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Sep 2022
49m 50s

Liz Truss announces priorities and unvei...

Bbc World Service
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Britain's new prime minister says her top priorities are cutting taxes, tackling high energy costs and improving healthcare as she unveils her ministerial team. Also in the programme: IAEA report on Zaporizhzhia; and Tico the wayward manatee. (Picture:New British Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives at 10 Downing, London, United Kingdom - 06 Sep 2022 Credit: P ... Show More
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