Primed and ready: Conservative Party members applaud (鼓掌) as Liz Truss, their new party leader and Britain's prime minister, delivers a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest in London on Sept 5. Truss, 47, is the UK's third female prime minister following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher. Truss is expected to outline her immediate plans to tackle the country's cost-of-living crisis.AFP