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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.

Reuters

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.

Reuters

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

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Glasgow Live

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.

Reuters

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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 Independent UK

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 Conversation

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’.

The Independent UK

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.

Axios

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

The Independent UK

Environment Agency told to protect wetlands in landmark court case

Victory for couple shows continuing role of European nature conservation laws in post-Brexit Britain

The Guardian - UK

Peace talks on Ukraine are essential

The U.S. and Britain sabotaged peace talks in favor of grinding, endless war. Ukraine's people are paying the price

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Wales Online

Britain's first openly gay boxer wants to fight internet trolls who judge him online

Mike Turner says he's keen to get back in the ring after winning his most recent fight - and wants to take on the trolls

Reuters

Putin says Truss election as British leader 'far from democratic'

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the way Britain chooses its leaders was "far from democratic", a day after Liz Truss replaced Boris Johnson as prime minister.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Britain has a new government led by women. Vanquishing Boris Johnson will be the least of its problems

Britain has a new prime minister in Liz Truss, who journeyed Tuesday to Balmoral, Scotland, for her first official audience with a queen who prefers not to travel these days but still is constitutionally required to invite commoners to form a new government. The unusual location far from London was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan’s Burhan Demands UK Apologizes for ‘Colonial Crimes’

Sudan’s military ruler, General Abdul Fattah Burhan, said on Tuesday that Britain must apologize for what he labeled as “colonial crimes” committed during British rule of the North African nation. Burhan vowed to preserve the unity of the military establishment in Sudan and warned against attempts to spread sedition among…

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PM Liz Truss grilled in parliament on plans to offset energy crisis

Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss sparred with opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer at the House of Commons at her first session of Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.

AAP

Truss puts trust in Australia ties: envoy

The bilateral relationship between Australian and Britain will continue to grow and expand under the leadership of Liz Truss, the UK high commissioner says.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Booker Prize Unveils 2022 Shortlist Including Oldest Finalist Ever

Britain's Booker Prize for fiction unveiled its final contenders for this year's award Tuesday, featuring the oldest author and the shortest book ever to make the prestigious six-strong literary shortlist. Octogenarian Englishman Alan Garner, who will turn 88 when the winner is announced on October 17, was shortlisted for "Treacle…

The Independent UK

US authors Strout, Everett among Booker Prize finalists

American authors Elizabeth Strout and Percival Everett are up against writers from Britain, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka as finalists for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction

The Guardian - AU

‘Into the storm’: what the papers say about Liz Truss’s first day

A meterological metaphor from the steps of Downing Street was a gift for the front pages as the new prime minister took office

The Independent UK

Liz Truss’s cabinet in full: Who is in new PM’s top team?

Big shake-up sees Rishi Sunak supporters booted out in favour of leader’s allies

Salon

So who the hell is Liz Truss, anyway?

Yep, the U.K. has a new prime minister, for now. But Boris Johnson is leering over her shoulder and won't go away

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