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The search for the next UK PM: Truss exit sets off another Conservative leadership race

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British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday announced her resignation just six crisis-filled weeks after taking office, becoming the shortest-lived premier in UK history. Her Conservative party detailed a rapid process to elect a new leader on October 28, setting a high bar of 100 nominations among its MPs for candidates -- which might block any comeback by former premier Boris Johnson. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.

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