Blinken spoke with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy today. The Secretary thanked the Foreign Secretary for the close partnership they forged as part of the U.S.-UK "special relationship" and highlighted their cooperation on issues like conflict in the Middle East,

David Lammy used to be an arch-critic of Donald Trump. Can he deal with the new Administration and reset the U.K.’s relationship with the E.U. at the same time?

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed Thursday in talks in Rome with European counterparts on the need to encourage stability in Syria, officials said, as Turkey threatens Kurdish forces in the war-torn country.

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

During his speech on Tuesday (14 January), Blinken made a last-minute case for a plan for the post-war reconstruction and governance of Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears tantalizingly close to completion.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed Thursday in talks ... The Rome talks also brought in UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas along with senior ...

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, talks to Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy during a meeting at Rome's Villa Madama, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, on the situation in Syria ...