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UK government in tax-cut U-turn

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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng cut short a visit to the US for urgent talks with PM Liz Truss

There has been turmoil in the British markets since the government announced unfunded tax cuts three weeks ago to boost growth

The British finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, has cut short his visit to the International Monetary Fund in Washington, as pressure mounts on the UK government to reverse parts of its tax-cutting mini-budget, following turmoil in the financial markets.

The head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, says the military alliance will soon provide Ukraine with hundreds of jammers to counteract Russian and Iranian drones.

And a senior Iranian official has questioned excessive state enforcement of the country's compulsory hijab laws, following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody.

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