Liz Truss replaces Dominic Raab as foreign secretary in reshuffle, Zahawi takes over in education - BBC News
Liz Truss is the new foreign secretary and Nadhim Zahawi becomes education secretary as the PM carries out a major reshuffle of ministers.
The new foreign secretary, Liz Truss, is only the second woman - after Labour's Margaret Beckett - to hold the post.

As a former trade minister, she is a known figure on the international diplomatic circuit, having travelled the world negotiating trade deals that had to be replaced after Brexit.

She will bring some character to a job that often requires a bit of human diplomacy.

Like the prime minister, she is no stranger to the photo-opportunity. But the risk is that her willingness to speak freely might get her into trouble, as she admitted to the BBC's Nick Robinson a few years ago, telling him: “I don’t think anyone would describe me as diplomatic."

Next week, Truss will accompany the PM to the United Nations general assembly in New York.

She will play a key role in the government’s efforts to secure a successful COP26 climate summit in November, and there are many bilateral relationships in need of some repair.

For the new foreign secretary, the learning curve will be steep and unrelenting.