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Turkey Takes Action After Lira Collapse

13/08/2018 GMT

Turkey Takes Action after Lira Collapse

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Also: Over 100 dead in Taliban attack in Afghanistan; Boris Johnson video a hit in China

Turkey's central bank says it's ready to take "all necessary measures" to ensure financial stability after the collapse of the lira. Also, more than 100 people have been killed in a Taliban attack on the Afghan city of Ghazni. And a video of the former British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has become a big hit on Chinese social media.

(Photo: A money changer counts Turkish lira banknotes at a currency exchange office in Istanbul. Credit: Reuters)

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