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British PM candidate Rishi Sunak walks next to his campaign headquarters in London.
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It's Rishi

The former chancellor of the exchequer is set to become the UK's next prime minister.

UK: Truss out, lettuce see what comes next?
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UK: Truss out, lettuce see what comes next?

The UK, which has already had three PMs in as many years, will have had three in less than two months.

A damaged section of a highway in Nuwakot, central Nepal
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Devastation in Nepal and China after flash flood, Tanzania’s political infighting tests its political stability, French presidential candidates face off in first debate

A massive wall of mud and rock crashed into a river along Nepal’s Himalayan border with Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding that swept away bridges, destroyed buildings, swamped roads, and killed over 300 people.

Liz Truss resignation ends most shambolic premiership in UK history
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Liz Truss resignation ends most shambolic premiership in UK history

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Breaking news waits for nobody as I'm in a car on the way to a very early morning flight on the West Coast in the US. But no, Liz Truss has resigned. We all knew it was coming, but of course she gets to pick the actual moment of 44 days. Shortest-lived, most shambolic premiership in British history. And I mean, truly coming at a horrible time for the country. The economy is in free fall. Inflation, much worse than in the United States. An energy crunch coming this winter. You thought that the Boris Johnson premiership was bad, and it was certainly clownish. There were lots of scandals. But in terms of policy at least they were much more coherent, if not always correct than Truss' month and a bit.