David Lammy new UK foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper interior minister

David Lammy, the UK Labour Party's shadow foreign secretary gestures as he meets with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
David Lammy, the UK Labour Party's shadow foreign secretary gestures as he meets with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed David Lammy as foreign secretary and Yvette Cooper as interior minister after Labour swept to power in a landslide general election win.

Lammy, 51, a trailblazing black lawmaker, replaces the Conservatives’ David Cameron as Britain’s top diplomat while Cooper, 55, takes the helm at the Home Office, a notoriously difficult ministry to run.

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