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New British Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives to make an address outside Downing Street in London Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 after returning from Balmoral in Scotland where she was formally appointed by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

U.K. leader Truss holds 1st Cabinet meeting amid energy crisis

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 before heading to Balmoral in Scotland, where he will announce his resignation to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Later on Tuesday Liz Truss will formally become Britain's new prime minister after an audience with the queen. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Boris Johnson arrives at queen’s estate to offer resignation

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

New British Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives to make an address outside Downing Street in London Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 after returning from Balmoral in Scotland where she was formally appointed by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Biden congratulates newly elected British Prime Minister Liz Truss

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, welcomes Liz Truss during an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Jane Barlow/Pool Photo via AP)

Liz Truss becomes Britain’s new prime minister

Associated Press

Liz Truss arrives at Conservative Central Office in Westminster after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest in London, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Liz Truss will become Britain's new Prime Minister after an audience with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday Sept. 6. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Liz Truss, next U.K. prime minister, seen as ‘heir to Thatcher’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Liz Truss, speaks during the launch of her campaign to be Conservative Party leader and prime minister, in Westminster, in London, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Liz Truss set to become new U.K. Conservative prime minister

By Sylvia Hui and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Rishi Sunak during a hustings event in Darlington, England, Aug. 9, 2022, as part of the campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister. While inflation and recession fears weigh heavily on the minds of voters, another issue is popping up in political campaigns from the U.K. and Australia to the U.S. and beyond: the “China threat.&quot; The two finalists vying to become Britain's next prime minister, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, clashed in a televised debate last month over who would be toughest on China. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP, File)

‘China threat’ emerges in elections from U.K. to Australia

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss reacts as she speaks to supporters during a visit to Ashley House, as part of her campaign to be leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party and the next prime minister, in Kent, England, Saturday July 23, 2022. (James Manning/PA via AP)

2 U.K. leadership contenders face head-to-head TV debate

By Jill Lawless and Mike Fuller - Associated Press

Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Liz Truss receives applause from her team near Parliament in London, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Britain’s Conservative Party has chosen Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as the two finalists in an election to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The pair came first and second in a vote of Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Conservatives’ ideological wings clash as Sunak, Truss square off to succeed Johnson

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - Elizabeth Truss, Britain's Foreign Secretary leaves a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Britain and the European Union are once again at loggerheads over Brexit on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The U.K. government has ramped up threats to scrap parts of its trade treaty with the bloc, saying the rules are preventing the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

U.K. ramps up threat to rewrite Brexit deal with the EU

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, left, greets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken upon his arrival at the Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, Saturday Dec. 11, 2021. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is hosting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other Group of Seven counterparts for weekend talks in the northwest England port city of Liverpool as the wealthy nations club faces growing tensions with Russia, China and Iran. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)

UK seeks unity at G7 meeting over Russia’s ‘malign behavior’

By Jill Lawless and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

The British trawler kept by French authorities docks at the port in Le Havre, western France, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. French authorities fined two British fishing vessels and kept one in port overnight Thursday, Oct.28, 2021, amid a worsening dispute over fishing licenses that has stoked tensions following the U.K.'s departure from the European Union. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

‘We will not roll over:’ U.K. stands firm over French threats

By Pan Pylas and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

UK signs post-Brexit free trade deal with Singapore

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham, left, and British International Trade Secretary Liz Truss hold a press conference in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Truss says she expects Britain will to strike a free trade deal with Australia within months of leaving the European Union. (AP Photos/Rod McGuirk)

UK envoy tips trade deal with Australia months after Brexit

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press