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After being elected leader of the Conservative party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss vows to deliver a "bold plan" for the country centred on tax cuts and economic growth. The foreign secretary beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by 81,326 votes to 60,399, after a summer-long internal contest sparked by Boris Johnson's resignation in July. SOUNDBITE
A vehicle believed to be carrying Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is seen leaving the Polish embassy in Tokyo. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden plans an in-person summit with leaders of Australia, India and Japan this year amid concerns about China. Following the nations' first four-way summit, President Joe Biden's national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, says the so-called Quad have launched a set of working groups including one on cyber. SOUNDBITE
France's National Assembly votes for the draft budget, by 355 votes to 202, which includes the 100 billion euro recovery plan, before its examination in the Senate. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron visits global automotive suppliers Valeo in the northern Pas-de-Calais region, before announcing a plan to rescue the auto industry, which has been hammered by factory shutdowns and dealership closures amid the COVID-19 outbreak. IMAGES
David Walliams is enlisting the help of a class of school children and aircraft engineer Tony Hoskins in his mission to build a 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' car in a documentary to mark the movie's 50th anniversary.
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