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In an explosive intervention, Lord Simon McDonald - who led the Foreign Office when Dominic Raab was Foreign Secretary - said the Deputy PM was "abrasive and controlling" with his staff and 'people felt demeaned'

Sir Simon McDonald, the former head of the Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service, said Dominic Raab was a “tough boss” and “one of the most driven people I ever worked for” - then admitted: “Maybe they are euphemisms”

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has risked escalating Western tensions with China by calling on allies to provide greater support for Taiwan so it can defend itself against any aggression from Beijing.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has accused Western states of “tampering with the text and playing for time” at the Vienna negotiations aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal. However, he said that arriving at a good deal was at hand. For his part, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s…