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Andy Burnham becomes the UK's 59th Prime Minister and addresses the cost of living crisis, while also covering international tensions and sports news.

Andy Burnham has pledged immediate help with the cost of living after becoming the UK's 59th Prime Minister. Also: Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said his country is fighting a "full scale war" after a ninth consecutive night of US attacks. And Spain's victorious squad has returned home, after winning the football men's World Cup.

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