Truss resigns, becomes shortest-serving UK PM
STORY: Truss resigns, becomes shortest-serving UK PM
DATELINE: Oct. 20, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:26
LOCATION: London
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Liz Truss
2. various of 10 Downing Street
3. various of Liz Truss
STORYLINE:
Liz Truss, the prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK), resigned on Thursday.
With only a little over six weeks in office, she became the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history.
In a statement made in front of 10 Downing Street, she said there will be a leadership election "to be completed within the next week" and she will remain as caretaker prime minister until a successor has been chosen.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from London.
(XHTV)
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