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Turkey's Lira Plunges To Record Low
The currency has lost 20% of its value versus the US dollar.
Turkey's Finance Minister, Berat Albayrak, says his country has drafted an action plan to stabilise the economy.
Britain's former foreign secretary Boris Johnson has been criticised for saying Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes" and for comparing them to "bank robbers".
This year's Edinburgh Fringe is begins in the Scottish capital Edinburgh.
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