The Latest Breaking News from the Foreign Office

Relatives of the 200 British or dual nationals trying to leave describe scenes of chaos and desperation

The Rafah border crossing with Egypt was opened to allow foreign passport holders and the wounded to leave Gaza.

Diplomacy is full of quips so brutal they can haunt generations of diplomats. For the Foreign Office, the words that still sting are those of Dean Acheson, that harsh Cold War US Secretary of State, who unforgettably said — and this was in 1962 — “Great Britain has lost an…

The US has recently warned citizens not to travel to the Middle Eastern country

The Middle Eastern country shares its northern border with Israel and Syria

Hundred of flights cancelled and several cruises diverted

Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco on Mexico’s Pacific coastline early Wednesday

Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco on Mexico’s Pacific coastline early Wednesday

The Foreign Office said officials were working ‘tirelessly’ to save UK nationals.