Liz Truss flying to New York for meetings with Biden and Macron

In her first foreign trip as Prime Minister, Ms Truss was flying overnight to the States for the annual United Nations General Assembly (Unga).

Joe Biden and Liz Truss will meet in New York City (PA)

Liz Truss will meet Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron in New York against the backdrop of Brexit tensions and questions over whether she regards the French leader a “friend or foe”.

In her first foreign trip as British prime minister, Ms Truss was flying overnight to the States for the annual United Nations General Assembly (Unga).