Elon Musk, who is leading a civilian review of the US federal government, said the department was ‘beyond repair’.

Junior minister Pam Cameron said there is no timeline at this stage for the delivery of redress for victims and survivors.

One of four University of Essex students who died after a car crashed into a building was “an extraordinary young man, full of life and promise”, his family has said.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will “stay resolute” in its commitment to working with both the US and the EU as he insisted that Britain is “not choosing between” them.

No group immediately claimed the blast that occurred next to a vehicle carrying agricultural workers on the outskirts of Manbij.