New UK Foreign Secretary Lammy backs ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza

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Britain’s newly appointed Foreign Secretary David Lammy has reiterated his support for international efforts to secure an “immediate ceasefire” in the Israel-Hamas fighting and for the release of remaining hostages, AFP reports.

“The job now is to get to work with tireless diplomacy to support an immediate ceasefire and move towards getting those hostages out,” Lammy told UK broadcasters in his first comments after becoming the country’s top diplomat hours earlier.

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