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#BREAKING Russia says 'not expecting changes' in relations with new Britain PM Truss

#BREAKING Outgoing UK PM Johnson vows to support successor Truss 'every step of the way'

#UPDATE Russia is not expecting any changes to its frosty relations with Britain under new PM Liz Truss, Kremlin says.

"Judging by statements made by Madame Truss when she was still foreign minister... one can say with much certainty that no changes for the better are expected"

VIDEO: Outside 10 Downing Street, Boris Johnson says he "fulfilled his function" as Prime Minister, comparing himself to "one of the those booster rockets splashing down invisibly in some obscure, remote corner of the Pacific", despite rumours of him plotting a political comeback

#UPDATE Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson vows to support his successor Liz Truss "every step of the way" as he made his farewell Downing Street speech.

"It's time for us all to get behind Liz Truss and her team," he told Conservative Party colleagues

Battle for Number 10.

@AFP's Paul Faith snaps a shot of a new mural by artist Ciaran Gallagher in Belfast, Northern Ireland, depicting Liz Truss winning the Conservative Party leadership contest over Rishi Sunak

Boris Johnson promises unswerving support for his successor Liz Truss, as he leaves Downing Street for the final time as British prime minister to tender his resignation

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UK politics: a chronology of scandal, crisis and firefighting.

#AFPGraphics timeline showing scandals and troubles in British government in recent months, leading to Boris Johnson's announcement of his resignation on July 7

#UPDATE Boris Johnson on Tuesday promised unswerving support for his successor #LizTruss as he left Downing Street for the final time as British prime minister to tender his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II u.afp.com/wvpo

#BREAKING Liz Truss becomes UK prime minister at audience with queen

#UPDATE Liz Truss today formally became the new UK prime minister after being appointed by Queen Elizabeth II during an audience at her Balmoral estate in Scotland.

The former foreign secretary, Truss, has met with the monarch to accept her offer to form a new government and become the 15th prime minister of her 70-year reign.
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There is little chance of Britain resetting relations with France under incoming prime minister Liz Truss, experts say, with the neighbours' geographical proximity and sometimes divergent interests making for a testy post-Brexit relationship.
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