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△美国财政部长贝森特（资料图）当地时间23日晚，美国财政部长贝森特在社交媒体上说，美国同伊朗的战事正进入“终局”，扬言要切断伊朗政权“每一条经济命脉”，直至德黑兰“孤立无援”。贝森特说，特朗普政府已瓦解伊朗的军事能力，摧毁其几乎所有军工厂，并“掩埋”了伊朗核计划。他此前在英国《金融时报》刊文称，美国正对伊朗发起“有史以来规模最大的金融攻势”，同时威胁，任何向伊朗政权提供金融支持的国家都将面临同等孤立。贝森特定于当地时间24日举行新闻发布会，或将公布对伊施压具体举措，以迫使伊朗重返谈判桌。    Washington, Oct 16 (UNI) US President Joe Biden says British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s controversial tax-cutting program was a mistake.

"I wasn’t the only one that thought it was a mistake," Biden told reporters on Saturday when asked about Truss’s plan. "I disagreed with the policy, but that’s up to Great Britain to make that judgment, not me," the US president added.

Asked whether he was concerned about the strength of the US dollar, Biden said he was not concerned.

"Our economy is strong as hell - the internals of it. Inflation is worldwide. It’s worse off everywhere else than it is in the United States," Biden said, adding that "the problem is the lack of economic growth and sound policy in other countries, not so much ours."

On Friday, Kwasi Kwarteng resigned as the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer after reports leaked that he had been fired by Truss over a controversial tax cuts plan for big corporations, which triggered a negative reaction from both markets and the general public.

Kwarteng, who was relieved of his post barely three weeks after his appointment, is now replaced by Jeremy Hunt.

According to The Guardian, on Monday, senior Conservative parliament members will hold a meeting, convened by leading supporters of Rishi Sunak, discussing the prime minister’s future, after Hunt dramatically tore up her economic package. The newspaper said on Saturday that some British parliament members are threatening to publicly call on Truss to stand down over her failed tax-cutting plan.

Last week, Truss promised to reduce public debt amid a flurry of criticism over the government's new plan to support the economy, which includes large-scale tax cuts. After the plan's announcement, the yield on five-year UK government bonds rose to its highest level since 2008, at 4.6%, which meant a decrease in demand for debt securities. Consequently, sterling fell to an all-time low of $1.054 per pound.

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