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Liz Truss appointed UK prime minister
New UK PM takes office at a time of a severe economic crisis and the war in Ukraine
After this morning´s Johnson farewell in a speech outside No 10 Downing Street, the new British prime minister, Liz Truss, is setting up a new cabinet.
Also in the programme: efforts continue in Pakistan to prevent the overflow of the largest lake in the country after devastating floods; and a manhunt is on in Canada to arrest one of the suspects of a mass stabbing in the western Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
(Photo: Queen Elizabeth II welcomes Liz Truss during an audience at Balmoral, Scotland. Credit: EPA.)
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