Liz Truss becomes new British prime minister

Truss was chosen in a Conservative Party leadership election. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Liz Truss becomes new British prime minister [Liz Truss arrives at Conservative Central Office in Westminster after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest in London, Sept. 5, 2022.] Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP United Kingdom Liz Truss has become the new British prime minister, after beating rival Rishi Sunak following a weekslong campaign. She won the majority of votes in a Conservative Party leadership election, decided by fewer than 200,000 Tory activists instead of a traditional general election. Truss is the UK’s third prime minister in just over three years. Taking over from Boris Johnson, Truss will have to [tackle a range of issues](, including high inflation, soaring energy prices, the fallout from Brexit and the war in Ukraine. She will also have to contend with a case by the previous administration to send some [asylum-seekers to Rwanda]( for processing, which is being heard in the country’s high court this week. Middle East As tensions increase with Tehran, the US military has flown two nuclear-capable B-52 long-distance bombers over the Middle East. Taking off from the Royal Air Force base in England, the aircraft flew with [warplanes from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia]( over the eastern Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea on Sunday. Israel’s military said that [three Israeli F-16 fighter jets]( also accompanied the mission “through Israel’s skies on their way to the [Persian] Gulf,” something the US has not officially acknowledged. Heightened tensions persist as Western nations and Iran try to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Chile Voters in Chile overwhelmingly rejected a new constitution in a referendum on Sunday. The proposed progressive constitution — backed by leftist President Gabriel Boric — [included 388 articles]( that would have extended social rights, increased environmental regulation, provided full gender parity and added designated seats for indigenous representatives. Divisions appeared over the proposed draft, even though most Chilean voters had supported the idea of constitutional change back in October 2020. Critics have said that the proposal was too long and [lacked clarity](. --------------------------------------------------------------- From The World [Disappeared Uyghur author's novel translated into English for the first time]( [People stand in a guard tower on the perimeter wall of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 23, 2021.]( Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP "The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang," by Perhat Tursun, has been [published in English]( for the first time. The book's author is Uyghur and has been disappeared since 2018. Darren Byler, a Uyghur scholar and one of the book's translators, joined The World's host Carol Hills from Vancouver to discuss the novel. [Inclusive dance phenomenon gains exposure in Spain]( [Choreographer Ramon Marcos has been directing inclusive dance for a dozen years. He's shown here with the performers of "The Nobodies."]( Credit: Gerry Hadden/The World ​​​​​[Inclusive dance]( is an emerging art form that’s moving people all over the world. It brings together dancers in wheelchairs, on crutches and even those who don’t have obvious challenges. --------------------------------------------------------------- Double take With the shot of a laser beam, a thin layer of plastic was [turned into tiny diamonds]( for the first time ever. 💎 The process was conducted by an international team of researchers in France. They used a sheet of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) — made of petroleum, known in the industry as a “hydrocarbon” — which they heated up to nearly 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The discovery also gives insight into how nanodiamonds might form in large quantities on Neptune and Uranus. In case you missed it on The World Labor Day special episode --------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to subscribe to The World's Latest Edition podcast using your favorite podcast player: [RadioPublic](, [Apple Podcasts](, [Stitcher](, [Soundcloud](, [RSS]( [The World logo]( [The World on Facebook]( [The World's Twitter account]( [Donate]( | [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [View in your browser]( Top of the World is written weekday mornings by the team at [The World](. [The World]( is produced by [PRX]( and [GBH](.