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Liz Truss won the Conservative Party leader and Britain’s next prime minister on Monday, taking office as the country grapples with a cost-of-living crisis, industrial unrest and recession. After weeks of bitter and divisive party leadership contest, Truss ran against former finance minister Rishi Sunak, Truss won the party membership contest by 60,399 to 81,326 votes. “We have to show what we’re going to deliver in the next two years. I’m going to deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy,” Truss said after the results were announced. “I’m going to respond to the energy crisis by…

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The results of the election for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will be announced today, Monday (5) at 8:30 am Brasilia time. The final race for the next Conservative Party leader and consequently the next Prime Minister was between Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak. See below what the steps are in the transition between Boris Johnson and the winner. How Elections Work The leader of the Conservative Party, which has the majority in the British Parliament, also holds the post of Prime Minister of England. Several rounds of polling are being held among…

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Around 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel on Saturday to England in rickety boats, the British Ministry of Defense said on Sunday. According to official figures, 960 people made the perilous crossing on 20 ships, bringing the number of crossings since the beginning of the year to more than 26,000. On Friday, 221 people arrived in England after crossing the English Channel, one of the world’s busiest straits, which separates the UK from mainland Europe. The number of crossings is set to surpass the previous record of 28,500 arrivals on British soil in 2021. These crossings have increased since 2018…

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Boris Johnson’s popularity with grassroots Conservatives leaves a return to politics open, despite pressure from ministers and MPs from his own party to force the outgoing British prime minister out of Downing Street. A mid-August poll by Opinium found that more than 60% of activists said they would choose Johnson “better” than Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak. In another YouGov poll for Sky News this month, Johnson received 46% of the vote, almost joined by Truss (24%) or Sunak (23%), while 55% of respondents spoke against him leaving. The party itself forced the resignation of the Conservative leader following a…

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Around 190 migrants trying to cross the English Channel were rescued in several operations on Saturday, French maritime officials said. At dawn, a French naval patrol boat rescued “around 60 people” off the coast of Zuydcoote (north), the English and North Sea Maritime Province said in a statement. It later rescued another 50 migrants on the coast of Hemmes-de-Marc (north). People were taken to the port of Calais. This Saturday, in front of Lefrincoq (north), French gendarmes rescued all 47 people. A further 29 people were rescued in the middle of the night and taken back to Boulogne-sur-Mer, officials said.…

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The United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved this Saturday (3) a second vaccine capable of fighting both the original strain of the coronavirus and the Omicron variant. The Pfizer/BioNTech Immunizer is intended for use in persons over 12 years of age. According to the regulatory body, the compound met all safety, quality and performance standards and will be used from autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. MHRA Executive Director June Raine said, “A second vaccine has been approved for the UK’s autumn booster programme. A clinical trial of the Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent vaccine showed strong immunogenicity…

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Salvador City Hall This week saw the launch of the “Cities Financial Facilitation” project, made possible by a cooperation agreement with the C40 Fund and UK support. A residential neighborhood in the Nova Brasilia neighborhood of 8,500 residents will benefit from the Pyro Novo project on March 1 and 2. According to the city hall of the capital Bahia, the initiative will contribute R$1 million to the implementation of a project aimed at solving historical problems in the region where more than 2 thousand families live with the risk of flooding. Constant possibility of landslides and landslides. Real Estate. The…

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In an effort to The UK is energy independent and to achieve carbon neutrality, The government is supporting the construction of a new nuclear power plant. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, declared This Thursday, September 1, A fund of about 810 million euros For Sizewell C Nuclear Power Plant. The total cost of the project is expected to be between 23 billion and 35 billion eurosMuch of this will be financed by the private sector. The UK government will have a 20% stakeLusa says, quoting the international press. The Sizewell C nuclear power plant will have two 3.2 GW EPR…

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There is no doubt that the decarbonisation of transport has become the biggest challenge in the automotive sector. Electrification is seen as a way to green even large vehicles like buses. However, investing in new models is not feasible for many companies. With this in mind, Kleinbus specializes in one process Re-energizing. This is a low-cost solution that allows you to completely replace a diesel engine with an electric one. Advertising The British company has provided the first details on how its modular platform works. “The plan is to provide a faster and more efficient path to zero emissions by…

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Destruction Rebels in the House of Commons LONDON (Reuters) – Supporters of the Endangered Rebels movement have stormed into the UK House of Commons debate chamber and surrounded the president’s chair, the group said on its Twitter account on Friday. They posted a photo of five people inside the chamber holding placards reading “Let the people decide” and “Citizens’ assembly now”. The group also hung a large banner with the same words on the building. Parliament is not currently in session. The House of Commons said it was dealing with an “incident”. Parts of the Parliament complex are generally open…

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