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Sep 2022
47m 41s

Liz Truss faces parliament as British PM

Bbc World Service
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Britain's new prime minister, Liz Truss, rules out a windfall tax on energy producers whose profits are soaring with the price of wholesale gas. Also on the programme: Ethiopian diplomat defends the government's record in its civil war; and a study finds that wild chimpanzees use tree roots to drum out messages. (Picture: Liz Truss speaks during Prime Mini ... Show More
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