From the newsletter: The new president's America looks a lot like the old one's.

Top civil servants at the Foreign Office, the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence are all on leave.

'Dominic Raab takes decisive action, by pretending to do the thing that he failed to do," tweeted one person.

Thunberg said the UK is "very good at creative carbon accounting" but that "doesn't mean much in practice".

In response to Labour and Tory backlash a spokesman for the Scottish Greens said: “It’s no surprise that parties only interested in scoring political points would be alarmed about any suggestion of co-operation in the interests of people and planet."

Mr Raab was holidaying on the Greek island of Crete and said to be staying at the five-star “luxury” Amirandes Hotel when the request for the call was made.

Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for the UK and London.

Domestic beet producers are worried that the new UK-Australia trade deal will put them out of business.

"I haven't booked a flight or accommodation because I don't know if I'm going," said one concerned student.