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ABC News - World
Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, loses seat in Parliament in another blow to defeated Conservatives
Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, loses seat in Parliament in another blow to defeated ConservativesUnited Kingdom -
BBC News - Top stories
Liz Truss and Rees-Mogg among big-name Tory losses
The former prime minister was among high-profile losses as the Tories slump to a historic defeat.United Kingdom -
Financial Times - Business
UK election as it happened: Sir Keir Starmer is prime minister after historic Labour victory
Sunak awards peerages to Theresa May and six othersUnited Kingdom -
The Guardian - World
‘She wasn’t sure how to get off the stage’: Liz Truss’s ungracious count retreat caps political humiliation
The former prime minister had said she was running ‘on her record in government’. For once, she was taken at her word. General election 2024: live newsVery early on Friday morning, Liz Truss, a politician whose weapons-grade inability to read any ... -
Financial Times - World
Which high-profile MPs have lost their seats?
Well-known Conservative and Labour politicians ejected in night that sees Keir Starmer secure landslide -
BBC News - Top stories
The Liz Truss moment: What it was like to be in the room
The former prime minister was impassive after losing her seat - by more than 600 votes - to Labour.United Kingdom -
MarketWatch - Business
The legacy of a market debacle — former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss is out of a job
Liz Truss, who was the shortest serving prime minister in the country’s history in 2022, lost her South West Norfolk seat by around 630 votes to Labour candidate Terry Jermy.United Kingdom -
CBS News - Top stories
Polls predicting historic loss for U.K.'s Conservative Party on eve of election
Voters in the United Kingdom will vote Thursday in an election that, if polls are to be believed, could end in disaster for the country's Conservative Party. BBC correspondent Damian Grammaticas joined CBS News with more on the election. -
The Guardian - World
Biden insists he can reunite US as high-profile Democrats reportedly want him to quit race
President hits trail in Pennsylvania as virtual lawmaker meeting with Hakeem Jeffries shows growing party doubt. Joe Biden insisted he was the person to reunite America in a second term in the White House and was “up for the job” as he hit the ...Joe Biden
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