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Truss overrules Kwarteng Treasury pick in bid to calm markets The Guardian says Liz Truss has overruled Kwasi Kwarteng’s top appointment at the Treasury and…

Liz Truss reaches out to MPs after Tory splits exposed PM Liz Truss is set to hold a series of lunches with Tory MPs this…

Liz Truss faces Conservative backlash over sacking of election guru and potential spending cuts The i says Liz Truss faces Conservative backlash over sacking of…

Tory chair apologises for telling struggling people to just ‘get better-paid job’ The Independent says Conservative party chairman Jake Berry has apologised for his remarks…

The Metro says Protesters holding signs reading ‘Who voted for this?’ were dragged away after disrupting Liz Truss’s’ speech at the Tory conference.

The Independent says Former prime minister Gordon Brown has warned Liz Truss of a “national uprising” if she fails to uprate benefits in line with inflation, as a fresh Cabinet rift threatened to open up over the matter ahead of her make-or-break Conservative Party conference speech.

Prime Minister Liz Truss will deliver her Tory conference speech today to explain why she thinks the current disruption caused by her economic policies will be worth it.

He attempt to bolster his war effort has only embarrassed the dictator after the number of those fleeing Russia matched the amount of soldiers drafted.…

South Korea’s military has issued an apology after a failed missile launch during a drill with the United States sparked alarm among residents of Gangneung.

The Metro says Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is set to make another dramatic U-turn and lay out his plan to get UK debt falling earlier than planned.

The Independent says Liz Truss has refused to confirm whether benefits will be uprated in line with soaring inflation, meaning some of the poorest could face a real-term cut to their income.

The Guardian says The top official in Emmanuel Macron’s office has been charged with a conflict of interest.

An exit poll in Bulgaria suggests that the centre-right GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov, a party blamed for presiding over years of corruption.

Kwasi Kwarteng suggests Liz Truss took decision to U-turn on 45p rate – video

The Guardian says You know that the first mini-budget hasn’t gone down that well when before you’ve even been in office for a month “resign” is trending on Twitter, and following Monday’s climbdown over the abolishment of the 45p tax rate, social media was awash with people poking fun at the prime minister, Liz Truss, and her beleaguered chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng.

The Metro says A former Cabinet minister sees Liz Truss as a ‘dead woman walking’ who has ‘lost all credibility’, according to a report.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the government will U-turn on plans to scrap the 45p rate of income tax.

Brazil’s election is heading into a second round which will see the left’s Lyiz Inácio Lula da Silva face far-right Jair Bolsonaro.

The Guardian says Liz Truss has dismissed as “sabre-rattling” Vladimir Putin’s warning that Russia will use “all the means at our disposal” to protect itself, warning in her UN speech: “This will not work.”

Sri Lanka is enduring its worst economic crisis in over seven decades, as August saw the country’s annual inflation rate surge to more than 70%.

The west has condemned Russia’s plans to hold urgent referendums in parts of Ukraine that are under Russian control.

The Independent says Brexit trade deal negotiations with the United States will not restart for years, Liz Truss has conceded.

PM Liz Truss has vowed to match UK spending on military support to Ukraine next year, as politics returns following the Queen’s death.

Sweden’s prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, has resigned after her government was defeated in Sunday’s election.

The i says Liz Truss is setting out the first major policy intervention of her premiership in a bid to protect households and businesses from soaring energy bills