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Sep 7 4 tweets 3 min read
#BREAKING New UK PM vows to fix post-Brexit gridlock in N.Ireland
#UPDATE New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has promised to end bitter wrangling over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland, that has soured relations between London and Brussels
#UPDATE New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Wednesday said she hoped talks with the EU could help resolve a dispute over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland.

"My preference is for a negotiated solution," she told MPs in parliament u.afp.com/wvnc
#UPDATE At her first parliamentary grilling as British prime minister, #LizTruss on Wednesday confirmed plans to stem huge rises in the cost of energy that threaten to plunge her new government into a winter of discontent u.afp.com/wvnS

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