Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 29
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday defended her government's fiscal statement announced last week, calling it "the right plan," amid wide criticism and huge financial market volatility.
"We had to take decisive action," and the measures were necessary to get the economy moving and deal with inflation, said Truss in her first media comments after the United Kingdom (UK) government on last Frid