UK PM Truss resigns, new leader expected next week

STORY: UK PM Truss resigns, new leader expected next week DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHAO XIAONA, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LIZ TRUSS, UK Prime Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): IAIN BEGG, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): WILLIAM DEVINE, London resident 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): IVAN FILBY, London resident 6. various of London STORYLINE: United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after 45 days in office, becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in the country's history. STANDUP (English): ZHAO XIAONA, Xinhua correspondent "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 n