"I leave with pride in all we have achieved mixed with regret at the circumstances of my departure", McSweeney says in a statement.

McSweeney says he takes "full responsibility" for advising Keir Starmer to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has condemned recent anti-Olympics protests in Milan. Meloni on Sunday calling those responsible “enemies of Italy and Italians." Italian police fired tear gas and a wat ...