On October 20 local time, British Prime Minister Elizabeth Tras issued a resignation statement, announcing his resignation as head of the British Conservative Party and the British Prime Minister.

Tras resigned as head of the British Conservative Party

On October 20th local time, British Prime Minister Elizabeth Tras issued a resignation statement announcing his resignation as head of the British Conservative Party and the British Prime Minister. Tras said that given the current situation, she cannot fulfill the promises made by the Conservative Party during the election.

Elizabeth Trass, 47, has become the shortest-term Prime Minister in British history, only 45 days have passed since her official position on September 6.

Tras will temporarily serve as British Prime Minister before electing a new Conservative leader.

The new leader of the British Conservative Party took office on the 31st

According to British media reports, on October 20 local time, after Elizabeth Tras resigned from the post of head of the ruling Conservative Party of the UK and Prime Minister of the UK, the British Conservative Party will complete the leadership election in the next week. The vote will end on October 28, with the new leader taking office on October 31 (the new Conservative leader will automatically become the British Prime Minister).

"1922 Committee" Chairman Brady said that the Conservative Party's new leader candidate will need to be nominated by at least 100 Conservative MPs, with up to 3 people running for the election. The nomination for candidates will end at 14:00 on October 24 local time. The 1922 Committee was responsible for formulating the rules for the selection and replacement of Conservative leaders.

Former British Prime Minister Johnson will participate in the Conservative Party Leadership election

According to the British " Guardian ", citing " Times " latest news on the 20th, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will participate in the Conservative Party Leadership election.

After the British Prime Minister resigned, Biden issued a statement

AFP 20 reported that after Tras announced his resignation as head of the British Conservative Party and prime minister, U.S. President Biden said that the United States will continue to maintain "close cooperation" with the United Kingdom.

According to CNN (CNN), Biden thanked Tras for "cooperation on a series of issues" in a statement on the 20th and promised that the close relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom "will never change."

Will the Russian army retreat from the Khlsong area?

According to Russian News Agency on the 520th, Lieutenant General Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, said on the same day that the Ukrainian army tried to break through the defense of the Russian army in the Khlsong area for the past day and night, but it suffered a heavy blow.

However, the Ukrainian State News Agency said on the 20th that the Russian government is planning to withdraw its troops from the Khlsong area. In order to make the withdrawal appear reasonable, the Russian government began to spread some news. The American War Institute said that Surovijin, commander-in-chief of the Russian special military operation, was preparing for the Russian army's retreat.

"If the Russian army loses Khlsong, they will lose 'the greatest spoil in this war'". CNN commented on the importance of Khlsson on the 20th.

Urban imposes sanctions on thousands of Russian individuals and entities

According to the Russian News Agency, according to the decision made by Ukrainian President Zelensky on the 20th local time, Ukrainian side will impose sanctions on 1,400 Russian companies and organizations and 2,500 Russian citizens.

Most of the personnel of the Kazakhstan Embassy in Ukraine have been evacuated to Warsaw, Poland, and work there. In addition, the embassy consul still stayed in Kiev and provided daily services to citizens.

German Prime Minister: Germany has got rid of its dependence on Russian natural gas

local time on the 20th local time, German Prime Minister Scholz said in his speech in parliament that Germany has got rid of its dependence on Russian natural gas and is working to lower energy prices. But he warned that implementing natural gas price caps in EU could backfire.

It is understood that Germany's goal of natural gas reserves reaching 95% by November 1 has been achieved in advance.It is widely speculated that at the upcoming EU summit, setting up a natural gas purchase price ceiling will be one of the key issues. Scholz said that setting a purchase price cap politically always poses risks, and producers may sell gas to other regions - and eventually Europe may get less gas.

EU announced sanctions Iran 3 individuals and 1 entity

EU Council issued an announcement on the 520th stating that the EU had added 3 Iranian individuals and 1 entity to the sanctions list on the same day, on the grounds that they provided drones to Russia and "played a role in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict." Sanctions include asset freezing, travel ban, etc.

Data falsification has been committed for more than 30 years. Mitsubishi Electric has punished 22 senior executives

Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Company said on the 20th that it will punish 22 current and former executives involved in data falsification. The company was exposed to have faked inspection data and lasted for more than 30 years.

According to the final investigation report of an external expert team, Mitsubishi Electric's 22 production bases in Japan, 17 of which had improper behaviors such as data fraud, involving a total of 197 cases, and the most recent one lasted until August this year. Of these incidents, 112 were deliberately done, and 62 involved management personnel.

Mitsubishi Electric decided to reduce the monthly salary of many current executives, including the current president Qi Jianqi, and also required the former executives involved to return part of their salary.

Musk plans to lay off 75% of employees on Twitter

According to the " Washington Post " report on the 20th, the documents obtained by the newspaper showed that Musk's plan for Twitter includes layoffs of nearly 75% of employees within a few months.

report quoted Musk's speech to potential investors as saying he intends to reduce the number of Twitter employees from the current 7,500 to just over 2,000. Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter in April this year as saying that Musk told bankers that he had ideas for cost cuts and layoffs during the initial negotiations. Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter may be completed by October 28.

The Washington Post also pointed out that even if Musk does not acquire it in the end, Twitter needs to lay off employees to reduce costs.

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