Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is heading to Syria to encourage the transition in the country following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents.

From left, Günter Sautter, German Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy talk to each other

I did not expect to say this, but David Lammy has been one of the more impressive ministers in Starmer’s troubled administration.

Sir Keir Starmer will hold talks with Donald Trump in Washington within weeks as the “special relationship” faces strains under the incoming president. The US President-elect, who takes office later on Monday,

Precisely when Sir Keir finds himself on a plane over the Atlantic, and which leaders are invited before him, will be pored over – and there are clearly some, such as Georgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy and the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, who are ideologically much closer to the president than Sir Keir will ever be.

Sir Keir Starmer is set to travel to Donald Trump’s White House within weeks after the US president took office promising a new “golden age of America”.

MINISTERS risked further alienating the Labour membership yesterday as they issued “obsequious” praise for newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump. Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who previously called Mr Trump a “racist and KKK/neonazi sympathiser,” now says he is a “revisionist actor” who merely wants to change the rules of the game.

Keir Starmer sent his congratulations in a gushing statement overnight, insisting Transatlantic ties are built on 'unshakeable foundations'.

Downing Street confirmed Keir Starmer will be following the spectacle in Washington from No10, arguing that there is a convention that premiers do not attend.

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has stated that the Government’s decision not to activate the Stormont Brake over an updated EU law affecting the labelling of chemicals is a “grave mistake”. “The Government’s decision not to activate the Stormont Brake on this important issue is wrong,” he said.

Former Conservative MP Steve Baker launched a scathing attack on David Lammy, branding him "the most ridiculous Foreign Secretary we've ever had" over his dramatic shift in stance towards Donald Trump.