British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous six-week term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party obliterated her authority.

British food prices rose at the fastest pace since 1980 last month, driving inflation back to a 40-year high and heaping pressure on the embattled government to balance the books without gutting help for the nation’s poorest residents.

He also suggests restrictive measures across Russia, such as a tougher crackdown on dissent.

This year’s midterm elections are playing out as a strange continuation of the last presidential race — and a potential preview of the next one.