Morning news brief: Race for new UK PM heats up, Chess champion Niemann sues Carlsen, & more 

Liz Truss announced on Thursday that she will be stepping down as the Prime Minister of the UK. In other news, as per media reports,Elon Musk informed potential investors in his attempt to buy Twitter Inc that he intended to fire about 75 per centof the social media company. Meanwhile, Iran'sdeputy ambassador during her speech at UNSCrejected the idea of West countries serving as 'caretakers' for women in Iran. Finally, Hans Niemann, who has been embroiled in a cheating scandal, has sued world champion Magnus Carlsen and others seeking $100 million in damages.

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"We delivered on energy bill and upon cutting taxes. ButI recognise that given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate. I am resigning as the leader of the Conservative Party," Truss said during the press briefing.

According to the source, Twitter's current management intended to reduce the company's payroll by around $800 million by the end of the next year, which would result in the departure of close to a quarter of the employees.

Ambassador Zahra Ershadi, during the UNSC, meet stated that Iranian women are aware of how to deal with the authorities in a civil and constructive way.

The 19-year-old American grandmaster filed the lawsuit in the Eastern Missouri District Court which says that defendants are “colluding to blacklist” him from the chess world.

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