‘Deep concern’ over fate of Dom Phillips in Brazil, says Boris Johnson

Prime minister says UK government will provide any support needed after journalist's disappearance in Amazon

Boris Johnson has said the UK government is deeply concerned" about the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the British journalist Dom Phillips, after Theresa May called on the prime minister to make the case a diplomatic priority".

May raised Phillips's case during prime minister's questions, citing correspondence with Phillips' niece Dominique Davis, one of her constituents. Johnson said the UK had offered to provide support to Brazilian search teams looking for Phillips and his travelling partner, Bruno Pereira, an Indigenous expert.