Baker to a junior ministerial role in the Northern Ireland Office, an appointment criticised as sending a "destructive message".

Reuters

Britain still heading for recession but inflation could slow down, Bank of England says

Bank of England govenor Andrew Bailey sidestepped questions on whether Liz Truss’s expected energy package could spike a rise in living costs.

Daily Mirror

UK Blames Iran for ‘Reckless’ Cyberattack on Albania

Britain on Wednesday said its National Cyber Security Centre had determined Iranian state-linked actors were "almost certainly" responsible for a cyberattack against the Albanian government in July. "Iran's reckless actions showed a blatant disregard for the Albanian people, severely restricting their ability to access essential public services," British Foreign Secretary…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK's Queen Elizabeth postpones meeting, told to rest by doctors

Britain's Queen Elizabeth was forced to cancel a planned virtual meeting with ministers on Wednesday after being advised to rest by her doctors, a day after the 96-year-old monarch appointed Liz Truss as the country's new prime minister.

Reuters

New UK leader Liz Truss finalises huge power subsidy plan

Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Wednesday readied the final details of a plan to tackle soaring energy bills, which looks likely to cool inflation but add more than 100 billion pounds ($115 billion) to the country's borrowing.

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British postal workers plan further strikes

A union representing postal workers at Britain's Royal Mail said on Wednesday its members would take fresh strike action at the end of the month in a dispute over terms and conditions.

Nottingham Post

Tour of Britain stage five - where are Nottinghamshire's sprints and climbs?

The Tour of Britain returns to Nottinghamshire for the first time in four years as cyclists head from West Bridgford to Mansfield

The Independent UK

New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss inherits an economic storm

Britain’s new prime minister has pledged to rebuild the economy and “ride out the storm” gathering over the country, but Liz Truss faces a daunting job

Glasgow Live

Ex-British Rail worker shares amazing 1980s images of Glasgow's railway stations

Starting in the late 1970s, former British Rail worker Michael Patterson spent more than a decade recording scenes in railway stations around the UK - and he was particularly fond of Glasgow's two main terminals.

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Britain to shelve proposed Bill of Rights - The Sun

Britain's new government will shelve plans for a Bill of Rights aimed at giving London power to ignore rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Sun newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Reuters

PM Truss says Britain needs strong government, not new election

British Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday the British people wanted a government to tackle problems rather than have another national election.

The Independent UK

What can we expect from Liz Truss on foreign policy?

The strong stance on Russia and China, along with promises of increased defence spending, may lead to a more forward international role for Britain on Truss’s watch, writes Kim Sengupta

The Conversation

Why new British PM Liz Truss needs to pay more attention to Africa

New British prime minister Liz Truss has never said much in public about Africa.

The Independent UK

Truss takes aim at Starmer as she insists she will ‘get Britain moving’

The new Prime Minister accused the Labour leader of failing to ‘understand aspiration’.

Axios

The U.K.'s new prime minister inherits an economic nightmare

Britain's economy, already rendered fragile by Brexit, now faces double-digit inflation and negative economic growth.

The Independent UK

New UK Cabinet is diverse in makeup and solidly on the right

Liz Truss’s new Cabinet is Britain’s most diverse ever with women serving as prime minister and deputy prime minister and Black and South Asian politicians filling many of the top jobs

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