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If it's not the pictures of her standing atop a tank in a nod to Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher, it's the moment when she vented her anger over cheese imports into Britain that made Liz Truss something of a household name.

Russian politicians and media lined up on Monday to heap scorn on Britain's next prime minister, Liz Truss, predicting her ascent to power would do nothing to improve dire relations.

Johnson, who was forced to quit after losing the support of dozens of his ministers, bids farewell from Downing Street before jetting to northeast Scotland to see the 96-year-old monarch.

New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss inherits an economy set to enter recession before the end of the year, with double-digit inflation forecast to soar further.

Truss, 47, has described her ascent towards the top of British politics as a "journey" that has seen her criticised for being ambitiously opportunistic.

Antony was making his first appearance after signing from United manager Erik ten Hag's former club Ajax in an £82 million ($94 million) deal on Thursday.

British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Sunday she would set out immediate action in her first week in power to tackle rising energy bills and increase energy supplies if she is, as expected, appointed prime minister.

Liz Truss is expected to be named leader of the governing Conservative Party and Britain's next prime minister on Monday, poised to take power at a time when the country faces a cost of living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession.

Truss, 47, has consistently enjoyed overwhelming support over Sunak in polling of the members.

The British government is set to release data showing around 1.1 billion pounds of small business loans ($1.27 billion) made under a COVID-19 emergency lending scheme has already been classified as suspected fraud, a source told Reuters.

European stocks rose 2% on Friday, clocking gains for the first time in six days after key U.S.

The police have linked devices owned by Wilson to have downloaded around 53,000 indecent images of children online

Gone in 30 years? The Welsh village in crosshairs of climate change

A British couple managed to raise tens of thousands of pounds to prevent a local African football team from going bust.

Across the entire UK -- which also includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- it was provisionally the fourth warmest summer.

Europe's wealthiest nations face rising risks of civil unrest over the winter, including street protests and demonstrations, due to high energy prices and mounting costs of living, according to a risk consultancy firm.

UK household incomes are set to fall 10 percent in real terms in the next two years in the steepest such drop for a century.

The EU's drug regulator on Thursday approved Covid-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna adapted for the Omicron variant.

The Italian government is preparing a new multi-billion euro package to help shield firms and families from surging energy costs and rising consumer prices, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday.

The surge in British house prices will come to an end next year as the cost of living crisis and rising borrowing costs put the brakes on what has been a buoyant market for years, a Reuters poll found.

British households' expectations for average inflation over the next five to 10 years hit a record-high 4.8% in August, more than double the Bank of England's 2% inflation target, a monthly survey from YouGov and U.S.

NHS England set aside £1.5 billion to cover an expected ₤485-million increase in energy bills. But the estimate was made in May and prices have risen again.

The independent US senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday gave his backing to striking British railway workers.

Britain on Wednesday banned an advertisement from consumer goods group Unilever over "misleading" environmental claims for its laundry detergent brand Persil.

A UN committee has found that Spain violated the political rights of four former Catalan separatist leaders by suspending them from public duties prior to their convictions over the region's 2017 bid for independence, it said on Wednesday.

Global warming, the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have driven energy prices to rise by 39.7% this year alone.

Serious sexual offences have been recorded to take the longest time on record to go through the Crown Courts in England and Wales.

With the heatwave, the drought, the cost-of-living crisis and now a shortage of pumpkins, the troubles for Brits do not seem to end anytime soon.

They died shortly after being pulled from the water at Lough Enagh, Co Londonderry on Monday evening.