Buckle up Dave, you've got a hell of an in-tray

ON his return to Whitehall, David Cameron will have found more than enough items of urgent business piling up in his in-tray at the Foreign Office.

- Robert Fox

Jostling for attention are the ballooning crisis in Gaza, Israel and the Palestinian territories, with the war in Ukraine - now at a turning, if not tipping, point.

For Gaza, the UK is in the awkward position of supporting the Israeli offensive to root out the command and fighting corps of Hamas - but not at all costs. The laws of war, and humanitarian norms, need to be observed. They are getting increasing traction with UK public opinion and this may bring divergence from Washington.