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Rishi Sunak offers UK's allies cause for hope but Tory dangers linger

It's an approach that ought to suit Sunak, Britain's youngest prime minister in more than two centuries, who came to politics via a career in finance and an MBA from Standford in California

Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister
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Kitty Donaldson and Alberto Nardelli | Bloomberg
Without Liz Truss’s economic mess there would be no UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. But his inevitable focus on the cleanup job has left allies wondering how he’ll handle international issues -- and whether his pragmatist, pro-growth instincts can beat out the more extreme voices in his party.
 
There may be an early indication at United Nations talks on climate change next week in Egypt, and at the two-day Group of 20 meeting in Indonesia starting Nov. 15 focused on boosting the global recovery from the pandemic.

Both are the type of geopolitical set-piece where real progress can be elusive, and